Thanh Nien News puts out some interesting articles on occasion. This morning's lead articles focussed on cars and the possible fuel rises. (Source: Thanh Nien News) Last month, over 12,000 cars were sold in Vietnam, over 80,000 for the year. You can definitely see this now when riding through most of the districts of Saigon. Over a year ago, a motorbike could … [Read more...] about More Cars, Higher Fuel Prices, and Enforced Traffic Rules in Saigon
Archives for 2008
Building a new PC-BSD System
Well, I decided to build another custom desktop in my home again. My last customized system was an AMD64 desktops which is now running as the Vietnam BSD/Linux Mirror with the Saigon Linux Group. This time around, I decided to build an Intel Core2 Duo system so I could run PC-BSD, a variant of FreeBSD, at home. I really wanted a Intel Core2 Quad or AMD64 Dual Core system but … [Read more...] about Building a new PC-BSD System
ADSL Line Severed AGAIN
Well, this probably will not surprise many of you. Last saturday morning, my ADSL line was disconnected again. This time, my ADSL line was severed at the other end of my alleyway. Today FPT came and spent about 30 minutes getting my line connected again. Well, back online again :-) (My ADSL line was severed at about this location) (Following my ADSL line along the … [Read more...] about ADSL Line Severed AGAIN
Vietnam – The Haven for Linux
(Source: ViPLUG) Another article passed on by Tracy, http://www.ultraviolet.org/ in regards to Linux in Vietnam. I have been reading about the Communist Party requiring their agencies inside Vietnam to use open source software such as OpenOffice.org. Saccombank and ACB made the switch awhile back. I am using Linux in my classroom at the high school where I teach … [Read more...] about Vietnam – The Haven for Linux
Another Techy Saigon Blogger
Just want to introduce you all to another Saigon Blogger, Lawrence Sinclair. Like Adam (Saigon Files), Lawrence is a Ruby on Rails developer. There seems to be at least 5 Ruby on Rails developers in Vietnam now. He also uses Linux :-) Lets welcome Lawrence to the Saigon Blogger community. Here's his blog: Tech Tourist 2.0 … [Read more...] about Another Techy Saigon Blogger