1 ebook a week: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, karya Stieg Larsson
November 17, 2011 Leave a Comment

Jang, Indonesia, Linux…Jano bae
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Waw!
March 7, 2011 Leave a Comment
“A modern-day warrior. Mean mean stride. Today’s Tom Sawyer, Mean, mean pride”

March 7, 2011 Leave a Comment
“A modern-day warrior. Mean mean stride. Today’s Tom Sawyer, Mean, mean pride”
February 28, 2011 Leave a Comment
Minggu ini target 1 ebook saya meleset. Target novel Mark Twain baru selesai setengah, jadi seri “1 ebook a week” terpaksa mundur. Sebagai gantinya ini ada lelucon yang saya temukan di sini. Lumayan lucu:
European paradise:You are invited to an official lunch. You are welcomed by an Englishman. Food is prepared by a Frenchman and an Italian puts you in the mood and everything is organised by a German.
European hell:
You are invited to an official lunch. You are welcomed by a Frenchman. Food is prepared by an Englishman, German puts you in the mood but, don’t worry, everything is organised by an Italian.
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That joke was proposed by a Belgian as the Official European Joke, the joke that every single European pupil should learn at school. The Joke will improve the relationship between the nations as well as promote our self humour and our culture.The European Council met in order to make a decision. Should the joke be the Official European Joke or not?
The British representative announced, with a very serious face and without moving his jaw, that the joke was absolutely hilarious.
The French one protested because France was depicted in a bad way in the joke. He explained that a joke cannot be funny if it is against France.
Poland also protested because they were not depicted in the joke.
Luxembourg asked who would hold the copyright on the joke. The Swedish representative didn’t say a word, but looked at everyone with a twisted smile.
Denmark asked where the explicit sexual reference was. If it is a joke, there should be one, shouldn’t there?
Holland didn’t get the joke, while Portugal didn’t understand what a “joke” was. Was it a new concept?
Spain explained that the joke is funny only if you know that the lunch was at 13h, which is normally breakfast time. Greece complained that they were not aware of that lunch, that they missed an occasion to have some free food, that they were always forgotten. Romania then asked what a “lunch” was.
Lithuania et Latvia complained that their translations were inverted, which is unacceptable even if it happens all the time. Slovenia told them that its own translation was completely forgotten and that they do not make a fuss. Slovakia announced that, unless the joke was about a little duck and a plumber, there was a mistake in their translation. The British representative said that the duck and plumber story seemed very funny too.
Hungary had not finished reading the 120 pages of its own translation yet.
Then, the Belgian representative asked if the Belgian who proposed the joke was a Dutch speaking or a French speaking Belgian. Because, in one case, he would of course support a compatriot but, in the other case, he would have to refuse it, regardless of the quality of the joke.
To close the meeting, the German representative announced that it was nice to have the debate here in Brussels but that, now, they all had to make the train to Strasbourg in order to take a decision. He asked that someone to wake up the Italian, so as not to miss the train, so they can come back to Brussels and announce the decision to the press before the end of the day.
“What decision?” asked the Irish representative.
And they all agreed it was time for some coffee.
February 21, 2011 Leave a Comment
Buku kita minggu ini adalah novel The Alchemist karya Paulo Coelho. Paulo Coelho adalah orang Brazil dan novel ini diterbitkan dalam bahasa Portugis dialek Brazil, di tahun 1988. Tentu saja saya tidak membaca buku aslinya ini karna saya tidak bisa bahasa Portugis
jadi saya membaca terjemahannya dalam bahasa Inggris.

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The Metamorphosis adalah karya Franz Kafka yang pertama kali terbit tahun 1915.
January 31, 2011 Leave a Comment
Ini adalah ebook pertama. Ini adalah sebuah karya literatur klasik yang terbit tahun 1937, karya John Steinbeck.
Saya memilih judul ini karena ceritanya tidak terlalu panjang. Di ebooks yang saya download, panjangnya cuma 107 halaman. Dengan memanfaatkan waktu di sela-sela waktu luang pas weekend ini, buku ini selesai dalam waktu 3 hari. Lumayan.
Ceritanya sederhana, hanya enam bab, namun bernas. Tokoh-tokoh dalam cerita ini digambarkan memiliki akses dan gaya bahasa yang kental. Banyak kata yang ditulis secara fonetik misalnya han’ (hand), jus’ (just), dan lan’ (land).
Tokoh utamanya adalah dua orang sahabat, George dan Lennie. George, perawakannya kecil, tapi pintar. Sebaliknya Lennie, perawakannya raksasa, tenaganya kuat, tapi bodoh dan terbelakang.
Mereka datang dari mencari kerja ke sebuah lahan pertanian di Soledad, setelah melarikan diri dari Weed, karena Lennie berbuat ulah di sana.
Lennie memiliki kesenangan membelai barang yang halus-halus, mulai dari baju wanita, anak anjing dan kelinci. Sayang, kesemuanya berakhir dengan tragis karena walaupun Lennie tidak berwatak jahat, tetapi ia tidak menyadari kalau ia sangat kuat karena ukuran badannya yang besar.
George dan Lennie memiliki mimpi untuk membeli sebidang tanah, setelah mengumpulkan gaji bekerja di pertanian itu selama sebulan. Mimpi memreka sederhana. Memiliki rumah sederhana, beternak ayam, babi. Menanam sayur. Sederhana tetapi bebas. Mereka ingin menjadi tuan di tempat mereka sendiri. Mimpi ini kemudian di-sharing oleh Candy, yang merasa kesepian setelah anjingnya mati. Mimpi ini juga menarik perhatian Crooks, seorang negro, yang meminta agar ia bisa ikut jika George, Lennie dan Candy berhasil mendapatkan tanahnya nanti.
Tetapi tragedi menghancurkan harapan mereka semua dan George terpaksa mengambil keputusan untuk mengakhirinya.
February 25, 2010 Leave a Comment
Karena kendala koneksi internet dan kesibukan pribadi, kehadiran KDE 4.4.0 (dengan sandi Caikaku) awal bulan Februari ini lewat begitu saja tanpa disinggung di blog ini…:(
Well, laptop Arch Linux saya sudah ter-update dengan KDE SC 4.4.0 namun desktop Kubuntu Karmic Koala tidak/belum sempat diupdate karena sudah pindah lokasi ke tempat yang belum ada internetnya. Bagi anda pengguna Arch Linux, KDE SC 4.4.0 sudah masuk ke repo kdemod-core jadi tidak perlu lagi menggunakan repo kdemod-unstable seperti dulu. Untuk pengguna (K)ubuntu Karmic, KDE SC ada di repo kubuntu-ppa/backports.
Berbarengan dengan rilis KDE SC 4.4.0 ini, website KDE pun berbenah dengan tampilan yang lebih menarik.
Jadi, selamat menikmari software KDE generasi 4!