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how to enable auto login in ubuntu 11.10

chris — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:10:05 +0000

Here's a little tutorial how to enable automatic login in ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot):

First off, go to the Applications Menu and go select Applications -> Systems Tools -> System Settings

Then select User Accounts:

And then select the account you want to automatically login, Unlock the admin rights and select the Automatic Login switch:

As simple as that !

Top 20 Android Apps

chris — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:23:07 +0000

Here's a list of my favorite and most useful apps on my android phone.
You have to understand that I have an old Lg Shine plus with Android Eclair (2.1) and I don't have a 3G connection.
So theses are the apps that work for me and they are all free!

Communication
Babytel
If you are a Babytel customer, you can use this app to change your account settings and make phone calls over wifi or 3g. Oh yeah and I created that app!

HeyTell
A good Push to talk app!

Media
Boxee Wifi Remote
If you have a Boxee system, this is a cool app that turns you phone into a remote control.

IP Cam Viewer Basic
If you have a ZoneMinder system or any IP camera or webcam, you can use this app to monitor them.

Weather Bug
Weather Eye
Two great weather apps. Not much to say.

Information
Wikidroid
This app provides a nice interface to check out wikipedia articles.

Sports
RDS Hockey
For all your Montreal Canadians information needs!

Games
Atomic Bomber
A cool little game. You are an airplane that launches bombs at tanks and buildings.

And the classics
Hearts Free

Minesweeper

Solitaire

Tools
My tracks
With this app you can log you gps location and get information like top speed, average speed and stuff. Cool for runners and cyclists!

IP Webcam
With this app you can turn your smartphone into a IP camera. Very cool!

Convert Pad
For all your unit conversion needs.

Barcode Scanner
Simple barcode scanner.

AndSMB
Cool app that lets you browse smb drives on your network. Usefull for transfering files over you home network.

Astro
Nice file browser. Don't know why there is not a native android app for that though.

Dropbox
Access your files on your dropbox account.

Wifi Manager
A nice wifi manager. A bit better than the native one and also it has a nice widget that I use alot.

Feel free to comment and suggest any other apps!

How to install Boxee on ubuntu 11.10

chris — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:02:46 +0000

As you probably know, the original package of boxee does not work out of the box. If you tried to install boxe using dpkg -i you will se there is some dependency problems.

Here's what to do.

First you have to repackage the orinal Boxee and repair a broken dependancy:

dpkg-deb -x boxee-0.9.22.13692.i486.modfied.deb boxee

dpkg-deb --control boxee-0.9.22.13692.i486.modfied.deb

boxee/DEBIAN gedit boxee/DEBIAN/control

Then go change the libxmlrpc-c3 to libxmlrpc-c3-0

And repackage the new Boxee like this:

dpkg -b boxee boxee-works.deb

Then this would normaly work for Ubuntu 11.04 but fo 11.10 some other dependancies are broken:

Selecting previously deselected package boxee.
(Reading database ... 212104 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking boxee (from boxee-new.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of boxee:
boxee depends on libsdl-gfx1.2-4; however:
Package libsdl-gfx1.2-4 is not installed.
boxee depends on libtre4 | libtre5; however:
Package libtre4 is not installed.
Package libtre5 is not installed.
boxee depends on libhal1; however:
Package libhal1 is not installed.
boxee depends on libhal-storage1; however:
Package libhal-storage1 is not installed.
boxee depends on screen; however:
Package screen is not installed.
boxee depends on libxmlrpc-c3-0; however:
Package libxmlrpc-c3-0 is not installed.
boxee depends on xsel; however:
Package xsel is not installed.
dpkg: error processing boxee (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Errors were encountered while processing:
boxee

All you have left to do is install theses dependencies like this:

sudo apt-get install libsdl-gfx1.2-4 libtre5 libhal1 libhal-storage1 screen libxmlrpc-core-c3-0 libxmlrpc-c3-0 xsel

Note: In my case I'm not coming from a clean install of ubuntu 11.10 I upgraded from 11.04 so maybe there is other stuff to do or less stuff to do, please comment!

Bye bye Analog, hello digital (OTA TV)

admin — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 18:44:29 +0000

Here's an updated list of channels I now get. (I live in Montreal, Qc, Canada)

OTA HDTV Channels (new ones in gray)


Channel	Callsign	Network	Resolution	Signal Strength
2.1	CBFT-D	SRC	720	95%
3.1	WCAX-HD	CBS	1080i	64%
3.2	WCAXtra		480i	64%
5.1	WPTZ-HD	NBC	1080i	59%
5.2	WPTZ-WX	THIS	480i	62%
6.1	CBMT-DD	CBC	720	92%
10.1	CFTM-HD	TVA	1080i	74%
12.1	CFCF	CTV	1080i	67%
15.1	CKMI-HD	Global Mtl	1080i	94%
17.1	CIVM-HD	TQS	1080i	88%
33.1	VPT-HD	PBS	1080i	54%
33.2	VPT-2	PBS	480i	54%
33.3	VPT-3	PBS CREATE	480i	54%
33.4	VPT-4	PBS WORLD	480i	54%
35.1	CFJP-DT	V	1080i	73%
62.1	CJNT-DT	Metro 14(Mtl)	1080i	73%

Still sometimes I get Fox and ABC, not always...

