How to clean up thumbnail in Blackberry, help my Blackberry is Full

For Blackberry users, have you ever wondered why the not-too-smartphone take a storage beyond what visible in your pictures,videos and documents folders? That's because Blackberry do a thumbnail cache to do a fast preview on your pictures and videos, in the pictures and videos folder. A beyond belief flaw is, the system hardly can do reversed in deleting unwanted thumbnail, after the real pictures physically remove by you. This can give a frustration as the thumbnail cache continued to grow in size and finally you start to wonder who the culprit that eaten up your storage.

The thumbnail actually stored in a folder:
Media Card > Blackberry > System > Media

the last two folders are in hidden mode. So in File Manager application ,right click (click the BB button) and click Show Hidden. In the Media folder, just simply deleted whatever end in .dat , for example thumbs116x116.dat , thumbs480x480.dat , and their .key companions.

Blackberry has no real impact when deleting this, but to return it to normal, I recommend a hard reboot, mean pulled out your battery, and then put it back. After this, go to Pictures and let the smarty rebuilt its thumbnail. Voila... your storage just been cleared, and you saved yourself from formatting it.

notes:

If you put the SD card into computer , the files will not able to delete since it is Write Protected.

Pernah mengalami kepenuhan kapasitas di Blackberry? Sudah menghapus banyak photo dan videos tapi tetap saja Blackberry melaporkan kapasitas di BB kita melebihi file yang terlihat oleh kita? Ini karena di Blackberry ada "thumbnail" yang berfungsi mempercepat preview photo-photo kita. Untuk menghapus thumbnail ini masuk ke:

Media Card > Blackberry > System > Media

tapi dua folder terakhir bersifat hidden alias tersembunyi. Di dalam File Manager , tekan tombol BB dan click Show Hidden (atau lihat tersembunyi kira-kira bahasa Indonesianya). Kemudian dalam folder Media, hapus file thumbs116x116.dat , thumbs480x480.dat. Setelah menghapus, cabut baterai dan lakukan boot ulang. Kemudian masuk ke Pictures dan biarkan si BB membangun ulang thumbnail tersebut. Semoga bisa membantu membebaskan memory di BB anda tanpa perlu memformat ulang.

Pontianak Snack Tau Suan

This is Tau Suan or split bean soup. Tau Suan or Lek Tau Suan is regular found in the dawn morning time, traditionally serve on "gerobak" or cart hawker. Traditionally a chinese culinary, a must have for all Pontianak City / Kundian traveller.

More information : Tau Suan / Split green bean soup

Whitney Houston Meninggal di Usia 48

Penyanyi superstar pop Whitney Houston meninggal dunia di usa ke 48 hari Sabtu Februari 11 2012 , di kamar hotel Beverly Hilton Hotel. Penyebab kematian hingga 24 jam berlalu masih belum dipastikan. Semenjak dekade terakhir Whitney Houston mulai mengendur di dalam karirnya dan jatuh ke jurang penggunaan obat-obatan dan depresei.

foto Whitney Houston, meninggal di usia 48

Whitney Houston pernah konser di Jakarta sekitar tahun 1992 ditemani suaminya Bobby Brown, di mana rumour internet beredar bahwa pernikahannya dengan penyanyi Bobby Brown ini yang menyebabkan terusiknya irama kehidupan Whitney. Mereka bercerai di tahun 2006. Di tahun-tahun terakhir Whitney dilaporkan mengalami banyak kemunduran dalam hal profesionalisme, terlambat hadir di interview , gagal tampil di acara konser dan lain-lain.

Whitney Houston adalah puteri dari penyanyi Gospel Cissy Houston dan John Houston. Perusahaan rekaman Arista dengan pencari bakat Clive Davis "menemukan" Whitney di awal era 80an. Whitney menjadi salah satu penyanyi pop paling sukses di era rekaman modern. Peraih penghargaan music terbanyak untuk penyanyi pop wanita, sekitar 400 award hingga tahun 2010. Lagu favoritnya adalah "I Will Always Love You". Dengan vocal range di Mezzo Soprano, statistik vocal Whitney adalah dari nada G3 hingga Bb5, dan menjadi standard industri dalam hal kontes vocal.

