Thursday, August 27, 2009

Stop Using The Word "AUTISM" On our daily Jokes

di bawah ini artikel dari blog indosingleparent yang mungkin layak buat direnungkan. Emang biasa orang suka bercanda atau suka ngomong autis2.. tapi gak tau apa itu autis sih.... G baru tau autis itu kaya gitu ya (walaupun masih meraba2 karena di artikel di bawah gak disebutin secara jelas... tapi kira2 bisa dibayangkan d)...


KENAPA SIH GAK BOLEH BECANDA PAKE KATA "AUTIS LO!!"??
(PLEASE READ & FORWARD, this is very IMPORTANT for those of you who has few knowledge about Autism)
Siang itu aku sibuk membaca buku resep makanan khusus untuk anak autistik. Ya, Anakku memang tidak bisa makan sembarang makanan. Salah-salah… anakku bisa berputar-putar seperti gasing jika ada zat dalam makananya yang tidak cocok untuk dikonsumsi oleh anakku.
Ditangan sebelah kiri, ada buku Food diary anakku… yang aku tulis sejak pertama kali dia kuperkenalkan pada makanan padat… berisi apa saja yang dia cocok untuk tubuhnya,… reaksi alergynya dan mana saja makanan yang tidak cocok dan menyebabkan dia overwhelmed. Kebayang gak?…
Diusia 4 bulan misalnya, kuberikan jeruk bayi pada anakku,… Eh, gak lama kemudian dia muntah dan seluruh tubuhnya seperti dipenuhi… ULAT BULU… hiiii…
Pernah aku beri dia tomat. Tapi kemudian, berhari-hari dia diare dan uring-uringan. Kuberi dia susu instant,… anakku malah jingkrak2, Mengepak-ngepakkan tangannya, persis seperti orang gila!!! Dia berputar-putar tanpa merasa lelah,… dan kemudian mengamuk ketika tidak mengerti bagaimana cara mengendalikan tubuhnya yang tidak mau diam.
Ahhh, sudahlah… life must go on anyway. Kulirik sekali lagi food diarynya… hmm, hari ini aku harus mencoba memberinya 5ml putih telur tanpa kuningnya, karena 7 hari yg lalu, dia sudah sedikit kebal ketika kukenalkan pada telur ayam ini.
Baru saja hendak memasak, tiba2 kudengar jeritannya… Kucari anakku, tapi tidak kutemukan.
Aku keruang setrika… dan disana kutemukan anakku sedang nangkring diatas lemari, dengan setrika panas yang baru saja dicabut oleh BS-nya karena kupanggil untuk membantuku memasak. Setrika panas ini masih nempel diatas punggung tangan kirinya.!!!
Oh… My… God!!! *panik*
Dari punggung tangannya mengepul asap. Bau daging panggang begitu segar menempel dihidungku. Kuangkat setrika itu dari tangannya… dan, aduh Tuhan, aku tidak kuat melihatnya. Sebagian dagingnya menempel dibalik gosokan panas itu… :(( :(( :((
AAAAAARRRRGGGHHHH…
Sumpah kalau saja ini bukan anakku,… Aku pasti sudah mati berdiri karena ketakutan… Melihat daging dari punggung tangannya, yang menempel pada setrika itu… itu sudah berubah menjadi putih kekuningan… Dan luka di tangannya… juga sudah berubah menjadi putih seperti daging ayam matang :((
Aku menjerit sekencang-kencangnya… Kupanggil Baby sitternya yang tadi aku suruh untuk membantuku didapur… lalu dengan kesetanan, ku kebut mobilku ke UGD Rumah Sakit, untuk dirawat secara intensif. Begitu anakku segera tertangani… tiba2 aku kehilangan seluruh tenagaku.
AKU PINGSAN!!!
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Hari itu, lagi-lagi aku sedang mempersiapkan makanannya. Memang, Khusus untuk makanannya, aku memutuskan untuk memasak sendiri, karena hanya aku yang tahu berapa gram atau mililiter… porsi makanan yang masih bisa ditoleransi oleh tubuh anakku.
Sedang membersihkan kompor yang kecipratan makanan… tiba-tiba, lagi-lagi kudengar bunyi benda jatuh. GEDEBUK!!!…
