When you get married soon and wants a wedding ring is as elegant as gold and platinum to buy, but do not have the budget for expensive rings, what is your choice, not as a miser? The answer is tungsten carbide wedding rings, rings, the chemical compound tungsten carbide and tungsten.

Tungsten carbide wedding rings have the same eyes white and bright shining gold and platinum, without the exorbitant costs. So you think that mightcheaper than the price of tungsten carbide rings would be the presence in its functions in relation to the popular metals such as gold, platinum and titanium.

However, tungsten carbide wedding rings have used the same or even superior properties compared to traditional materials for wedding rings. You have the qualities to be very tough and durable, resistant to dents and scratches and wear even after a long period of time. She did not bother allergic reactions, if yousensitive skin, since the carbide is hypoallergenic.

The main function of tungsten carbide wedding rings is the lasting glossy appearance of the Rings. A ring of tungsten carbide should never be polished, even years or decades after the purchase, which means you spend more money for the restoration of your polishing rings.

All the superior features of the tungsten carbide wedding rings, which do not necessarily take them off when you engage in any sport, it is difficultWork or other physical activity, unlike other rings that you should avoid possible damage. Rest assured, you can enjoy your favorite physical activities and wear without fear of damage to your hard work on metal rings.

When you get married soon and wants a wedding ring is as elegant as gold and platinum to buy, but do not have the budget for expensive rings, what is your choice, not as a miser? The answer is tungsten carbide wedding rings, rings, the chemical compound tungsten carbide and tungsten.

Tungsten carbide wedding rings have the same eyes white and bright shining gold and platinum, without the exorbitant costs. So you think that mightcheaper than the price of tungsten carbide rings would be the presence in its functions in relation to the popular metals such as gold, platinum and titanium.

However, tungsten carbide wedding rings have used the same or even superior properties compared to traditional materials for wedding rings. You have the qualities to be very tough and durable, resistant to dents and scratches and wear even after a long period of time. She did not bother allergic reactions, if yousensitive skin, since the carbide is hypoallergenic.

The main function of tungsten carbide wedding rings is the lasting glossy appearance of the Rings. A ring of tungsten carbide should never be polished, even years or decades after the purchase, which means you spend more money for the restoration of your polishing rings.

All the superior features of the tungsten carbide wedding rings, which do not necessarily take them off when you engage in any sport, it is difficultWork or other physical activity, unlike other rings that you should avoid possible damage. Rest assured, you can enjoy your favorite physical activities and wear without fear of damage to your hard work on metal rings.

When you get married soon and wants a wedding ring is as elegant as gold and platinum to buy, but do not have the budget for expensive rings, what is your choice, not as a miser? The answer is tungsten carbide wedding rings, rings, the chemical compound tungsten carbide and tungsten.

Tungsten carbide wedding rings have the same eyes white and bright shining gold and platinum, without the exorbitant costs. So you think that mightcheaper than the price of tungsten carbide rings would be the presence in its functions in relation to the popular metals such as gold, platinum and titanium.

However, tungsten carbide wedding rings have used the same or even superior properties compared to traditional materials for wedding rings. You have the qualities to be very tough and durable, resistant to dents and scratches and wear even after a long period of time. She did not bother allergic reactions, if yousensitive skin, since the carbide is hypoallergenic.

The main function of tungsten carbide wedding rings is the lasting glossy appearance of the Rings. A ring of tungsten carbide should never be polished, even years or decades after the purchase, which means you spend more money for the restoration of your polishing rings.

All the superior features of the tungsten carbide wedding rings, which do not necessarily take them off when you engage in any sport, it is difficultWork or other physical activity, unlike other rings that you should avoid possible damage. Rest assured, you can enjoy your favorite physical activities and wear without fear of damage to your hard work on metal rings.

Author : AJI, BINTORO

Abu ampas tebu merupakan hasil dari pembakaran ampas tebu pada produksi gula yang, mempunyai kandungan SiO2 sebanyak ?60% dan biasanva tidak terpakai. Sedangkan limbah karbit, merupakan pembuangan sisa-sisa produksi pembuatan gas tabung yang mempunyai kandungan CaO sebanyak ?60%. Fiber adalah materi yang dapat dengan mudah diperoleh dari pabrik. Penelitian ini mempelajari pengaruh penambahan fiber dan semen terhadap kekuatan campuran pasir, ampas tebu dan limbah karbit. Hasil penelitian yang dilakukan, menunjukkan terjadinya peningkatan kekuatan dan kestabilan tanah pasir terhadap siklus wetting-driying test. Kekuatan maksimum terjadi pada campuran dengan komposisi fiber 0,8 kg/(m 3 campuran) dan semen 7,5% yaitu sekitar 42 kg/m 2 .

Keyword : sugar cane, carbide, waste, portland cement, fibre, ash

Sumber : http://repository.petra.ac.id/3498/

25 years on after The Bhopal Gas Tragedy, the victims and their relatives are still looking for justice, while the CEO at the time is probably sipping margaritas at a beach.

How in the world, can a society be selective in the dispensation of justice? Compare this with the Ambani vs Ambani battle which has the whole nation worried.

Another example of India’s shift from being a democracy to being a corporatocracy.

Luego de la instalación de mi Win7 y de terminar mi ultimo proyecto, necesitaba volver a instalar el SDK de Nokia en mi Computador, y este es un asunto en el cual por lo general surgen problemas, ya sea con las versiones de los programas, o del mismo SO. así que decidí documentar toda la instalación paso a paso.

lo primero para quienes no lo tienen, es descargar el SDK para C++, yo tengo el de la 5ta versión aunque en teoría con todos ha de ser lo mismo. descarga aquí

los requisitos al trabajar con el SDK de Nokia son:

Perl 5.6.1 o superior… (yo recomiendo usar la 5.6.1).

