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  • Rice University - Houston

    A nice university in Houston.

  • Golden Gate Bridge

    Nice to see it again....from the ground.

  • Caltrain - San Jose to San Francisco

    Today I went to San Francisco via Caltrain. It was an interesting but long ride. It was the first time I passed Sunnyvale and Mountain View, my birthplace, in a long…

  • Vietnamese Food in Houston

    If you want a good Vietnamese buffet in Houston, goto Kim Son. This is a really great restaurant but be fotewarned, you will eat a lot. :-)

  • I love Southwest Airlines

    They are a great way to fly around the US. So far I have flown with them to Houston via Chicago and San Jose via Las Vegas.

  • Hong Kong International Airport

    Two hour flight and now I am in HK. Next flight boards in one hour. U forgot how nice this airport was.

  • Happy Birthday Marines!!!

    Today is the 235th Birthday of the US Marines. I want to wish my fellow and former Marines a big happy birthday. I left the Corps over 14 years ago but deep down inside…

  • Sabayon Linux Five Oh!

    Yesterday I installed Sabayon Linux 5.4 (Gnome Edition) on my faithful IBM Thinkpad T60 (I bought the model before the switch to Lenovo). I wanted to return to a…

  • Geicko's Gecko found dead in Saigon bathroom

    A huge shocker, Geicko's gecko was found dead in my bathroom. Attempts to revive the gecko failed. Cause of death could not be determined since the gecko was flushed…

  • Friday night with no electricity

    The transformer near my house blew at about 8:30 pm. We will not have power until tomorrow or Sunday. Got to endure a Friday night without electricity. Thank god for…

  • The side of Islam nobody normally sees...

    ..including Muslims. It makes you think.

  • Ubuntu Desktop Upgrade

    Well, I decided to upgrade my desktop today. It had been at least 3-4 months since I used my desktop at home. I had some power supply issues. My last two upgrades, I…

  • I hate mornings

    I did not want to wake up today.

  • 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…

  • Motorbikes everywhere

    Parking lot at my school.

  • Turkish Food

    Breaking the fast with Turkish food.

  • OpenSIS

    We are testing openSIS today.

  • 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…

  • Joomla at Horizon

    I was a bit premature in selecting Drupal. In the end we have more experience with Joomla so we decided to keep using it. I will use Drupal for my own site. Right now I…