June 2008

  • The Culprit - Bad SATA2 hard drive

    Today I finally realized the culprit to my broken Linux systems. My Samsung SATA2 hard drive acted up again last night. This time I knew it was not related to an Arch…

  • Saigon River Bridge at Dusk

    I decided to test out the video camera in my HTC Touch Cruise last night. I was surprised at the quality of the picture when I replayed it on my mobile phone. The frame…

  • Using Tux Typing with my Vietnamese students

    I am a big fan of Tux Typing. I have been using it in the classroom here in Saigon for about three years now. It is a great open source program to get students…

  • Chicken Dish on Nguyen Du Street

    I had a great meal on Nguyen Du street across from the Ho Chi Minh City post office last night. I had a great chicken dish but unfortunately, I forgot the name of it :-(…

  • HTC Touch Cruise Wows - Can't wait for Android

    Okay, I tried to make my first blog entry from my HTC Touch Cruise pda tonight at the Nice Cafe in District 1. Well, I failed thanks to the horrible Windows Mobile 6…

  • BarCamp Vietnam Interests

    Anyone interested into forming the first BarCamp in Saigon? I think it would be good time to start preparing for the first one. Possible issues include finding a large…

  • Bad Packet Routing with FPT

    Yeah guys, this is the internet for you in Vietnam. I was trying to access my website and emails for SaigonNezumi.com. I did a mtr to check for the packet loss and…

  • Short Advice on Living in Vietnam

    This is mainly targeted to the young Viet Kieu guys newly arrived in Vietnam. I hate to tell you this but there are NO Vietnamese criminal gangs targeting you guys here…

  • Bye Bye Jenny :-)

    Well, my evil little kitten Jenny finally has a new home. I think she will like it much better than the terrace where I kept her for the last two weeks. She will be…

  • Faster Internet Bandwidth Coming to Vietnam?

    The internet bandwidth here in Vietnam definitely makes for a good conversation among Expat and Vietnamese IT guys alike. It has not been stable for a long time, if it…

  • The $%#@ Monthy Water Reading!

    I hate this time of the month. Between 6-7 AM, the water meter guy comes around the alleyway for the water meter reads. If you are not at home, he will call your house…

  • Yamaha Nouvo LX

    Sorry guys, I guess I need to pay more attention. It turns out that Yamaha Vietnam released the Yamaha Nouvo LX (known as the Nouvo Elegance in Thailand) a couple weeks…

  • Yamaha Nouvo Elegance 135cc

    Well, I have been riding my Yamaha Nouvo since August, 2004. I have driven nearly 30,000 km on it, mostly in Saigon but I have made many trips to Bien Hoa and the Mekong…

  • Finally, I can get some sleep

    Oh, what a nightmare the last three nights have been. I had problems with my desktop which forced me to reinstall a new Linux operating system not once, but twice since…