Archives for 2007

Thanks Adam for sending me this link: The Saigon Linux Group, an offshoot of the Saigon Linux User Group, was featured in Elsa Wenzel's "Vietnam a crouching tech tiger" published on CNet.com. I was quoted about Web 3.0 which, with the help of the iPhone, will explode in Vietnam due to the popularity of wifi mobile phones here. I also believe open source technology, known … [Read more...] about CNET’s Vietnam a crouching tech tiger

Well, this morning I got up early and Mr. Ut, my neighbor, took me to The Manor on his motorbike. I thought I could start up my Yamaha Nouvo after letting it dry overnight. Nope, Mr. Ut had to push my motorbike from behind all the way to the Yamaha Service Center on Vo Thi Sau street in District 1. I gave him 100,000 VND for his efforts (he helps me out a lot at my house so … [Read more...] about My Poor Wet Yamaha Nouvo

This evening I headed out to the Ben Thanh District to meet Patrick, who lives at The Manor, for some dinner. I left my house in the Phu Nhuan District in the middle of a rainstorm which was unusual for November. Lots of standing water, my biggest complaint for Saigon this year. I headed towards District 1 before turning left on Dien Bien Phu street from Hai Ba Trung. As … [Read more...] about Flooded Motorbike :-(

Thanks to Tracy Reed for sending this link.(Source: DesktopLinux.com)It is nice to see a low-cost laptop making it's way to Vietnam.  I remember playing with this laptop when Acer showed it to us at the ICT Conference last July.  At that time, it was running a version of Ubuntu Linux which was, I hate to say it, a bit slow.  If this is the same laptop, then … [Read more...] about Intel’s Classmate PC coming to Vietnam