Ada satu cerita di Donal Bebek yang membekas di otak saya. Ceritanya Paman Gober mengumpulkan semua orang yang butuh uang untuk menghadapnya. Mereka antri dan menyampaikan keluhan mereka ke Paman Gober. Ada yang butuh uang untuk mobilnya, ada yang mau berlibur, ada yang minta proposal, dan lain sebagainya.

Donal memegang sebuah tuas dan begitu Paman Gober bilang, “Berikutnya!”, Donal menarik tuas dan terbukalah pintu jebakan di bawah orang yang sedang menyampaikan keluhannya. Saat Donal bertanya alasan kenapa Paman Gober memanggil mereka semua kalau cuma sekedar dibuang kembali menggunakan pintu jebakan, Paman Gober cuma menjawab,

“Karena kadang-kadang mereka mempunyai ide cemerlang.”

Mungkin itu juga alasan gue subscribe lebih dari 500 personal blog di google reader, termasuk reddit, digg dan stumbleupon. Siapa tahu di antara banyaknya posting hari itu, ada satu ide yang cemerlang dan bisa dicuri.

Sunday, August 17th 2008, Indonesia celebrates Independence Day.

Yes, we have ceremony, celebration, marching, pictures, logo, colors, duct tape, flower pot, jokes and games. We even have lunar eclipse and gold medal. Some bloggers write Merdeka, with question mark and with exclamation mark. Some try to find meaning, some rant, some ask questions, questions and more question. Some want their Indonesia back, and other simply write a reflection. The rest said proudly, “Happy Birthday, Indonesia!”

With 63 years from 1945-2008, Indonesian people still struggle to find independence in their existence, in choosing their new leader, and in their work. Indonesian people never stop struggling to find their own independence. When they feel free at last. From poverty, from oppression, and from injustice. When is your personal Independence Day?

Mine is June 21st, 2008.

So during my blogwalking, i’ve read many comments from another visitors and also left my own comments. Some repetition like the one that promote brand of fuel and like “Thank you for visiting my blog”.

Be a good stealr. So, i come up with several alternatives for comments that i haven’t seen before. Care to try it?

1. Don’t say “Please visit my blog” if you come first time on some blog. What are you? A salesman? Say, “Thank you for leaving such an interesting comment in my blog.” The blog owner will react like “Huh, do i leaving comment in her blog? When? God, am I sleepblogwalking again?” Eventually, the owner will visit your blog just out of curiousity.
2. Comment like it’s been cut off in the middle. Such as “In my humble opinion, you should” or “That’s a very interesting subj” The blog owner will react like “Oh, my God, what happened? Did The Happening just happen there?” Eventually, the owner will visit your blog looking for clues.
3. Be a foreigner and said, “Your blog is nice, but i cannot understand what it means.” Yeah, for you who receive comments “Wah, bahasa inggris, malas bacanya”, this is your revenge comment. Maybe with some twist like, “I want to give you 100000 idr but i don’t understand your blog.“

Okay, let’s start blogwalking again.

Do you feel a teensy weensy bit of guilt when you open your windows XP last week? Or a small pang in your stomach when you type something in your microsoft Word document? That’s because William Henry Gates III otherwise known as BillG is here. He make a promise to give us free software (non Microsoft proprietary software I presume) and more internet access for Indonesian kids. And He wears batik too during his joint conference with our president.

Some of the news are here :

1. Bill Gates go to Indonesia 1
2. Bill Gates go to Indonesia 2
3. Thursday, Bill Gates visits Indonesia
4. Bill Gates supports IT in Indonesia

The Pirate of Silicon Valley finally visited the Piracy Land.

From Blogwalking, I’ve found these writings worthy of reading.

1. Meal without MSG
2. Beautifully crafted prose
3. Is Difference a Blessing?
4. Create your own logo
5. More Funny websites
6. On Designing House
7. A Condom Mishap
8. The Dream Apartment (sort of)
9. Spice the Movie
10. A Hundred Thousand

Let’s blogwalking again!