July 2013

  • Saigon Black out

    Last week I came home to an unsual power outage for District 1. It lasted over two hours. Definitely not normal for this part of the city especially at night. Bitexco in…

  • One encouragement to return to Kazakhstan

    One April 16, 2012 10:42 pm There is a group of people in my life whom I'm greatful for making me who I am. Dear Kevin, you are the first person in the list of this…

  • Mozilla Popcorn Maker is awesome

    I am playing with Mozilla Popcorn Maker with my ICT students this summer. This online software is awesome. It allows users to easy edit videos and sound online. My…

  • Primany ICT students

    This is my 4th summer in a row teaching ICT to students at The American School of Vietnam. My gut feeling says this may me my last year teaching computers to kids since…

  • Halal Vietnamese Coffee

    Updated on August 25, 2013: Turns out that it is normal for Vietnamese coffee to have corn and soybeans mixed with the coffee. A friend familiar with the coffee business…

  • Phu My Hung - July, 2013

    Took these pictures in Phu My Hung last week. Even Phu My Hung is changing. Posted from WordPress for Android

  • Vietnamese Preschool

    Visited this preschool with a friend. I currently work with some preschoolers and enjoy it. Nothing more rewarding then watching little kids using a computer. Within a…

  • Bookshelf PCs and Linux = Awesome

    Played around with this little LeanPC last week at The American School of Vietnam. I was running LEMP on it for my students. I like to have kids use Putty to play around…

  • Crazy Saigon Motorbike Rider

    I was riding around the traffic circle near the Ben Thanh Market today. There was a tourist in front of me crossing the crosswalk towards the bus station so I slowed…

  • District 4 on the Canal

    Took these photos from my Wing Chun class in District 1. I was surprised to swe the entrance of thw Thu Thiem Tunnel here. Everybody told me to take this tunnel to…