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My new Canon G11 CameraHot Pixel is Fixed
0811 days
If you have read my previous post about me finding hot pixel on my brand new Canon PowerShot G11 then I am glad to tell you that it is officially gone. All that I do is to go to one of the local Canon service center in Jakarta and tell them about the issue and they are all happy to get it adjusted or as many called it as pixel mapping. The pixel mapping procedure is quick and mine was stated to have the service completed within two hours, as stated on the work order, after I have brought it in. So if you have a Canon digital camera which is still under warranty then don’t hesitate to send them in to your local Canon Service Center to get your hot pixels mapped.
Below are some of example pictures after the hot pixel is mapped (click on the image to find the original version):
Wayang Semarang
Pool at Cansebu Resort
Introduction to Open Hack Day
0825 days
by admin
in Software Development
Went to Wetiga yesterday after work to meet some of the guys from Yahoo USA and Yahoo South East Asia. Michael Jr is one of them and he is presenting the new Yahoo front page design with codename M…. (okay I forgot what he called it but it starts with an M lol). By the way, not everyone will be able to access the front page as they are rolling out slowly and probably by the end of the year.
Michael Smith giving a talk on internet trend
Michael then goes on talking about the what’s available on the Yahoo Developer Network. Some of the examples that he mentioned was Yahoo Blueprint for mobile, Yahoo Query Language or YQL in short Yahoo User Interface best known as YUI. I have personally used the Yahoo Blueprint and YUI for my development and I can say that they are awesome.
Anyway I’ve also talked to them about an issue that have been occurring to legal websites whereby emails sent to Yahoo emails are being marked as a spam. Indonesia is one of the country where email spamming is the norm and they do take that seriously. The easiest and hardest thing to do is to get into their “white list”, just like Facebook and many others, to ensure that all emails are being delivered.
Michael Smith showing an online demo on Indonesian's slow internet connection.
There is a network guy as well, his name is Adam, and he came all the way from Sunnyvale to Indonesia to meet some of the major players in international networks to talk about how to improve Yahoo services to Indonesia. There are a lot of challenges that he mentioned such as hardware issues, languages, technology and list goes on. For me I just hope they have a mirroring or at least direct peering with most major players in the network.
Not to forget I also met guys from WayToDeal.com, OgahRugi.com, Urbanesia.com, AdaDiskon.com & CariPromo.com
For those who are interested in joining Open Hack Day can register here
Bubur Barito
Oh, and after the event my colleague and I went to Bubur Barito for dinner as it was 9 at night we have not eaten yet. Yummmmmyyyyyy…..
KPK POLRI Voice Recording (Rekaman KPK POLRI)
0Most of the people in Indonesia should know about the conflict between KPK (Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi) which an English translation will be Corruption Eradication Commission and POLRI (Kepolision Negara Republik Indonesia). The effect of the conflict causes disruption in the ecnomic and can be felt by the stock market indexes and depreciation of Indonesian Rupiahs. While I am not that much into politics but I just hope that this will be brought under control and hopefully the Government will stop putting themselves into shame.
Anyway here are the voice recordings for those who are interested:
KPK Polri Voice Recording Version 1 – kpk-polri-versi1.mp3
KPK Polri Voice Recording Version 2 – kpk-polri-versi2.mp3
KPK Polri Voice Recording Version 3 – kpk-polri-versi3.mp3
KPK Polri Voice Recording Version 4 – kpk-polri-versi4.mp3
KPK Polri Voice Recording Version 5 – kpk-polri-versi5.mp3
KPK Polri Voice Recording Version 6 – kpk-polri-versi6.mp3
KPK Polri Voice Recording Version 7 – kpk-polri-versi7.mp3
KPK Polri Voice Recording Version 8 – kpk-polri-versi8.mp3
KPK Polri Voice Recording Version 9 – kpk-polri-versi9.mp3
KPK Polri Voice Recording Version 10 – kpk-polri-versi10.mp3
KPK Polri Voice Recording Version 11 – kpk-polri-versi11.mp3
PS: I do not guarantee the accuracy or quality of the recording
Mobile Monday – BlackBerry Application, Service & Content Development
0827 days
I was so excited when I went to the Mobile Monday event yesterday as the topic of the presentation is Blackberry. There were more than 150 people came to this event and there aren’t enough seat available for all. Blackberry has been very well accepted by the community in Indonesia, myself included, and especially in Jakarta. The growth of the data traffic by now has been growing more than 842% relative to January 2009 and that is just from a minority of mobile phone users here.
