December 2007

If you are looking for some good fried chicken then head out to SuSu in District 1. SuSu has the best chicken in town at the moment. The local Viet Kieu expats are…

Here is the newest kitten at my house with one big attitude. She is just one month old. I am not sure how long Ally will be in my house but probably through Tet. A…

Fresh from engadget, Intel's ClassmatePC will be shipping to Vietnam soon for about $250 for schools and $340 for everybody else. It will run Hacao Linux, a Vietnamese…

Here is an interesting article posted by IntellAsia.net in regards to regulating bloggers in Vietnam: "Vietnam needs to control blogs to prevent the spread of subversive…

I have a paved alleyway of sorts but they have not laid the asphalt yet. They are leveling and flattening the road this week. The dust level has decreased significantly…

Christmas Eve in Saigon was hectic this year. It took me nearly one hour to get to one of my favorite seafood restaurants in District 5. I finally got home a couple…

Two days ago, trucks starting bringing in big rocks for my alleyway. It looks like they are ready to repave my alleyway :-) (The trucks kept me up all night - A good…

A new great tool for those interested in investing in Vietnam. This website was created by the Foreign Investment Agency of Vietnam to make investment procedures in…

I really like the George Orwell twist to the latest article published by VietnamNet Bridge. Next year, the Ministry of Information and Communications will: All pre-paid…

The Saigon Linux Group (SLG) added PC-BSD to the Vietnam BSD/Linux Mirror in it's continuing effort to promote and support open source technology in Vietnam. The Vietnam…

It is hard to believe that my 10th and 11th Grade Vietnamese and foreign students at the American International School in Saigon have been using Linux for about one…

I remember back in August, 2004, the Vietnamese government tried to enforce the helmet law in the whole country. It ended up failing within the cities since the people…

On December 15, we all will be required to wear a helmet inside Saigon for the very first time. In fact, you are seeing people wearing helmets more and more each day. My…

Oh how I miss the trusty ole Commodore 64. I have used computers for nearly 27 years now. The first home computer my parent's purchased was the Commodore 64. My father…

My team and I from the Saigon Linux Group made a business trip to Vung Tau last Saturday morning. It would be my first trip to Vung Tau, believe it or not. The trip was…

Well, it has been six days now since I have been able to get online from my house. Last Thursday, my ADSL, telephone and cable lines were ripped from my house when EVN…

AmerasianWorld.com That is the original name of SaigonNezumi.com. I am an Amerasian. A Japanese Amerasian. Children of War. I formed the Amerasian Foundation to help my…

I got some great shots of the what the traffic is like in Saigon now. Since last summer, it the roads have gotten very congested due to the increase of both cars and…

Last Sunday I had dinner with Patrick at the City Diner. It is probably one of the very few American diners in Saigon worth visiting. It is located in the Ben Thanh…

Tony just emailed me. DesktopBSD is now available for download in Vietnam. DesktopBSD finished syncing on the Saigon Linux Group's Vietnam BSD/Linux Mirror today…