#Wordcampid a glimpse on wordpress boardgame

thinking hard

Coaching the first WordPress boardgame was very exciting for me. At first I was nervous because the players are WordPress user and programmer, it was their daily job after all messing up with WordPress. But later on I enjoy watching them play the game because they really get the story behind the game and play passionately.

The game was about web development where you and your teammates are trying to finish WordPress CMS project (CMIIW). Your job was to install plugins that collaborate with each other and suites with the boss demand. There are more than 50 plugins to use and some of them are special plugins that have (of course) special effect. There are victory points, threshold value and a brief explanation in each plugin.

Every player has its own workspace and must work with each other to complete the workframe. Each workframe has its own plugin connector that has a threshold value. A workspace is considered finished if every connector has been installed with plugins or the installed plugins have reached the threshold value.

But it wasnt as easy as it seems because there are one last significant factor, which is the boss’s order. The order was represented with three dice, red yellow and green. Basically the red dice tells us work harder, weather to share your plugin with other player or download more plugin. The yellow dice are order related with the plugin connector. Sometimes you must turn it 90 degrees or 180 degrees or you can reinstall a plugin of your choice. The green ones are order related with workframe. The boss can tell you to change the workframe or run the workframe even if it wasnt finished.

In the end if you have a WordPress web, you really should play the game. It’s fun and interactive with many twist that can affect the gameplay. And for you who don’t it is the best way to know WordPress as you can learn more than 60 plugins and 18 themes in this game and be a successful web developer!

the very first

 

fresh game, fresh player

its been a while since my last post here. It was originally used for an assignment for my English course and did some other post afterwards and i abandon it for a while. But after wordcampid event I realized that it can be some of use for me again. So here is my first post in my new blog

So the first WordPress Boardgame was played here, in the 290111 wordcampid in Bumi Sangkuriang, Bandung. And after a whole day of conference the participants are finally get the chance to play the boardgame.

In this pictures was shown the very first 4 players of the game. And soon afterwards 2o other players open up a new game and start playing the remaining 5 boardgames. The game was about web development so its no wonder they are very interested and determined to find out the best web developer among them. It has been a very interesting boardgame session.

cloning: the way to a better life (maybe, i hope so)

It’s has been human’s ambition to have a perfect life. No more suffering, pain, or sickness.  Even some people search for the illusive ~almost impossible eternal life (or so it seems in the movies or novels).

well i believe its not that far away, without a doubt i believe cloning can solve most humans problem regarding to health issues.

I quote from wikipedia

Cloning in biology is the process of producing populations of genetically-identical individuals that occurs in nature when organisms such as bacteria, insects or plants reproduce asexually. Cloning in biotechnology refers to processes used to create copies of DNA fragments (molecular cloning), cells (cell cloning), or organisms. More generally, the term refers to the production of multiple copies of a product such as digital media or software.

Try to think it this way, say that you’re just got a car accident that cause you your limb. With cloning you could just clone aka “grow” another limb for you, and voila!! you got yourself a new limb!! How cool is that!

And with cloning, we are open for a DNA manipulation. Imagine we can get rid many inherited diseases like astma or cancer. We could even find cure for alzheimer (someone might be happy for this!! hahaha) or AIDS!.

Cloning can also solve problem for infertiliy, many couple could only dream for having children because of this. Now we have a solution! Cloning, just order your baby!

So far i have told you some of the benefits of cloning, but i want to stress on one major issue. ARE WE READY FOR IT? There are many things to consider: the regulation, who controls it, what’s the boundarie, etc. Because technology in the wrong hands has been proven dangerous.

a review: my first mini c-moy amp

at last

i have always wanted a portable amp. i tried out many portable amp, from ibasso, amb mini to soul micro. and i think they’re going to be a great addition to my portable setup! the only problem is that theyre expensive!!

and then i think, since im a electrical engineering major student, i should be able to BUILD  my own amp. (at that time (and now i think hehehe) i dont know anything *eergh lets just say that i forget anything they taught me in class).

so, i came across this website

http://www.tangentsoft.net/audio/

i decided to follow the tutorial there, because its systematic and well explained. my friend kresna decided to join the pursuit!! yeaahh!!

starting it up

the first day, we bought soldering iron, multitester and the component, except the Op Amp. because i really didnt have any experience in buying component, i was very happy when it only cost about Rp 30k. hahaha i tought this amp will be very cheap!! well, at least until the next day…..

this time i came to jaya plaza in search of the mysterious OPA2134/2604 that was no where to be found in ANAM. hahaha..so i get to this store ask the lady for the op amp. AND THE PRICE ISSS RP 60k!!! damn!! twice the priceoff  all  the other component! sick! so this is why those amp are really expensive…

so i assemble the circuit, there are some minor problem regarding the hiss in the output so i changed the gain and try out different capacitor ratings.

testing

the next problem is the enclosure, i need to find a case that is small enough to fit a 9v batt. and i find a paperclip case in gramedia. *in the end i bought 2 of them, because i failed in my first try, and now i have 200 “i dont know what to do with it” paper clips.

so this is my final product of my mini cmoy amplifier.

yaayyyy!!

about the SQ, i really cant say much yet (corporate secret hehehehehe). but it really make the bass more tight, more powerfull. and i think it improve the staging a little bit.

but anyway, it has been a reaaaalllyy fun project!!

next project —> DIY LOD and headphone recable!! and improving the amp…hehehe