http://www.darrickrochili.com Darrick Rochili's Personal Blog Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:54:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here's 2 points to consider:1. The most expensive coffee in the world (Kopi Luwak) is made out of beans eaten by a cat/fox like creature and processing its excrement. It is  Cat-crap-uccinno. 2. My wife bought a best-selling pillow in China filled with silk worm - droppings, supposedly good for ... http://www.darrickrochili.com/?p=378 Thinking of something for your kid for their birthday? How bout surprising them with some of these ideas?- TASER X3 triple shotGood way to teach them about how the police can subdue unruly people without truly hurting them. Hey, isn't that kinda like teaching them about not always using force ... http://www.darrickrochili.com/?p=376 Is it just my internet connection or has Facebook been acting weird today? Throughout the day I'm met with errors when trying to load pages from Facebook. Sometimes it loads, and sometimes it just fails.Are Indonesian FBers really that influential such that a bomb in Jakarta could bring the mighty ... http://www.darrickrochili.com/?p=374 It seems there has been some explosions in the Mega Kuningan area in Jakarta. The newspapers have been saying Marriot/Ritz Carlton. Haven't seen any detailed news yet. Not sure if these are terrorist attack bombs or pranksters.Something's weird about these bombs. Professionals would've picked a better time when there were ... http://www.darrickrochili.com/?p=360 BK tests Motion Power kinetic energy harvester[via: Engadget]I think this is pretty cool. The government of Indonesia should learn a thing or two from this and implement this all through Jakarta :). It would generate tons of energy and save a lot of money in the process.HTC Hero[via: Engadget]I'd love ... http://www.darrickrochili.com/?p=358 *sigh*.. one of those days.Here's the situation:- I have an Indonesian credit card, have been using it with no problems for the last few months. I used it last night with no problems at all at a restaurant in Jakarta.- On the 10th of July (last week), I authorized a ... http://www.darrickrochili.com/?p=351 In 2004, when SBY was elected president, the ousted president refused to offer the president elect any sort of congratulatory note, save some obscure comment made in an unofficial manner.Fast forward 5 years to 2009, Indonesia just finished the presidential election, and quick counts are showing that SBY again beat ... http://www.darrickrochili.com/?p=349 (It seems) that our incumbent president, Mr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will retain his position for the next 5 years as expected. The only thing I didn't see coming was a one round election (Indonesia's election goes up to 2 rounds if any candidate fails to gain 50% of the votes). ... http://www.darrickrochili.com/?p=347 At the beginning of Wimbledon 2009, nearly everybody (including me) was seemingly ready for Roger Federer to break Pete Sampras' record of 15 Grand Slams (well, maybe except for the British people who were expecting Andy Murray to claim this one :) ). And for the first few rounds, it ... http://www.darrickrochili.com/?p=341 It's been so quiet here I thought I'd start blogging again now and then.Thoughts for today:- Go Federer!!! Fed-Ex has been playing as well as anybody in Wimbledon. I guess championship no. 15 is in his sights and nothing stopping him in trying to get it. We'll see if Tommy ... http://www.darrickrochili.com/?p=339