Procedo a instalar Perl, sale una ventana informándome de la imposibilidad de crear el registro en el PATH del sistema (tendré que hacerlo manualmente)

Atencion: “En algunas instalaciones anteriores, aunque hiciera esto el SDK seguía sin encontrar el Path a Perl, el problema se corregía cambiando a mayusculas el nombre PATH”

Despues, todo parece ir bien…

Luego de Terminar la instalación, sale una ventana emergente pidiendo que apliquemos un “Patch” para utilizar en win Vista (noXP), seguido de la peticion de la instalacion el ToolChain para ARM

Todo muy bien, 0 problemas

Así que como lo pidió el SDK procedemos a buscar el Patch en la carpeta de instalación, en mi caso fue C:\S60\devices, entonces voy a C:\S60\devices\S60_5th_Edition_SDK_v1.0\plugins\vistapatch

donde encontramos un readme.txt

Instrucciones

Copiar el archivo GCCE.mk de la carpeta en C:\<SDK_Installation_dir>\epoc32\tools\compilation_config

Copiar el .bat en alguna carpeta para darle permisos de admin, y ejecutarlo.

ó sencillamente mirar lo que tiene el .bat y hacerlo manualmente(me voy por esta ultima).

Haremos lo mismo que hicimos al agregar Perl al PATH del sistema, pero está vez agregaremos

C:\Program Files\CSL Arm Toolchain\bin;C:\Program Files\CSL Arm Toolchain\arm-none-symbianelf\bin;C:\Program Files\CSL Arm Toolchain\libexec\gcc\arm-none-symbianelf\3.4.3;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symbian\tools;

Siempre y cuando C:\Program Files\CSL Arm Toolchain sea la ruta de instalación del ToolChain de ARM

Para probar la instalación, corremos el Emulador..

(Sorpresa, aparece en el menú inicio)

Ahora instalemos el IDE de Nokia Carbide C++, también se descarga de la página de forum.nokia.com, o mejor dando click aquí

Así luce el IDE basado en Eclipse

Luego de la instalación corremos el asistente para un nuevo proyecto

y finalmente tenemos la aplicación corriendo en el Emulador

Nota:

Al compilar desde consola, la aplicación compila correctamente pero no se instala en el emulador…

Punto para revisar. si alguien lo logra por favor comentelo.

O site Tehkseven disponibiliza um pack de icons para o Carbide. São ao todo 478 icons que podes usar na construção de temas para o telemovel. Usa

I really admire those brave souls who have ventured into the murky, piranha invested waters of Symbian programming. Maybe I’m too stupid or maybe it’s just too darn hard. The reality probably lies somewhere in the middle. Have you ever spent hours scouring the Internet for a solution to an irritating problem? And when you do find it you copy the solution verbatim since you really can’t figure out exactly why it does what it does. The SDK documentation really does not make your life easier. I have bought a few books but even the most recent one does not cover 5th edition.

I have quite a number of unfinished projects. Yes OK I lost interest. It’s so frustrating when even a “Hello World” app has a large number of files strewn all over the place. A simple concept can take pages of code. You have to keep track of the cleanup stack: what you have to put on it, when you shouldn’t or when a pointer belongs to the OS or to the man running the corner store. The emulator takes ages to start up. Your app panics with an undocumented code and it’s back to Google. Or it terminated suddenly and unspectacularly with no indication as to why. You watch endless lines of gobbledygook whiz by as your program gets compiled by a host of different tools. You tick a little checkbox hidden deep inside the bowels of Carbide. This whole system is in serious need of overhauling.

So maybe I’ll try Python. Hopefully I can gather up enough courage to join the Big Boys again later. Hopefully it’s not a snake that turns around and bites me.

Surface finish issues are especially critical in aerospace and medical applications. Chips recontacting the work and high or unstable Built Up Edge  (BUE) are the usual suspects of poor surface finish on machined parts, regardless of material.   There can be other factors, such as a poorly maintained machine or exhausted metalworking fluids, but these are seldom the case when “the last job on this machine ran just fine.”

Surface finish is critical on precision machined parts.

Here are our 5 tips  that you can address on the machine to make poor surface finish go away:

1) Increase the speed SFM (especially on Carbide!). This will help reduce BUE.

2) Reduce the feed per revolution (IPR- inch per revolution). This will help reduce the flank wear.

3) Increase the top rake angle.

4) Add a chip breaker / chip curler.

5) Increase tool nose radius.

We have seen increasing speed to be especially helpful on aerospace and medical machining jobs on stainless steel. Increasing speed is also important when using carbide- carbide likes speed.

If you can see that the chip is recontacting the workpiece,  then address your chip control issues first. Chip control  is the first place to start. Adding  chip control geometry on the tool is  probably the easiest change on non CNC machines.  Modifying the cam to break the chip should also be considered.   On  CNC’s, adding chip breaks into the program is also an easy adjustment. These are especially effective if the workpiece is a gummy material.

Built Up Edge (BUE) is impacted by three primary factors: material chemistry (which you can’t change- you already have the material);  surface footage (slower speed means hot chip is in contact with tool longer, creating higher BUE); and tool geometry (the point is to slice or cut, not rub off the material).

Of course, you should make sure that your setup is rigid, your tooling properly seated, your coolant lines  are delivering plenty of coolant  to the tool/work interface, etc., etc.. But these 5 tips are ‘Tools You Can Use’ to improve the surface finish on your problem jobs, including stainless and other aerospace and medical materials.

This is cool, really, really cool to a geek such as I.

A caving helmet and a carbide lamp.

My friend Larissa. She’s a caver, diver, sailer, all around geek with a cute smile and also the person who can refurbish old carbide lamps and show a person how to use them.

A top view of the lamp showing “the” control and the reflector.

