January 2008

  • Going back to Gentoo

    A lot of drama going around the Gentoo Linux Community these days. Daniel Robbins, the creator of Gentoo, would like some control of Gentoo again. There are a lot of…

  • My Saturday Night

    Sorry guys for bailing out on Maxim's last night. I have two projects due tomorrow morning and another one to complete hopefully before Tet. I have been burning the…

  • Saigon Rain in January???

    The weather has been really strange in Saigon lately. For the last three days, it has actually rained which is unheard of in Saigon. It is supposed to be the dry season…

  • My Vietnamese Students used PC-BSD

    Yesterday I decided to give PC-BSD a try in my classroom. It was probably not the best day to try out PC-BSD since the electricity kept cutting off. My students were…

  • Vietnam Stock Market News Blog

    I have been reading this blog about the Vietnam stock market for some time now. Duy Phung, the maintainer of this blog, does a pretty good job in keeping track of the…

  • PC-BSD Installed on Customized Desktop :-)

    Well, about one and a half hours ago, I finally got my customized desktop running. PC-BSD is now installed and I am currently fetching and updating Ports on my desktop…

  • Maxim in Saigon

    Friday night and Saturday was hell for me in regards to my new customized desktop. I spent most of Friday night trying to figure out why my desktop would not reboot. I…

  • More Cars, Higher Fuel Prices, and Enforced Traffic Rules in Saigon

    Thanh Nien News puts out some interesting articles on occasion. This morning's lead articles focussed on cars and the possible fuel rises. (Source: Thanh Nien News) Last…

  • Building a new PC-BSD System

    Well, I decided to build another custom desktop in my home again. My last customized system was an AMD64 desktops which is now running as the Vietnam BSD/Linux Mirror…

  • ADSL Line Severed AGAIN

    Well, this probably will not surprise many of you. Last saturday morning, my ADSL line was disconnected again. This time, my ADSL line was severed at the other end of my…

  • Vietnam - The Haven for Linux

    (Source: ViPLUG) Another article passed on by Tracy, http://www.ultraviolet.org/ in regards to Linux in Vietnam. I have been reading about the Communist Party requiring…

  • Another Techy Saigon Blogger

    Just want to introduce you all to another Saigon Blogger, Lawrence Sinclair. Like Adam (Saigon Files), Lawrence is a Ruby on Rails developer. There seems to be at least…

  • Vietnam - China Border Demarcation Markers

    First of all, "Happy New Year 2008" Everyone. Chuc mung nam moi. Vietnam is off to a good start for 2008. VietnamNet Bridge just published this article about the…