Never Trust Mediocre Service Like LippoBank

This is the second time LippoBank do stupid things to me and this time i believe it will be more if i continue to use their banking services.
Got this phish email yesterday:
Dear valued users LippoNetBank,
Thank you for using LippoNetBank in your daily banking transactions. Providing you with the best internet banking service is an honor [...]

How to Change Wordpress Default Category

The Wordpress default category is ‘Uncategorized’. By not deleting this default category will show how lazy the blog owner is or simply show that the blogger has no idea (like i used to be). Many times Once or twice i forget to assign my posts to categories and then after i publish it, Wordpress will [...]

Do We Need Another SEO Blog?

Source: WikipediaThe first SEO blog i read was Aaron Wall’s SEO Book. The reason was not because i interested in SEO (i didn’t know WTF is SEO), but because of his blog design. To me, SEOBook.com is truly the best damn blog in the planet. So i subscribed to his blog, read his daily thoughts, [...]

Indonesia Placed #100th in World Press Freedom

Indonesia is currently sit 100th place in World Press Freedom according to Antara among 167 countries in the world as surveyed by Reporters Without Borders (RWB). In South East Asia, Indonesia ranked 2nd after Cambodia. In fact, Timor Leste rank #92th is better than Indonesia.
The position of press freedom in 10 ASEAN member countries indicated [...]

Surgery : My 1st Experience

Yesterday, i’ve past my first experience: undergone a surgery. Back to the days before the day, i keep wondering what to expect because i had no idea whatsoever.
When the time was come, accompanied by my wife, we went to Unit Gawat Darurat (Emergency Room) at Kasih Ibu Hospital in Denpasar Bali. They asked me to [...]

The Difference between Intrapreneur and Entrepreneur

Sorry to cover in such shallow angle but here’s what i learn today, the difference between Intrapreneur and Entrepreneur:
1. If you’re an Intrapreneur (read: employee), and you’re backstabbed by your colleague, then you’ll know it, because bad things spread fast in work environment. That way, it keep you stronger and willing to find the best [...]

Update on My Web Host & My Blogging Platform

Since my last complain and their auto billing problem, Dreamhost, the company that host The Art of Work at Life and my several other blogs has done a good job. In fact i can’t find any slow performance time at all and all my sites are running just fine.
I don’t know if they do something [...]

You don’t have to have every tools in the world

I have no techie nor design background whatsoever. I am more like evangelist dude who is into interesting things. Lately, thanks to blogging and massive RSS reading, i can finally free from my mediocre design and techie friends who are lack of discipline, big headed and their always come late attitude. I am now more [...]

Robin Malau Dot Com has a new home

It’s moved out from Blogger to Wordpress. New year, new host, new cool template.
More on this later. It’s not finished customized as yet but i am now too tired and it’s late already here in Bali. I’m joining my wife and kid at bed.
Talk to you again soon.

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Happy New Year

This has been on my mind for several days now. A simple rule that the cheaps will never understand:
If you wish for a Return on Investment, the first thing you need to do is to invest.
Before the party begin, please don’t drink and drive. Be safe.
Happy New Year everyone, let’s just believe that all [...]

A.J. Jacobs: The Year of Living Biblically

I first acknowledge this through Tim Ferris’ blog entitled What Happens When an Agnostic Follows the Bible Literally for One Year? Not only because i am Christian, but also because the interview stunned me. I became curious about the book and the writer A.J. Jacobs but then it was just lost from my mind until [...]

Been Away Lately Figuring Out Wordpress

For my subscribers, i am sorry for the lack of post lately. I’ve been away from Blogger figuring out further on how Wordpress work. Here’s my two cents so far:
1. Themes It has been confusing because unlike Blogger, where i host this blog, you can find gazillions of cool free templates (themes) in Wordpress. So, [...]

Merriam-Webster Word of The Year

Seriously, w00t (spelled w zero zero t) named as Merriam-Webster Word of The Year (heck, where have i been??). The famous Massachusetts dictionary company describe w00t as expressing joy (it could be after a triumph, or for no reason at all); similar in use to the word “yay”.
Other 2 nominations were Facebook and Conundrum. I [...]

Concern About Alternative Energy?

Check this out got this from KillerStartups; AlternativeEnergy.com.
This site is focusing on energy. The site’s editor providing the contents as well as users concerning tips, news and how to’s related energy savings. There are also web 2.0. badges that you can embed to your site/blogs. Like one below.
Energy saving is the thing we should care [...]

Testing Flock

I got stuck with Firefox. It freezes all the time. I am starting to hate it like i hate Internet Explorer 2 years ago.
Now I am testing to post through my new browser Flock. By far, everything went smooth. I can’t wait until i install a lot of add ons. If this also get [...]

Update on Custom Domain Error and a Wordpress Blog

Whoa dude, i have new toy and i’m having fun. From my last post, i was right, i just need to wait sometime longer. My music blog is now active and it is now using wordpress.org as its blogging platform.
Kinda strange because i have to install some plugins (blogger has widgets already) before i can [...]

Strange Nokia Video about Web 2.0.

This might work for those who try to find out what is web 2.0. b.s. but i do think early adapters of the new media would hate it or at least will laugh on. Perhaps could become a good publicity in a strange way. I am not sure.
Via TechCrunch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBwlpBHl4Cg

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A Vision of Students Today

As a new parent i do think this is serious and definitely something to think about.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o

Source, i found this through Scott Andrew Bird’s blog.

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Invitation from WidgetBox

Get this and i think i wouldn’t make it. But i do have some blidgets developed in widgetbox. Most of them are my favorite blogs. You can see my developer profile at widgetbox here.

Join me for a talk on OpenSocial
My name is Pam Webber and I am the VP of Product and Marketing for Widgetbox. [...]

Gmail New Look

This morning when i signed in to my Gmail account, i found that my cool Gmail skins didn’t work. I wasn’t sure what’s going on so i disable the addon and enable it back, but then it still wouldn’t work. So i let it go.
When back from lunch, i get back to Gmail and found [...]