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Updates to Planet Terasi

ronny — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:17:46 +0000

It’s been more than a year since a major update was done to Planet Terasi. The recent bru-ha-ha kinda forced me to do an update.

So I did these:

I clarified the general topic for Planet Terasi in the About Planet Terasi section,
I also put clarification for inclusion (and rejection) in the contact page,
I removed some of the non-functional feeds,
I removed some of the feeds due to complaints I received from readers,
I changed Budi Rahardjo’s feed to only include the tech section (Pak Budi: I know you asked me to remove your feeds from Planet Terasi, but I hope you don’t mind me keeping this one. If you do mind, please let me know, I will gladly remove it.)
I went through 188 inclusion requests sent to me via email (collected for over a year now) over a slow internet connection and reviewed all 188 blogs (the working ones anyway) to be included in Planet Terasi,
I decided to add 20 new blogs to Planet Terasi (can you name them all?),
I bugged my network administrator to open SSH access so I can update Planet Terasi,
I wrote this post.

Most of the blogs from the 188 requests that I did not add are due to obvious splog (spam blog), off-topic, or unreachable when I reviewed them. Some of them are apparently very popular, very well written, and very well designed. I’m hoping I could post them here later so that you can still check them out if you like. I have added some of them to my personal aggregator.

I’m actually amazed and happy at the same time that people care enough about Planet Terasi to make a petition. But it was not necessary. All you need to do is fill out the contact form and talk to me. I appreciate all your input. And I hope I can keep Planet Terasi useful and fun to all its readers. Thanks for all your support.

Goodbye, Steve Irwin…

ronny — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 09:41:28 +0000

The world mourns the lost of Steve Irwin, one of the most extraordinary wildlife enthusiasts in the world and one of the biggest Australian icons. I admire and have great respect for Steve and his wife Terri. They taught me to appreciate and be more respectful to our wildlife. Well done, mate! So long… we’re gonna miss you.

Bomb in London!

ronny — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 15:08:52 +0000

There were bomb explosions in London just a few hours ago. Very near to where I used to work (Liverpool Street Station). I was able to contact my friend (ex-coworker) who fortunately came to work early. He said he was OK. The building is virtually next to the Liverpool Street Station, but he said he didn’t feel or hear anything from the inside. The explosions affected several tube stations, maybe half of the Circle Line is down, according to my friend. He lives with his wife near Edgware Road station which is also affected. I hope you guys are going to be OK.

My heart, thoughts and prayers go to all the victims and their families. May God bless everyone in London who are affected and their families. I condemn these cowardly acts of terrorism. When is it going to stop?

Update: More than 30 die, more than 350 injured. Get the latest update on this from the BBC. Flickr pool.