i.justrealized

This week, Youtube is largely about music games and sex. Sex sells and it’s true:

Those that aren’t highlight are just plain weird videos. I like Hillary and the coffee machine:

Hillary vs. the coffee maker

Hillary Clinton in a convenience story trying to get some coffee. I don’t think she ever made her own coffee. Oh, it’s a coffee machine, you don’t even make your own coffee, silly me.

Indonesia’s YouTube ban has been removed. And the government of Indonesia is doing things right this time (see bold text).

Indonesia Removes YouTube Ban, Brazil Bans Wordpress.com

As it usually goes, it only took a couple of days for Indonesia to remove the countrywide YouTube and MySpace ban, enforced because of the controversial movie Fitna.

Instead of blocking the biggest sites on the net, the Indonesian government now plans to focus on banning the individual pages on YouTube and MySpace which contain the offensive video. (more…)

Indonesian ISP to block YouTube and MySpace? Banning the whole portal just for one video is just like barring our Indonesians from entering Singapore just because one guy is a terrorist.

Indonesian ISPs Block YouTube And MySpace

Another day, another country blocks YouTube (and MySpace, for good measure). According to Gulfnews, five Indonesian ISPs have blocked, on government’s request, YouTube and MySpace because of an anti-Islam film Fitna, created by Dutch filmmaker Geert Wilders. Official ban reason: the movie ‘could disturb relations between faiths.‘

This is not the first time that Fitna has caused controversy; after being rejected by all Dutch TV stations, Wilders simply uploaded the file via LiveLeak. (more…)

I own another blog and I haven’t been updating much there. I have about erm 1700 posts there. But many are YouTube videos and it’s getting a little sick. Plus I made a lot of mistakes there that perhaps I’ll speak out one day. The blog contains memories good and bad. This is perhaps a new start.

And it starts with 2.5 WordPress. Very slick and pretty version of WordPress, I find myself fondling the buttons to more often now. It’s amazing how an interface change could get me excited again.

We always need facelifts, don’t we? These little changes re-motivates us. Even if you have a spouse, you would want little changes. Maybe simple changes like:

• He or she brought you to the movies again after 10 years.
• Dress up specially for an occasion you thought no longer mattered - read anniversary.
• Start talking to your friends instead of pretending to be invisible.
• Erm, dye some hair? I don’t know.

Many things can re-ignite interest. The same with blogging. And the same applies to work, school and life. Work can be addictive. School can be addictive. And lastly, life should be addictive.

I just realized I’m alive. This blog is mainly to blog about all things related to code, some observations and perhaps just something I - you know - just realized. Things can be related to work, school or my personal life. I swear I won’t infest this blog with YouTube videos. I’ll try to have as little as possible.

About I

I am schooling in a little known university, working in a little known company. We’re all here in hopes of making a difference in the society. I feel insecure about my future; however it is this insecurity that sort of made me work harder.

Some little facts about me:

1. I blog from Singapore
2. Remembering numbers is not really my thing.
3. I code in PHP, but have a secret - okay, not really ’secret’ any more - interest to Python.
4. I find it harder to talk to people these days, seems like I am closing up or something. I don’t know why too but I wish to change that.
5. My favorite food is possibly Japanese-based. Sushi and stuff.
6. Sometimes I feel sick after getting excited about technology.
7. I like the number 7. I dislike number 8.

When I am not in front of the computer, I’m probably walking or thinking alone.