I like monkeys.

The pet store was selling them for five cents a piece. I thought that
odd since they were normally a couple thousand each. I decided not to
look a gift horse in the mouth. I bought 200. I like monkeys.

I took my 200 monkeys home. I have a big car. I let one drive. His
name was Sigmund. He was retarded. In fact, none of them were really
bright. They kept punching themselves in their genitals. I laughed.
Then they punched my genitals. I stopped laughing.

I herded them into my room. They didn’t adapt very well to their new
environment. They would screech, hurl themselves off of the couch at
high speeds and slam into the wall. Although humorous at first, the
spectacle lost its novelty halfway into its third hour.

Two hours later I found out why all the monkeys were so inexpensive:
they all died. No apparent reason. They all just sorta’ dropped dead.
Kinda’ like when you buy a goldfish and it dies five hours later. Damn
cheap monkeys.

I didn’t know what to do. There were 200 dead monkeys lying all over my
room, on the bed, in the dresser, hanging from my bookcase. It looked
like I had 200 throw rugs.

I tried to flush one down the toilet. It didn’t work. It got stuck.
Then I had one dead, wet monkey and 199 dead, dry monkeys.

I tried pretending that they were just stuffed animals. That worked for
a while, that is until they began to decompose. It started to smell real
bad.

I had to pee but there was a dead monkey in the toilet and I didn’t want
to call the plumber. I was embarrassed.

I tried to slow down the decomposition by freezing them. Unfortunately
there was only enough room for two monkeys at a time so I had to change
them every 30 seconds. I also had to eat all the food in the freezer so
it didn’t all go bad.

I tried burning them. Little did I know my bed was flammable. I had to
extinguish the fire.

Then I had one dead, wet monkey in my toilet, two dead, frozen monkeys in
my freezer, and 197 dead, charred monkeys in a pile on my bed. The odor
wasn’t improving.

I became agitated at my inability to dispose of my monkeys and to use the
bathroom. I severely beat one of my monkeys. I felt better.

I tried throwing them way but the garbage man said that the city wasn’t
allowed to dispose of charred primates. I told him that I had a wet
one. He couldn’t take that one either. I didn’t bother asking about the
frozen ones.

I finally arrived at a solution. I gave them out as Christmas gifts. My
friends didn’t know quite what to say. They pretended that they like
them but I could tell they were lying. Ingrates. So I punched them in
the genitals.

I like monkeys

1. Data Leaks and IP Theft.
The FEMA year-end data leak, the CEO subpoena attack, the Bank of Ireland data theft, the stolen Anheuser-Busch laptops that exposed the personal information of thousands of current and former employees—I could go on and on with this list—all prove that data leaks were a major security headache in 2008. I’m not going out on a limb when I predict that they’ll continue to be a big problem in 2009.

Result: On the money.

2. Virtualization.
While virtualization didn’t hit the critical mass I thought it would, it still proved successful. The down economy should make it even more so in 2009.

Result: Fairly prescient.

3. Software as a service (SaaS).
Although many are still bullish on SaaS, I’d have to chalk this one up as a miss. Yes, SaaS has great potential. No, it didn’t get major traction in 2008. With the recession in full swing now (sound like fun when you put it that way doesn’t it), SaaS should see continued growth as companies look for ways to cut overhead.

Result: Miss.

4. The Mobile Workforce.
There was a lot of movement with smart phones, with the iPhone clearly driving the trend, but not much buy-in from the enterprise. My guess is that the recession will slow this trend further in 2009.

I also discussed removable storage as part of the mobile workforce, and I got this part right. Multi-GB USB drives are ubiquitous and cheap, and they’re leaving most enterprises each night with oodles of unprotected, sensitive data on them. Several security vendors in 2008 made USB encryption and policy enforcement a standard part of larger security suites, while even the Vista operating system includes some basic removable data controls.

Result: Mixed.

5. Windows Vista.
I said last year that Windows Vista was a headache IT managers would put off dealing with, that Microsoft would drag its feet on making it better, and that other vendors, particularly open-source ones, would take advantage of the muddle.

All proved to be true. I also noted that this would have to be resolved sooner or later. As of now, many IT managers are still punting. They’re holding on to XP and hoping Vista will get better. Microsoft has tried to spin the Vista-backlash through annoying, reactionary commercials, but the company is also set to release the new Vista, called Windows 7. Early reports are generally positive. It’s still Vista, but it’s faster, cleaner and more stable. This could very well be the tipping point to broad adoption.

