Method of unlocking locked Windows XP that works on some ThinkPad laptops

This video demonstrates method of unlocking locked Windows XP [without password] that works on some ThinkPad laptops:

Time flies

It's amazing how time flies. You've probably noticed lack of new posts for more than one year. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find much time to write anything due to permanent lack of free time. Fortunately, since my daughter is 15 months already, I should be able to start writing again soon.

Over past year I've received massive amount of e-mails regarding various post on this blog - thanks everyone. Most e-mails were related to my posts covering Adam air, so I must say I'm really glad that Adam Air is finally out of business. However, it saddens me that they were able to operate for so long, which has resulted in lost lives and massive financial loss due to ban of Indonesian aircrafts from flying in European airspace. In most countries someone would spend most of his/her life behind bars for this, which shows that there are still number of important challenges facing Indonesia. Still, I must say that amount of progress each year is simply impressive.

How to use Indonesian traditional toilet

If you are a foreigner who plans to travel to remote areas of Indonesia, you may be surprised when visiting a toilet. Imagine you've just had too much spicy saus sambal and are in some serious need and instead of something that you'd normally expect to find in WC, you'll see something like this: Ooops, a major problem here! How to use this thing?!?! Fortunately, folks in India are using similar toilets and apparently foreigners have quite a problem using it, so a little manual was painted on the wall aimed to help silly foreigners to use this unique toilet. Obviously it's applicable to Indonesian traditional toilets, so you may find it useful:

I hope it's clear now. Please Visit Indonesia Year 2008.

BiZNET Storage Launched

BiZNET has launched a very interesting service, a FREE on-line file storage with almost 1GB of free space to store any of your files on a remote server! It is easily accessible via web interface and I must say that access from Indonesian networks is incredibly fast. It is a fantastic service and I’m seriously surprised to see that local ISP could come up with something like that and offer it for FREE. It’s definitely a cool service for exchanging large files, keeping your backups on remote locations, sharing data for larger number of users etc. and I definitely recommend using it. Yet, knowing BiZNET’s reputation in the area of information security I think it is better not to store any sensitive data there. Obviously, a simple solution to this problem is to use encryption, such as encrypting ZIP files, using PGP or TrueCrypt which will ensure that content of your files will remain confidential - just make sure you keep backups in case it incidentally disappears from the server.

NetBeans IDE 6.0 Beta 1 Released

We're getting closer to NetBeans IDE 6.0 Beta 1 was just released today. NetBeans is definitely my favourite Java development IDE, thus I try to follow its development. Some of the really cool updates are: smarter code completion; editable Diff (screenshot below); support for Ruby/JRuby/Ruby on Rails (including Ruby debugger) – for all those fans of Ruby programming language; finally NetBeans profiler has been integrated into IDE - now no need to download and install the NetBeans Profiler separately, thus you can immediately start optimising your Java apps; built-in visual designer for web applications including a Visual Page Flow editor (wow!). However, my favourite update is the new game builder for mobile applications, with API that supports animated sprites and the ability to arrange tiled layers into scenes – mobile game development has never been easier! There are actually quite a few updates related to mobile app developers such as Visual Mobile Designer (VMD) – finally it’s more stable – or integrated UI for CLDC/MIDP and CDC development. If you’ve never used NetBeans you definitely need to try this. The tool is absolutely FREE and provides lot more features that commercial Java development IDEs. If you live in Indonesia, I'd also recommend subscribing to NetBeans Indonesia Community. You'll have a chance to meet some of the best Java developers around.

Sumatra, more earthquakes

This morning, there was another strong earthquake near the shore of Sumatra. Since yesterday, the area was hit by multiple earthquakes, including at least three really big earthquakes.