February 2008

I will admit it, I am a Mobile Suit Gundam fan. I have watched the entire season for Gundam SEED already. I am currently watching Gundam SEED Destiny and Mobile Suit…

At approximately 9:45 PM last night, the power went out for part of the Phu Nhuan District, Tan Binh District and District 10 (roughly from the canal area south to…

My Linux roots actually started back at Indiana University (Bloomington) where I was a graduate student with the School and Environmental Affairs in September, 2002. One of my majors was in Information Systems and I was lucky enough to take a Vector-base…

Tet is only 7 hours away. Saigon is very quiet today, hardly any traffic on the streets today. This is the best time of the year to live in Saigon, the only time the…

My poor Dell Inspiron 8100 notebook died on me again today. The same thing happened back in April, 2006. Like before, the power supply unit burned out. It survived just…

Yesterday I went out with some of my friends to get a haircut. Maybe that was a mistake on my part. I just wanted a haircut but I was convinced to get a shave too. This…

See the truck in the far distance? Lately, both cars and trucks have been ignoring the ban forbidding them to drive along the canal during the construction. The police…

Well, six days away from Tet, the Vietnamese New Year. This is the last week of class at the American International School, where I teach computer science, before the…