How can I disable idling / auto-away?

Switch to Pidgin. (not really, missing documentation)

Guess I really should stick with pidgin..

Edit: For that and more, I’m back to pidgin!

Really quick explanation, delete any fglrx driver you have from the repositories with:

sudo apt-get purge fglrx*

Next, download the driver from ATI’s site. Install it with (your version might be different than 9-12 and not x86_64):

sudo sh ati-driver-installer-9-12-x86.x86_64.run –buildandinstallpkg Ubuntu/karmic

Now we  have to configure the driver with:

sudo aticonfig –initial
sudo aticonfig –acpi-services=off

All done, reboot and you should be now using fglrx without a single issue. Have fun with those 3d games:)

Edit: Just tried and you can get the same result using the driver from the repository, so, instead of downloading, build and install it, you can just install it as bellow and configure it as above.

sudo apt-get instal xorg-driver-fglrx

This past 3 days I was at Codebits. That, I have to say, was one of the best tech conferences I’ve ever been.

In the first day, the workshops were really interesting, and quick enough to never get boring, so that we could jump right to the next one, keeping it always interesting.

Second day, after 6 hours sleeping at Living Loung Hostel (recommended), we’ve arrived just in time of learning from Mitch Altman about his Tv-B-Gone and how to stick with an idea until we can make it come true. He’s a truly inspiring person, maybe one of the most interesting workshop there, despites not being technical at all. He also had a place were he was teaching people on how to make you’re on tv-b-gone and other gadgets.

After lunch, the hacking begun. Along with some friends, we’ve started hacking a web platform for creating and managing journeys. The idea came from the bus travel, were we’ve thought that it could be nice to plan a travel online, with some guidance on means of transportation and points of interest to see. The ideas started to flow, but the time to implement was short, so you’ve managed to create a nice prototype, using SAPO services for getting information and twitter for status updates and a couple more of things. Only later we’ve leaned that the idea of the contest was way far from that, there was no need to actually have something operational, so the project didn’t get much notice, but we’ve learned a lot from it.

We’ll back next year  for sure:)

Tomorrow I’ll be heading to Lisbon, attending Codebits, a 3 day conference organized by SAPO. Despite the late inscription, I’ve been accepted and since this is my first year attending, I’m really looking forward to it. The place is looking great, ready to accommodate 3 days of hacking by 600 attendees. You can check the calendar here.

I already have my idea and team for the programming contest, let’s see how it works out for us.

See you there?

sudo apt-get install gears

You’re good to go!

The story is still very similar to the book, Dan Brown’s masterpiece, which I’ve also read and loved. The soundtrack scores high points in creating a suspense environment. Well, no spoilers here, just try it yourself.

A must watch for everyone.

Angels & Demons

It was awesome! It started with two supporting bands, but the sound was really lousy, despites that, the music was nice. I admit that I was really surprised when Jason came out, the sound was way better for them. He played musics from both his latest albums, and even though I only knew the last one, I was completely thrilled with all the songs.

He’s an hell of a performer, the show is well thought, and everyone had a smile on their faces after the show. For thoses who have have the opportunity to attend one of his concerts, don’t hesitate, it rocks!

Here’s a video of one of the songs I didn’t knew and that amazed me yesterday: