Have you screw-up your display on Ubuntu after installing NVidia driver?

I am running Ubuntu 11.10 on a Lenovo T410, and tried to install the Nvidia driver without success! Worst, after the reboot, I was getting a blank screen... tried to fix the Nvidia driver through the console without success to date.

At least I have been able to recover the old config by renaming the xorg.conf file and rebooting.

sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.nvidia

and removed the driver

sudo apt-get purge nvidia-settings nvidia-current

and rebooted

Fixed! :-)

Now that I know how to get my screen back in order, will try to install the Nvidia driver later on when I have some spare time.

A prosthetic eye to treat blindness: Sheila Nirenberg on TED.com

At TEDMED, Sheila Nirenberg shows a bold way to create sight in people with certain kinds of blindness: by hooking into the optic nerve and sending signals from a camera direct to the brain. (Recorded at TEDMED 2011, October 2011, in San Diego, California. Duration: 16:00)

Merry Christmas and happy New Year! How will you enjoy the holidays?

I wish you and your family all the best for this upcoming New Year. Just to make it a bit more fun and interactive this year, answer my poll and share how you will enjoy your holidays this year

Another and easier option to develop iPhone apps?

Did you know that you have another option to develop iPhone apps than Obj-C?

If you have previous experience with Adobe Flex, you should give a try to the ELIPS Studio from Openplug, which let you compile your apps for most mobile OS, such as iPhone, Android, Symbian and Windows mobile

I am not, anymore..., a developer, so I am hoping someone could give me some feedback on how performant this dev platform is.

BTW, Alcatel-Lucent has just acquired OpenPlug, so must be worth the investment...

The Rise of Generation C: Implications for the world of 2020

In the course of the next 10 years, a new generation—Generation C—will emerge (the 'C' stands for connect, communicate, change). Born after 1990, these 'digital natives,' just now beginning to attend university and enter the workforce, will transform the world as we know it.


Business workers will self-organise into agile communities of interest, always connected, will bring their personal computers to work and travelling much less frequently given all the solutions to collaborate more quickly and instantly.

Source: The Rise of Generation C: Implications for the world of 2020 | Booz & Company | AMEinfo.com

my iPhone on Linux Ubuntu

Finally, a solution to get my iPhone on Ubuntu, libimobiledevice is developping a software library that talks the protocols to support iPhone and this without jailbreaking!

It seems to include most of synchronization, including apps, meaning that I could potentially get ride of iTunes and start using my favorite Rhythmbox player.

Thanks Matt Colyer and libiteam, you made my day... next step being installing, testing and then you will have made my life much easier.

More at: libimobiledevice

and this page will help you connect your Apple iPod and iPhone devices to Ubuntu

Tech debate: Google Gmail vs. hosted Microsoft Exchange

Source: Jonathan McCormick and Daniel Riley, Network World - March 08, 2010 12:08 AM ET

More and more businesses are looking to hosted e-mail services to reduce costs and ease management, and the choice often comes down to Google's Gmail (the key component of Google Apps) or a hosted version of Microsoft Exchange...

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/030810-tech-debate-gmail-exchange.html