I started teaching Flash to my AIS Immersion students last week. I decided to take advantage of one of my Teaching Assistants, Michael Pham, and had him prepare the Flash tutorials for the class. He has done an amazing job and my students love his tutorials. Michael is a natural to graphic designing. He prepared the promos for Qeeboa, a product we and another student are … [Read more...] about AIS Flash Expert
Archives for 2008
Storm of the Century in Saigon
It all started at around 3:45 PM today. I was on my motorbike in District 5 when the first drops of the rain fall came. It immediately turned into a downpour that ended up lasting for 1 and a half hours. I expected it would stop after about 10 minutes but it did not. I then headed back, in the rain, towards District 1 where I had an appointment at 4:30 PM at Mekong … [Read more...] about Storm of the Century in Saigon
Remastered Ubuntu with Vietnamese language support
Well, I finally did it today. I was able to remaster Ubuntu 8.04.1 with Vietnamese language support. I used remastersys to essentially create a replica Ubuntu system from my Thinkpad to create a new bootable LiveDVD image. I tested out the LiveDVD and scim was installed by default with working Vietnamese keyboard options. Those of you used to unikey will have no problem … [Read more...] about Remastered Ubuntu with Vietnamese language support
Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04.1 on my Thinkpad T60
Last Saturday, I got a fully running Ubuntu 8.04.1 system on my Thinkpad T60. Everything is working out of the box including WiFi which was an issue with some other distros. Vu, a fellow Vietnamese Linux geek, got scim running so I can type Vietnamese fonts. I want to remaster Ubuntu with Vietnamese language support for some of my students and future staff. What is nice … [Read more...] about Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04.1 on my Thinkpad T60
New Expat Saigon Blogger
I have been getting behind on introducing new Expat Saigon Bloggers to Vietnam. Let's welcome Dan Lilly to the Saigon Expat Blogging community. He is another IT guy, and iPhone user, who recently relocated to Saigon. His blog can be found at this web address: http://www.danlilly.com/ Please visit Dan's blog and welcome him to Saigon! … [Read more...] about New Expat Saigon Blogger