Hal-hal kecil dalam Corel Draw yang Mungkin Belum Sobat Ketahui

Seperi yang Rendra janjikan jauh-jauh hari dalam postingan “Mengenal Beberapa Software Desain Grafis”, mulai saat ini Rendra akan membuat tutorial-tutorial tentang cara menggunakan software desain grafis tersebut di blog Fakta Unik ini. Bukannnya sudah mahir atau expert, Rendra sebenarnya juga baru dalam dunia ini bahkan bisa dibilang desainnya masih ecek-ecekan belum Wahh..! pokoknya. Tapi perkenankanlah Rendra membagi ilmu yang sedikit ini kepada sobat yang belum tahu agar lebih bermanfaat. Oke, untuk tutorial pertama disini Rendra akan menjelaskan beberapa hal kecil yang mungkin belum sobat ketahui dalam menggunakan software Corel Draw. yang Rendra gunakan adalah yang versi X4. Berikut hal-hal kecil tersebut : 

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do y'all feel like you have been celebrating halloween for a long time.....we have had several halloween things and i must say, i'm kind of glad it's finally halloween and today will be the last time the kiddos dress up and get more candy!!  last night, we had a neighborhood party and i was going to make some mummy cookies but i seriously think that every mom in SC is on pinterest and pinned the same recipe and the nutter butters were sold out!  only cookie at publix missing!  i was shocked and disappointed b/c i thought that was such a cute, easy way to be crafty!!  i hope y'all have a wonderful halloween!!! i'm off to pass out candy at taylor's school!

*all images are on my pinterest (sorry i am running last this am)

Teks Alay Generator

Buat teman-teman yang suka nge-Alay gak jelas di Facebook atau Twitter, nih aku buatin tool yang bisa mendukung keALAYan kalian. "Teks Alay Generator". Walupun dah banyak di Internet, yang ini tentunya sedikit berbeda karena dibuat oleh seorang newbie yang baru belajar pemrograman, hehehhe... Silakan digunakan sewajarnya anak alay. (Emang alay ada wajarnya??)

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The Brain Controls Insulin Action

Insulin regulates blood glucose primarily by two mechanisms:

1. Suppressing glucose production by the liver
2. Enhancing glucose uptake by other tissues, particularly muscle and liver

Since the cells contained in liver, muscle and other tissues respond directly to insulin stimulation, most people don't think about the role of the brain in this process.  An interesting paper just published in Diabetes reminds us of the central role of the brain in glucose metabolism as well as body fat regulation (1).  Investigators showed that by inhibiting insulin signaling in the brains of mice, they could diminish insulin's ability to suppress liver glucose production by 20%, and its ability to promote glucose uptake by muscle tissue by 59%.  In other words, the majority of insulin's ability to cause muscle to take up glucose is mediated by its effect on the brain. 

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Even your mom can write this blog post

For those of you who subscribe to IEEE Spectrum email alerts, you may have seen today's snafu where there was an oopsie headline for one of their articles - "With the Arduino, Now Even Your Mom Can Program."

The article and headline were quickly revised post-publication, though I noticed in google's cache that the original article contained the following quote, "'Now, even my mom can program,' Banzi says."

The editor of the journal, who is a female engineer, was Not Amused, nor were the dozens of commenters on the article. I'm glad they fixed it.

But I think this journalistic error raises a larger societal issue when discussing ability and technology. We seem to more quickly ascribe technological inability to female elders, and technological ability to male youths.

For example, I tend to hear, "Even my grandma could use it." far more often than, "Even my grandpa could use it". And I recently saw a comic in a magazine where mother calls technical support and says, "Normally my toddler son would help me fix the computer, but he's in time out." Why wasn't that a female toddler in the cartoon?  Why in movies is the clever geek / scientist who saves the day always a man?

I really would like the media to make greater strides in not playing to tropes, because it tends to reinforce these tired ideas that women are unable to be technologically savvy.