Buru-buru kucari sumber suara itu, memastikan bahwa itu bukan anakku…
Damn. Oh Tuhan… lagi-lagi anakku, dia baru saja terjatuh dan sepertinya kepalanya terantuk pada pinggir tembok, sehingga kepala sobek dan berdarah.
Dia masih berusaha berdiri, meskipun sempoyongan…. Dan sambil berjalan, dial menggaruk luka di kepalanya yang bocor… Sementara darahnya terus aja mengucur deras, tepat di belakang otak kecilnya.
Tangannya berlumuran darah… Punggung bajunya pun juga sudah berubah menjadi merah oleh darah. Tapi dia tidak menangis… Dia hanya berjalan sambil menggaruk luka menganga yang ada dibelakang kepalanya.
Aku menjeritttt sekuat2nya. Kepalanya kututupi dengan lap kompor yang tadi aku pegang.
Tapi itupun gak lama… karena dalam sekejap, lap kompor itu sudah berubah menjadi merah kehitaman. Aku berteriak panik,… “mbak, minta handuk… handuk… CEPATTTT!!!”
Dan lagi2 kukebut mobilku ke rumah sakit, langsung menuju UGD. Disana, dokter yang sudah terbiasa menangani anakku sudah siap menunggu dan segera menjahit kepala anakku.
Dia tidak menangis… hanya minta sesuatu yang bulat untuk dia pegang. Dan setelah dijahit dengan 8 (delapan) jahitan… Hatikupun sedikit lega. Seluruh persendianku serasa dicopot dari tubuhku, dan tanpa sadar…Lagi-lagi aku… PINGSAN.
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Terlalu banyak cerita haru dan berurai airmata yang kami harus jalani. Berkali-kali jantung kami harus terpacu 100x lipat manakala mereka melakukan hal-hal yang tanpa mereka sadari mencelakai diri mereka sendiri.
Tapi ini bukan keluhan kok,… karena saya selalu sadar…. Tuhan itu ARSITEK YANG AGUNG. Karyanya tidak pernah gagal. Tidak satupun makluk yang diciptakannya, yang merupakan produk gagal Jadi ketika dia menciptakan seorang bayi yang memiliki kekurangan, dia tidak pernah lupa untuk menitipkan KELEBIHAN pada anak ini.
So, buat semua orang tua, berhentilah mengeluhkan kekurangan anak kita… mari bantu mereka untuk menemukan kelebihan mareka.
Anakku memang Autistik, tapi aku bangga setiap kali menceritakan bahwa anakku autis. Aku bangga setiap kali menceritakan bagaimana proses menangis berdarah-darah itu, sudah Tuhan rubah menjadi Senyum sukacita dan bangga yang luar biasa.
Selalu ada haru yang menyesakkan dadaku, manakala mendengarkan tangan2 mungilnya menari2 dengan lincah diatas tuts2 piano,… mendengarnya bercakap2 dalam bahasa Inggris,… seolah yang kudegar ini adalah anak bule asli… yang nyasar dalam tubuh putriku.
Namun, dibalik itu… Walaupun bangga… selalu tersisa rasa risih dan tidak nyaman, kalau tidak ingin dibilang tersinggung… manakala mendengar orang-orang bercanda dengan menggunakan kata “Autis”.
Minggu yang lalu sahabat saya menyelenggarakan pesta ultah disebuah resto terkenal, salah satu teman kami, sibuk dengan BB-nya, sehingga teman yang lain menegur begini…
Tuh,… liat tuh sill… autis banget khan dia…? KAYAK ANAK LOE khan?… Loe marahin deh sil… marahin sil… Coba loe terapi dulu nih dia,… biar sembuh kayak anak loe” Dan semua lalu tertawa terbahak-bahak…
Saya??? hmmm… Cuma bisa senyum kecut, karena tidak ingin merusak suasana Pesta Ulang Tahun sahabat saya… *doh*
Well, saya tahu mereka hanya bercanda, namun biar bagaimanapun,… Saya sudah merasakan dan tahu betul sulitnya membesarkan anak autistik.
Semoga artikel ini semakin mencerahkan teman-teman mengapa orang sepertinya terlalu over campaign dengan gerakan “Stop Using Autism on our daily jokes” ini. Semoga berkenan.

=Written by A mother of an Authistic Child=
SiLLy

Ending Doraemon

Setelah baca2 di forum indo... baru ingat lagi kalau g punya ending doraemon (dulu dah pernah diupload di website pribadi g... tapi kan websitenya dah mati :p).

Siapa sih yang gak tau doraemon ?? Hampir semua orang tau (kecuali orang2 yang terpencil kali... :p). Tapi gak banyak yang tau endingnya.

jadi ini g share endingnya doraemon (gak tau resminya atau cuma fan fic.. tapi ending ini cukup bagus buat nutup serinya) : Download disini

Saturday, August 22, 2009

XP SP2 Failed Hibernate

Pernah failed waktu hibernate laptop ?
Belakangan ini kejadian ini mulai sering terjadi di laptop g dan sangat mengganggu.
Bayangin aja, kan laptopnya dah disetel supaya waktu di tutup otomatis hibernate sendiri. Jadi, biasa pas mau pulang dari kantor, tutup laptop, beres2, pulang, sampe rumah.. begitu liat, lah.. tuh laptop masih nyala.....
bagus kalau batere nya masih kuat... lah.. kalu baterenya dah mau abis... kan jadilah tuh laptop mati tanpa shutdown.... bisa cepet rusak tuh windowsnya...

Selidik punya selidik.. rupanya hal ini emang bugs dari microsoft, dan biasa terjadi di windows xp sp2, di komputer dengan RAM 1 GB atau lebih....
untunglah udah ada patch dari microsoft buat benerinnya dan bisa di download disini : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909095 (warning : genuine windows only)

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Esia... esia.....

hari ini.... hp istri g dapet sms ajaib yang dah lama g perkirakan.....
dengan isi yang berbunyi kira2 seperti : "Nada sambung anda berhasil diperpanjang dan dikenakan biaya Rp.3000".
Wow.... kapan minta nada sambungnya diperpanjang ????
dan yang paling canggih..... KAPAN PERNAH MINTA DIAKTIFIN NADA SAMBUNG ???

kenapa udah g perkirakan ?? karena emang beberapa hari/minggu belakangan ini kalu telp hp istri g ada lagu2 aneh (ok ok gak aneh.. tapi lagu nada sambung lah ceritanya)... yang waktu g confirm ke istri.. dia gak tau apa2....
disuruh matiin... tapi katanya aktifin aja gak pernah.. kali dikasih gratis ama esianya.... (gratis ?? hohoho....)

untung ada cara matiinnya...
jadi suruh matiin... dan suruh telp ke cust servicenya... yang walaupun g yakin duit gak bakal dibalikin... minimal ngoceh2 dulu lah....
tapi...................... apa kata istri ????
"berapa ya no telp cust servicenya ???" wwkkwkwkw...

ok ok... demi bisa ngoceh2.. akhirnya search di mbah gugel... minta cari no telp cust service esia...
eh... malah dapet beberapa site... yang isinya cerita pengalaman2 dengan esia...
dan banyak yang jauhhhhhhhhhhh lebih parah..........
beberapa diantaranya :

yang kalau anda baca... selain masalahnya lebih parah... tapi kesimpulannya... mending gak usah telp cust servicenya lah... di telp di jam kerja aja kaga diangkat2.. apalagi di luar jam kerja/malem2 gini....
dan kalupun diangkat/dapet cust servicenya... mereka cuma bakal jawab asal2an... dan paling bilang bakal diterusin ke manajemen.........

wew...
baru tau... segitu hancurnya esia ya........
padahal g jg dah sebel ama beberapa operator telp laen.. sekarang ditambah esia lagi......
kapan ya YLKI di indo bisa bantu konsumen2 buat bantai tuh operator2 telp... dan ajarin mereka cara2 bisnis/pelayanan jasa yang bener..........

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

How to deal with Programmers, for DummiesShare

Dapet analogi bagus ini dari facebook temen, yang mana dia dapet dari temennya lagi. Jadi credit untuk cerita ini adalah untuk temennya temen g yang g gak tau namanya...
so.... here we go :

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I started to receive request for English version of this little essey I posted some time ago to my diary.

I won't be able to literally translate it for you as I'm lazy. I'll just try to tell this story again in English with the promise to be as close as I can to original one.

It was a long time ago since I started to think of a ways how can I explain to different sorts of people just how the programmers work. To the people that aren't involved in any similar sort of activity or simply NOT programmers, NOT Software Developers as they are called these days. What happens in that geek mind when his eyes seem to be staring at the monitor and fingers sporadically cluttering over the keyboard ? I found it difficult - if not entirely impossible - to explain that sort of thing to just anybody.The whole human population seems to be split apart into those who do know how it works and those who don't have any idea. Obviously those who do wouldn't want to know any explanation except in the situation when they themselves are in a position requiring them to come up with an explanation. Those who don't have a clue on what happens in a geek’s mind may just not be interested at all - or have no chance to do that as it is all over their mind as they seem to think.

This year during my annual holiday I finally came up with an idea which I believe may shed some light on a subject. It may just allow an ordinary person to get an idea on what is going on in a geek’s mind when it works.

Enough with prelude! Here it is - how the programmer’s mind works:

The work of a programmer is practically A DREAM.

Sounds silly and simply untrue isn't it?

Well. If you would like to get yourself in programmer’s shoes and start to understand his work from the inside – then that is a concept you need to follow. You should simply imagine that The Programmer IS SLEEPING when he is WORKING.

Product of a programmers work is a dream, the vision of the sleepy night, the fantasy. It is written in a special language for electronic device to continue its existence when programmer is awake or switches himself to another dream.

You may want to think of it if it was like a programmer just taking a task or an exercise, writing some program and the task is solved. It is actually never working this way.

Let's take a maze for example. There is a task for the programmer to come up with an algorithm of finding the way out of the maze. When a programmer is working on this task he isn't just a God's Finger showing the directions to a little girl lost in a great maze. He isn't that girl or the walls of a labyrinth either. He is actually all of that in a same time. In order to solve the task he must BECOME the labyrinth, the walls, the lost little girl and whatever else may just came along with it. It is not a figure of the speech - the programmer is literally SLEEPING and DREAMING that all in his mind.

When you watch the programmers work from a side you are effectively watching a person sleeping and dreaming. Can I ask you if you are getting to sleep very easily?

Most people take the process of getting to sleep very seriously. For many it requires a special sermon to get to sleep. Some people do it quick, some do it very slow. Some even have trouble getting to sleep when they need to, so they take pills or make themselves some special tea. Basically there is a very tiny percent of people who are getting to sleep as easy as a snap of two fingers.

The same story is true about programmers. Process of beginning to work for them is just like it is for an ordinary person to get to sleep. None of them can just start working like most people can't just tell themselves - "Start sleeping" and become knocked off. There is also no common way of doing it as there is no common way of getting to sleep.

Some who count sheep in their mind live here in New Zealand. Some find it absolutely necessary to watch TV to become sleepy. Some can't switch themselves off without reading. There are all sorts of breathing, counting, attention dissipation, special pose practicing and even more bizarre ways of making yourself just to get to sleep. I In a programmer’s world, it’s the same procees for getting to work.

