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Enable 3D Acceleration in VMware Workstation 9.0 on Ubuntu 12.04

Posted on April 10, 2014

The following .vmx setting works for enabling 3D acceleration in VMware Workstation 9.0.3 running on Ubuntu 12.04.3 Linux. This configuration is deployed on a HP Pavilion dv7 laptop with Intel 3000 integrated graphics. [Read More]

Brightness keys do not work on HP Pavilion dv7 laptop with Ubuntu 12.04

Posted on February 27, 2014 (Last modified: April 10, 2014)

After installing Ubuntu 13.04 as the main OS on my HP Pavilion dv7 laptop, I noticed that I could not change the screen brightness using the f2 and f3 brightness keys. [Read More]

Node.js in Action

Posted on February 20, 2014

Node.js in Action just arrived from Amazon. Time to start digging in and getting started on my next project…

Setting up Android ADT on Ubuntu 13.10

Posted on February 16, 2014 (Last modified: February 17, 2014)

These are just a few notes of the 32bit libraries that I had to install to get the Android AVD (emulators) to run on Ubuntu 13.10 x64. sudo apt-get install lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1. [Read More]

Google Serious about Home Automation

Posted on January 13, 2014 (Last modified: February 6, 2015)

Google has spoken at past I/O conferences about home automation (aka Android@Home ). With the purchase of Nest , it looks like they are $3.2 billion dollars serious about it. Here is The Verge article with more information on the purchase. [Read More]