My house lease ends on January 7, 2009, but we are trying to find a way to end the lease now. I signed a 3 year lease through the advise of a Viet Kieu 'contact' that I knew. He recommended that I sign a 3 year lease so I could keep the rent at a similar price ($500/month first year, $550/month last two years). He assured me everything was okay. Well, it turned out that I … [Read more...] about Beware of your House Broker
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SEO = Snake Oil ->Build Accessible Websites Instead
I am seeing a large number of new websites here in Vietnam, including my own, talking about SEO, aka search engine optimization. Many are offering services to help your optimize your website. Be weary of these sites, you can learn how to 'optimize' your website yourself. The key is not to build a SEO website, instead, change your terminology. The important key here is to … [Read more...] about SEO = Snake Oil ->Build Accessible Websites Instead
Sunday home with a fever
Wow, I started this post 2 hours ago, got really tired from the medicine and conked out. Back up again but I am not sure how long for. On the way home from District 1 last night, I felt my fever coming though I already knew from the morning that I was sick. It sometimes feels like I get sick a lot in Vietnam. I know some Expats complain about it a lot but usually the … [Read more...] about Sunday home with a fever
What happened to ephim.com?
Anyone know what happened to ephim.com? For nearly two and a half years I used to visit to site to watch online movies. Now the domain is redirected to http://movie.zing.vn/Movie/Index.aspx. According to rumors, ephim.com was secretly, some say illegally, run by FPT. Only those who subscribed to FPT's ADSL packages were able to watch these online movies at amazing … [Read more...] about What happened to ephim.com?
6.8% Chrome usage – SaigonNezumi.com
PCMech was reporting 5.67% Chrome usage for their blog. I decided to check the usage for SaigonNezumi.com. Wow, my visitors to my blog were using Chrome 6.8% of the time. That is a big change but unfortunately, Chrome seems to be eating away from Firefox than Internet Explorer. Safari seems to be gaining as well. Last month, Firefox had nearly 50% usage for my … [Read more...] about 6.8% Chrome usage – SaigonNezumi.com