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Wordpress announced that they we be delaying the release of 2.7 which I consider a good move. From the Wordpress Blog: There comes a time in every WordPress release when…

Vietnam joined the Asianux open source alliance last week. This is definitely good news if you are a fan of open source software in Vietnam such as myself. From TMCnet…

I was going through my image folders from a backup I made nearly 4 years ago when I found some pictures I thought were lost. They sure brought back some memories. Back…

This was just posted by the VietnamNet Bridge newsite. I had to blink my eyes a couple times to see if it was serious and sure enough, it was. How often do you hear…

Update: Lumineux Cafe is now closed. Here is another new favorite coffee shop of mine in Saigon. Lumineux Cafe is located inside a former American built villa. The retro…

One of my childhood friends, Celeste, just posted a picture from 21 years ago on her Facebook account. I lost contact with Celeste back about 1993-1994. Thanks to…

The first Barcamp Central Asia was held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. I have a reporter friend back in Bishkek who attended this Barcamp. It was a success, roughly 300 people…

Finally, all laptops and netbooks have a variant of Ubuntu Linux running. Our first lesson focused on using the command line and apt-get for updates. (Ubuntu eee on the…

I ate a really good chicken sandwich at Java Cafe last week. As everyone knows by now, Java Cafe is one of my favorite coffeeshops in Saigon.

Just a little over a month until my lease ends. I am reminiscing about two years ago when I was able to take a walk along the canal near my house with my dog, Lucky…

I always liked Kazakh music. I will have my student bring some CDs to Vietnam for me. Here are some seleted Kazakh videos at YouTube. You will be able to see a lot of…

It has been 9 years since I last visited Kazakhstan when I was working with Accels in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. A lot has changed since then. My youngest students have since…

Another memory post from Vietnam. This was one of my main popular entries regarding the construction in my alleyway that lasted nearly a year. From 2008 until early…

Fresh off the press from the eXo Platform website. There will be an openSocial Hackathon next month and a tentative plan for Barcamp Hanoi 2009. The openHackathon will…

Smokey, my Vietnamese cat, did it again. At least once a year, he either 'murders' a bird or mouse. I do not know how either get into my house but if they do, they will…

Today, I attended Thang and his brides' wedding party at the Rex Hotel. Thang is a former student and colleague of mine from Indochina Capital. It was one of the best…

Today I had some really great excite over at Patrick's place in The Manor. I got to play with his new Xbox 360 that he recently purchased from the US. This was the first…

It all started at the beginning of last week. I wanted my American International School 11th and 12th Grade ICT students to start using Ubuntu Linux on their…

Last night I had the best hot pot in Saigon at Soa Soa Restaurant in District 1. Soa Soa fuses Chinese and Japanese tastes into one delicious hot pot. Their Soa Soa hot…

Here is something I probably would not have blogged about a couple years ago. The National Assembly decided to shelve direct elections of People's Committees at the…