Monday, November 9, 2009

Jepang U-19 Beri 'Pelajaran' untuk Indonesia U-19

Bermain dengan terbuka sejak menit awal ternyata menuai hujan gol di kandang sendiri. Gol pertama ‘Samurai Biru’ dicetak melalui sebuah bola mati hasil tendangan Takagi Toshiyuki di menit keempat.

Gol kembali bersarang di babak pertama setelah Nagai Ryo mampu memanfaatkan sebuah umpan tarik di menit ke-11. Satu gol tambahan Jepang melalui Kato Masaro menutup babak pertama.

Di babak pertama, anak asuhan Cesar Payovich sebenarnya mampu memberikan perlawanan dengan menghadirkan ancaman bagi kiper Nakamura Hayato. Alan Martha, Yandi Sofyan dan Feri Firmansyah sempat membuat kiper kedua Jepang itu berjibaku menyelamatkan gawang.

Di babak kedua, tiga gol Jepang dalam waktu enam menit yang tercipta di kisaran menit 50 membuat M Zainal Haq dan kawan-kawan tak berdaya.

Di menit 52, tendangan jarak jauh Toshiyuki memaksa Benny Yoewanto memungut bola dari gawangnya untuk kali keempat. Dua menit berselang giliran Shohei yang memanfaatkan umpan tendangan bola mati. Sebuah gol kembali bersarang ketika Takagi melesakkan bola dari sudut sempit di menit 56.

Payovich kemudian menarik dua pemain depannya, Yandi dan Alan, untuk digantikan dengan gelandang Ridwan Awaludin dan bek Reffa Money.

Jepang ternyata masih bisa menghasilkan satu gol lagi meski Indonesia sudah menumpuk pemain di lini belakang. Nagai Ryo lagi-lagi membuktikan skillnya dalam menanduk bola pada menit ke-71.

Setelah gol ketujuh tercipta, Jepang hampir menguasai pertandingan dengan mengurung pertahanan Indonesia hingga peluit akhir dibunyikan oleh wasit.

Meski bermain dengan semangat sejak awal pertandingan, tim yunior yang telah dipersiapkan di Uruguay ini ternyata masih gagal memenuhi ekspektasi pecinta sepak bola di Indonesia.

Hasil ini menipiskan peluang Indonesia berlaga di putaran final piala Asia U-19 yang akan digelar tahun depan. Hingga 17 November mendatang, Indonesia masih akan bertanding dengan Cina Taipei, Australia dan Hongkong.

Saturday, November 7, 2009

8 Easy Firefox Tweaks for Super Fast Web Browsing

Fast loading web pages while surfing the Internet may have more to do with your web browser settings and preferences than your Internet connection speed.

Try these easy Firefox tweaks and you’ll see that you’re surfing the Internet from 3 to 30 times faster!

To get started, open your Firefox web browser. In the address/location bar type [about:config] and then press your Enter key. (NOTE: DON’T TYPE THE BRACKETS.)

Tweak #1:
In the Filter bar type [network.http.pipelining]. Then, double-click on this line under Preference Name in order to change the value from false to true.

Tweak #2:
In the Filter bar type [network.http.pipelining.maxrequests]. Then, double-click on this line under Preference Name and change the value from 4 to a higher number anywhere from 10 to 30. I set mine to 30.

Tweak #3:
In the Filter bar type [network.http.proxy.pipelining]. Then, double-click on this line under Preference Name in order to change the value from false to true.

Tweak #4:
In the Filter bar type [network.dns.disableIPv6]. Then, double-click on this line under Preference Name in order to change the value from false to true.

Tweak #5:
In the Filter bar type [plugin.expose_full_path]. Then, double-click on this line under Preference Name in order to change the value from false to true.

Tweak #6:
In the Filter bar type [network.protocol-handler.external.ms-help]. Now, you are going to create a new Preference Name with an Integer Value. To do this, right-click on this line under Preference Name and select New, then Integer.In the New Integer value box type in [nglayout.initialpaint.delay] and click OK. Then in the Enter Integer value box type [0] (that’s a zero) and click OK.

