How To Save Intagram Images on PC (….The Hard Way)

Le’t say you are currently browsing Instagram on PC/laptop (your cellphone is somewhere else, probably turned off) and stumbled upon a lovely image of Yosemite Park, like this:

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As someone who lives in California (for the moment) it seems so weird that I haven’t been to Yosemite in so long. I want to go back and see it one last time before I move away in a few months but who knows if I’ll be able to do that. I don’t want to be negative because there will be so many beautiful places where I’m going so I don’t want to be bummed about not getting to go back when there’s so much to look forward to. I want to be able to accept each new experience with joy and excitement instead of disappointment about what has already happened. . . . . . . . . . . #waterfall #waterfalls #yosemite #yosemitenationalpark #nationalpark #notallwhowanderarelost #traveler #travelersnotebook #california #californiaadventure #wanderer #mountains #mountain #mountainlife #travelblogger #travelbloggers #nofilter #nofilterneeded #nofilters #nature #wildlife #trees #pinetrees #forest #nationalparks #river

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The image looks very interesting so naturally you want to save it, right?

Sure. And it supposed to be easy, right? Just do a right click on the image, then click “Save As…” bla bla bla.

Well not that easy, bro. But still you can download the photos. Keep reading.

I did some experimentations by viewing the HTML code. Right click and hit “View Page Source” (I use Firefox, other browsers may have different menu name).

You’ll see another tab opened, displaying gobbledygook like this:

Good. You are on the the right track. You may ask “what the hell is this? I have no idea even on a single damn line?”

Me either. You don’t need to understand those lines. All you have to do is search (hit Ctrl+F) for the word display_url. Then you’ll see this:

Pay attention for the matching quotations marks. You’ll find this:

https://instagram.fcgk23-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.2885-15/e35/93478287_233551107984990_196381950596017104_n.jpg?_nc_ht=instagram.fcgk23-1.fna.fbcdn.net\u0026_nc_cat=106\u0026_nc_ohc=nF9-R195pD8AX_rEkQh\u0026oh=2ca18433079835bbf562b8b11ee7a1c3\u0026oe=5ED118BD

Wohoo we just got the image URL! Let’s open that in the browser.

Aww crap. It does’t work. What’s wrong? Upon further inspection, I found something interesting in the image URL:

https://instagram.fcgk23-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.2885-15/e35/93478287_233551107984990_196381950596017104_n.jpg?_nc_ht=instagram.fcgk23-1.fna.fbcdn.net\u0026_nc_cat=106\u0026_nc_ohc=nF9-R195pD8AX_rEkQh\u0026oh=2ca18433079835bbf562b8b11ee7a1c3\u0026oe=5ED118BD

Do you see\u0026 appear a few times? What does it mean? A quick Google search points that \u0026 is the Unicode value for ‘&‘ (ampersand). So what if we replace all \u0026 with & into this:

https://instagram.fcgk23-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.2885-15/e35/93478287_233551107984990_196381950596017104_n.jpg?_nc_ht=instagram.fcgk23-1.fna.fbcdn.net&_nc_cat=106&_nc_ohc=nF9-R195pD8AX_rEkQh&oh=2ca18433079835bbf562b8b11ee7a1c3&oe=5ED118BD

Is this going to work? No idea. Let’s try this on the browser.

Mission accomplished. You just managed to save an Instagram image. Without using special app/browser addons 🙂

RIP Neil Peart

Last year, Ginger Baker left us. And now, Neil Peart. Yes, the man behind Rush’s drum. And also the main lyricist.



I see Peart as a “sober” version of Keith Moon (which not suprisingly, is one of his biggest influence). He orchestratedly pound his massive drum kit: lots of toms, added with cowbells, chimes, woodblocks, cylophone and so on to produce a big rhythmical compositions. And still in self control, without getting lose like Moon.

Rush is just a trio, and yet sounds soo huge. Yep, Peart’s exuberant drumming is one of the causes.

Beside the really high musicianship (eventually inspires lots of youngsters to pick the stick), another reason I admire Peart is he read books. A lot.


