of presents, tv-t, and internet

this came a bit late, soo i'll start with with the latter, then the former...

apparently, the earthquake in taiwan caused internet distruptions to most (if not everyone) in East Asia...
This is because the quake caused a few sub-marine cables to snap.
these cables are internet cables which link east asian countries to the US...
apparently, taiwam acts as a gateway for internet connections for countries such as Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, just to name a few.
also, according to my bro, Singapore acts as a gateway for Indonesia, so we here in Indonesia are indirectly affected as well.
basically, your access to websites which run on servers in the US will be slowed down. your data is most probably travelling through further routes (i.e.: via Australia).
one more thing. whatever speed you get from your ISP in Singapore (prior to the quake), taiwan is your bottleneck.
if your internet speed is kinda slow... for the geeks, try pinging.

Read up here if you're interested:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_communication_cables
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_submarine_communications_cables
http://www.todayonline.com/articles/163004.asp
http://www.todayonline.com/articles/163004.asp



next bit...
I have a TV Tuner @ last!
it's an eyeTV Hybrid Digital / Analogue TV Tuner.
Does not work in Media Centre, but it works in OS X with the provided software.
loving it.

Read up here if you're interested:
http://www.elgato.com/index.php?file=products_eyetvhybrid



final bit...
christmas gift exchange...
our family decided that all of us will buy something that can be given to anyone in the family.
then, we will have a lucky draw to decide who we exchange with.
for christmas, i wrapped up an iPod Nano 2GB for whoever the recepient shld be...
in the end, the recipient was my almost-2-years-old nephew.
and i got a pair of vacuum thermos-type transparent glasses. they're pretty cool, i guess... but i drink with any cup... so i was like w43v4...
so finally, my 2nd bro and i made a trade with the agreement of everybody else.
and this time, i got a foldable 3-in-1 clock, thermometer and hydrometer... it's ub3r cool... especially the hydrometer.

final closing greeting...
Happy Local Web-surfing!!!

and congrats on making it onto da ron files.

Bloggers' servers are not in the region, as far as im concerned.