Result: Visionary! J

With 2008 out of the way, let’s project ahead for 2009:

The FEMA year-end data leak, the CEO subpoena attack, the Bank of Ireland data theft, the stolen Anheuser-Busch laptops that exposed the personal information of thousands of current and former employees—I could go on and on with this list—all prove that data leaks were a major security headache in 2008. I’m not going out on a limb when I predict that they’ll continue to be a big problem in 2009.

Result: On the money.

2. Virtualization. While virtualization didn’t hit the critical mass I thought it would, it still proved successful. The down economy should make it even more so in 2009.

Result: Fairly prescient.

3. Software as a service (SaaS). Although many are still bullish on SaaS, I’d have to chalk this one up as a miss. Yes, SaaS has great potential. No, it didn’t get major traction in 2008. With the recession in full swing now (sound like fun when you put it that way doesn’t it), SaaS should see continued growth as companies look for ways to cut overhead.

Result: Miss.

4. The Mobile Workforce. There was a lot of movement with smart phones, with the iPhone clearly driving the trend, but not much buy-in from the enterprise. My guess is that the recession will slow this trend further in 2009.

I also discussed removable storage as part of the mobile workforce, and I got this part right. Multi-GB USB drives are ubiquitous and cheap, and they’re leaving most enterprises each night with oodles of unprotected, sensitive data on them. Several security vendors in 2008 made USB encryption and policy enforcement a standard part of larger security suites, while even the Vista operating system includes some basic removable data controls.

Result: Mixed.

5. Windows Vista.
I said last year that Windows Vista was a headache IT managers would put off dealing with, that Microsoft would drag its feet on making it better, and that other vendors, particularly open-source ones, would take advantage of the muddle.

All proved to be true. I also noted that this would have to be resolved sooner or later. As of now, many IT managers are still punting. They’re holding on to XP and hoping Vista will get better. Microsoft has tried to spin the Vista-backlash through annoying, reactionary commercials, but the company is also set to release the new Vista, called Windows 7. Early reports are generally positive. It’s still Vista, but it’s faster, cleaner and more stable. This could very well be the tipping point to broad adoption.

Result: Visionary! J

With 2008 out of the way, let’s project ahead for 2009: source

The boot process on a Mac is a magical process, all you see is a grey screen with the magic happening in the background. Did you know that very are various keys which you can use to change how you Mac boots and access certain settings. They are not for every day use, mostly troubleshooting. They are worth knowing if anything goes wrong.

There are a variety of keys which you can use. These have been found by searching the Internet on Apple’s website as well as other peoples sites. I have not tested every single command because I haven’t had time. Although I would take them in good faith.

During boot if you press:

C You start from a bootable CD such as your install DVD in the drive.

D Perform an Apple Hard ware test if you have your install DVD in the drive.

N Boot from a network compatible server. Only useful if you have the server.

T Start up in Target Disk mode. You can usually connect to another Mac through Firewire and do lots of funky things. Gone out of fashion and not used as much.

Option Start up using the Start Up Manager. Here you can pick which drive you want to boot from. Known to people who use BootCamp. You can also boot from a CD which is the same as press C.

Option then N Similar to the item above, except you get given the choice of booting from a network disk.

Option + N Boot from the first network boot image.

Command + V Boot up in Verbose mode, where you see lots of text whizzing by which is not a lot of use to you. I have written about this command here. It will also show Verbose output on shut down.

Command + S Single User Mode. This is where you can run a lot of high level tasks as a single user. Probably not for newbies. You could probably break your computer very quickly in Single User mode. More about it here.

Shift Start up in safe mode. Very useful if you have a problem and need an environment where you don’t want unnecessary things loaded. A good bet if you get Kernel panics during boot.

Option + Command + P + R Reset NVRAM. Although you will probably never need to reset this RAM it contents some useful stuff that can become corrupted. If you are having really bad problems this may be a good lead to follow. More information on Apple’s website.

Hold Eject or F12 or Mouse Eject anything that is in the disk drive. One to follow on from yesterdays topic.

I think that is just about it. I couldn’t find any more that worked with Mac OS X. If you have any more please leave a comment below. Its useful to have a list in case you ever need to use them.