So what is it to be done in situation like that? How do we deal with all those high-salary professional sleepers, you may ask.

Here it is. Let's say you are NOT a programmer and somehow directly or indirectly your are interested in getting productive results from a programmer. In this case you are interested in understanding of how to deal with your programmer more effectively, so he would be able to produce the best productive results possible.

Imagine that there is EVERYTHING at stake and it all depends on results of your sleep. Everything - your life, the life and future of your children, your career and mortgage payments, literally everything. It is even more - there are lives of people flying in aircrafts, their money on banking accounts, their career and their personal little secrets in social networks. It is ALL depends on how good your sleep is going to be. Not just one sleep. EVERY ONE and EVERY NIGHT. Every night you are going to sleep knowing that it all depends on how good you are going to sleep today.



Imagined?

That is exactly how it is for programmers! Literally.

It is just for you it looks like you only asked a simple question. Just asked what the time is... just that.

How about I ask you what time it is sometime around three in a morning?

Nothing biggie isn't it? Just asked a simple question. I just asked. You just answered and then you can keep sleeping.

Not a biggie. Just once in a while I'd ask you something not very difficult to answer. Something like - "Have you checked your E-mail recently?" There is nothing to worry about, just yes or no answer would be sufficient and then you can go get your sleep again.

Is it now easier to imagine such situation?

Do you still remember that EVERYTHING is still totally dependent on how good your sleep is? It is still in account, no one taken that condition away. If you sleep is bad - people will die. And I am still asking those simple little questions time to time during your sleep.

Feeling like dreams a sweat now?

How about sleeping and just a little bit watching TV. AND just a bit listening to radio. AND just a little bit checking your E-mails time to time. AND may be sometimes helping me getting some stuff from grocery. Can you do that?


Would you be able to do it every day, five days a week, forty eight weeks a year?

If you want life like that - come apply for a job to our company. That will all come to you just like dream come true.

But of course it is not everything is that tragic. There are people who can sleep a little bit almost all the time. I knew some drivers who could fall asleep whenever opportunity presents itself. Just like battery-powered toys they can switch themselves on and off whenever it is required. You probably have experience of waking up driver like that when lights turn green and you happen to be behind. You just give it a little honk and it wakes him up, then you both go.

So are the programmers. There is a category of them which works just this way. They can easily get themselves to work at any moment. The downside of it is that when you sleep that quick and that "shallow" you don't dream much. You may have a little bit of dreaming but there wouldn’t be much to remember about after that. So it is in programming world.

The majority of software products are produced by that "shallow sleepers", not only because the majority of programmers prefer it that way. It is rather because the majority of people dealing with programmers don't let them get to sleep that deep. "Annoying" is today’s most popular way of management in software production industry so it keeps the great mass of software developers awake... awake when they actually have to be asleep to get the work done. Hence there are gazillions of poor quality software around.

I personally cannot work in environment like I described above. Yes I am just like you need to perform my little ritual to get me to start being productive. You can't get to sleep without reading a page in your novel. I can't get to be productive without reading my Livejournal a little bit, checking on news and just staring at my monitor with no obvious practical result. If I interrupt you getting to sleep procedure you would have to start it again. So do I - when interrupted I have to start all over again. You can't get to sleep progressively doing something in parallel, it can only be done in one go. So it is for me when I get myself to start working. Sometimes you just can't get to sleep at all fighting with your pillow and blanket till very early. It happens to me as well, I can't sometimes get myself to work at all because of no obvious reason.

I hope you can understand that analogy even if you have never had experience of being a programmer. I hope that when more people will understand this simple analogy between the programmer’s work and dreaming it would help them to understand what to do about it. It may help people to understand where the good high quality programs are coming from and why there is a vast of poor quality software around.



Do you want good programs?

Do you want your software developer husband be successful and earned all the money in the world?

Do you want your employees finally achieve the best you want them to?

There is a simple recipe for you:



DON'T BLOODY WAKE UP THE PROGRAMMER TOO OFTEN!