It's hard to believe that nearly 12 years ago, I was a still a US Marine. Nearly 18 years ago I was in boot camp. I still have dreams of my drill instructors, the last one being just last week. I always find myself back at MCRD San Diego meeting up with my former drill instructors. The dream is usually a good dream which is odd. How odd is my dream, well just look at the … [Read more...] about Marine Corps Memories
Archives for September 2008
Com Tam Cali – Saigon
Well, Noodlepie is probably wondering why I have not blogged about the restaurants I eat in Saigon for awhile. I just forget to take some pictures of the meals I eat. Last week I visited Com Tom Cali in District 1 of Saigon. I know D (VA to VN) blogged about Com Tom Cali back in March but quite honestly, I had no idea the restaurant existed until about month ago. I know … [Read more...] about Com Tam Cali – Saigon
GNOME.Asia Summit – Beijing, China
Hi friends from Vietnam Linux User Group, I am Pockey Lam from Beijing LUG in China, Beijing LUG is co-organizing the first GNOME.Asia Summit with GNOME Foundation this year in Beijing. Date: Oct 18 and 19 (whole day event) Location: Beijing, China If any of your member is interested in joining the event, please go to www.gnome.asia to register! The registration is … [Read more...] about GNOME.Asia Summit – Beijing, China
Current FPT Bandwidth Speeds
I decided to test my bandwidth speeds with both Speakeasy and Speedtest. I am surprised at the speeds right now: Speakeasy (Seattle server): 2402 kbps Download Speed 516 kpbs Upload Speed Speedtest (Singapore Server): 2558 kbps Download Speed 319 kbps Upload Speed How long this will last? Speeds have been improving in Vietnam. I actually expect things to … [Read more...] about Current FPT Bandwidth Speeds
Just switched to the Paludis package manager
I just converted from Portage to Paludis about 30 minutes ago on my Gentoo system. Paludis is an alternative package manager for the very buggy Portage maintained by Gentoo. This new package manager is supposed to make it easier to add new packages. In past, Gentoo had a reputation for being bleeding edge. You could install the latest packages straight from Portage even … [Read more...] about Just switched to the Paludis package manager