Preparing your system

First you need to remove openjdk for this run the following command from your terminal

sudo apt-get purge openjdk*

If you installed java 7 from any other PPA and you are having problem with java then you have to do following steps before installing the PPA menctioned here

sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/oracle-java7-installer*
sudo apt-get purge oracle-java7-installer*
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*java*
sudo apt-get update

Install oracle java 7 in ubuntu 12.04

Open the terminal and run the following commands

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer

How big is one Google or Googol of sand?

My kids were talking about the number Google.   I had the nerve to ask them if they knew how big it was.  To my surprise they did.

I later decided to look it up on my own and realized that Google is the name of the search engine, the real name for the number is Googol (Wikipedia).

The same kids came back one day and asked, if I had a grain of sand how many cups could I fill.

If you had one googol grain of sand, you would be able to fill 3 planets the size of Earth. That’s right one google will make 3.3 planet earths.

Now this is an estimate, the margin of error is +/- a one sexdecillion.

My mathimatical calculations were as follows:

Earth Volume 1010 Km3
One cubic kilometer equals 1021 Nanoliter
Grains of Sand in a Nanoliter 8.064516129 Nanoliter
One cubic kilometer contains 821 Grains of sand
Earth Volume Contains 831 Grains of Sand

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Thanks,

Leonardo Martinez

Casablanca Seafood Market, Miami, Florida (October 2010)
Designed and Developed Custom eCommerce/Blog

  • Casablanca Seafood Market has more than 20 years experience in the Seafood Industry, Casablanca is one of the country’s most renowned fish market.
  • The website was custom designed to seamlessly integrate OSCommerce and WordPress using a combination custom PHP, MySQL, jQuery, CSS, and HTML.

weinbergermanchesterterrier.com, Miami, Florida (June 2010)
Webstie Development (HTML)

  • Weinberger Manchester Terrier is part of Weinberger Kennels, a company that is dedicated to the ethical breeding of all dogs.
  • At the customers request, we modified the original websited developed in 2006 and converted it to a fully dynamic WordPress website. 
  • The new website allows the customer to make any changes the require, including gallery images for dogs, awards and links.  It uses about 8 wordpress extensionsa and a customized version of SlideShowPro Director.

weinbergerrottweilers.com, Miami, Florida (May 2010)
Webstie Development (HTML, PHP, Slideshow Pro)

  • Weinberger Rottweilers is part of Weinberger Kennels, a company that is dedicated to the ethical breeding of all dogs.
  • At the customers request, we modified the original websited developed in 2006 and converted it to a fully dynamic WordPress website.
  • The new website allows the customer to make any changes the require, including gallery images for dogs, awards and links.  It uses about 8 wordpress extensionsa and a customized version of SlideShowPro Director.

VMWare Workstation Install Fails on Windows 7

Are you having problems installing VMWare Workstation on a Windows 7 Host?  If so, I found a very simple solution.   I was getting the folloing error message during the installation process,  ”The MSI fails … vmware-workstation.exe … “.   

  • 1) Double click on the installer, it will begin to copy some files to a directory called vmware_******.  Stop there, and don’t install or click on anything.
  • 2) Go to the directory located at: C:\Users\mylogin\AppData\Local\Temp\.
  • 3) Make a duplicate or copy of the directory.
  • 4) Cancel the instaler.
  • 5) Return to the directory metioned in #2 and double click on “vmware workstation”.
  • 6) Wait for the installation to complete.

Coconut Grove Peacock Tour 2010( Artistic Event ), Miami, Florida (March 2010)
Webstie Design and Setup ( WordPress )

  • Larger than life fiberglass peacocks decorated by Coconut Grove, Miami Artists. These peacocks will be on display throughout the Coconut Grove village and main thorough fares starting March 2010 for six months.
  • The website was custom designed using WordPress.

VirtualBox (Linux): Change UUID or Copy a VDI image to obtain a new UUID

  • Virtual Box UUID Error Message
    Virtual Box UUID Error Message
  • Change UUID: Copying a VDI file using your standard operating system copy commands will duplicate the internal UUID provided by the VirtualBox image. In order to solve this problem you must execute the command setvdiuuid.
    admin@server$ VBoxManage internalcommands setvdiuuid virtualdisk.vdi
  • Copy VDI Image with a new UUID: clonevdi makes sure that the new disk image will have its own unique UUID. admin@server$ VBoxManage clonevdi original.vdi new.vdi

Gloria Lorenzo ( Sculptor and Painter ), Miami, Florida (Januaray 2010)
Webstie Development ( WordPress, PHP, mySQL, JavaScript and Flash )

  • Gloria Lorenzo is a sculptor and painter.  She works on many mediums and has the ability to capture space, time, emotions and reality.
  • The website was custom designed with WordPress, SlideshowPro,  and built using a custom wordpress shoppingcart.
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