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Droid X: Changing the LCD screen

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Written by Urivan Flores-Saaib
Category: Wireless
Published: 18 July 2013
Created: 18 July 2013
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One of my Droid X devices started developing black spots on the screen, initially it didn't bothered me but then they started to expand. In addition the battery one day decided to inflate after I removed the battery cover... It was definitely a time for fixes.

 

I ordered the screen and battery through Amazon and once I got the pieces I searched for a tutorial on replacing the screen, the following video was quick and easy to follow:

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Eclipse fails to initialize: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class org.eclipse.jface.preference.PrefecenceConverter

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Written by Urivan Flores-Saaib
Category: IDE
Published: 17 May 2013
Created: 17 May 2013
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Have you experienced a sudden power loss or some other situation which has closed the Eclipse IDE unexpectedly? Most likely you've then got this error message:

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class org.eclipse.jface.preference.PrefecenceConverter

the next time you tried to launch Eclipse.

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Installing Cinnamon on Ubuntu

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Written by Urivan Flores-Saaib
Category: Linux
Published: 16 May 2013
Created: 16 May 2013
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After installing Ubuntu one of the first issues I find is the Unity interface, I don't like it for a Laptop / Desktop... perhaps a mobile device will be a good option? Until I have the chance to try it then I'll be able to tell.

In the meantime I've always liked simplicity without loosing beauty, first using Enlightenment, then a very customized form of xfce and finally in the last 2 years Cinnamon.

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Recovering a lost partition

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Written by Urivan Flores-Saaib
Category: Linux
Published: 15 May 2013
Created: 15 May 2013
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Once in a while, for those of us that like to play and test new Linux distro releases, update or customize system behaviour, we found ourselves in a situation that the partition table has been modified, some script did not finish or clean up properly and then you end up with a device which you can't access data from.

 

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Lots of stuff!

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Written by Urivan Flores-Saaib
Category: General
Published: 02 May 2013
Created: 02 May 2013
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It's been a while since the last update, many personal and work related changes kept me really busy the lat months. More interesting content related to development and system administration will continue to flow on this website soon.

Regards,

 

-Urivan

Configuring a Brother MFC-9970CDW Printer in Ubuntu 12.04 Linux

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Written by Urivan Flores-Saaib
Category: Linux
Published: 29 November 2012
Created: 29 November 2012
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I decided to upgrade the printer in home and got  a Brother MFC-9970CDW multifunction laser color printer, these are the instructions I had to follow to enable the printer on my Ubuntu 12.04 laptop.

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Formatting external USB drive on Linux

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Written by Urivan Flores-Saaib
Category: Linux
Published: 28 November 2012
Created: 28 November 2012
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Recently I bought a 2TB external HDD that I'm planning on using as backup and family media storage (photos, videos, etc). The very first thing I noticed after connecting the drive on the USB port was the fact that the Linux system identified the partition as NTFS/HPFS/extFAT. This might suffice those who plan to move around the external hard drives between different system but for me this is not a concern,

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Obama's reelection presured for U.S. UAV policies

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Written by Shane, Scott - The New York Times
Category: News
Published: 27 November 2012
Created: 23 November 2012
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Prior to the reelection, Obama's administration worked on developing explicit rules for targeted strikes conducted by UAVs, in case Obama didn't win the new president will have a clear standard and procedures guide.

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Android: How to setup your environment

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Written by Urivan Flores-Saaib
Category: Android
Published: 25 November 2012
Created: 25 November 2012
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While I've gone through the steps of installing the Android SDK in multiple systems (Linux & Windows) as part of my daily job, I've found that those who are new to the Android world might found themselves in a sea of links and options to follow. This article describes a simple list for what to install and configure in order to setup your Android SDK environment.

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Solving an issue with Gitorious while enforcing https

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Written by Urivan Flores-Saaib
Category: General
Published: 13 October 2012
Created: 13 October 2012
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I had a previous setup instance of Gitorious running in http (port 80), everything was working just fine. one day I decided to enable https (443) and permanently disable http (80).  The certificates were created, apache was configured accordingly and everything was working fine... or so I thought...

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Middle School Friends Reunion

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Written by Urivan Flores-Saaib
Category: General
Published: 27 June 2012
Created: 27 June 2012
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Last Sunday I had the joy to meet two friends from middle school, it was a great pleasure to get to see them and their families. We had fun conversations and many stories to remember. The time went by so fast that we agreed to have a second reunion to compensate.

Looking forward to our next meeting Sheila and Lucio!

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