July 2010

I needed to repair my Yamaha Nouvo today. An oil change, new brake pads, spark plug, etc. I decided to visit Horizon's chef's friend's shop in An Phu. Sometimes the…

I try to drink 6-8 cups of greem tea a day. At Horizon, it means getting a thermos of hot water for my office. This week I am drinking genmachai that Hiro brought from…

Will meet a friend shortly. Decided to have a cafe sua da while I am waiting.

I am working quite hard today : -)

Typical morning Turkish breakfast at Horizon.

Still one of my favorite places for a meal.

I was a bit premature in selecting Drupal. In the end we have more experience with Joomla so we decided to keep using it. I will use Drupal for my own site. Right now I…

Well, looks like I will be learning Drupal now. We decided to use Drupal to replace our current sites which run on Joomla. Yeah many of you know I am a Wordpress guy but…

The City Diner at The Manor is still one of my favorite restaurants to visit. I met up with Patrick and had a late breakfast there. I enjoyed an American an omelet and a…

Well, it is the end of my workday at Horizon but thanks to a small rainstorm, I may get wet going home today. Not a problem, I got myself a nice Horizon rain poncho and…

An interesting video looking at the current economic crisis through the eyes of a World-systems theorist:

Well, my sunspot postings may be getting old but look below at the current picture of the Sun and tell me what is STILL missing: No Sunspots I posted an article about…

As I am typing this post, my computer says it is about 88 F (31 C) outside right now. This is actually a cool day in Saigon compared to the temperatures the city has…

Very interesting article from the Daily Yomiuri. In an effort to increase youth interest in motorcycles, Honda plans to slash prices of 45 models to 2000 levels. The…