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Hi, Google Photos!

Google Photos logo

After leaving Flickr, it took few weeks to have all photos organised in Google Photos as my primary photo storage (and sharing!) service.

What’s the difference?

Using Google Photos, I upload more photos. I think, this is because of some key factors:

  1. It’s easy to upload photos. I almost always upload my photos directly from my Android phone.
  2. It feels fast to upload. Besides photos, I also upload some videos.
  3. It’s addictive. Because it’s not only about having all photos stored in the cloud, but also how Google handles my uploaded photos. The “Assistant” which helps me to create animation, collages, and also movies makes me feel more engaged with what I have uploaded. And, let’s not forget also its face recognition and face grouping feature.

Secondly, it’s nice to share memories with others. Even I have lots of private photos, I also have thousand of photos I took in my daily with friends at the office, church during Saturday services, and other occasions.

So, it’s not only about me, not only about my family, but it’s also about friends, coworkers, relatives, and those who we care about. I create hundreds of albums to keep all photos organised. I label those faces, and created shared albums so that my friends can also see their photos.

I already have around 28K photos uploaded for free to Google Photos. Let’s see how many photos I have at the end of the year. 20K? We’ll see.

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Google's Schemer


Google’s Schemer:

Whether it’s exploring a new city, checking out a friend’s movie recommendation, or just finding new activities for your weekends, Schemer lets you discover new things to do, share schemes with friends, and make the most of your day.

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Melihat Hong Kong

Ketika mengikuti acara Friday Movie Mania yang diadakan oleh simPATI awal bulan Juli ini, terus terang diawal saya tidak tahu banyak tentang Hong Kong. Bahkan, bisa dikatakan saya tidak mencoba mencari tahu tentang Hong Kong sebelum keberangkatan. Ya, paling tidak perjalanan kali ini bisa dikatakan lebih santai — terlepas dari jadwal yang sebenarnya lumayan padat. Saya menganggap lebih santai karena hal-hal terkait dengan perjalanan sudah disiapkan oleh penyelenggara.

Kesan Pertama tentang Hong Kong

Acara nonton bareng Transformers 3 yang menjadi agenda utama diadakan di hari kedua. Agenda lain adalah mengunjungi beberapa tempat yang ada di Hong Kong, dan termasuk acara bebas yang lebih banyak dimanfaatkan untuk berjalan-jalan melihat beberapa tempat disekitar penginatap di daerah Causeway Bay.

Ketika menginjakkan kaki di Hong Kong International Airport, kesan pertama yang saya lihat adalah Hong Kong itu tertib dan bersih. Arsitektur bandara misalnya. Walaupun waktu itu bandara sudah cukup sepi, tapi saya merasakah kesan yang nyaman. Lampu masih menyala dengan cukup terang, tidak terkesan suram.

Saya perokok, dan melihat tanda larangan merokok — termasuk denda larangan merokok sempat membuat nyali ciut juga.

Ya, 5.000 Hong Kong Dollar (sekitar 5,5 juta rupiah) adalah denda maksimum yang akan dihadiahkan untuk pelanggar aturan ini. Saya tidak mencari info lebih lanjut tentang ini. Pokoknya, jangan merokok sembarangan. Dan, satu hal yang lebih penting: saya tidak berkeinginan untuk mencobai mekanisme membayar denda. :D

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Floating CSS menu on YouTube Flash Videos

I currently involve in a website project that put videos as its primary contents. My involvement is not primary on the design. I’m just helping a little. What I like from the process is to find solution. One of the problem is on the navigation menu. It’s very common to have navigation with sub-menus. Without having special objects like flash, everything should be under control. But, not this time.

The problem

When embedding a video from YouTube (in this case, using the iframe method), the navigation is broken because it sits behind the video. The same result with the old embed code. See the screenshot below:

It’s wrong. The menu should be displayed above the video. It should be like the image below:

So, is there a simple way to fix this problem? Yes.

The solution

The solution is pretty easy. You only need to add a parameter for the embed code. It’s wmode=transparent. I will use an example here. This is an embed code from Serabi Solo video at YouTube:
<iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Gi-lO8OMUns" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
The code above should me modified by adding wmode=transparent parameter. The final code will be like this:
<iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Gi-lO8OMUns?wmode=transparent" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
It’s easy, right? But, what if you want to use the old embed code? You can fix the problem using a same method. For example, this is YouTube’s old embed code from the same video:
<object width="640" height="360">
<param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Gi-lO8OMUns?version=3&amp;hl=en_US"></param>
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param>
<param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param>
<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Gi-lO8OMUns?version=3&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640" height="360" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed>
</object>
You need to add a parameter. Just add <param name="wmode" value="transparent" />.
The final code will be like this:
<object width="640" height="360">
<param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Gi-lO8OMUns?version=3&amp;hl=en_US"></param>
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param>
<param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param>
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Gi-lO8OMUns?version=3&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640" height="360" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed>
</object>
Have fun!

