Berapa banyak forum yang Anda ikuti saat ini? Lokal maupun internasional. Satu? 23? Atau 200+? Dari sekian banyak forum, apakah Anda membaca peraturan dan penafian (disclaimer)yang tertera pada forum sebelum akhirnya memutuskan bergabung? Satu? Semua? Atau, tidak sama sekali? Saya kira, memang tak lebih dari 7% yang membacanya.Prove me wrong! Pertanyaan selanjutnya, jika Anda pengguna di sebuah forum, apakah Anda sudah menjadi pengguna yang baik? Seperti misalnya, mematuhi peraturan yang ada.

It turns out that I’ve given authorization to apps and websites which I don’t remember why and when I gave to them. I don’t even remember what these do. Now, I remember that I don’t need these apps and websites anymore. So, the action is to revoke the access. If you ever wonder why I should revoke the access, here’s why: these apps and sites (that I’ve given my authorization) are using oAuth service so that you (and I) get an easy way to handle authorization process.

As Unix users, we know there are so much paths in our system. From / to /home, etc, etc. And you knew these paths are assigned to particular files and folders. For example, /home is home users directories while /opt is the path for packages installed. But, how did it went like that? And why? Rob Landley, who maintain Linux Firmware and an ex-maintainer of BusyBox, is trying to tell us the story behind these paths.

There are a few major of density values for our Android devices. And They are: ldpi (about 120 dpi), mdpi (160 dpi), hdpi (240 dpi), and xhdpi (320 dpi). But, how did it ended up in these values? Here’s a simple explanationby Dianne Hackborn, the Android Framework Engineer. Speaking of screen sizes, you may need to read this informationabout multiple screen support written by Android developers. And more, tips designing for Androidby Smashing Magazine.

Sejak akhir 2011 lalu saya mulai mengarungi jalanan menuju dan pulang kantor menggunakan sepeda. Ada beberapa pertimbangan mengapa akhirnya saya memutuskan membeli sepeda putih ini. Sepeda ini pada akhirnya saya gunakan untuk keperluan sehari-hari, ke kantor, hingga bersenang-senang di Car-free Day sepanjang Sudirman - Thamrin. Kemarin, 25 Januari 2012 lalu, ketika berangkat ke kantor saya melihat Jalan Rasuna Said macet sekali. Mobil bergerak pelan sekali dan ini di luar hari-hari biasa.

UNIX is one of Dennis Ritchie’s best inventions. And it is most used operating system for servers as well as workstations. As for servers, having a good system administrator is a must. Actually, there are many roles of system administrator. From installation, monitor system performance, backup and restore, to setup security policies and so on and so forth. But, the most important thing to do for sysadmin is one thing. Problem solving.

Working on Linux environment is much easier and –a lot faster– when you know how to use command line. Even knowing basic operation of command line is more than enough if you know the combinations. One of powerful commands in Linux is find. With this four character you find almost anything, from file located inside a directory to specific category of files or even rename files with particular condition. All can be done with find–and its combination of course.