The lamps throw off a wonderful bright white light that fills an area with light.

A slightly inebriated me wearing the helmet.

`n Plattelandse Jeug.

“Graad een in `n drieman (en een vrou) skool. Al wat ek van my eerste skooldae onthou is die kwaai ou bebrilde gryskop juffrou agter haar lessenaar voor in die klas, en die seuntjie in die bank langs my wat sy gulp oopmaak en sy tottie wys vir die dogtertjie wat in die bank voor hom sit. Ek kon nie dink waarom die seuntjie dit gedoen het nie, maar ek het instinktief geweet dit was nie nou die tyd om jou hand op te steek om vir die juffrou te vra waarom die seuntjie die vreemde ding doen nie.

“Met tyd het ek geleer daar is veel waarvoor jy nie in die skool jou hand opsteek en vra nie. Inteendeel, ek het gou geleer dat jy liewer gladnie vrae moet vra binne of buite die skool nie, soos hoekom meisies pouses probeer het om van agter `n boom in die seuns se toilette in te loer nie, of waarom die ou busbestuurder sy hand onder meisietjies se rokke ingesteek het as hulle langs hom gaan staan en wag het om by die volgende stop af te klim.”

Ons sit om `n braaivleis vuur en drink bier. Ek ken hom nie eintlik nie, was saam met sy boetie op universiteit en die het my soms van sy broer vertel. Nou, na jare loop ek hom persoonlik raak en sit ons en gesels oor waar ons vandaan kom. Ruil stories uit soos dit maar gedoen word by so `n braaiery.

Die res van sy kaalvoet skooldae is `n grys gebied wat hy nie graag herbesoek nie. Dit was nie besonder onaangenaam nie, dit was vir hom eerder iets totaal absurd.

Boetie was drie standerds voor hom. Die twee broers was nie onafskeidbaar afhanklik van mekaar nie, maar hulle was deurentyd bewus van mekaar se teenwoordigheid. Hulle het mekaar selfs van tyd tot tyd gedurende pouse opgesoek en saam aan warm toebroodtjies uit hulle kosblikke gesit en eet.

Atletiek kan hy goed onthou. As die skoot klap het hy gehardloop asof die duiwel agter hom was en gewoonlik eerste oor die wenstreep genael. Honderd meter en tweehonderd meter, of eerder treë. Daar was toe nog nie meters nie, dit het eers later gekom. Skoolsport en interskool sport was dieselfde, en die wen wou eenvoudig nooit opwindend word nie. Daar was nooit bekers nie, nie toe nie, net sertifikate vir eerste, tweede en derde. Bekers het eers later gekom.

“My broer het die 880 gedoen. Hy het altyd tweede of derde gekom, nooit eerste nie. Ons het nooit met mekaar oor atletiek gepraat nie.”

Uit die newels van sy laerskool dae onthou hy een voorval. Twee standerd vyf seuns slaan vuis oor `n meisie. Groot sterk kêrels. Dis net bloed. Die een slaan die ander een bewusteloos. Bloed loop by sy neus en sy mond uit waar hy op die grond lê, dit vorm donker poele in die sand.

Hy word nie gekies vir die skool se koor nie, hy sing te sag. Die skoolhoof se vrou kies die koorlede en sy hou nie van hom nie. Die skoolhoof hou ook nie van hom nie want die skoolhoof wil hê sy seun moet die 100 treë wedloop wen en hy kan nie, hy kom altyd tweede of derde. “Absurd,” sê hy. “Mens wag tog nie in `n wedloop vir die ander om verby te kom nie. Dan kan jy net so wel die ding los.”

Volkspele. Hy word een jaar gedwing om Volkspele te doen op die Dingaansdag fees. Die meisie wat saam met hom dans is `n kop en `n half langer as hy. Sy wil nie met hom dans nie en tereg ook, dit lyk verspot. Die klere lyk vir hom vertraag, die danspassies is simpel. Hy val aspris oor sy eie voete en dans uit pas uit. Hy word uitgeskop. “Die meisie huil snot en trane want nou het sy niemand om mee te dans nie en sy is ook uit,” lag hy. ” Haar ma het reeds vir haar volkspele klere laat maak, van satyn nogal.”

Boetie dans in die volkspele in sy klere van blink satyn. Ma en Pa bars van trots.

Op die plaas is daar lewe. Op die plaas is die twee broers onafskeidbaar. Hulle mag trekker bestuur, hulle mag met windbukse duiwe en mossies en vinke skiet, maar nie namakwaduifies of kiewietjies nie. Hulle mag tarentale en hase met `n .22 geweer skiet. Hulle boer met kapokhoenders en duiwe, gee ma se hoenders kos, haal die eiers uit en help om die koeie te melk. Hulle het elkeen `n perd. Skool is `n bleek absurditeit in die pad van `n meer aangename, leersame en kreatiewe plaaslewe vir kaalvoet kinders.

“Ons oudste broer bring vir ons ‘carbide’ plaas toe, jy weet, daai goed wat, as jy dit nat maak dan gee dit `n hoogs ontvlambare gas af?” vra hy. “Ek was toe so standerd twee en Boet standerd vyf se kant.”

“Ons maak `n gaatjie agter in `n konfyt blik, gooi `n paar stukkies carbide in, spoeg dit nat en druk die deksel styf op. Jy wag `n paar tellings vir die gas om goed op te bou, trap die blik met die voet vas en dan trek jy `n vuurhoutjie en hou dit by die gaatjie.” Hy demonstreer die storie met `n bierblik.

“Dan ontplof die gas en skiet die deksel met `n helse slag weg. As jy die deksel te styf op gesit het dan blaas daar `n vlam agter by die gat uit en brand jou velle weg!” lag hy.

Sy vrou bring vir ons nog bier en kom staan by ons en gesels. “Vertel vir hom van die parafiendrom,” moedig sy hom aan toe sy hoor hy praat van die carbide eskapades.

