Tag: vietnam

I started using Twitter a couple days ago though I have had an account for awhile now. Here is my Twitter account: http://twitter.com/saigonnezumi I took my new…

From: beelerb: Some lucky company is going to find just the right place for this guy and make millions. Seriously. http://127.0.0.1:8091/ In a way, I already made…

(My new motorbike, 2008 Yamaha Nouvo RC) Well, I replaced my aging 4 year old red 2003 Yamaha Nouvo RC with the 2008 red Yamaha Nouvo RC. Trying to get my hands on one…

I was using pacman to update my Arch Linux Desktop this morning. As it was downloading OpenOffice, I was shocked to see how fast the downloads were. The average was…

Interesting, today there are two news reports about Asians getting overweight. The BBC published a news report today mentioning that one out of four Chinese adults were…

Arch Linux has been added to the Vietnam BSD/Linux Mirror at the following URI's: 1. ftp://ftp.indochinalinux.com/archlinux/ 2. ftp://202.78.230.5/archlinux From…

I hate EVN sometimes. Yesterday the EVN guy gave my house the 'Pink' notice. Normally you get a pink notice after you have missed the deadline of the 'green' notice. You…

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…