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Last week my Web Content Editor, Vi Truong, celebrated her 21st birthday with her friends and I at Gloria Jean's Coffee in District 1 of Saigon. It was an interesting…

I just finisihed designing the new Vscapeone website (English version) last night and uploaded it online. A friend is still proofreading it and Vi, my web content…

I dropped by the Yamaha Service Center and noticed some new color scheme Nouvos. Sure enough, Yamaha Vietnam just released the Nouvo RC (I ride a 2003 Nouvo RC). I was a…

Today I finally realized the culprit to my broken Linux systems. My Samsung SATA2 hard drive acted up again last night. This time I knew it was not related to an Arch…

I decided to test out the video camera in my HTC Touch Cruise last night. I was surprised at the quality of the picture when I replayed it on my mobile phone. The frame…

I am a big fan of Tux Typing. I have been using it in the classroom here in Saigon for about three years now. It is a great open source program to get students…

I had a great meal on Nguyen Du street across from the Ho Chi Minh City post office last night. I had a great chicken dish but unfortunately, I forgot the name of it :-(…

Okay, I tried to make my first blog entry from my HTC Touch Cruise pda tonight at the Nice Cafe in District 1. Well, I failed thanks to the horrible Windows Mobile 6…

Anyone interested into forming the first BarCamp in Saigon? I think it would be good time to start preparing for the first one. Possible issues include finding a large…

Yeah guys, this is the internet for you in Vietnam. I was trying to access my website and emails for SaigonNezumi.com. I did a mtr to check for the packet loss and…

This is mainly targeted to the young Viet Kieu guys newly arrived in Vietnam. I hate to tell you this but there are NO Vietnamese criminal gangs targeting you guys here…

Well, my evil little kitten Jenny finally has a new home. I think she will like it much better than the terrace where I kept her for the last two weeks. She will be…

The internet bandwidth here in Vietnam definitely makes for a good conversation among Expat and Vietnamese IT guys alike. It has not been stable for a long time, if it…

I hate this time of the month. Between 6-7 AM, the water meter guy comes around the alleyway for the water meter reads. If you are not at home, he will call your house…

Sorry guys, I guess I need to pay more attention. It turns out that Yamaha Vietnam released the Yamaha Nouvo LX (known as the Nouvo Elegance in Thailand) a couple weeks…

Well, I have been riding my Yamaha Nouvo since August, 2004. I have driven nearly 30,000 km on it, mostly in Saigon but I have made many trips to Bien Hoa and the Mekong…

Oh, what a nightmare the last three nights have been. I had problems with my desktop which forced me to reinstall a new Linux operating system not once, but twice since…

Yeah, this UFO story is still making some news here in Vietnam. My blog is even getting hits from around the world about this UFO incident in Vietnam. Officials state…

My Life Coffee I am sure many of you have gone right by this coffee shop and never known it existed. My Life Coffee is located right on the corner of Dien Tien Hoang and…

This is my evil kitten, Jenny. I hate her. I want to eat her. Maybe I will. After breaking yet another pot, I decided she will keep Lucky company up on the terrace…