A computer application utilized to perform a complete backup by duplicating the original source of data is called backup software. Obviously, the main purpose of backup software is to create order out of chaos by recovering essential files in the event of a disaster.

If you are using Linux, there are plenty of backup software to choose from. I have here a list of some of the best free and open source backup software that you may want to check out.

Time Vault
Time Vault is a GNOME-based Linux-equivalent to Time Machine from Apple. Like many backup utilities, it creates incremental backups of files that can be restored at a later date. Its snapshots are copies of a directory at a certain point in time. Snapshots use very little space for the files that haven’t changed since the last snapshot was made. This is because instead of backing up the entire unchanged file, snapshots use hard links that point to the existing backup of the unchanged file.

Clonezilla
Clonezilla is an open source clone of Symantec Ghost Corporate Edition. It is based on DRBL, Partition Image, ntfsclone, partclone, and udpcast that will allow you to do bare metal backup and recovery. Two types of Clonezilla are available, Clonezilla live and Clonezilla SE (server edition). Clonezilla live is suitable for single machine backup and restore. While Clonezilla SE is for massive deployment, it can clone many computers simultaneously.

Duplicity
Duplicity backs directories by producing encrypted tar-format volumes and uploading them to a remote or local file server. Because duplicity uses librsync, the incremental archives are space efficient and only record the parts of files that have changed since the last backup. Because duplicity uses GnuPG to encrypt and/or sign these archives, they will be safe from spying and/or modification by the server.

Bacula
Bacula is an open source, enterprise level computer backup system for heterogeneous networks. It is designed to automate tasks that had often required intervention from a systems administrator or computer operator. Bacula supports Linux, UNIX and Windows backup clients, and a range of professional backup devices including tape libraries. Administrators and operators can configure the system via a command line console, GUI or web interface; its back-end is a catalog of information stored by MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQLite.

AMANDA
AMANDA (Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver) is a backup system that allows the administrator to set up a single master backup server to back up multiple hosts over network to tape drives/changers or disks or optical media. Amanda uses native dump and/or GNU tar facilities and can back up a large number of workstations running multiple versions of Unix.

rsync
rsync is an open source utility that synchronizes files and directories from one location to another while minimizing data transfer using delta encoding when appropriate. An important feature of rsync not found in most similar programs/protocols is that the mirroring takes place with only one transmission in each direction. rsync can copy or display directory contents and copy files, optionally using compression and recursion.

FlyBack
FlyBack is based on rsync and modeled loosely after Apple’s Time Machine. Like many rsync-based backup utilities, it creates incremental backups of files which can be restored at a later date. FlyBack presents a chronological view of a file system, allowing individual files or directories to be previewed or retrieved one at a time. FlyBack presents the user with a typical file manager style view of their file system, but with additional controls allowing the user to go forward or backward in time.

You who love chatting on the internet certainly know with Google Talk, an instant messaging service to communicate with Google.

Google Talk allows users who have e-mail account on Google to communicate with each other via the internet.  On Google Talk, you can log in to more than one Google Talk account simultaneously. How very easy, follow these steps:

1. Create a shortcut Google Talk on your desktop.
To create a shortcut, right-click on the how the application messenger Google Talk, and select Send To -> Desktop (create shortcut).

2.Right-click on the Google Talk icon, select Properties.

3. Change the text in the target location, the first “C: \ Program Files \ Google \ Google Talk \ googletalk.exe” / startmenu “to” C: \ Program Files \ Google \ Google Talk \ googletalk.exe “/ nomutex.

4. Click Ok.

Now you can enable some of Google Talk messenger service simultaneously. Welcome to try!

1. Place copies of your circular on bulletin boards throughout your community, such as in coin-operated laundries, grocery stores, barber shops, etc. Concentrate of Fridays and Saturdays when shopping increases.

2. Check with local newspapers. Before going to press, many smaller newspapers have space left that needs filling.. Your ad may be just the right size to occupy this unfilled space and they will run it free.

3. Place your circulars on windshields of parked autos, Youngsters will be happy to do this for you for a dollar or two. Check first with city ordinances to see if this is permitted in your locality.

4. Leave sales literature on doorsteps of homes & businesses in your area. Do this on weekends in residential areas; weekdays for businesses.

