The vmware-usbarbitrator binary closes itself with "Pipe unexpectedly closed."

The binary closes itself after around 5 seconds. If run directly from the terminal it shows the following:

# vmware-usbarbitrator
Pipe unexpectedly closed.

Cannot find application with Spotlight (the missing solution)

As a recent user to the Apple world, I've been exploring and optimizing the OS X based on my needs. After playing with my OS X installation I ended up losing access to some applications (native ones!). I managed to restore them by copying the files from another OS X installation. However, Spotlight couldn't find the applications anymore. I searched for solutions but all I got was disappointment. So, I decided to fix it myself and share it with you.

Spotlight cannot find an application that is installed

Sudden FPS drop in F.E.A.R (Logitech hardware)

Some users have noticed that they cannot play the game F.E.A.R. (or Condemned: Criminal Origins) with a high framerate, even though their machine is powerful enough for running 5 instances of the game simultaneously. Even weirder is the fact that the game will usually start with the correct framerate but will suddenly drop to 10-20 FPS, after some seconds or minutes. With such a low framerate, it gets difficult to play with pleasure.

You won't let Alma run away from you at 15 frames per second, will you?

Aplicação: Serviços Académicos da Universidade de Aveiro

Anuncio o lançamento da aplicação SACUA ou Serviços Académicos da Universidade de Aveiro, que permite a qualquer utilizador da Universidade de Aveiro consultar os números atuais das senhas dos serviços académicos sem ter de aceder propositadamente ao PACO ou outra interface web, bastando para tal ter este programa instalado no computador pessoal.

Este software resulta de um fork de conteúdo que virá a ser integrado na próxima versão do DETI-Interact, um sistema de interação com ecrãs públicos presente no hall de entrada do Departamento de Eletrónica, Telecomunicações e Informática (DETI) melhorado por mim por forma a suportar interação através do sensor Kinect.

O SACUA pode ser descarregado no final desta página.

O SACUA é tornado possível através do Academic Playground & Innovation.

Sistemas operativos: Microsoft Windows 7/8

Downloads:

31/10/2012

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SACUA versão 1.0

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Colloquium of Robotics and Cybernetics

In 1998, Kevin Warwick connected his own nervous system to a computer. The deed transformed the expert in Cybernetics of the University of Reading in the world's first cyborg. The unusual and sometimes controversial English Professor is one of the presences at the Colloquium of Robotics and Cybernetics that the University of Aveiro (UA) organizes on October 13, 2012.

Colóquio de Robótica e Cibernética

Em 1998, Kevin Warwick ligou o próprio sistema nervoso a um computador. O feito tornou o especialista em Cibernética da Universidade de Reading no primeiro ciborgue do mundo. O invulgar e, por vezes, polémico professor universitário inglês é uma das presenças do Colóquio de Robótica e Cibernética que a Universidade de Aveiro (UA) organiza a 13 de Outubro de 2012.

Getting PrimeFaces mix of Selects, Objects and Converters to work

If you are having problems with the AJAX Select components from PrimeFaces when selecting Java objects, inside a DataTable or not, this solution might work for you.

Google Earth Plug-in and the ATL 10.00

While playing with the Google Earth Plug-in to integrate in a WebBrowser control of a WPF application I'm currently developing, I started getting this strange background text instead of the map/earth: ATL 10.00.

ATL 10.00

I needed to do two things to get my page working. one simple thing.

Aligning contents of PrimeFaces' PanelGrid

If you are trying to align the contents of a panelGrid and nothing seems to work (styles that you define eventually don't appear in the rendered page) then this might help you.

EJB is null inside RESTful web service

While developing my enterprise application and learning Java EE at the same time, I came to a situation where injecting an EJB inside a RESTful web service class would be the same as nothing. The EJB variable was always null.

So, what did I change to fix this?