I will admit it, I am a Mobile Suit Gundam fan. I have watched the entire season for Gundam SEED already. I am currently watching Gundam SEED Destiny and Mobile Suit Gundam 00. There are Gundam fans around the world. With today's technology, a new Mobile Suit Gundam show can be ripped, translated, and made available to fans through bitorrent in a matter of weeks. One of … [Read more...] about Mobile Seed Gundam 00 Fan
Archives for 2008
Tet Eve Blackout – Phu Nhuan District
At approximately 9:45 PM last night, the power went out for part of the Phu Nhuan District, Tan Binh District and District 10 (roughly from the canal area south to District 10). Usually it is just a localized blackout affecting my alleyway and surrounding areas but from the top of my terrace on the 5th floor, I could tell it was widespread. Since it was Tet Eve in Saigon, I … [Read more...] about Tet Eve Blackout – Phu Nhuan District
How I came, and returned, to Gentoo Linux
My Linux roots actually started back at Indiana University (Bloomington) where I was a graduate student with the School and Environmental Affairs in September, 2002. One of my majors was in Information Systems and I was lucky enough to take a Vector-based GIS course where our instructor, Craig Wayson, introduced all of us to Unix. I remember that day very well because one of … [Read more...] about How I came, and returned, to Gentoo Linux
Year of the Nezumi (Rat)
Tet is only 7 hours away. Saigon is very quiet today, hardly any traffic on the streets today. This is the best time of the year to live in Saigon, the only time the city is actually quiet :-) I never made it to Big C this morning to buy some groceries. Most of the stores closed at 12 noon. They will not reopen until Saturday. I will have to head to Pham Ngu Lao if I … [Read more...] about Year of the Nezumi (Rat)
R.I.P. Again :(
My poor Dell Inspiron 8100 notebook died on me again today. The same thing happened back in April, 2006. Like before, the power supply unit burned out. It survived just shy of 6 years. Before the PSU died, I was installing Windows XP inside of CentOS 5 with VMWare. (My Dell Inspiron 8100 died again) I think I will get it repaired again after Tet. It … [Read more...] about R.I.P. Again :(