Take conscience!

Taking care of the environment is a very popular subject nowadays, but the average person thinks that maybe its not on his\her hands to do something about it. That all problems must be solved by the great corporations. Nothing further from the truth!, I personally believe that change must come from inside of ourselves, changing our behavior and our culture, our traditional way to do things to adapt them to a "greener" and sustainable platform.


An important problem is the garbage management, and the impulsive consumism that affect us in our regular lives. Take conscience! Be brave enough to take a step ahead and do something about it. I'm not talking about returning back to the caves age, but a small contribution from a lot of people can really make a difference. Be smart, create alternatives, bring solutions to your lifestyle, share and spread your successes!

Get educated!: http://www.storyofstuff.com/international/
Have you seen the Al Gore Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth?

Bluetooth problem with a Dell inspiron 1520

I faced this issue like a month ago when I was re-installing windows from the scratch to a friend of mine. He has a Dell inspiron 1520, and he had the bluetooth adapter turned off on his previous Windows installation. Now, after formatting and re-installing again the machine, it was not possible to install the Bluetooth driver, because it said that there was no bluetooth adapter.

Doing some research on the web, i found out that it is not such a common issue, but luckily someone got a hit on the solution.There is a file on the Dell support website named R159805.EXE that has no further explanation on its description but it turns on the Bluetooth adapter for it to be recognized later by the Windows OS.

So, if you're installing Windows on similar conditions, turn on the bluetooth adapter before doing it or be sure to download the file first.

Some useful links to start in Ubuntu

- To download ubuntu .ISO http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
-About the installation process: If you want to dual boot http://www.howtoforge.com/dual_boot_windows_xp_vista_ubuntu_feisty and http://sliceoflinux.com/2009/04/23/instalar-ubuntu-904-paso-a-paso/
-Some things to read and to do with ubuntu http://ubuntulife.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/ubuntu-para-torpes, http://ubuntulife.wordpress.com/2009/05/02/cosas-a-hacer-despues-de-instalar-ubuntu-904-jaunty-jackalope/
-To install some graphic effects: http://www.tuxapuntes.com/drupal/node/584
-The program alsamixer can become handy when having an audio issue
-To install Google Earth: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GoogleEarth
-Interesting applications: http://nivelrecluta.blogspot.com/search/label/linux, http://lifehacker.com/software/ubuntu/hack-attack-top-10-ubuntu-apps-and-tweaks-195437.php
-To get a beginners guide, newbie info and some advanced network management information www.forat.info

Converting .lit files to html

On previous days I got a .lit file and I was ripping my head off trying to find a way to open it and to see its contents (It is a Microsoft electronic book format). The information on the web is not too clear but I was able to understand that it is a special type of file that can only be opened by a specific Microsoft program. After some time looking for the so mentioned software, I came with nothing (sometimes the Microsoft page is like a laberynth). So, I looked up for an alternative solution and found this program ConvertlitGUI at http://dukelupus.pri.ee/. It will convert the file to .htm (readable by most web browsers) and .jpg for images. So, problem solved.
In the same site there are some pretty interesting tools as well, give them a look.

Saving for future reference your directory content

I wanted a tool that allowed me to have a virtual copy of the content of my hard drives. This was particulary important for those cases in which I have to check whether if I have an archive, a program, etc before looking into my hard drive (plugging it in).

After some research on the web I have found this free program: dirthml: http://dirhtml.enware.info/ It generates an html archive (similar to a web page), In which it is possible to navigate and find any wanted archive.

Trying and using Ubuntu

Yeah, I know what some of you are thinking: Linux, oh no!, what have you done!. I'm aware that that's the point of view of a lot of people. But there is no reason for that: Ubuntu Rocks!
It is a free operating system that is fast, simple to install and to use. Well it's true, every once in a while one can face some important issues, but there is such an important amount of information on the web that it's highly likely that some other person in the world faced the same problem that you have and published an easy tutorial or instructions to solve it. You should give it a try!

Finally, I have opened the Blog

It's done, I have opened this blog after too much thinking and with some free time available. I had some initial issues about the creation of categories, but i have found a way around it (Google never stops to amaze me) if you are experiencing similar problems take a look at this page:
http://interestingwebs.blogspot.com/2008/11/adding-categories-to-blogspot-blogger.html. For now I'm just looking around