Month: June 2014

  • [Part 1] One more thing we need to know about Bibliography

    [image from: http://blogs.bournemouth.ac.uk] Author: * Dasapta Erwin Irawan * Andriyanti * Iwan Setiawan * Rizal Debrian Affiliation: Department of Geology, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung How to cite this page: Irawan, D., Andriyanti, Setiawan, I. and Debrian, R. (2014). Bibliography Part 1: The first search is always overwhelming. [online] My little…

  • How to make variogram with geoR package

    [image from: leg.ufpr.br] This pdf was first posted at http://erwinirawansblog.blogspot.com. The following pdf contains code on how to make a simple variogram. However I haven’t evaluated the result nor written the basics of variogram. I will continue to update it later on. How to make variograms

  • Thesis experiences

    [image from: http://gea.itb.ac.id] Dear friends, I was following a Facebook post from one of my student who had successfully passed his thesis exam. The next thing I remembered my own experience in 1998. That’s what? a century a go.  How was your exam? Kalau lihat yang posting habis sidang, ingat dulu sidang di hari sabtu (jaman…

  • How the soil was formed?

    This post is written for Anak Bertanya (Children’s Question) website. I wrote about how the soil was formed for elementary students in Indonesia language. (#soilformation) Soil Formation

  • LEDs talk

    [image from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-emitting_diode] The following article covers electricity consumption in the world and how LED technology uses less energy. I use LEDs talk as a title instead of widely known TED talks. 🙂 Read and tell me what you think. The electricity consumption chart was made using R with the following code. xyplot(mydata$Country ~ mydata$X2007 + mydata$X2008…

  • Blogpost arrangement

                    [image from: personal collection, a path way in UWS MacArthur Campus] Dear friends, It’s another 10 degrees morning in Sydney. I know the number is fairly warm for most of you, but as an Indonesian, it needs an effort to keep the finger to hit the right…

  • WTF: writing a skill to die for

    I had a discussion with a student this morning. He was very confuse about what’s to write and what’s not write. He is working on Cikapundung watershed, in West Java Province. His focus is evaluating the interaction between the groundwater with river water. After hearing his problem, I said “write everything”. Even if your analysis…

  • #Sydney: Arts on the roof

    In between blocks of apartment, stores, and restos, a touch of art would be nice (near Elizabeth Street, Central Station, Sydney) View on Path

  • Reading: The power of a morning ritual — Drew Iaconis

    This morning I read this post: The power of a morning ritual — Drew Iaconis. Yes I am morning person and I won’t give it up. Morning is clean, morning means inspiration. So read this post and build your morning ritual.

  • The perks of online shopping

    I was watching a rerun of Friends series. It is on GEM, an Australia TV network, every Monday to Friday at 6.30 pm. The six joyful humans were the icon of my generation, the 90’s. I practically lived with them.  Until now… They always hang out at Central Perks Cafe. An imaginary cosy coffee place. Then I…