AVG Toolbar

No I’m not, you’re the one that decided to put that toolbar. I’ve had enough with this self-deleting, self-installing, false-positive scan app. Switching to AntiVir

 

Why apache2-mpm-prefork?

For several days I’ve been trying to compile the required installers for a project which used debian based package. Iang’s code really helps, try it out. The problem is, apache2 and php5 package seems had a little conflict.

apache2 has apache2-mpm-worker_2.2.9-7ubuntu3_i386.deb which is: (http://packages.ubuntu.com)

Each Apache Multi-Processing Module provides a different “flavor” of web server binary, compiled with a different processing model.The worker MPM provides the default threaded implementation. It is recommended especially for high-traffic sites because it is faster and has a smaller memory footprint than the traditional prefork MPM.

and php5 has apache2-mpm-prefork_2.2.9-7ubuntu3_i386.deb which is:

The prefork MPM provides a non-threaded, pre-forking implementation that handles requests in a manner similar to Apache 1.3. It is not as fast as threaded models, but is considered to be more stable. It is appropriate for sites that need to maintain compatibility with non-thread-safe libraries, and is the best MPM for isolating each request, so that a problem with a single request will not affect any other.

And in the end you must replace the worker with the prefork version or it’ll conflict. So the question is why? What if I need to deploy them into production?

And why I don’t have this kind of conflict problem if i use apt-get install php5 apache2 instead.

 

YM Status Experiment

stop looking for everybody else’s ym status, yes i mean you

Yap, I wrote that on my yahoo messenger status for several weeks and waiting for a respond. And you know what, almost 20 or so of my friends send message to me “holy crap, how do you know?” (not the exact words, but you know what I mean ). Well, apparently people do want to know about what other people’s doing. Interesting

 

Kambing Jantan The Movie

Mudah-mudahan bisa dapet tiket gratisnya, pengen banget nonton film nya dari dulu

 

I Just Can’t Understand Art

No matter how hard i’ve tried, I just can’t. Yesterday for example, I got a chance to watch a work by Garin Nugroho, Opera Jawa. I met the person myself, younger than I thought really. The synopsis goes like this (from the youtube page).

Setyo and Siti live a peaceful life as husband and wife, selling earthenware in their village. But when Setyo is called away on business, a flirtatious butcher, Ludiro, takes advantage of Siti’s loneliness to seduce her. Tempted by song and dance, Siti initially refuses his advances but acquiesces in a moment of weakness, setting the stage for an epic battle between the two men. Located in lush forests and on pristine beaches of Java, director Garin Nugroho bases his deeply imagistic and dazzling visual narrative on the “The Abduction of Sita,” from the Hindu epic, The Ramayana.

Opera Jawa is featured in Global Lens 2008, a U.S. based touring film series presented by The Global Film Initiative. Global Lens 2008 showcases ten feature films from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.

It was quite good, I must say. But the thing is, Why like that? Why doing such weird, unnecessary stuff like that? Why can’t it be more simple? But hey, it just me Everytime I see an art performance (real art, not modern art), all I want to say is :

 

Java Swing, Put Component In The Center

It has been quite some time since I used this :

Dimension SCREEN_SIZE = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
MainFrame mainFrame = new MainFrame();
int halfWidth = mainFrame.getWidth() / 2;
int halfHeight = mainFrame.getHeight() / 2;
mainFrame.setLocation(SCREEN_SIZE.width / 2 - halfWidth, SCREEN_SIZE.height / 2 - halfHeight);
mainFrame.setVisible(true);

Example for a Frame.

And apparently, you can use this one line instead:

mainFrame.setLocationRelativeTo(null); // or 'this' to parent

damn

 

Migration to open source

Well, not exactly, but I’m trying It started with the operating system. Once windows first then ubuntu on vmware, now ubuntu first then windows on virtualBox. So far so good, except for a few things. Compiz vs ATI, still not perfect on video playback, the video will start flickering for no reason. Need to change video output to X11 on VLC, or No Vx on gstreamer but it will become slow. Then download manager, why i can’t find any single good download manager for linux platform (AFAIK) with good queueing system, timer, sites login, thread manager, and stable enough. JDownloader seems to be a good candicate, but if it hangs every once in a while, than no thank you.

WinRar, nothing can be as powerful enough as WinRar ultima prime, nothing can compare it in the linux platform, though nautilus seems fine for now. And games, totally a big loss for this one, just when i want to start my “keep in touch with the latest games” campaign. Wine will never replace it, ever But what the hell, it’s been done, let’s do it and have fun

 

Bboys, Hip Hop Art

A few weeks ago I went to this amazing hip hop art performance at Taman Ismail Marzuki, starring this two guys Raphael Hillebrand and Sebastien Ramirez. The event itself, held by Centre Culturel Francais (CCF) and Goethe-Institut. How can I describe an art exhibition? very unlikely Just see it for yourself. Here’s a few highlights.

Of course, it’s a lot better if you seen it live. This is another one that looks a like, The Art of Urban Dance, Locking then Popping.

Another one, check out the girls

And this is one of my favourite bboys battle of all time, Korea final, Rivers vs Drifters.

 

OMG, I’m a Programmer

http://www.gameroo.nl/games/light-bot

 

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