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 Linux update, it was my hard drive. /dev/sda2 partition blocks came up with many similar errors I saw three weeks ago when Gentoo went down. In fact, each time my Gentoo system broke down, it turns out it was … [Read more...] about The Culprit – Bad SATA2 hard drive
Archives for June 2008
Saigon River Bridge at Dusk
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 rate is not bad though I can tell it jumps occassionaly but I think that may have more to do with YouTube than my phone's video camera. This is a shot from District 2 (An Phu) next to the Saigon River. … [Read more...] about Saigon River Bridge at Dusk
Using Tux Typing with my Vietnamese students
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 interested in learning how to type. This summer, my Vietnamese Immersion Students at the American International School will spend about three weeks learning how to touch type in my computer class. As an incentive, … [Read more...] about Using Tux Typing with my Vietnamese students
Chicken Dish on Nguyen Du Street
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 :-( I did get some photos! A good place to visit if you like chicken. (A nice clean restaurant - We ate on the street) (Chicken feet anyone?) (My dish, no chicken feet for me) … [Read more...] about Chicken Dish on Nguyen Du Street
HTC Touch Cruise Wows – Can’t wait for Android
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 operating system. Ever since I bought my HTC Touch Cruise a couple months ago, I have not been happy. It is so slow, I have to reboot it once every couple of days. When I was trying to post the entry from Nice … [Read more...] about HTC Touch Cruise Wows – Can’t wait for Android