That doesn’t sound like your typical rockstar, right? And thanks to him, Rush produced many “fantasy-ish/Tolkien-ish” lyrics like Xanadu:

“To seek the sacred river Alph
To walk the caves of ice
To break my fast on honey dew
And drink the milk of Paradise…”

Or Anthem, a nod to Aynd Rand

Anthem of the heart and anthem of the mind
A funeral dirge for eyes gone blind
We marvel after those who sought
The wonders in the world, wonders in the world
Wonders in the world they wrought

I believe Peart is one among the drummers that raised the bar really high. Ask any rock drummers, and there’s a big chance Peart will be mentioned as of of the influences.

Peart was a such private person, and he probably didn’t tell many people about his brain cancer till succumbed to it.

Rush is definitely not Rush anymore without him, and this even makes me more sad because I know I won’t be able to see Rush live. Yes I’m aware they already retired from spotlight a few years ago.

Farewell Neil Peart, thank you for your legacy.

Gundala

Gundala itu openingnya bagus. Dimulai dengan kerasnya hidup seorang Sancaka kecil yang hidup tanpa orang tua. Karena tak bisa membela diri saat dikeroyok,
seorang remaja muda menolongnya membalas kawanan yang mengeroyoknya. Lalu mengajarinya bela diri dan prinsip-prinsip bertahan hidup.
Koreografi silatnya indah, mengingatkan kita akan Merantau atau The Raid. Nah sampai di bagian ini, cerita berjalan dengan baik.

Masalah dimulai ketika Sancaka sudah dewasa. Sebagai seorang penjaga kemanana pabrik,dia sama sekali tidak pernah berpikir akan menjadi pahlawan.

Kemudian kamera beralih ke perkenalan mengenai siapa musuh dari jagoan kita. Oh ternyata seorang bos mafia bernama Pengkor yang menyuap sejumlah anggota DPR.
Separuh wajah Pengkor ada luka bakar dan jalannya pincang, karena kecelakaan di masa kecil. Detailnya diceritakan dalam adegan flashback. Oh rupanya Pengkor ingin
generasi penerus bangsa ini menjadi sama bejatnya seperti dia, sehingga dia menyuruh anak buahnya menyuntikkan suatu cairan ke stok beras di pusat beras nasional.
Umm baiklah.

Kemudian diantara jagoan dan penjahat, kamera bergeser ke karakter di tengah: Wulan, seorang gadis yang memperjuangkan eksistensi pasar tradisional tempat ia berdagang. Gadis ini diganggu oleh 2 pria di tempat kosnya, alih-alih Sancaka menolongnya… bla bla bla dan kemudian di suatu malam kelompok pria itu gantian menyerbu Sancaka saat jaga malam di pabrik.
Dalam keadaan hampir mati setelah dilempar dari atas gedung, Sancaka terkena sambaran petir, dan jadilah dia superhero. Oh hai Flash! Disini, dia masih belum ngeh dengan kekuatan barunya, hingga suatu hari dia bertemu dengan gadis tersebut di pasar, sekaligus kelompok yang menghajarnya sampai nyaris tewas. Ha. Dan terjadilah perkelahian dimana Sancaka berhasil mengalahkan 30 orang. Melihat ini, Wulan beranggapan bahwa Sancaka bisa menolong kelompoknya. Tapi ternyata Sancaka sepertinya masih belum sadar sepenuhnya akan apa yang terjadi dan tidak merespons apa-apa. Alhasil kemudian kelompok tersebut membakar pasar di malam hari. Singkat cerita, Wulan berhasil memaksa supaya Sancaka menolongnya.
Semacam momen Batman Begins disini. Errr…..

Usut punya usut, ternyata pemimpin pembakaran pasar itu adalah salah satu anak buah Pengkor. Sementara sejumlah anggota DPR kebingungan bagaimana cara melawan Pengko dan obat yang sudah ia suntikkan ke stok beras. Mari bahas dalam rapat.
Oh ternyata melalui media sosial terlihat seorang sosok yang bisa diharapkan: Gundala. Bagaimana jika sosok tersebut dihubungi? Ada nomor hape?