“Ja,” sê hy. “Die konfytblikkies was gou nie meer snaaks nie. Toe vat ons `n tien gelling parafien houer en `n trekker se ‘magneto’, jy weet, daai ding wat destyds se ou parafien trekkers vonk gegee het. As jy twee drade aan die ding se pole vasmaak en jy hou die punte van die draad so `n aks uitmekaar en jy draai die skyf agter, dan spring daar `n vonk tussen die twee drade se punte.” Hy vat `n sluk bier en draai die wors op die rooster om.

Die storie amuseer hom baie erg want hy het heeltyd so `n skewe glimlag op sy gesig.

“Nou ja,” gaan hy voort. “`n Vuurhoudjie sou nie deug vir dit wat ons in gedagte gehad het nie, daarom toe die ‘magneto’, jy sien.” Hy kyk my half vraend aan om seker te maak ek verstaan wat hy bedoel.

“Ons maak twee gaatjies agter in die groot blik vir die elektriese drade van die ‘magneto’. Om seker te maak dat die twee drade binne die blik ver genoeg van mekaar is, loer my broer voor by die blik se prop se gat in terwyl ek die ‘magneto’ se skyf draai.” Sy glimlag word nou al groter.

“Wat ons nie in gedagte gehou het nie is dat daar nog sterk lampolie dampe in die blik was. Toe hy by die gat inloer en ek die skyf draai, toe is daar `n helse ontploffing en `n vuurvlam skiet voor by die gat uit en brand `n pad van voor tot agter deur daai welige bos hare van hom waarop hy so trots was!” Hy lag dat die trane loop. “Al sy een oog se ooghare is weg gebrand en die oog is pikswart van die roet!” Ons lag almal uitbundig vir die spektakel. Dit vat lank voor hy weer tot bedaring kom en die storie verder vertel.

“Dit het ons `n paar dae gevat om oor die skok te kom. Intussen is die blik met seep en water uitgespoel en gelos om droog te word.

“Dit was toe dat die ondier tussen Ma se hoenders begin vang het. Pa stel slagyster. Vroeg een oggend is die slagyster weg. Daar is sleep merke oor die grond en `n bloedspoor in die rigting van `n digte bos. Ons volg die spoor. Voor die bos kry ons die slagyster en baie bloed, en `n deel van die linker agterbeen van `n groot muishond. Die bloedpsoor loop dieper die bos in, ons kan dit nie volg nie die katbos en die taaibos en oliebome is te dig.”

Hy staar na die kole van die vuur, sy gedagtes duidelik nie hier waar hy nou is nie. Daar is pyn en hartseer in sy oë. Hy vertel dat hy naar geword het van die bloed en die stuk been in die slagyster, dat hy omgedraai het en in die lang gras gaan opgooi het. Vir drie dae loop hy mank met hierdie verskriklike pyn in sy linker been.

“Ernest Becker het gesê ‘a full apprehension of man’s condition would drive him insane.’ sê hy peinsend. “Dit is so. Het jy geweet die griep epidemie van 1917 het twee en twintig miljoen mense se dood veroorsaak?

“Hoe ook al,” gaan hy voort. “Toe is dit die volgende fase van ons projek carbide en die groot parafiendrom. Die drade word aangelê en gekoppel, die ‘carbide’ word in die drom gegooi met water agterna en die prop word styf opgedraai.” Hy lag so `n droë laggie. “Die keer word daar nie weer geloer om te sien of die ding gaan vonk nie.” Hy bly stil, vat `n sluk bier en proe aan `n stukkie wors van die rooster af.

“Ons vat die magneto om die hoek van `n skuur, loer versigtig om die hoek na die blik en draai vir vuur. Toe is daar hierdie oorverdowende, verskriklike ontploffing en `n stof wolk en klippe wat vlieg in alle rigtings. Pa en Ma storm die huis uit, die honde laat spaander en ek dink Ma se hoenders het vir drie dae ophou lê.” Hy lag weer sy lag. “Man, dit was vir jou `n triomf! Die hele ding het ons stoutste verwagtings oortref. Ons lag en praat en beduie gelyk, storm na waar die stof nog in die lug hang en ondersoek die skade. Die drom se bo en onder kante was uitgeruk en weg. Die kant gedeelte het op sy naat oop gebars en lê daar plat asof `n groot padroller oor dit geloop het. Ons was in ekstase, inderdaad wit geskrik maar nietemin in ekstase. Dit was wonderlik.”

Het julle nie slae gekry oor die ding nie? vra ek.

“Nee,” sê hy. “Toe die oumense sien ons het niks oorgekom nie, toe loop hulle weer huis toe. Ek sweer ek het `n glimlag op Pa se gesig gesien, maar hy het nie `n woord gesê nie.”

Ek onthou Boet het my vertel van `n ander keer toe die twee besluit het om in hulle pa se afwesigheid, die varkhok vir hom te bou wat hy beplan het. Hulle het die messelwerk vinnig afgehandel sonder winkelhaak of waterpas. Toe die pa by die huis kom was die varkhok se dak op. Hulle was self so beïndruk met hulle handewerk dat hulle besluit het hulle wil eendag argitekte word. Selfs toe hulle pa hulle daarop wys dat hulle vergeet het om voorsiening vir `n hek te maak, was hulle geesdrif geensins gedemp nie. Dit was eers toe die hok se mure na `n swaar donderbui op `n sog met twaalf kleintjies omgeval het, dat hulle bedenkinge oor hulle argitektoniese vaardighede begin kry het. Die varke het minder skade opgedoen as die bouers se ego’s, veral toe dit aan die lig kom dat hulle vergeet het om sement by die bouklei te sit. Pa het nie `n woord gesê nie, nie die bouers verwyt of hulle vakmanskap in twyfel getrek nie. Hy het sy werkers gestuur om die hok oor te bou, die keer met `n hek en met sement.