Twitter dari Mariah Carey menyatakan kesedihan Mariah atas kepergian sahabat penyanyinya.

@MariahCarey: Heartbroken and in tears over the shocking death of my friend, the incomparable Ms. Whitney Houston.... My heartfelt condolences to Whitney's family and to all her millions of fans throughout the world.... She will never be forgotten as one of the greatest voices to ever grace the earth.

Justin Bieber @justinbieber: just heard the news. so crazy. One of the GREATEST VOICES EVER just passed. RIP Whitney Houston. My prayers go out to her friends and family

La Toya Jackson @latoyajackson: I can't fathom the fact that #whitneyhouston has died! My heart goes out 2 her mother, daughter & her love ones. #Whitney U will be missed!

Link berita mengenai Whitney Houston:
Reaksi para selebriti terhadap kepergian Whitney Houston
Berita lengkap kematian Whitney Houston

Singkawang Cap Go Meh 2012 - Jackie Chan

The festive of the year of Singkawang's Cap Go Meh is hyped with a rumour that international actor Jackie Chan will be visiting the site. The festive will begin Saturday 4th February 2012 until 6th February 2012. The main attractions included a replica of Chinese Great Wall and Tatung attraction. By tradition on the eve of Cap Go Meh (Sunday 5th Feb) there will be a concentrated concert and celebration at Kridasana stadium. Finally the festive will be peak on the Cap Go Meh day (6th Feb) with a street festive of Tatungs.

For more information regarding Singkawang City and its festival, follow this link to Singkawang United Website.
Isu kedatangan aktor Jackie Chan ke Singkawang mewarnai perayaan Cap Go Meh 2012.

Rumor Jackie Chan hadir di Singkawang 2012

Rumor Jackie Chan mengunjungi Singkawang... hanya rumor belaka

History of Chinese Indonesian during Japanese occupation 1943

Here's a bit of excerpts from the book, "The Japanese Occupation of Borneo - 1941-1945" by Ooi Keat Gin. The excerpt describe the Pontianak Incident and Chinese Conspiracy events during that year. The evenst described the opposition and stuggle of locals and Chinese population to Japanese occupation. See the attached pages below.

Books:
The Japanese Occupation of Borneo 1941-1945 Ooi Keat Gin
Rising Sun over Borneo - The Japanese Occupation of Sarawak 1941-1945

Japanese Empire In Tropics, 2 Vol. Set: Selected Documents of Japanese Period in Sarawak, NW Borneo, 1941-1945 (Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series)



Ini adalah cuplikan buku yang menceritakan usaha perlawanan pejuang Kalbar melawan Jepang sekitar tahun 1943. Juga dituliskan peristiwa yang menyeret ke tragedi Mandor.

Orchid of West Borneo - Dendrobium Singkawangense etc

Photo collections of Western Boreno orchids, as state in previous blog posting, this is photographed by friend.

Trichoglottis sp. (probably species of cirrhifera)

Dendrobium anosmum Lindl.

Dendrobium singkawangense jj smith

and un-identified species...

degree education on line , domain names

Orchids of Western Borneo

Western Borneo is a wild home to thousand of species orchids. I believe many still yet to discover, but species as Grammatophyllum, Paphiopedillum, Bulbophyllums etc. are hidden inside the rainforest to be discovered.

Travelling to Pontianak, capital of Western Borneo is easy. There are flight from Indonesia major cities such as Jakarta, Jogja, Batam etc. From overseas now there are direct flight from Kuching and Singapore. Just travel to Singapore via Air Asia and then board the domestic Batavia Air from these two cities to Pontianak. If you are a keen orchid collectors, I can help you around (I am a collector as well). Just drop a note in the comments.

Here some photograph of "popular" West Borneo orchid especially the Coelogyne pandurata or "Anggrek Hitam".

Coelogyne pandurata by hon-s4k

his cousin Coelogyne verrucosa

a neat terrestrial Bromheadia finlaysonia is easily found in

Aerides odorata

Cleisostoma subulatum

Cymbidium finlaysonia