SMS from the President of Indonesia

Posted on October 29, 2008
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What a pleasant surprise, last night I got a SMS from President Republic of Indonesia. It’s kind of strange, but it also made me proud. The message is one of the Indonesian anti drugs campaign.

Indonesia has had some problem of abusive drug usage in the past and the problem still runs until today. Thousands of young people have wasted their entire lives because drug abuse and usage in Indonesia. Most of them are victims of bad environment, broken family, curiosity or ignorance. The estimated illicit drug user has reached around 4 million, average of 1 person out of 50 Indonesian. In Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia is it estimated that 3 out of 10 young men are drug users.

In the SMS, the president reminds us not to use drug and avoid it as soon as possible. It is a positive statement to encourage all of us in Indonesia.

Narkoba menghancurkan masa depan generasi muda. Berhenti menggunakan narkoba sekarang juga. Jangan biarkan masa depan kalian gelap dan tanpa harapan.

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Are you going to Pesta Blogger 2008

Posted on October 26, 2008
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November is coming up soon, and it mean that the Pesta Blogger 2008 is ready to roll. Pesta Blogger is a national scale gathering event for all blogger in Indonesia. The first event was held last year on October 27, 2008 where Menkominfo Muhammad Nuh have declared as a National Blogger Day

So are you coming there? Or have you support the event? Me myself as a new blogger have not decided yet, as I will ask my friends from the Bali Blogger Community if they will join too. And also I have a question why this years Pesta Blogger failed to be held on the same date? But at least it is still being held right :)

It will be on November 22, 2008 and the theme is Blogging for Society. Indonesian government will also invite five foreign bloggers on a round trip to Yogyakarta and Bali as part of the Pesta Blogger 2008.

So will you be there?

Web Hosting for Business & Nonprofits

Posted on October 25, 2008
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A friend of mine owns a McKremie, a web hosting in the United States. He offers great support and his servers all seem to be fast and reliable. What’s really cools is the fact that he just launched free web hosting for nonprofit organizations. It’s nice to see people giving back to the community and not just being greedy. Currently it’s only for 501(c) companies in the USA but he told me he has plans to expand it to other countries soon.

As you can see from some of the other bloggers they recommend McKremie for their good service and support. It’s easy to tell if a web hosting company is good or bad by just checking out the reviews for that company. It’s always a good sign when their are multiple people that are happy about their service.  If you search for some web host you will find lots of things that might warn you. I would recommend if you need hosting to compare the two plans they have to offer. The Standard Plan is a great price and even better deal if you pay yearly for it.

One last thing that might make it good to look into hosting with McKremie is the fact that they accept Paypal. This is very nice for those of us that keep most of our business money in our Paypal accounts. It’s also much easier to send a Paypal payment than to pay with a credit card or send a check in the mail.

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