Boet het opgemerk dat, sou sy pa nog geleef het toe die Berlynse muur geval het, hy ewe-eens geen verwyte sou geslinger het of die vakmanne se vaardigheid sou bevraagteken het nie. Hy sou eenvoudig sy werkers gestuur het om weer die muur te gaan bou. Hy was daai soort van man.

Later die aand om die braaivleis vuur, en na ons nog baie bier gedrink het, het hy die storie oor die ‘carbide fase van hulle lewe’ soos hy dit genoem het, verder vertel.

“Die storie van ons ‘carbide’ eksperimente wat Boetie altyd groot plesier verskaf om te vertel, was weer `n heel ander ding. Jy sien, agter die huis het ons op `n tyd met mikstokke bepaal dat daar `n groot rivier onder die grond loop, eintlik twee riviere wat mekaar kruis. Toe begin ons boor vir water. Ons boormasjien was `n hout stellasie met `n katrol, kompleet met `n stuk tou en `n swaar stamper of boorpunt affêre, en `n kontrepsie met `n klep om water en modder uit die boorgat te haal. Ek dink die boormense noem dit `n beidel of so iets.”

Sy vrou tjip in en maan hom om die detail te los en die storie te vertel. As jy hom los, sê sy, verdwaal hy in besonderhede en kom nooit by die punt van die storie uit nie.

“Ons glo dat, as ons daai rivier die dag slaan dan gaan die water hoër as die huis se dak spuit. Ons boor verwoed. Elke oomblik wat ons vry is boor ons. Op omtrent tien voet slaan ons `n harde klipformasie. Nou is ons op die water, glo ons. Ons moet net deur hierdie klip kom dan spuit die water.” Hy glimlag so skeefweg. “Sewe dae stamp ons op daai klip en ons sak vier duim. Nog sewe dae gee ons nog drie duim diepte, en toe is daar baie ander dinge wat lekkerder is om te doen en ons vergeet die boorgat en die roem van laerskool kinders wat `n rivier oop boor met ons fotos by die spuitfontein op die voorblad van die Sondagkoerant.

“Ons kry weer `n leë parafiendrom in die hande. Die keer wil ons iets anders probeer, iets nog meer skouspelagtig as die vorige keer. Ons het nog so twee hande vol cabide oor, maar Pa sê ons moet eers die boorgat toe maak, iets of iemand gaan sy been breek in die gat. Toe vind ons uit dat die parafiendrom mooi styf in die gat sal pas as jy op hom spring en dit gee ons `n idee. Ons sny die blik se boom uit en sit dit in die gat. Ons spring op die blik tot die bokant gelyk is met die grond en toe lê ons die magneto se drade aan. Ons gooi al ons carbide in die boorgat af en gooi water agterna. Toe wag ons.”

Hy staan op en loop die donkerte in. Ons hoor hom waar hy staan en water afslaan teen `n boom. Hy kom terug, kry vir ons elkeen nog bier uit die koelkas en kom sit weer langs die vuur.

“Na so drie minute draai Boet die magneto se skyf vir vuur.” Hy bly dramaties stil. “Niks, zilts, geen ontploffing, niks. Hy draai weer en weer gebeur daar niks. Ek sê wag, ek gaan kyk en loop boorgat toe, vroetel met die drade en draai om om weg te loop. Ek was so twee, drie treë weg toe is daar hierdie helse, aardskuddende ontploffing hier agter my. Die slag slaan my teen die grond neer en so met die omkyk slag sien ek die blik in `n stof wolk die lug in vlieg. Die ding raak al kleiner soos hy hoogte kry tot hy later so klein soos `n konfytblik lyk, en toe kom hy terug aarde toe, reg op my af, en met `n spoed.

“Ek spring op en hardloop `n koers in, Boet skreeu links, links en ek dog hy sê die blik gaan links en ek hol regs. Hy skreeu regs, regs en ek mik weer links maar loer vir die blik en besef hy bedoel hol regs maar toe is dit reeds te laat, en die blik tref my en ek slaan op die grond neer en skielik is als pik swart nag. Ek beur regop en strompel `n paar treë hierdie kant toe en daardie kant toe en voel iets pen my arms teen my sye vas. Ek skreeu help, help ek is blind en toe raak alles weg en ek slaan weer neer.” Teen hierdie tyd lag ons al dat die trane loop oor die storie van die twee kaalvoet plaaskinders.

“Toe ek bykom hoor ek Pa sê vir iemand; ‘hou jy net die bene vas dat hy nie so skop nie, dan sny ek die blik met hierdie blikskêr los.’ “Ek skreeu weer help, help ek is blind , toe trek Pa die blik van my kop af en ek kan weer sien. Pa bevoel my kop en arms om te kyk of niks gebreek is nie, maar behalwe vir `n paar skrape en `n knop op die kop is daar niks verkeerd nie. Ma kom aangestorm om te kyk waaroor die lawaai gaan. Pa vertel haar en Boet demonstreer met sy arms teen sy sye en sy knieë effens geknak hoe ek met die blik oor my kop rond gehardloop het.”

Hy staan op en hou sy arms teen sy sye met sy kop ingetrek tussen sy skouers en sy knieë effens gebuig om te wys hoe Boet gewys het hoe hy met die blik oor sy kop geloop het. Ons bars almal weer opnuut uit van die lag en hy lag self dat die trane loop. Hy gaan sit weer en vertel verder.

