Can you guess what kind of banana for these photos? The photo on the left is of Barangan bananas. I bought the seedlings from a certified supplier in Medan, North Sumatra, in the form of tissue culture seedlings. I purchased 100 seedlings shipped in a styrofoam box using inter-island bus delivery services. The photo on…
I have seen several people who try to resist progress and the development of the times. Their attitude tends to reject or belittle new things. Seeking the weakness or negativity of new things. For example, if we have an IT background, we know that one of the latest technologies is the advancement in the field…
Spinach and water spinach are easy-to-grow vegetables. Sometimes, wild-grown spinach and water spinach are even more fertile than those we plant. Nevertheless, it is still better to plant spinach and water spinach to optimize the results. Here are the tips: Spinach and water spinach can generally be harvested within one month. They are suitable for…
WHAT IS NESTED INSTALL? A feature on VMware vSphere that makes the learning process and system simulation a lot easier is the ability to do nested install. Nested install means that vSphere can be installed on top of vSphere. If the processor and RAM are quite enough, all simulated systems in the real data center can be…
This is the second update to my portfolio in 2020 and entirely based on my StashAway account statement as I’m slowly moving long term investment to StashAway. 2020 wasn’t a good start for investment. After a little unrealized loss at the end of January 2020 and some unrealized profit in the middle of February 2020,…
In February, I finally completed my bachelor’s degree, after being delayed for many years. As I have enough time and I am in high spirit to learn something new, I decided to take a graduate program, Master in Information Technology (MIT or MSIT) from President University. The Master in Information Technology (MIT) enables students to…
I usually get confused when my dear Rey asks me about my birthday gift. I only remember a few times I wanted something specific as a birthday gift. Even then, I bought it as a gift for myself, hehehe… The first one is a Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle because it’s the motorcycle I’ve dreamed of since…
Two close boyhood friends grow up and go their separate ways. One becomes a humble monk, the other a rich and powerful minister to the king. Years later they meet. As they catch up, the portly minister (in his fine robes) takes pity on the thin and shabby monk. Seeking to help, he says: “You…
I used to call myself as “open source enthusiast” 😀 since my first encounter with Linux in 2000-2001. Mandrake/Mandriva and Red Hat flavor is my first distro but openSUSE is my long time preferred distro, especially when I started and actively joined Indonesian openSUSE community in 2007. As time evolved, I wasn’t use single distro…
Today I’m adding 2 useful plugins for visitor experience, wp-pagenavi and wp-print. Wp-pagenavi give a convenient pagination on long post, it will cut a long post into some divided part and make it a good looking and easier to read. Sadly, split article function as provided by wp-pagenavi has not implemented on my blognews template….