1. Ubuntu Unity and VirtualBox

    I have a dual boot Windows7 / Ubuntu 11 on my recent laptop and I started enjoying Unity. I also installed VirtualBox on W7 to make tests on n-tier servers. On these virtual installations of Ubuntu I couldn’t have the Unity interface : the reason is simple, Unity need graphic…

    on ubuntu, unity, virtualbox

  2. No rotation on Samsung Galaxy S Froyo 2.2.1 : how to restore it

    I recently lost the rotation auto on my Galaxy S, and it was not to toggle on the button "rotation auto" in the status bar. Even "calling" the 0 menu to Sensor item did not detected the sensor. So, thanks xda-developers for the solution. The hard part was to foun…

    on Android, root, rotation, Samsung Galaxy S

  3. Set up a ftp server in windows 7

    To make tests on my application, I needed a ftp server. On my previous desktop with XP, I installed a free frtp server. So I thought I’ll make on my new Windows 7 computer. But there’s an embedded server in Windows 7. Just go to "Control…


  4. My personal home on my smartphone

    My personal home on my Galaxy S (WIP) : Details : Go Launcher with 3 more icons (for a total of 15) made by me for the dock (GTalk, TweetDeck & Facebook) - Wallpaper from LP. - Screen 1 : TypoClockText - Battery Widget (may be later replaced by BattStatt) - MinimalistText Screen…

    on Android, Galaxy S, Samsung, UI

  5. Activate telnet on Windows 7

    Figure 1. Image representing Windows as depicted in Crun…​ By default Telnet is not available in Windows 7. Just type the two following commands and the command will be "back" in your new Windows version : pkgmgr /iu:TelnetClient pkgmgr /iu:TelnetServer [/sourcecode]…


  6. My Samsung Galaxy S and Android froyo 2.2

    I’ve just upgraded my android phone with the froyo 2.2 version. Though you can see the http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.2-highlights.html, there’s a number of interesting new features I noticed. Some are from the Samsung user interface "TouchWiz". The first one is…

    on froyo, Galaxy S

  7. Photo of hd

    Posted from WordPress for Android…


  8. HD is up

    That was just the SATA-USB2 adapter that was KO. Just open the WD box, extract the HDD, extract the usb card from the sata port. You can view many videos of these steps on youtube : Then put it back in a nice new box (mine can host odd and sata)…

    on Passport, Western Digital

  9. Wordpress for android

    I just installed Wordpress for Android : really great app, a good example of android ui. Posted from WordPress for Android…

    on Java; android;

  10. HD out of service

    My external HD with the tutorials does not work any more. I’ll try with a double USB cable to verify if this is due to insufficient electric power. Otherwise, I’ll have to admit that it is definitly Out Of Order :-(…

    on Passport, Western Digital