“Hy en Pa bars toe uit van die lag. Ma is kwaad en sê die kind kon dood gewees het. Pa sê ja, hy kon en hy en Boet verdwyn om die huis se hoek en ek hoor hoe bars hulle weer uit van die lag. Ek het nie gedink dit was `n grap nie, nie toe nie. Vir die volgende paar dae het hulle telkens uitgebars van die lag as hulle vir my kyk. Van toe af was dit Boet se gunsteling storie om te vertel oor ons kinderdae op die plaas, dan demonstreer hy weer hoe ek met die blik oor my kop geloop het en elke keer lag hy homself uit asem uit.”

Toe ons gelag uiteindelik bedaar het vra ek; “En waar is Boet nou?” en skielik is daar `n doodse stilte, selfs die insekte hou hulle asem op en die lugtemperatuur daal voelbaar tot onder vriespunt.

Sy vrou begin iets sê, maar hy keer haar. “Hy is getroud en is weg, ons weet nie waar hy is nie.” Toe sê hy, “Ma, die vleis is reg. Kom ons gaan in dan eet ons, dit word nou koud hier buite en die rook pla `n mens.”

Toe staan hy op en ek sien dat daar `n nattigheid in sy oë is, nie van die rook nie en ook nie van die lag nie. Met die wegstap sien ek ook dat hy effens mank loop met sy linker been.

If you want to start programming with Qt quickly you should go to Qt developer tools page and download the free version of QtCreator in to your Windows, Mac or Linux operating system. It’s much easier to start learning Qt at the Desktop environment than in the mobile environment. When you know Qt better you can start to program and test Qt application at mobile environment.

It’s possible to develop applications only with Qt SDK but it’s much easier to start with cross-platform QtCreator.

Starting to create mobile programs in Nokia’s phones with Qt for S60 is not so easy. But if you know something about Symbian or other Mobile OS programming it’s possible to start. First you need to download Qt for S60 SDK (pre release) which includes QtGui, QtScript, QtCore etc. modules but not all Qt 4.5 framework modules like desktop version. You need also to install correct S60 SDK’s (like S60 5th Edition SDK for Symbian OS) and Carbide C++ in your Windows computer before starting to do any mobile hello world program. But because it’s still early release installation is not easy so read carefully these installation notes. Good luck!

These are not cabinet scrapers (which are a skill all of their own), but instead for scraping when you need to remove a surface – such as paint, varnish, stripper etc.

I have had an opportunity to put the Linbide range through some initial trials, and as much as I normally wait until I’ve had a chance to build up a real opinion on a tool, these had me sold straight out of the box (or packaging to be precise).

Linbide Scrapers

From right to left, are a straight (or flat) scraper, a corner scraper, a profile scraper, and a cutter.  All are sporting Tungsten Carbide blades which makes a lot of difference to the performance of the blade (and the durability of the sharp edge)

They are very utilitarian in their look, but that does not detract from their performance, and the handles are surprisingly comfortable and provide a good grip.  The blades are replaceable (and with the straight and corner scrapers, the blades are reversable).

I took one to my front windows (external) which are increasingly desparate for a repaint.  I had a mind to a couple of years back, but after trying with some sandpaper, decided that job was too big.  I then tried a heat gun, with no success (it might have worked elsewhere, but not on a paint designed to survive the Australian sun).  So I tried a waterblaster, and that stripped the wood apart faster than it did the paint.

So it was with interest that I gave the scrapers a crack at the task, and we had a winner!  Paint came away with ease, and the wood was undamaged.  I don’t need to remove all the paint, just that which is too loose to paint over.  Damn, now I have even less excuses not to paint the house!

To get into corners, and over the different profiles around the windows, we have the profiled scrapers.

Radiused and Corner Scrapers

All Tungsten Carbide blades.

Now speaking of Tungsten Carbide, the final tool is called a laminate score and snap knife.  It sports two carbide tips, and is designed to score laminates, and can be used quite successfully as a glass and tile cutter, and will make short work of drywall.  Given its design, it will be easy for it to follow a straight edge.

Not having had a decent scraper before (the last one I had came from a $2 shop), it is quite enlightening to see what difference a quality blade can make!

These scrapers are imported in Australia by the Woodworking Warehouse: www.wwwh.com.au and cost around $20 each.  You can get them from their store in Braeside, or order over the phone 03 9587 3999, or via email sales@wwwh.com.au

Ever since I wrote my first piece of code way back in the post-SSC summer vacations, I’ve been fascinated by the concept of using an Integrated Development Environment (IDE). One can certainly code on a simple text editor like Notepad, Wordpad or Vim instead of using some hi-tech tool but then I don’t take pride in remembering the package names of standard APIs and libraries. Instead, I’d rather like somebody to remember all that while I can concentrate on the logic being developed. I’ve used several IDEs since the summer of ‘02 and drawn a few conclusions. Here’s the whole story…

I started off with the ol’ Turbo C++ for basic development stuff in C/C++ . Must say, there are some sweet memories associated with Turbo and even today, a glance at this IDE can bring a smile on my face! Turbo had some hidden features too. Hidden as in the ones which nobody even bothered to explore. Features like Runtime Debugger, Pattern Search and Replace, Watch Expressions, etc. The whole idea of using it in its fullest glory thrilled me like anything! However, after a few years of coding, things started unraveling and I found a new world, the one which was gonna be my world…the world of Open Source! Needless to say, I switched over to GNU C Compiler (GCC) just to explore the intricacies of the Standard Template Library (STL) and the Standard DirectMedia Library (SDL). The IDE which began this change to take place was none other than my favorite Console based Editor, the Vi Editor. I just found it geeky to code some tiny Systems Programming Practicals in Vi and then running them from the Console. It took no time to replace “Ctrl+F9″ with “gcc file.c -o file.o; ./file.o”.

