Jan 22nd, 2009

Gong Xi Fat Cai

According to Chinese New Year, i’m an Ox. Happy New Year! Picture via Ayi Bali.

Nov 28th, 2008

The Girl Effect

A picture is not always paint a thousand words. This presentation shows you that a thousand words can speak a thousand million words. It’s our 3rd anniversary today. We’re grateful to know that we can save the world starting by saving a girl. We won’t promise anyone that we will be able to save girls in [...]

Oct 11th, 2008

What a Coincidence

This was happened last month. September is a tough months for me and my family, as it was the month we move to Bali 2 years ago. We didn’t know how we can pay our big recurring bills that occur in September, then somehow the magic happen in Sunday. We went to church as usual at [...]

Oct 11th, 2008

Better Watch Out Your Site

Look what i found in respectable web design gallery’s post in my feed reader (click on the image to get the better look!). Damn those spammers.

Aug 2nd, 2008

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 [...]

Jul 6th, 2008

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 [...]

Mar 28th, 2008

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, [...]

Feb 18th, 2008

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 [...]

Feb 7th, 2008

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 [...]

Jan 31st, 2008

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 [...]

Jan 27th, 2008

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 [...]

Jan 3rd, 2008

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 [...]

Jan 2nd, 2008

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.

Dec 31st, 2007

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 [...]

Dec 16th, 2007

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 [...]

Dec 16th, 2007

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, [...]

Dec 12th, 2007

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 [...]

Dec 8th, 2007

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 [...]

Dec 4th, 2007

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 [...]

Nov 27th, 2007

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 [...]

Nov 19th, 2007

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. [youtube width="425" height="355"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBwlpBHl4Cg&rel=1&border=0[/youtube]

Nov 15th, 2007

Sales Down on Recording Music

Here’s a study that indicates a rock band is becoming a rock brand. It was started actually from the beginning of the century where punk rock bands started to sign endorsement deals with boardriding related clothing and/or combining record deal with major labels: Blink 182 (also with major label) with Hurley, Pennywise with Volcom etc. Now [...]

Nov 14th, 2007

A Vision of Students Today

As a new parent i do think this is serious and definitely something to think about. [youtube width="425" height="355"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o&rel=1&border=0[/youtube] Source, i found this through Scott Andrew Bird’s blog.

Nov 3rd, 2007

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. [...]

Nov 2nd, 2007

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 [...]

Oct 31st, 2007

Malau Means Happiness

Just found out that Malau, my family name, means happiness in Congo language. Hope you get your happiness by reading my blog. It’s my wish. Ok then tip me . Happy Halloween and Cheers! Picture: GameSpot.

Oct 23rd, 2007

Yahoo Smileys at Gmail

This is a cool how-to-tech-related tips from Digital Inspiration. How to put Yahoo Smileys at Gmail message. Awesome! [youtube width="425" height="355"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t5ApCwEkJs&rel=1&border=0[/youtube]

Oct 22nd, 2007

Funny Pictures at Bits and Pieces

This is funny but also sick. I hate war. It brings people nuts. You can see more funny pictures at Bits and Pieces. I love that blog.

Oct 17th, 2007

Introducing Brooklyn, My Baby