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03:43:06 pm on March 7, 2010 |
The same night last week, I was crossing the South China Sea. I just attended the IEEE Region 10 Meeting (Asia-Pacific) on Mactan Island, Cebu, Philippines; and then lead my way to WICON (Wireless Technology Conference) in Singapore. The interesting things about Cebu Meeting are the commitment to reform, both the organisation of the IEEE and its approaches to the members and the community. IEEE will be redirected back as the professional organisation that focuses not only to the academic world. Technology will focus on ones that are relevant to the present and to humanity.
Unfortunately the transitions of the month and the country resulted to unattractive effect. Unusually, Singapore greeted me not very friendly. The arrogance of the academics was still felt. I was not complaining. But I realised there are works to do together. C’mon,let’s improve, enhance, and promote the organisation and our profession.
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10:28:03 am on March 7, 2010 |
Last night BBC interviewed me, again, via international voice. The previous ones were about Twitter, Tumbler, Nexus 1 (which I then forwarded to Aulia); and last night it was about 4G mobile. In my lectures I must explain it, in compressed version, in no less than 90 minutes. But now I only had 5-10 minutes to explain all aspects, in basic, to the listener. It was the 1st time I asked for a repeat to explain the concept, and accepted by Mr Arifin, the interviewer. In 10 minutes, I discussed the 4G requirements: data rate, cognitive spectrum, backward compatibility, OFDMA, MIMO, and other concept.
I don’t think I would ever listen to the result of the interview. I hardly have time to listen to the radio or to watch TV.
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10:20:45 am on March 7, 2010 |
I have paid for the renewal of this blog’s domain: koen.su. Means that I have been blogging here for a year. Positioned as my “travelling blog”
, this blog was almost always neglected when I was on the road . iPhone effect, I guess. It is now easier to blog to my other sites using iPhone WordPress app, or to tweet using Tweetie or Tweetdeck on iPhone. Also I started writing at least one other blog as the child of koen.su: kuncoro.com.
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10:10:34 am on February 19, 2010 |
Jedi are the guardians of peace in the galaxy.
Jedi use their powers to defend and to protect.
Jedi respect all life, in any form.
Jedi serve others rather than ruling over them, for the good of the galaxy.
Jedi seek to improve themselves through knowledge and training.
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07:19:00 am on January 29, 2010 |
In a country or an earth like this, sometimes we can still feel happy. I think even with more oppressions and depressions, we can somehow still find happiness. There must be happiness in societies under Stalin’s rule, Israel’s oppression, the German concentration camps, etc. As in the myth of Sisyphus. Even after we die, and being thrown into hell, we could somehow maintain happiness. Why not?
What really set the sadness and joy, and happiness? Chemistry (about hormones, etc.), or at a higher layer: symbols manipulated in the brain? Both could be regulated by one or other ways. Heidegger was right when he implied that those who seek their own happiness have shallow minds.
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03:55:11 pm on January 28, 2010 |
Oh, I don’t mean I know what would happen after death. Not at all. Death is most probably just nothing beyond death. Nothing. Purposeless. Just like this life: transient, short, the loops make us think & feel like being alive between non-existence and other non-existence. Purposeless. Enjoy it. Happily. Passionately! Purposefully! And celebrate our short-time living without regret
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Be true to yourself without afraid of death, of life, of anything.
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03:45:18 pm on January 28, 2010 |
Possibly everyone has once felt afraid to give a presentation in public. For me, those experiences were always frightening. Even now I always feel uncomfortable before the presentation. I understand what people often say: presentations are more frightening than death.
But then I must provide presentations so often: in academic circles, in both formal and informal fora, in the office, both planned and impromptu.
What happens then: Death is no longer scary. I felt only sad when other persons die. But afraid? Never.
Hmm. From time to time I still miss my dad. I imagine that one day I could meet him again. As soon as possible.
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04:39:34 pm on January 26, 2010 |
Oh, I also buy a domain: pernikilmu.com. Pernik Ilmu was a blog I planned some years ago, to discuss science of everyday life. When I co-founded Asia Blogging with Budi Putra et.al, I incorporated the idea of Pernik Ilmu to be a part of Asia Blogging. Now I think I need a simple domain to let users visit the blog without having to memorize AsiaBlogging’s awkward domain & directory names.
So, visit pernikilmu.com
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04:35:12 pm on January 26, 2010 |
I know I am a domain addict. Sue me
. Meanwhile, I rebrand my coffee blog: I move koen.cc (Koen’s Coffee Corner) to cafe.vc (Virtual Coffee). I may ask one or more bloggers as co-authors of the blog.
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03:05:43 pm on January 26, 2010 |
What makes me love the IEEE? With its activities, it keeps reminding me that I am an engineer. I like to be an engineer. I work mainly with my brain, and only at rare occasion I must use my heart (or any other word representing that emotional entity). My heart is actually damaged. Too empathic, too human, too easy to be deceived. I cannot trust it.