Berlanjut dengan Pengkor menghubungi elite squade-nya (ala John Wick) untuk menghabisi para anggota DPR yang bersepakat melawan dirinya, dan juga untuk menghadapi Gundala. Ekspektasi saya ini akan menyebabkan pertarungan yang laamaaaa yang bisa memojokkan Gundala. Sepertinya hampir begitu…. dan ternyata mereka dikalahkan mudah begitu Gundala “gone berserk” karena melihat teman sekerjanya ditusuk. Luar biasa sekali. Hai Thor Ragnarok, BTW.

Lucunya Pengkor ada disitu. Haduh bapak Pengkor, anda itu jalan saja ngga becus. Mungkin begitu PD dengan anak buah sehingga ikut datang ke sarang musuh?
Anda itu bukan Ra’s al Ghul lho. Nah mati konyol kan jadinya.

Film ini nampaknya berambisi menjadi pembuka suatu superhero universe, sayang eksekusinya gagal. Secara umum dialog masih terasa kaku, layaknya sedang membaca teks.
Ibarat orang yang sedang makan, alangkah baiknya jangan semua hidangan langsung dikeluarkan. Satu per satu dulu saja.
Semoga film-film berikutnya dalam Jagat Bumi Langit tidak mengulangi kesalahan-kesalahan yang sama.

Jagat Bumi Langit

Dua hari lalu, Joko Instagram posting di akun Instagramnya memastikan mengenai Jagat Bumi Langit, bahwa Gundala itu bukan film yang berdiri sendiri, melainkan bagian dari kumpulan yang lebih besar.

Ringkasannya:

Apakah gambar diatas terasa familiar? Wajar jika anda berpikiran demikian

Reaksi saya terkait pengumuman resmi Jagat Bumi Langit ini:

  • Wah keren. Akhirnya ada lagi film Indonesia yang bukan horror atau komedi.
  • Nama-nama seperti Chicco Jerikho, Joe Taslim, Dian Sastro, Nicholas Saputra, dst yang hhmmmm…. 4L (Lu Lagi Lu Lagi). Not saying this is necessarily bad, though.
  • Ambisius juga sepertinya ya. Bahkan sebelum Gundala resmi diluncurkan pun sudah diumumkan timeline seperti ini. Pengumuman MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) saja setidaknya tidak langsung keluar setelah Iron Man (2008) selesai.

Yah, saya berharap semoga bisa sukses 🙂

Ramalan yang Menjadi Kenyataan

Selamat untuk pasangan Pak Joko Widodo & Kyai Ma’ruf Amin yang sudah memenangkan Pilpres 2019 dengan perolehan suara 55,5%. Ternyata, lebih dari 1 tahun yang lalu, sudah ada yang memprediksikan hal ini.



Kebetulan? Cocoklogi? Ehehehehe….

Avengers:Endgame

Like Stark himself said in the movie: “…part of the journey is the end”

More than 20 movies spanning over 10 years. If you were a film director, how would you make a nice, proper ending of this series? Probably not an easy task, and no matter how you do it is very likely won’t please everyone. Right?

Regarding the former, I think the directors, Russo brothers, did their job pretty well. Oh yeah, you don’t want tiny closing act. You want something epic. Well, Avengers:Endgame lasts about 3 hours, which is “slightly” longer than its prequel, Infinity War (about 2 and half hours).

I’m not going to wax lyrical. Yes, the movie has the usual funny moments, the awesome bad ass parts which makes you go “OOooooo”, and sad moments which probably are going to make you cry.

Now I’m still pretty unsure about this movie. I blame this due to working overtime. Definitely will watch this one (or twice) more time. As I’m thinking about the whole movie, Tony Stark’s statement kept popping in my head: “part of the journey is the end”. How would you make a good ending? Not just a ordinary good ending, but a meaningful one which is going to last forever in memory. Hmm…