Filed under: *Nix, Ubuntu, time out | Tags: gutsy, compiz, ati, xgl, fglrx, Ubuntu
Yes, I was late. I keep avoiding having to upgrade to Gutsy, because Compiz/Beryl was pain to setup. I just don’t want to mess with something that is already running well, and won’t be very happy if compiz-fusion on Gutsy turns out to be a bummer.
But having tired of carefully keeping my beryl setup safe from package updates, I finally gave in, and press the upgrade button on the update manager.
And yes, compiz fusion failed to start right out of the box. Turns out my updated ATI driver (that the upgrade process decided to keep) was to “advanced”. Typing “fglrxinfo” on a terminal crash the xorg. So I decided to do it from the scratch. But everything else was fine… Application runs as they should be, including the Pentax Photo Laboratory (which runs over Wine) for processing RAW output for my K100D, wireless works, multimedia setting was carried out to Gutsy, restricted drivers were detected for my hardware, even my softmodem was detected. So I decided to do Compiz Fusion from the scratch. If you are in the same situation as mine (upgrading Feisty to Gutys, and have installed ATI restricted driver and Xgl), you might want to try these steps. (more…)
This entry will be in bahasa, since it’s too much fun to write it that way.So, hari ini *liat jam* eh kemaren deng, gw menghabiskan setengah jumlah jam kerja gw buat nangkring di kantor imigrasi Jakarta timur. Ngapain? ya ngapain lagi, masa ngejahit baju di kantor imigrasi?
Anyway, beberapa kenalan gw menyarankan untuk menggunakan jasa calo, karena prosesnya jadi cepat, yang tadinya seminggu cuma butuh maksimum 2 hari. Cuma waktu gw kesana, gw ikutan ngantri sama orang-orang yang ngga pake calo, gw ngedenger berbagai macam sumpah serapah kutuk kecam keluar dari mereka yang dirugikan karena berkasnya berulang kali disalip calo. So akhirnya, karena ngga pengen ikutan “ditabokin di perempatan” dan “mandul tujuh turunan” (serta ada sekitar 20 macam kutukan lagi yang gw bukukan, namun ngga layak gw cantumin disini), akhirnya gw milih ga ikut calo (more…)
I had the chance to play a little bit with Olympus entry level offering in DLSR arena, the E-410 when my friend bought it yesterday. Back then, I was considering to purchase E-410 as my first DSLR, but in the end, picked the Pentax K100D instead.
My friend purchased the two lens kit package, so the unit comes with two lens, the ZD 14-42 F3.5-5.6 and ZD 40-150 F4.0-5.6, perfectly covering your walkaround needs. (more…)
Filed under: time out
I was hospitalized for two days (February 23-24) because of a small surgery. That was actually my first (and I hope the last) experience with long exposure of needle, IV liquid, surgery knife, etc etc.. Kinda creepy…
Filed under: Go Go Gadget..Stuff!!, K100D, Pentax, Photography | Tags: K100D, lens, Pentax, SMC FA
Finally I was able to get my hand around one of these beauties. The body is made of plastic, and feels kind of woobly. The smooth surface of the focussing ring feels awkward to use, having tried the smooth M 50mm. Also the aperture ring makes a pretty loud clickng noise when turned.
Here’s the side by side comparison of the lens with my SMC P-M 50mm
As for image quality, the lens is a bit soft on F1.4, but very sharp when stopped down. Oh and I love the color rendetion of this lens. Seldom I feel the urge to fiddle the result taken by this lense.
The lens is perfect for portrait, and the large aperture helps a lot when taking photos on room light.
Here’s some sample I took with the FA 50mm
Anyway, I’m very delighted with the result that this lens gave me 
