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/2010/07/embedded-video-support-in-epubs/ http://www.ezran.org/blog/2010/07/embedded-video-support-in-epubs/#comments Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:15:45 +0000 ezran http://www.ezran.org/blog/?p=323 Videos in ePubs? Are you serious? Well, eventually our books will look like the newspapers in Harry Potter movies (MPal, 2010). Just imagine, not just static images to embellish the text, but also the motion pictures and sound of people screaming and yelling in Azkaban. But are we there yet? This is what I found from a short [...]]]> http://www.ezran.org/blog/2010/07/embedded-video-support-in-epubs/feed/ 0 http://www.ezran.org/blog/2010/04/simple-recipe-for-pdf-stitching/ http://www.ezran.org/blog/2010/04/simple-recipe-for-pdf-stitching/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:38:14 +0000 ezran http://www.ezran.org/blog/?p=309 http://www.ezran.org/blog/2010/04/simple-recipe-for-pdf-stitching/feed/ 0 http://www.ezran.org/blog/2010/02/vmware-server-2-0-2-on-ubuntu-9-10/ http://www.ezran.org/blog/2010/02/vmware-server-2-0-2-on-ubuntu-9-10/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:23:30 +0000 ezran http://www.ezran.org/blog/?p=291 Last night I downloaded the latest VMWare Server from Vmware website, it was version 2.0.2. I needed it because I was trying to experiment with several Open Office server solution, and I need to simulate tiered environment. First attempt to install it in my Kubuntu 9.10 host, running kernel 2.6.31-16-generic-pae didn’t work, VMWare server fails [...]]]> http://www.ezran.org/blog/2010/02/vmware-server-2-0-2-on-ubuntu-9-10/feed/ 0 http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/10/better-than-grep-ack/ http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/10/better-than-grep-ack/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:05:59 +0000 ezran http://www.ezran.org/blog/?p=263 This morning I was thinking about people that I am indebted to, possibly forever. Linus Torvalds is definitely one, not just because of the kernel, but also because he is a good role model. In terms of tools, I am certainly indebted to Joseph H. Allen, for his own editor. I also thought of ‘grep’ as a [...]]]> http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/10/better-than-grep-ack/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/better-to-say-sorry-than-to-ask-permission/ http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/03/better-to-say-sorry-than-to-ask-permission/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:56:37 +0000 ezran http://www.ezran.org/blog/?p=219 I’ve read that phrase numerous times from the quips of two Bugzilla systems. Both systems did not cite the original person who coined the phrase, which make me believe that it was entered by the founder of companies to encourage employees to take bold decissions. Once I did consciously decided to do something extraordinarily bold in [...]]]> http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/03/better-to-say-sorry-than-to-ask-permission/feed/ 0 http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/03/bill-gatess-10-or-11-rules-of-life/ http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/03/bill-gatess-10-or-11-rules-of-life/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:08:16 +0000 ezran http://www.ezran.org/blog/?p=215 I saw a post on Twitter about Bill Gates’s 10 rules of life, and I clicked it. I found the list quite good, but the post was a bit vague. It says that the 10 rules were given in a high school event, but it didn’t mention which high school, or when. So I Googled it, [...]]]> http://www.ezran.org/blog/2009/03/bill-gatess-10-or-11-rules-of-life/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/2008/11/quote-of-the-day/ http://www.ezran.org/blog/2008/11/quote-of-the-day/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:32:24 +0000 ezran http://www.ezran.org/blog/?p=142 Blessed is he who has learned to laugh at himself, for he shall never cease to be entertained. — John Boswell ]]> http://www.ezran.org/blog/2008/11/quote-of-the-day/feed/ 0 http://www.ezran.org/blog/2008/10/compensation-structure-for-early-companies/ http://www.ezran.org/blog/2008/10/compensation-structure-for-early-companies/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:23:49 +0000 ezran http://www.ezran.org/blog/?p=121 Just got this from planetvc today. Matt McCall who writes at VC Confidential recently posted a compensation structure for typical early stage companies. Matt stressed out that what he meant with ‘early’ is not start-up at bootstrap phase. At which, salaries are much lower, but equity ownerships are higher. I am a little surprised that the [...]]]> http://www.ezran.org/blog/2008/10/compensation-structure-for-early-companies/feed/ 1