Over The Air(OTA) Channels available in Montreal

chris — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:47:35 +0000

Here's a list of channels I get with my OTA(Over the air) HDTV antenna.

I live in Montreal, (H1N 3B1) and my antenna is pointed towards the south.

OTA HDTV Channels
Channel	Callsign	Network	Resolution	Signal Strength
2.1	CBFT-D	SRC	1080i	95%
3.1	WCAX-HD	CBS	1080i	64%
3.2	WCAXtra		480i	64%
5.1	WPTZ-HD	NBC	1080i	59%
5.2	WPTZ-WX	THIS	480i	62%
6.1	CBFT-TD	CBC	1080i	92%
12.1	CFCF	CTV	1080i	67%
17.1	CIVM-HD	TQS	1080i	88%
33.1	VPT-HD	PBS	1080i	54%
33.2	VPT-2	PBS	480i	54%
33.3	VPT-3	PBS CREATE	480i	54%
33.4	VPT-4	PBS WORLD	480i	54%
35.1	CFJP-DT	V	1080i	73%

Sometimes I also get FOX but depends of the weather...

The red one is a special one.... because there's habs games on Saturdays and all the playoff games! Go Habs Go!

You can get a good idea of channels you could have on this site: http://www.tvfool.com/

Cheers!

Clean Energy Tools framework + CETSolar module beta version released

chris — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 18:03:37 +0000

Hey guys,

I started up a project of creating a small program to help DIYourselfers create small clean energy projects. For now the program provides tools to estimate the quantity of solar panels, solar cells and batteries it would need to power up an electrical equipment for a determined amount of time.
This is the first version so it's in early stage of development.

Go check it out: Clean Energy Tools
Here's what the program looks like:

Je vous présente Lulu!

chris — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 02:29:10 +0000

Voici deux vidéo de notre nouveau chat Lulu ainsi que nos amours Pépé et SimSim(les cousines à Emilie, ma copine)

The Pumpkuter

chris — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:19:24 +0000

I present to you the pumpkin carving contest winner of halloween 2009! The Pumpkuter,

We did that at my job and after it was put for auction and the proceeds went to Centraide. And I'm proud to say that it was the pumpkin that collected to most money for a total of 40$!

A mustache for prostate cancer / une moustache pour le cancer de la prostate

chris — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:23:46 +0000

A message from my brother, read this

*ENGLISH BELOW*

Bonjour tous,

La compagnie pour laquelle je travaille a décidé de former une équipe de levée de fonds pour le cancer de la prostate. Le "Movember" est un mouvement mondial qui consiste à recruter des hommes qui se laisseront pousser une moustache tout le long du mois de Novembre afin d'amasser des fonds pour la cause.

Mon patron et moi avons décidé de s'impliquer, j'ai tardé a envoyer ce courriel de sorte a ce que vous voyez le fruit de mes "efforts" et je vous encourage a faire un don, toute somme est fortement apprécieé (et déductible d'impot).

Le plus grand don en date du 25 Novembre aura la chance de choisir le "style" de moustache pour les derniers 5 jours du mois! (voir guide ci-joint)

Vous pouvez accéder à mon profil au lien ci-dessous:

http://ca.movember.com/mospace/208245/

Merci de votre soutien,

David Lauzière

Hi all,

The company I am currently working for decided to put together a fundraising team for prostate cancer. The "Movember" movement is an organization across the globe, recruiting men to grow their mustaches for the entire month of November in order to raise funds for the cause. I encourage you all to donate, no amount is too little (and income tax deductible).

My boss and I have decided to get involved, I am sending this email a bit on the late end of the month such that you can enjoy the results of my "efforts".

The biggest donation on November 25th will earn the chance to choose my mustache style for the last remaining days of the month! (see attached style guide)

You can access my profile by clicking on this link:

http://ca.movember.com/mospace/208245/

Thanks for the support,

David Lauziere

A couple of updates

admin — Thu, 14 May 2009 21:31:17 +0000

Just to let you know that I updated my resume and fixed my portfolio photos(they didn't load anymore)
Also, the website is now on to a better server so it should be faster!
Here's a link to the new music video of my good friends The New Cities: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id8pKHjWBok
And it's my friend Jonathan Desbiens that directed the video.
Go check it out!

Take care
Chris