Now that I had made a switch from Turbo to GCC, I had to find out something that shall make things simpler to use. Fortunately, I came to know about using Visual C++ for GCC while undergoing preliminary training sessions at Lambent (yeah, I was one amongst the ten, not so fortunate, students selected for Project Setu). Using Visual C++ was a bliss, maybe the joy of stealing stuff from Microsoft amused me then! But even that joy was short-lived and I found out another powerful IDE, this time a pure Open Source one. There I was, experimenting with my PaintBrush application developed in GCC using Code::Blocks. Now this was the first time that I found out about the true power of using a GUI based IDE. Code::Blocks could do a lot more than just compiling the code and fetching the output. Plus, there were many options to choose from, before you created a project. Tried out Dev-C++ as well, but something kept me bound to my ol’ Turbo, SIMPLICITY! After all, Turbo has helped me conquer newer vistas during my Engineering days… So if there’s a small piece of logic working at the back of your mind, and you’re on a Windoze box, Turbo has got everything you need! Whereas if you’re a Java freak, Textpad shall do the needful…

Turbo had been my code-mate all the way until I took up an Open Source project for my final year B.E., a plugin for my favourite Mozilla Firefox. Working with XML User Interface language (XUL), the Document Object Model (DOM) and Javascript didn’t really need an IDE then. It was just a few Kilobytes of code and guess what?…that was enough for all the magic our Nagpur University needs. In the meanwhile, I got in touch with one of my brothers-in-law. This guy, a passed out IITan working with Yahoo India, gave a few networking tips in Linux and some nice tools to be used to walk through millions of lines of code. And that’s where Vi Editor came back in picture. I was completely dazzled to see the prowess of Vi coupled with two effective command line tools, CTags and CScope, all of them being Unix tools.

CTags simply prepares indexes out of a source code and CScope helps us walk through the code using Vi Editor. That was the first time when I saw Ctrl+Click like feature in its making. It helped me figure out the way in which our IDEs build what Microsoft calls Intellisence in Visual Studio. But still, there was something that lacked to fulfil my requirements. I still had to manually run CTags to make all those indexes and then use the key combinations to walk through the code. True, that was simple and fast, but I needed more! Well, I also got into a bit of Java Servlet programming. My batchmates used Netbeans for the purpose but since I’ve had a feud with Sun Microsystems almost a year ago, I chose to Eclipse the Sun!

Soon enough, the college campus was replaced by this Dalmatian themed Office environment and I found myself, handling some complex code. It had been just a couple of days since I joined Umundo and they armed me with Adobe Flex Builder 3. For the first time since I began with my coding adventures, I was handling a code, so voluminous and organised, that it gave me goosebumps as I Ctrl+Clicked to get deeper within the code, especially, the framework. There was something that differentiated the coding I did at college from the one which I was about to start… Earlier, getting the code to work used to be the only objective. Whereas from now on, getting the code working was gonna be a minimum requisite to qualify as a code runner, being a coder needed lot more than that! There were many issues that I had to deal with. Memory management, complexity of code, documentation, formatted code and output, readability are a few to quote here. While the first two required my own creativity and skill, the latter comprised more of an organised and disciplined kind of work. I needed something that shall take care of my discipline so that I could concentrate more on THE code. I found most of it with Adobe Flex Builder 3.

Come winter and I was already done with a couple of ActionScript projects. It was time to move on towards some Java Application code. Adobe Flex Builder being an IDE exclusively meant for ActionScript, didn’t really solve my purpose. I needed something more subtle and complete. All this while, I had seen everybody working on MyEclipse, Carbide C++, Netbeans, XCode and the likes. However, MyEclipse, Carbide, Flex Builder and Eclipse had something in common, the core of Eclipse IDE. And No sooner than I discoverred this fact, I was clear about using Eclipse as my code-mate!

From ActionScript, Java, Java EE, Spring, Swing to J2ME, Symbian, PHP, Ruby to Struts, Hibernate… Eclipse has the most of it for almost everything. Also, using the nifty Subversion plug-in from within Eclipse was sheer bliss. I didn’t need to worry about formatting my code any more. And the best part, I didn’t commit any legal violations while using Eclipse in its full glory. There’s a lot of IDEs based on Eclipse out there, but at the same time, a plugin is also available for almost every area of development that one might think of. Also, there’s this huge developer community which keeps adding stuff to the Eclipse arsenal.

Thus, Eclipse remains my favourite choice of an IDE so far. It has given apt justice to whatever code that went through my finger-tips. Hail Eclipse… Hail the Code!

Phew…! That one hell of a post!

English translation

Pada suatu hari…
“If anyone of you, is not afraid to enter this Cave, please raise your hand”, tantang gue kepada siswa-siswi bule usia SMP dari Jakarta International School (JIS), di depan mulut Goa Sipahang, Leuwiliang, Bogor. Saat itu gue sedang nyambi kerja di sela-sela aktifitas kuliah S1 sekitar awal tahun 1990-an…

Sebagai tour guide leader, gue kerap kali menanyakan hal ini sebelum aktifitas outdoor dilakukan. Pertanyaan menjebak! Loe sendiri kira-kira akan menjawab apa? Mengangkat tangan tanda tidak takut?

Setelah beberapa anak mengangkat tangan, gue pisahkan mereka dengan yang lainnya, sambil menyampaikan bahwa mereka belum siap untuk masuk Goa tersebut. Lho?

Kenapa… bukankah mereka tidak takut? Dalam situasi kebingungan, lalu gue brief mereka: bahwa dalam kegiatan beresiko tinggi seperti masuk Goa ini, kita harus punya sikap takut, sikap yang membuat diri menjadi mawas. Tepatnya sikap was-was. Sikap waspada yang selalu membuat kita terjaga, membuat kita disiplin, membuat kita selalu menjalankan runutan safety procedure. Lesson #1.

Akhirnya, setelah mereka paham, toh gue izinkan juga ikut rombongan untuk masuk Goa.

