July 2008

Well, I finally did it today. I was able to remaster Ubuntu 8.04.1 with Vietnamese language support. I used remastersys to essentially create a replica Ubuntu system…

Last Saturday, I got a fully running Ubuntu 8.04.1 system on my Thinkpad T60. Everything is working out of the box including WiFi which was an issue with some other…

I have been getting behind on introducing new Expat Saigon Bloggers to Vietnam. Let's welcome Dan Lilly to the Saigon Expat Blogging community. He is another IT guy, and…

Mon Hue Restaurant Okay, I have a new favorite restaurant now. I am a big fan of Hue food here in Vietnam so finding any new Hue restaurant is always a good feat. My…

Yep, finally got around to washing my motorbike today. It was actually a harder feat than expected. It was difficult to find a rua xe near my house. There used to be one…

Well finally, no more double posting from my blog to my Twitter account. Twitter updater was updated this week with a fix. Thanks Preya (Dreaming of Hanoi) for the heads…

About a month ago, I accused my Samsung hard drive of creating my many problems with Gentoo and then Arch Linux. At the time, the errors I received seem to indicate that…

Just flashed the latest Nokia OS2008 image on my N800 Internet Tablet. This is supposed to be the last image N800/810 users will need to flash on their tablets. Future…

Well, reality finally took hold on me this week. Yeah, I am a ardent fan of Arch, Gentoo, and FreeBSD. I really like Linux Mint. Unfortunately for me, the Linux…

Sorry, no pictures, just words for this post. I meant to get some pictures of the storm but things turned into chaos in a short period of time. The storm hit other parts…

The bigs new of the day was the lifting of prices for fuel in Vietnam by the government and the fears of inflation that may result. The dollar is fetching a higher price…

Just an update, over 50 of my students signed up for Twitter accounts. They are addicted. I was impressed at how popular it became with them. Unfortunately, due to the…

Here is a recent article from VietnamNet Bridge discussing the impact of Bloggers in Vietnam: The Thao Van Hoa (Sports and Culture) Newspaper has launched a writing…

Preferences for boys in the Vietnamese society has created a gender imbalance according to this article by Thanh Nien News: Gender imbalance alarm bells ringing A…

Air conditioners can be the most finicky of things. My aircon must be at least 6-7 years old now. I have to have it served every 3-4 months now. The problem for my…

Here is a very amusing, yet heart inspiring, story from the VietnamNet Bridge newsite about a Vietnamese school teacher who fought over 40 criminals, thieves, robbers…

Two weeks ago from today, I was heading to Indochina Capital's office at the Saigon Financial Centre in District 1. My normal route from the Phu Nhuan District to…

Power Generators in Saigon during blackout - (VietnamNet Bridge) The last three days, I have seen power outages in the Phu Nhuan District, District 12, District 10, Tan…

Bo Ne - Phu Nhuan District If you love beefsteak, then you should visit Bo Ne located on Huynh Van Banh street (at the first alleyway from Ly Van Si street). I visit Bo…

Soho Coffee - Tan Binh District A new Soho Coffee shop opened up near house. I just noticed it last night when I headed home from a late night ride from District 12. I…