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At approximately 9:45 PM last night, the power went out for part of the Phu Nhuan District, Tan Binh District and District 10 (roughly from the canal area south to…

My Linux roots actually started back at Indiana University (Bloomington) where I was a graduate student with the School and Environmental Affairs in September, 2002. One of my majors was in Information Systems and I was lucky enough to take a Vector-base…

My poor Dell Inspiron 8100 notebook died on me again today. The same thing happened back in April, 2006. Like before, the power supply unit burned out. It survived just…

A lot of drama going around the Gentoo Linux Community these days. Daniel Robbins, the creator of Gentoo, would like some control of Gentoo again. There are a lot of…

Sorry guys for bailing out on Maxim's last night. I have two projects due tomorrow morning and another one to complete hopefully before Tet. I have been burning the…

Well, I decided to build another custom desktop in my home again. My last customized system was an AMD64 desktops which is now running as the Vietnam BSD/Linux Mirror…

Well, this probably will not surprise many of you. Last saturday morning, my ADSL line was disconnected again. This time, my ADSL line was severed at the other end of my…

Here is the newest kitten at my house with one big attitude. She is just one month old. I am not sure how long Ally will be in my house but probably through Tet. A…

I have a paved alleyway of sorts but they have not laid the asphalt yet. They are leveling and flattening the road this week. The dust level has decreased significantly…

Christmas Eve in Saigon was hectic this year. It took me nearly one hour to get to one of my favorite seafood restaurants in District 5. I finally got home a couple…

Two days ago, trucks starting bringing in big rocks for my alleyway. It looks like they are ready to repave my alleyway :-) (The trucks kept me up all night - A good…

Oh how I miss the trusty ole Commodore 64. I have used computers for nearly 27 years now. The first home computer my parent's purchased was the Commodore 64. My father…

Well, it has been six days now since I have been able to get online from my house. Last Thursday, my ADSL, telephone and cable lines were ripped from my house when EVN…

Yeah, one of my neighbors decided to mix cement in front of my house, again. Yeah, my entire first and second floors were caked in cement dust, again. Yeah, the two…

I just noticed that Mr. Ut and his family have moved into their newly built home. It is quite nice. My old roommate, Sally, would be surprised. Please note, Mr. Ut sells…

Yesterday I took Ninja, my 3 month old kitten, on the terrace and introduced him to Lucky, my nearly 2 year old Mekong Delta Terrier. Lucky is a great dog in that she…

I used jailbreakme.com to unlock another iPhone here in Vietnam thanks with the help of the IT guy at ViGroup last night (Here is a nice guide to jailbreak the iPhone…

A couple days ago, EVN, went down the alleyway to move one of their power lines to the next utility pole. Along the way, they literally ripped out the telephone and ADSL…

Woke up late, 9 AM. Ninja, my kitten was meowing loudly but I could not hear him since I wore my ear plugs :) Tofu woman dropped by my house at 10:30AM but I was behind…

It has now been nearly over a year since all the housing construction started up in my alleyway. I cannot wait until it is nearly completed. Mr. Ut's house is nearly…