Tweak #7:
In the Filter bar again type [network.protocol-handler.external.ms-help]. Now, you are going to create another new Preference Name with an Integer Value. To do this, right-click on this line under Preference Name and select New, then Integer. In the New Integer value box type in [content.notify.backoffcount] and click OK. Then in the Enter Integer value box type [5] and click OK.

Tweak #8:
In the Filter bar again type [network.protocol-handler.external.ms-help]. Now, you are going to create another new Preference Name with an Integer Value. To do this, right-click on this line under Preference Name and select New, then Integer. In the New Integer value box type in [ui.submenuDelay] and click OK. Then in the Enter Integer value box type [0] (that’s a zero) and click OK.

Now, close your web browser and restart it. You’ll see how much faster web pages are loading. I sure did.

Let me know if these tweaks increase your Internet browsing speed. Know of any other tweaks or tricks? Let me know and I’ll add them.

Youtube Download

As mentioned earlier, many files have been booted from youtube this week, and that's sure to continue as the site keeps growing and drawing more attention. Luckily the fine people here put together a little script that lets you save youtube files on your computer. You can just follow the instructions in that link, but I'll repeat them here because it's a little involved and some key steps are buried in the comments section over there.

1. Install the Greasemonkey Extension for Firefox.

2. Right-click this .js file and select "Install User Script" (if you don't see that option try step one again)

3. Now on every youtube video page there should be a red bar at the top, that says "Save As" to download Flash video. (see screenshots here)

4. Right click the text in the red bar, select "Save Link As," and save the file as a .flv file. Firefox will rty to save it as "get_video.php," you need to change the ".php" to ".flv," and change the first part to whatever you prefer.

Now you need to either download a media player that runs .flv files, or download a program that converts them to other file types. Here are player to both:

FLV PLayers :

- FLV Player

- VLC player



FLV Converters :

- Riva FLV Encoder

- Total Video Converter

And that should do it. Let me know if this works for y'all!

Browsing with VPN

1. Browsing the remote network can be difficult if not impossible over a VPN connection. There are too many variables that can hinder this.
2. To make browsing work a little easier, you might want to edit the HOSTS and LMHOSTS files on the VPN Client.
These are in the C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc directory for XP.
3. Just add a line with the LAN IP address of the VPN server followed by it's name.
e.g 192.168.1.10 SERVER
4. You can also add in the LAN IP address and Name of any other computers on the remote network that you may want to connect to
5. Also, make sure the workgroup name is the same on all computers.

VPN Client for WindowsXP

1. Go to Start / Settings / Network Connections
2. Start the New Connection Wizard
3. Select Connect to the network at my workplace
4. Click on the Next button.
5. Click on Virtual Private Network connection
6. Click on the Next button
7. Give the Connection a Name
8. Click on the Next button
9. If prompted, select whether or not you need to dial to the Internet before establishing a VPN connection.
10.Enter in the IP address of the server you want to connect to. This needs to be the external WAN IP address that is being used by the VPN Server. Not the LAN IP address of the VPN server.
11.Check whether you want to have an icon placed on the desktop and click on the Finish button.

The meaning of the VPS or VDS

When purchasing a VPS you are given full root/Administrator superuser access to the system and it runs almost in the same way that a dedicated machine would. Each VPS can be independently rebooted, shutdown or started up via our VPS control panel to manage your system online.

The VPS enables multiple customers to share the expense of hardware and network connections (and completely eliminate the hassle of maintaining it all) without sacrificing performance or the freedom to run whatever software you choose. VPS multiple customers share hardware, they do not share software.

Virtual Private Servers (VPS), also known as Virtual Dedicated Servers (VDS) are virtual dedicated environment on the physical system allowing each VPS access its own allocated memory and other hardware resources. This is how virtulization works, splitting a physical server into multiple virtual machines. This also allows each VPS to have different Operating Systems and other software installed.