June 2006

  • Spammed

    We arrived home from West Sumatra and found our website full of spam, thousands of them, and the mysql table crashed. This is crazy! Indrani.net has a quite low readership, so the spammer is making bad judgment by trying to…

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  • Jakarta in Google Earth

    Wow, I’m so late, I just found out that Google Earth now have high resolution image of Jakarta, Bandung, and even East Timor. The image is from 2003, and has been online since late march / early april 2006. We’re…

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  • Singapore Government and Online Auctions

    Some of you may have read Rani’s writing entitled How online auction works in Singapore. Given the fact that most Singapore-based online auction sellers and buyers (“participants”) do not act according to the international norms that you normally see happening…

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  • Balut and Others

    This is a long overdue post about Balut, Vietnamese Spring Roll, and Square Watermelon. But first of all, I got to know Michael Ohlsson, another weird food connoisseur, who lives in China, through my entry about weird food Back to…

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  • Hot White Mojito

    Last weekend, I was quite successful in my first attempt to become the bartender of my household. I made mojito, a traditional cuban drink, out of fresh ingredients. I got the recipe from Bacardi. How flattered I was when Indi…

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  • Gmail for my domain

    Yay! indrani.net have received approval for “Gmail for your domain” beta! I found out about it from James Seng, like, so long after it has been launched (in february). Nevertheless, I tried to apply as beta tester during the last…

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  • Indo Sing Mum Picnic

    I called one of my good friends (who are married, with children) to see if they want to attend Indo Sing Mum picnic to be held this Saturday at Botanic Gardens, Singapore. One of the responses/questions I got about the…

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  • West Sumatra Bound

    Some say that what they like the most about Singapore is when they “leave” it, not when they “live” in it. I am saying this because we are about do another getaway and experience “leaving it”. West Sumatra, it is.…

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