The Kangmasmac battery drama

Sedikit consumer tips and review buat kalian2 yg punya, berniat punya atau at least tertarik, untuk beli: macbook, macbookpro dan sejawatnya (don't know much about macbook air, tho.)

BE EXTRA, EXTRA CAREFUL WITH ITS BATTERY.
1. Calibrate, Calibrate, Calibrate. Every month or at least every other month.
2. Do NOT leave the power adapter plugged in all day everyday!
3. Batre macbookpro dan sejawatnya ini sangat, amat, cepet, panas.. dibanding laptop non-Apple. You can get away easily tanpa alas dg laptop lain, but not with macs. Pake alas buku atau map, or, consider buying a laptop stand like this.
4. Always monitor your battery health as accurately as possible. Caranya? donlot dashboard application semacam iStat pro. Pokoknya jangan menduga-duga when it comes to battery (apalagi cuma pake referensi forum... duh! *jeduk*).

Sedikit perbandingan nih ya, Compaqnya si komar, walaupun power adapternya selalu dalam keadaan plugged, battery lifenya tidak terpengaruh samsek. Padahal nancep selama 3-4 hari tanpa dicopot blas. Dia bisa dg aman dan nyaman langsung copot adapter, senden di kasur sambil laptopan selama 1 jam lebih, in battery mode.

Sementara kangmas mac ku? gak sampe 15 menit battery mode, langsung PET... mati :(

Hmm.. mungkin itu flaw-nya produk ini ya. Kelemahannya ada di batre. Optimal performance only lasts for a year (rata-rata). Some people even claimed that their battery worn out even after 10 months. Tapi, katanya kalo dijaga dg baik sampe 2-3 th juga masih bagus.


But....

Trust me, other than battery issue.... this laptop is truly a power machine. Selain memang graphicnya mantap, soundnya mantap, & user interfacenya keren... I'd say it's a Mystery machine :D The more you explore, the more hidden tools you'll discover.

Tapiii.. harus rajin utak utek dan ikuti perkembangan.

Walaupun jarang dipake buat design, nes?

Haiyaaa.. sapa bilang ini laptop cuma bagus buat GD aja. Gak yoo... Beli deh, kalo ada duit lebih. Totally worthed. Cuma klo di indonesia, support centrenya jarang kali ya. Paling cuma di Jakarta.

sejak kapan ejaan bhs indonesia jadi seperti ini?

CMIIW, but is it wrong if I feel dizzy and completely dozed off after reading these:

krn gy gag da duid . jd blump bs nebuss . gag enaq menta duid . lgan itu khn nyang ngrusak juja aq . hehe .

Kyu kngEn. .

. kuq cm ngpiuww aj .

oh gtUw .. pnTer dundz .

iup . pokokx, smangad dheii .

Anyway, tapi ngliat tulisan2 gini jadi dapet game gratisan. game yg berjudul: "Mari Men-decrypt Comment ABG Friendster". Hey, this is a new idea for Friendster. Kenapa mereka ga bikin add-on game ini aja. Jadi bakat ABG-ABG itu untuk membuat crypts dan code bisa tersalurkan dg baik, dan kita2 yg biasanya pusing mbacanya jadi semangat buat baca baik2. Sediain hadiah murah2an kan lumayan, apa kek... skin blog gratis, gratis CSS customization buat fs page, payung cantik.

Oya ada kesimpulan yg baru aku sadari setelah merhatiin tulisan2 itu. Apa tanda baca TITIK (".") lagi in ya? Apa-apa dikasih titik. Koma, tanda seru, tanda tanya semua tereliminasi penggunaannya n tergantikan dg sukses oleh TITIK. Bahkan DI AWAL KALIMAT dikasih titik. Duuuh... -_-

Anyway, ada posting lucu yg juga menyinggung "pelecehan ejaan" seperti ini. Dari blognya para bakaboys :D

http://bakabon.blogsome.com/2007/07/26/eyd-ejaan-yang-diefisiensikan/

Oh ya, and PLEAASE somebody explain to me. Gimana caranya, prosesnya, ceritanya, kok "x" bisa menggantikan akhiran "-nya"? Tak kutak kutek sampe mumet, tetep aku ga bisa ngerti.

Saat Seorang Introvert Bercerita-ceriti

Hmm, baru nyadar klo mungkin saya kurang... apa ya istilahnya? Terbiasa untuk bercerita soal diri sendiri. (hah? baru nyadar nes?!) iya, baru nyadar kalau saya ternyata cukup introvert... and a bit sarcastic! Haha. I thought I was a positive person. But I guess everyone has a darker side. Mine, unfortunately, has overflowed my positive side. Hmm.


Nyadarnya piye? Setelah balik dari Indonesia sampai kemarin, banyak teman sepertinya "lost" dg kabar terakhir saya.

Kamu gimana seh kabarnya? Kegiatanmu sekarang apa? Tinggal dimana?

Suer, hampir setiap kali ada teman nelpon, nanyanya itu! Doesn't anyone know me but at all?
Dan sejuta komplain sejenis gini:

Kamu kok gak pernah onlineeeee????

Dan jawabannya: males.

Kamu kok ditelpon ga pernah bisaaaaa???

Jawabnya: Lagi ganti ke abonemen. Masih nunggu nummerbehoud. 2 minggu lagi juga bisa.

Karena menurut saya: ngapain sih, emang ada yg peduli sama saya. Lagian siapa gitu yg peduli kalo kita cerita "aku lagi gini looo" or "aku lagi gitu loo".

