What's New in April
For starters, I'll definitely will need to get a new job or a new job title this month. That's definite.
Two, I just upgraded my laptop processor and memory. Now it has 19 cores and 10Gb of RAM (don't ask me how, they seem to have 5Gb pieces instead of 4Gb - is this the end of power 2 numbers in computers?). It's running wonderfully fast (not to mention all those Virtual Machines running in the background), but unfortunately I'll need to reinstall Windows Vista 64-bit first.
Here's the picture of my laptop running pretty much 4 OS at the same time (Ubuntu, Windows XP, Mac OS X 10.4, and Windows Vista as the host). There's so much core that only the first 12 are often used. Memory usage is high because VPC is running in the background.
Three, Telkom Speedy have reduced their prices. It is now competitive with Melsa (differs only Rp10.000), but still have lower bandwith (although cheaper investment cost). The cheapest package, which is Rp200.000 for 1Gb of traffic is very reasonable when you need always-on connectivity (especially useful when you're using Windows Vista).
Four, oil and gas prices are up, again. I've seen yesterday on MetroTV News that Premium is up 17% to Rp5.459 per litre for non-subsidised consumers. There's also a new GSM operator in town called 3. Unique name, I might hunt for some good numbers.
And finally, I am one step away from my PhD title. I have finished my paper titled "The Effect of Distributed Methodologies on Cyberinformatics" for peer review this month. If you'd like to see the full version, click here [PDF, 63Kb].
It'll be a great month!