5. Have your best pulling 1 inch or 2 inch ad made into a rubber stamp. Stamp this on envelopes of all of your outgoing mail.. Check rubber stamp dealer’s ads in current mail order publications for price information.

6. When you have envelopes printed with your return address, have them also print your best ad directly beneath your address. It costs noting additional to have this printed on the front of your envelopes.

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1. Login as root
2. Check free disk space

# df -kh

3. For example, we want to install oracle is in /export /home (because the rest of the large capacity).
5. Configure the IP Address
6. The results of ifconfig -a command should the IP Address which is assign to the interface.
7. See the version of operating system:

# uname-a
# /bin/isainfo-kv

8. Make sure that the following packages have been installed:

- SUNWarc
- SUNWbtool
- SUNWhea
- SUNWlibm
- SUNWlibms
- SUNWsprot
- SUNWtoo
- SUNWi1of
- SUNWxwfnt
- SUNWi1cs
- SUNWsprox
- SUNWi15cs

See the package has been installed with the command:

# pkginfo | grep <nama_package>
Example: # pkginfo | grep SUNWsprox

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Trillian™ is a fully featured, stand-alone, skinnable chat client that supports AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo Messenger, and IRC. It provides capabilities not possible with original network clients, while supporting standard features such as audio chat, file transfers, group chats, chat rooms, buddy icons, multiple simultaneous connections to the same network, server-side contact importing, typing notification, direct connection (AIM), proxy support, encrypted messaging (AIM/ICQ), SMS support, and privacy settings.

Trillian provides unique functionality such as contact message history, a powerful skinning language, tabbed messaging, global status changes (set all networks away at once), Instant Lookup (automatic Wikipedia integration), contact alerts, an advanced automation system to trigger events based on anything happening in the client, docking, hundreds of emoticons, emotisounds, shell extensions for file transfers, and systray notifications.

Some colors become huge successes early on and then fade off into obscurity… while other colors go the distance and become international icons. Here we look at 11 of the great color legends… Stop Sign Red, Horny Green M&Ms, Black Death, Blue Sky…

Why is Red the International Color for Stop?
Stop signs originated in Detroit, Michigan in 1915. The first had black letters on a white background and were somewhat smaller than the modern one. In 1924, the sign changed to black on yellow. In 1954 the US Federal Highway Administration (FHA) published the The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). It was in this manual that the stop sign was standardized as red with white type.

The color coding for stop goes a bit further back. Red became a color connected with stop when the first primitive railroad signaling devices were developed in the 1830s and 1840s. Inittialy red meant “stop,” green meant “caution,” and clear (i.e., white) meant “go.” They later figured out that Go as a white lead was problomatic when confused with other lights.

Why is the US Dollar Green?
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I have just been playing around with Google Trends by submitting four keywords to be inquired by the service. The keywords were: “internet marketing”, “search engine optimization”, “money online”, and “make money online”. Here was the graph snapshot (taken on October 1st, 2008):

Using the graph above, we can see that assuming the “internet marketing” keyword search is scaled to be 1, then the result for “search engine optimization” keyword searching is 0.50 (or half) of “internet marketing” keyword searching, and so on.

“Money online” keyword searching turned out to be the most searched keyword among the four (1.86). By studying the graph, it is shown that “money online” keyword searching is steadily increasing year by year.

Do you want to know the surprising facts (or may be not that surprisingly:P)? Check the following series of graphs:

Indonesia is in top 3 based on regions. I don’t want to generalize or deduce something, but I only want to point out that there are 5 Asian countries in the list.

Jakarta is in top 3 based on cities. Five cities are in United States of America (USA).

So, we can see that many searches were generated from Indonesia, specifically Indonesian-speaking Internet users. I can only say that if you want to focus on internet marketing, search engine optimization, or making money online website, then you might want to consider publishing them in one or more language (s) shown in the graph.

Does anyone have interests to make comparison of other keywords? Such as, “movie, lyric, game, and mobile phone”, “car, vacation, house, education”, “insurance, financial planning, bank, stocks”, “Naruto Uzumaki , Sasuke Uchiha, Kakashi Sensei, Sakura Haruno”, or “Tukul Arwana, Komeng, Jojon”. It’s up to you.

Catatan: Postingan ini sengaja ditulis dalam bahasa Inggris untuk belajar, iseng-iseng dan tujuan-tujuan yang lain :D.