BUT, beberapa minggu terakhir ini saya nyadar kalau sarcastic behavior saya ini harus dihentikan. Karena, ternyata... pasti teman-teman peduli dengan cerita2 kita. (Ternyata? Duuh..). Buktinya, saya juga peduli kok...

I did care enough untuk baca cerita2nya Oma Nia tentang kuliahnya..
I did care enough untuk baca cerita2nya Svya tentang jalan2, atau kerjaan...
I did care enough untuk baca ceritanya Ulma tentang buku yg lagi dia baca... (and her general-wondering about life, in her own eccentric way :D-> love it, tho. )

So I thought, why not? Lagian kalau kita terbuka sama orang lain, berarti kita terbuka sama diri sendiri... kan?

***

So how's my life, as of this moment? Hmm, where to start.
Oh, pamer hadiah nikah dulu aaaaah. Alhamdulillah, selain dapat uang, kita juga dapat barang2 yg kita butuhin. Rice cooker & magic steamer ukuran gede. Seterika uap. Panci presto!! (yaay!) But among all household-things we got.. these are my faves.


Cute, huh? Warnanya kombinasi maroon, putih bersih, orange, peach-pink and grass green. Jadi serasa ngliat color swatch set bikinan sendiri di illustrator. hihi :D
I especially loooove tutupnya. I dunno, it's sort of.. konde? Cepol? Guess :D
Dan itu aslinya toples kaca biasa, tapi dipakein "baju" dari kain apa ya itu... teksturnya sih velvet-y. Bottom line: love it.

Baru sebulan nikah, I realized that my world does start to change. Yang dulunya evolve around me-myself-and-I, sekarang sadar atau nggak saya selalu mikirin si Komar. Walaupun cuma decision remeh seperti jenis koffiepad Senseo apa yg mau dibeli di Dirk, I do consider him.

Kira-kira kalo aku beli yg dark roast, Komar juga suka ga ya?

Hehehe. And no, it doesn't get too much. and it's so worthed! karena kalau emang akhirnya dia suka kopi itu, dan dia minum kopi itu dg nikmat... it's just so peaceful to watch. Doh, berlebihan ya? But that is, indeed, the way I feel :)
Apalagi kalau dia makan masakan saya dg lahap... wuahhhhh... senangg sekaliiiii..

And it works the other way around, too. Malahan akhir2 ini dia yg lebih sering masak, bikin kopi, doing the chores. Hehehe. And he does love it when I enjoy his cooking.

***

And how's me?
Well, the thing is, saya mulai bosan dengan graphic design skill yang gini-gini aja. And I do realize I gotta do something kalau pengen karir saya menanjak. Untuk sekarang, sementara saya masih kerja dari rumah. Komar and his bro punya bisnis internet hosting, plus website design and application development. That includes identity design, which is my area to cover. And recently... I got bored with what I do.

Don't get me wrong. I do love designing identity. Saya juga pegang website lay-out. And I recently discovered, that I actually CAN draw. Dulunya, yg kalau ndesain masih asal comot stock images atau pake brush, sekarang saya udah pede bikin brush sendiri. Dan gambar ilustrasi sendiri. Sometimes I bang my head for not realizing this earlier. Dulu saya pikir saya ga bisa gambar babar blas. I never really tried drawing in high school. Ngasal aja, kalau lagi tugas seni rupa. Gak pede....

Back then, I had not discovered my potential. Meskipun bisa dan suka design-gambar-dan seni-senian, tp asal banget. I thought it wasn't my strength. And now, I know it is, but I still have to do something to develop myself to the fullest. Bukan, bukan Master of Fine Art ... although itu juga salah satu future plan saya (doakan yaaa). Sekarang, yg saya butuhkan cuma career training and portfolio development.

Jadi, doakan saya secepatnya, dan selancarnya, memulai kuliah lagi di Rhode Island School of Design... Eh bukaaaaan! Di SAE Institute, Amsterdam. No, not another bachelor. Tapi post-grad diploma in web and graphic design development. But first of all, saya harus segera ngurus ini diploma B.Comm yg masih mampett..pett.. pet. Hihihi :D

So... *minjem tagline-nya Oma Nia:* pray for me, peeps ;)

***

Fewh. Enak juga cerita2 panjang lebar gini ternyata.
Elvin, gak mau nyoba juga? :D :D :D

Last but not least, here's one little photo from our wedding. Ada banyak lagi, tp belum di upload ke laneysa.com/wedding. Komar udah upload ke picasa albumnya, if anyone care to peek.

The Wheels on the Bus

The wheels on the bus go round and round,

Round and round,

Round and round.

The wheels on the bus go round and round,

All around the town

The bus ran crazy went downhill road,

Woosh woosh woosh,

Woosh woosh woosh

The bus ran crazy went downhill road,

And hit a poor old lady

The poor old lady cried “AAARGH AAARGH AARRGHHH”

“AAARGH AAARGH AARRGHHH”

“AAARGH AAARGH AARRGHHH”

The poor old lady cried “AAARGH AAARGH AARRGHHH”

Then fell down, bathed in blood

The poor old lady laid down the street,

Eyes wide shocked,

Head parted three

The poor old lady laid down the street,

And policeman came over to see

Another bus uphill ran fast in speed,

Horned: ” Beep! Beep!!!”

Horned: ” Beep! Beep!!”

Another bus uphill ran fast in speed,

And bang down with no mercy

Now look what happen there down the street,

Creepy street,

Creepy street,

The policeman and old lady laid bathed in blood,

Heads smashed and brains round-spattered.

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Sorry, lagi mood yang horor-horor hahaha..
For longer version of the lyrics, see my writing pad.