August 2010

  • September - Traffic Safety Month

    Time to get a motorbike license September 1st is the start of the annual Traffic Safety Month in Vietnam. For Saigon, this means that the traffic police will enforce…

  • Viettel 3G Modem

    I just bought my 3G usb modem from Viettel today. 780,000 VND for the usb modem. 50,000 VND monthly charge, 65 VND per mb. You can recharge your account like any cell…

  • I hate mornings

    I did not want to wake up today.

  • At Java Cafe

    Quick meeting tonight, always enjoy the coffee.

  • Stuck outside in the rain

    Happens a lot actually in Saigon. I am waiting for a friend to return home while it is raining.

  • The Manor

    The Manor for a late breakfast with Patrick at City Diner.

  • Doner Kebab in Saigon

  • New haircut

    ...but bad hairday, I hate helmet head : -)

  • Thank you FPT

    You guys are one of the worst ISPs in Vietnam.

  • IFTAR Dinner with Selman

    Great Turkish dinner.

  • End of a horrible week

    Finally, it is an end of probably one of my lackluster weeks in Saigon. Lets see, what happened: HSBC deactivated my bank account because they could not find me. I…

  • My computer desk

    I like my new computer set up : -)

  • Motorbikes everywhere

    Parking lot at my school.

  • Learning OpenBSD

    We plan to install a firewall and web filter in OpenBSD next week. Reading up on it today.

  • Turkish Food

    Breaking the fast with Turkish food.

  • My desk

    Setting up Ubuntu with two monitors. Working on my Ubuntu Thinkpad on the left.

  • OpenSIS

    We are testing openSIS today.

  • Joomla/Moodle/openSIS - Perfect match for education?

    Well, it has been nearly a month and a half since I started as IT Director at Horizon. For us, it is crunch time in choosing what systems to use at our school. The…

  • Blocked in

    This surprised me today, I got blocked in by this truck trying to leave a parking lot. He took about 5 minutes before he decided to leave.

  • Turkmen's enjoying their breakfast

    There are many university students from Turkmenistan in both Saigon and Hanoi. They are studying at the local universities. They live in the dorms owned by Horizon. They…