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YouTube Embed with New Player Design

In my previous post, I mentioned about YouTube’s new player design. Right now, it only works on YouTube site — not for videos embed externally. But, with a small modification on its player parameter, we can have the new player design for the video. Example? This is the original embed code:

<object width="560" height="340">
<param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XdQxtQFfxiM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"></param>
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param>
<param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param>
<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XdQxtQFfxiM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed>
</object>

Now, look at the this line of code:
http://www.youtube.com/v/XdQxtQFfxiM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0
To have the video inserted using a new player design, just put version=3 parameter there. So, it will be like this:
http://www.youtube.com/v/XdQxtQFfxiM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&version=3
You will have YouTube video displayed like what you see below. Of course, you can still modify out it looks using another player parameters.

I personally like the new player design. So, I modified all video codes used at my videoblog to have the new look. It didn’t take much time since I replaced the codes using search and replace plugin. :)

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Iron Man 2 Trailer

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Yahoo!-related Twitter Accounts

Yahoo! now jumps into the Twitter crowd. There are some Yahoo!-related Twitter accounts. Here they are — few accounts already setup earlier:

There are also other accounts, but it seems that they’re not the official ones e.g.  @YhooAnswersBlog. With those accounts, I think it’s easier to reach the people behind each service, or to ask about the service.

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Iron Flickr Man

Iron Man, before and after
I watched Iron Man. I think it’s a good movie. But, I will not talk about this movie, or make a review of it.
I’m interested in the story behind this movie related to… Flickr! If you see the image, just look closer to the two images inside. Looks similar, right?
The picture is from Jeremy Keith‘s Flickr album, and it was used in the movie! For me, the most interesting thing about this is about “how” his image can be used (in this movie).
Jeremy Keith has a detailed story about this. You should read the full story. Read about the communication between Jeremy and Ashley Kravitz.

Once I finally made it to Austin, I settled into a comfortable routine of geeking out, having fun and generally over-indulging. As I was making my way to the conference centre one morning, my mobile phone rang. It was Ashley.
“Sorry I didn’t manage to get the form to you”, I said. “My laptop died on me. I know it’s too late now.”
“Actually, there’s still time”, she responded.
“Look”, I said. “Let’s cut out the computers completely. Can you fax the form to my hotel? I can sign it and fax it back to you straight away.”
And that’s exactly what we did.

Interesting!

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Coolspotter

What is Coolspotter?
Coolspotters is a online service that makes it easy to discover and buy the products, brands, and fashions being used by your favorite celebrities — in their real lives, and in movies and television. (source)

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The 10 Greatest Zombie Films

The 10 Greatest Zombie Films of All Time (with Evidence). I’m not a big fan of this kind of movie, but here’s a list: Shaun of the Dead, 28 Days Later, The Serpent and the Rainbow, and more.

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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian? Not yet…

Yesterday, my girl and I had a plan watching The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian at 21 Theather. I haven’t read many reviews about this movie, but a short review from Willy was more than enough. I did watched the first sequel of Narnia — The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Not my favorite, but I just like it.
When we tried to get tickets, there were only 3 seats available. And, they were on the front row. No way! Okey, next time!

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Some notes about 21Cineplex website

Before going to theaters for a movie, I checked the schedule first. And I want to get the information about the movies — their schedules — I go to http://www.21cineplex.com/. It’s informative, but I found annoyance there.

  • I can’t bookmark a theater page. Whenever I want to go directly to a theater page, it takes me to frontpage. I think it’s because my browser does not send HTTP_REFERER?
  • Because I can’t add a theater to my bookmark, it means that I can not send a permanent link to other people. If I want to show a page to someone, for example: “Go to theater in Yogyakarta”, how to do that? “Open the site, then click this, then scroll down, you should see the link there”. Like that? Doh!
  • Every theater has its own RSS feed. This is good. But, it seems that the feeds are out-dated. I just open a feed few minutes ago (April 20), but I got the feed for April 9 (as seen from <pubDate> value).

A question: why?
There are some answers, but I am just guessing. Probably:

  • they put advertisement there. More page views, more value?
  • they think people are not interested to subscribe to RSS. RSS — in this case — means less page views?
  • nobody complains about this, so there is nothing wrong with the site.
  • the point is: “All information are there. There. The most important thing is that users can find them.”

Okey, I will stop complaining now.

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Telkom blocked more sites

A sad news for people in Indonesia who use internet, including bloggers. Few days ago, some people reported that YouTube was blocked from their internet providers. Telkom Indonesia as the largest internet provider in Indonesia followed the action. According to the news release (in Bahasa Indonesia) Telkom blocked these following sites (including blogging service providers):

  • Youtube
  • MySpace
  • Metacafe
  • Rapidshare
  • Multiply
  • Liveleak
  • Themovief****.com

Sad, really sad. There is no further information about how long this situation will happen. Anyway, about the reason: those sites are blocked because it contains articles/posts about a video. One thing we have to remember is that: only because of a single content material. Too bad. Anyway, Boy Avianto has a very great article about the issue.

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Dumbledore is gay. What about Harry Potter?

Harry Potter is (also) gay?
We’ve heard the news about Dumbledore. I just received another photo from Mas Pujiono. No, not Dumbledore… but Harry Potter. Hehehehe… Don’t take it too serious. :)

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Forrest Gump

An old movie, Forrest Gump. Last night I watched it with Lala. My favorite (errrr favourite?) part is when Forrest talk to Jenny’s grave, talking and the rest of it. Yours?