Indonesia Monthly Blackberry Traffic Growth
I have actually seen BlackBerry since 2003 and it is being used widely by enterprises in Canada back when it was only has black & white screen. It was a popular device among enterprise users as they have their email pushed to their mobile device rather than having to check their inboxes using a PC or laptop which decreases response time. Advanced by the highly secured RSA encryption makes it a natural choice for company that do not want to be eavesdropped by packet sniffers.
In the event I had the chance to hear the experience, thoughts, insights sharing from people like:
- Agung Wijanarko (Indosat) – A self proclaimed BlackBerry evangelist, one of a few people following BlackBerry steps in Indonesia since its infancy. He shows us how the BlackBerry has been growing in Indonesia and there are a lot of potential as the price of such device is dropping rapidly
- Willson Cuaca (Foyage) – Founder of XSago.com which has developed Foyage, the Location Based Service (LBS) application. Willson and the team developed an application that works like a radar where it shows information that is in close proximity to the device.
- Fahmi Gustiawan (Pravina) – whose company help the implementation of BlackBerry-based m-Gov in DKI… also featuring our special guest from Bappeda DKI. His company developed an application that helps government officials to monitor progress and updates through BlackBerry handset in real time.
- Deddy Avianto (id-berry) – experience businessman in BlackBerry specific content & applications…. “Theme” is his middle name. Deddy have made many out-of-the-box themes which many have been reviewed globally and seems to be profitable.
- Ronald Ishak (Domikado) – cool and popular lifestyle apps – Indonesian made. The thing I like about Domikado is that it has a very sleek user interface which also works on my BlackBerry Storm 9530. It has a bunch of information and features such news, foreign exchange and stock index. The only concern I have about this is it is very general and it seems to be another Viigo.
- Mark Hanusz (Jakarta Globe) – Founder Equinox Publishing. Mark Hanusz team has developed a news application that works on BlackBerry and can be downloaded on http://www.globedm.com/ as of yesterday.
- Michael Smith (Yahoo!) – Michael appearance was a surprise as I wasn’t informed that anyone from Yahoo! will be coming to the event. He is the Director of the Yahoo Developer Network for South East Asia and he is coming to launch the first Open Hack Day in South East Asia on November 21st and 22nd, 2009. Those who are interested can register for Open Hack Day here.
Hot Pixel on my new Canon G11 Camera
0827 days
by admin
in Photography
Okay, I have received my new camera, Canon PowerShot G11, last Thursday and I was thrilled before I found hot pixel on the focus rectangle. Below is a small image from a test I did to locate the dead pixel.
There are two types on non-functioning pixels:
- Dead Pixels: A pixel that reads zero or is always off on all exposures. This state produces a black pixel in the final image.
- Stuck Pixels or Hot Pixels: A pixel that always reads high or is always on to maximum on all exposures. This produces a white or other color pixel in the final image.
Below is a small image of how I locate the hot pixel. Click on the image to read my notes and find original size of the image to find out where the hot pixel resides.
Click on the image to see notes and find original size of the image
A little panicked I tried googling for the solution and have found dead pixels do form on newly fabricated sensors as well. Dead pixels will also develop over time on a perfectly manufactured sensor and it is inevitable on today’s technology. To resolve this issue, there is a workaround technique called pixel mapping and what it does is to locate and mark the location of the dead pixel. When these bad pixels are marked the camera will then compute their approximate color using the neighboring pixels. This technique is also applied to new camera as well as part of the manufacturing Quality Check procedure.
Learning that this is a natural occurrence with an acceptable cure I went to the local Canon service center to get my camera fix. I simply told the customer service representative about my camera condition and they immediately told me that they will have to calibrate, pixel mapping, my camera and the procedure will take approximately an hour. After waiting for about 15 minutes of waiting they returned my camera back saying that they do not have the software to calibrate my mine since the G11 is a new product and have yet downloaded the software from Japan. A little bit dissapointed but at least they know what is supposed to be done. I’ll probably go back to the service center this coming weekend to see if they have obtained the latest software and post the result.