Nov 10
Dokumentasi merupakan hal penting dalam sejarah. Saya jadi tahu tentang hari kemerdekaan Indonesia dan suasana saat pembacaan naskah proklamasi karena ada dokumennya, tanpa saya harus mengalami dan menyaksikannya sendiri.
Namun ketika membaca tulisan Mas Kuncoro tentang siapa sejatinya penemu telepon pertama, saya jadi berpikir, bukan cuma dokumentasi yang menjadi penentu cerita sejarah. Sistem dokumentasi hak paten yang saat itu sudah berkembang di Amerika pun tidak memihak Antonio Meucci sebagai penemu telepon, sehingga selama ini saya anggap Alexander Graham Bell-lah penemu telepon itu seperti yang saya pelajari waktu masih duduk di bangku SD dulu. Continue reading »
My friend Tito e-mailed me, he invited me and my family to spend this year-end holiday in London, where he and his family stay in. He also promised to take us to a place that I and my family had never been there before: France! And you know what, guys? Tito invited us to try skiing holidays. Wow!
Inkjet printers are the printer that most people buy. This type of printer became popular since Hewlett Packard introduced disposable cartridge as in the Deskjet series printer, followed by other printer manufacturers, contributing a big amount of printer sales in the market.
Credit cards become a very popular choice of payment in the world for almost every single kind of transaction. From hotel bills to mini markets, credit cards are mainly acceptable payment and an easy mean of transaction for both the buyer and the seller.
Last night, I was reading a bedtime story for my daughter Afina, Cinderella. This story reminds me about the same story: Alibaba. A poor one becomes a rich. But it’s not only in fairy or folk tales. Many true stories tell about famous people who have personally experienced a rags-to-riches life.
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