Terlampau takut, juga sebenarnya tidak baik. Tapi gue gak mau ngebahas ini. Buat apa ngebahas sesuatu yang cèmèn, ya gak? hihihi… Keluar rumah untuk mencari nafkah, merupakan sikap berani. Meninggalkan anak istri di rumah, ke luar kota, bahkan ke luar negeri, sangat berani. Namun terlampau berani juga sebenarnya tidak baik, kecuali semua sudah terencana.

Di dalam Goa, gue biasanya punya ritual berhenti sebentar setelah berjalan sekitar 20 meter dari mulutnya. Semua berkumpul dalam bentuk lingkaran. Gue akan minta semua mematikan alat penerangannya. Tinggal penerangan punya gue sendiri yang menyala, yang biasanya berupa lampu carbide (api dari tabung gas karbit sebesar botol minum yang didisain khusus untuk kegiatan masuk Goa). Siap-siap…

Setelah countdown 5 detik, api carbide gue matikan. Kondisi menjadi gelap. Gue biarkan dulu 5 detik berikutnya untuk memberi ruang adaptasi pada retina mata. Suasana hening. Lalu gue minta, “…tolong letakkan jari telunjuk masing-masing ke depan mata anda dalam jarak 1 cm… lalu lihat dengan mata lebar-lebar…”. Gue biarkan lagi 5 detik, sebelum mengeluarkan pertanyaan, “…apakah anda bisa melihat jari telunjuk anda sendiri?”

Tentu saja tidak! Totally Blind! Bahkan saat mata dibuka selebar-lebarnya!
Kemudian pelajaran segera dimulai: bahwa dalam kegiatan masuk Goa, sumber cahaya lebih berharga dibandingkan makanan yang paling lezat sekalipun yang dibawa. Untuk itu sangat disarankan membawa sumber cahaya cadangan, batere dan karbit cadangan, serta bohlam cadangan. Memiliki backup-plan harus ada sebelum melakukan sesuatu yang berpotensi beresiko tinggi. Lesson #2.

Alkisah, salah satu istri Nabi Ibrahim – nabinya umat Yahudi, Kristen, dan Islam – bernama Siti Hajar dan anaknya Ismail, ditinggalkan di sebuah lembah bernama Bakkah (sekarang bernama Mekkah). Lembah tandus yang dikelilingi bukit-bukit yang juga tandus. Nabi Ibrahim bukannya seorang raja-tega, tapi ini memang perintah Tuhan dimana beliau juga tak kuasa untuk menolak.

Dalam kondisi takut atas keselamatan Ismail anaknya, Siti Hajar berlari-lari kecil dari bukit Safa menuju bukit Marwa, dalam rangka mencari sumber air minum. Tujuh kali dia bolak-balik, namun akhirnya rezeki justru keluar dari tempat Ismail berbaring. Sebuah mata air keluar dari tanah berpasir, yang sekarang dikenal dengan nama air zam-zam. Alam, atas izin Tuhan, akhirnya memberikan reward kepada Siti Hajar atas usaha pantang menyerah, atas keikhlasan dalam berbuat, atas rasa cinta ke putranya. Semua diawali dengan rasa takut tidak bisa membawa amanah, memelihara putranya sendiri Ismail. Lesson #3.

Sekarang tujuh kali bolak-balik bukit Safa-Marwa dikenal dengan nama Sa’i dan menjadi salah satu aktifitas wajib dalam menunaikan ibadah Haji maupun Umrah. Jutaan manusia setiap tahun melakukan napak tilas ini untuk mengambil pelajaran akan artinya perjuangan dalam mengemban amanah.

Dari beberapa lesson di atas, ada beberapa hal yang harus dipahami oleh Caleg, Cabup, Cagub, maupun Capres. Bahwa mengemban amanah bukanlah suatu yang ringan. Bahwa amanah seperti itu memiliki tingkat resiko tinggi dalam pertanggungjawabannya, sehingga harus selalu bersikap waspada dalam menjalankannya. Bahwa dalam menjalankan amanah, harus memiliki backup-plan demi menghindari kegagalan yang berdampak luas kepada masyarakat.

Yang gue takutkan, apakah para Caleg sudah memiliki backup-plan apabila tidak terpilih menjadi anggota Dewan? Padahal tidak sedikit uang, tenaga, dan waktu dihabiskan? Gue jadi teringat status salah satu temen gue di facebook: “…is mau bikin rumah sakit jiwa… untuk menampung Caleg yang gagal jadi anggota Dewan….”

Waspadalah! Waspadalah!

HM Ihsan Kusasi
Mar 23, 2009

Nieve means snow in Spanish!

Hello all E61 users, a white theme for you!

There are many other white themes out there for E61, but I wasn’t particularly fond of the original digital clock and battery/network bar. So I created one, with maximum readibility of on-screen information as the primary consideration. (Inspired by the good legibility of text on Blackberrys.)

The theme uses your phone’s default icon, the icons displayed above is not the actual.

Unfortunately, I have yet to figure out the way to have it signed for all users like most other themes do, hence you’ll have to sign the theme if you’d like to use it. In order to keep this post short, I’ll post the instructions on the first comment.

Download the theme (Unsigned)

Download the portrait version (Unsigned)

Technical details:

• This theme uses 100% SVG, no bitmaps
• Font used for digital clock: Myraid Pro
• Text colour issue with Music Player has been improved

Note:

• These themes are compatible with Nokia Series 60 Version 3 phones.
• This theme is designed and tested for the E61, the E61 version will not work well on portrait screens.
• The battery and signal indicators for portrait version are adapted from landscape version, hence not perfect.
• Please drop us a comment before posting it to public forums or portal sites, just to inform us, no permission required. (:
• Drop us a comment to tell us if you like it, we’d appreciate it very much!

Cheers,
NieveDesign
//zw