http://www.ezran.org/blog Ezra -ez- Nugroho's blog Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:15:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/12/once-in-a-new-year-blue-moon/ http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/12/once-in-a-new-year-blue-moon/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:07:06 +0000 ezran http://www.ezran.org/blog/?p=274 New Year Eve happens every year, but a Blue Moon New Year Eve only happens once in twenty years. No, the moon will not turn blue. But the moon will shine brightly, for it will be a full moon; the second one in the month! Tomorrow is such a night, guys! How special is that!! May I [...]]]> http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/12/once-in-a-new-year-blue-moon/feed/ 0 http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/11/happy-for-kubuntu-910/ http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/11/happy-for-kubuntu-910/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:51:44 +0000 ezran http://www.ezran.org/blog/?p=268 http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/11/happy-for-kubuntu-910/feed/ 0 http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/08/ck12-got-slashdotted-today/ http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/08/ck12-got-slashdotted-today/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:38:59 +0000 ezran http://www.ezran.org/blog/?p=253 This morning a friend of mine, Ken Lim, congratulated us for being slashdotted. Of course this was in context of some of CK12’s books recommended by the state of CA for classroom usage. Earlier this summer, Govt. Schwartzenegger called for the submission of free open text books in digital format to be used in California [...]]]> http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/08/ck12-got-slashdotted-today/feed/ 0 http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/04/the-real-reason-behind-kurtners-suicide-obama/ http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/04/the-real-reason-behind-kurtners-suicide-obama/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:47:06 +0000 ezran http://www.ezran.org/blog/?p=242 Like many House’s fan out there, I was stunned that Dr. Kurtner committed suicide in yesterday’s episode. I said to my wive that Kal Penn, who is playing Kurtner must be getting quite a new job offer that he cannot refuse. Soon, we found out that Fox has set up an obituary website forKurtner. Today, we learn the [...]]]> http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/04/the-real-reason-behind-kurtners-suicide-obama/feed/ 0 http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/03/problem-with-open-textbooks-they-are-free/ http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/03/problem-with-open-textbooks-they-are-free/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:48:00 +0000 ezran http://www.ezran.org/blog/?p=233 http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/03/problem-with-open-textbooks-they-are-free/feed/ 3 http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/03/swoopo-is-a-scam/ http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/03/swoopo-is-a-scam/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:12:53 +0000 ezran http://www.ezran.org/blog/?p=228 TechChrunch has an article about Swoopo saying that it has a Hint of Scam. Well, SHAME ON YOU TECHCHRUNCH!! It doesn’t have a ‘Hint’ of scam, IT IS VERY BLATANT THAT SWOOPO IS A SCAM! I am very saddened to find out about Swoopo today, in light of the other scams that have been going on [...]]]> http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/03/swoopo-is-a-scam/feed/ 41 http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/03/happy-15th-birthday-linux/ http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/03/happy-15th-birthday-linux/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:38:29 +0000 ezran http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/03/happy-15th-birthday-linux/ That is counting from Linux 1.0 release. Linus started writing the code about 3 years before that. Thank you for running my boxes for the last 10 years.. See: http://i.gizmodo.com/5169216/happy-15th-birthday-linux ]]> http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/03/happy-15th-birthday-linux/feed/ 0 http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/03/pennsylvania-dutch-apple-pie/ http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/03/pennsylvania-dutch-apple-pie/#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:56:14 +0000 ezran http://www.ezran.org/blog/?p=208 http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/03/pennsylvania-dutch-apple-pie/feed/ 5 http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/02/what-to-do-if-your-startup-is-about-to-fail/ http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/02/what-to-do-if-your-startup-is-about-to-fail/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:58:08 +0000 ezran http://www.ezran.org/blog/?p=205 Today Jason Calacanis sent a post to his mailing list subscriber titled “What to do if your startup is about to fail (or ‘Dont stop believing’).” It is not a post with a happy tone, but it has actionable suggestions about what you can do to cut cost and to prolong your runway. The best thing is [...]]]> http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/02/what-to-do-if-your-startup-is-about-to-fail/feed/ 3 http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/02/human-chemistry/ http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/02/human-chemistry/#comments Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:01:24 +0000 ezran http://www.ezran.org/blog/?p=201 I just had an unusual enlightenment this afternoon, as witness some event took place. Human interaction dynamics are often called “chemistry” for all the right reasons. Persons are the elements, and they react with each other with such a chemistry-like reactions. Elements and persons have different degrees of reactivity. Elements and persons have different polarities, and some have [...]]]> http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/02/human-chemistry/feed/ 1