Hi, I am a Mac (switcher)

I can't really say I switched to Mac, since I used Mac for the first time in 1987, and even since I replaced my last Mac (a PowerBook 520) with a Sony Vaio in 1999, I still used public Macs at school (and at work I regularly use iMac and Xserve). But since 1999 my main machine has always been a Windows machine, so let's just consider I just switched (back) to Mac, which is a MacBook Pro.
So first, my complaints:

1. The screen could not be tilted away deeper.
This is quite annoying, since when I put a notebook computer on my lap, the screen needs to be tilted low for clear viewing.
2. The power adaptor is bulky
It's not just bulky but also heavier. And oh, it hasn't changed since the 90s, the cable is thick! I am not sure if there is benefit of making power cable this thick, but it really is a nuisance.
3. Apple Mail can't use vertical orientation
I can't believe Jobs really thought users would be happy with horizontal orientation while current Apple notebook's screen is wide. Fotunately, macnoto shared me this link that would just solve this problem.
UPDATE 2007/11/11: Letterbox has not been updated to Leopard yet, but there is an alternative here.
4. MagSafe power connector keeps disconnected
Am I too obsessed with using a lap-top PC (i.e., putting it on my lap)? The MagSafe power connector on the left side keeps getting knocked out by my lap.
5. Mac can't hibernate
You may say there is "deep sleep" on Mac, yeah but it's not deep enough. I like to preserve my workspace so I rarely shutdown my notebook computer. On Windows, putting it to hibernate cut power totally (thus saving battery power) and the notebook will never wake up on its own. But Mac only has sleep, no hibernation, and I have experienced twice already putting Mac to sleep and then put it into my bag, only to find it became very hot when I pulled it out since it woke up inside my bag!
UPDATE: Yes there is hibernate on newer Macs including this MBP, but still I can't put the Mac to hibernate immediately using supported method. There is utilities like "Deep Sleep" but this is not using officially supported feature and not always worked in my situation.

Well, there are more, but that's it for now. I am waiting for the Leopard disk to come to try the "300 new features" :P
(BTW, though I am new switcher, I have been a Tiger user;) )

Softwares for the switcher…

After I stopped using Mac as daily personal machine in 1999 (when I bought Sony Vaio 505 to replace my PB520), today I returned to Mac as daily machine. Here are the softwares to make life as switcher easier:

Make Mail vertical oriented
http://harnly.net/software/letterbox/

確かな与党

共産党は「確かな野党」であれば、党四役の福田総裁の自民党は「確かな与党」
（まあ久しぶりの日本語投稿だから、投稿がないよりはいい）

SunFire’s jet turbine

It's been quite a while since I naturally stopped dealing with Sun servers. Back in college I dealt with Sun SPARC servers, and in Fujitsu I used Fujitsu's SPARC compatible with Solaris. After that, after a few months of using Solaris x86, I had no more direct interaction with Sun servers/operating systems for years. Until recently when I actually saw the details of Sun x64 servers (i.e., IA servers) whose pricing are not as expensive as I tought. I just set up a SunFire X4200 M2 and the first impression is it looks much closer to an Xserve now, but much noisier. When main power is on, it sounds like a jet turbine. I thought Dell's rack mount server is the noisiest, but now I forgot the existence of Xserve and Dell servers when this X4200 M2 is on.
Nevertheless, current Sun servers look cool and powerful. I couldn't wait to actually try the power of dual-core AMD Opteron 2220 2.8GHz.

jad file for au openappli

Here are compulsory items on jadi file to be compatible with au's openappli:

MIDlet-Name
MIDlet-Version
MIDlet-Vendor
MIDlet-Jar-URL
MIDlet-Jar-Size
MIDlet-Data-Size
MIDlet-1

Reference:
http://www.au.kddi.com/ezfactory/tec/spec/openappli.html

Preparing WAV file for Julius

This will change the sampling rate to 16KHz
ffmpeg -y -i 20070808.3GP -ar 16000 -acodec pcm_s16le output.wav

Pakar basbang

Sang "pakar telematika" katanya menemukan versi lain dari lagu Indonesia Raya, dan katanya semoga ini menjadi hadiah bagi RI di bulan Agustus ini:

Lagu Indonesia Raya Versi Pertama Ditemukan di Server Belanda

Inilah Lirik Lagu Pertama Versi Pertama

Duh, ada yang bisa tolong ajarin "sang pakar telematika" ini untuk ikutan milis, baca blog dan pake YouTube, well singkatnya untuk menggunakan Internet? Katanya dia temukan versi lain dari lagu Indonesia Raya di "server Belanda," padahal ini udah lama beredar di YouTube dan gue udah liat dari dulu. Hadiah apaan, fakta basbang buat malu negara aja punya masyarakat dan media massa yang mau dibodoh2in.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QvyLkdl1_s]