Last weekend was a very important time for Vietnamese Buddhists. Normally on the 14th, 15th and/or 16th Lunar January, Vietnamese worshippers go to the pagodas to offer prayers for good luck for the new lunar year. I took some pictures from a visit to a pagoda in the Phu Nhuan District last weekend. (Entrance) (School children visiting the pagoda) (Leading the … [Read more...] about 15th Lunar January Month in Saigon
Archives for 2009
ATMs everywhere in Saigon
Amazing what a year makes. ATMs are everywhere in Saigon. I can even find HSBC ATMs all over Saigon now saving me a bundle in ATM fees ($40/month). There are three convenient locations that I can use regularly now. My favorite location being Pham Ngu Lao. Below is ANZ's ATM near the corner of Dien Bien Phu and Le Quy Don in District 3. … [Read more...] about ATMs everywhere in Saigon
Funtoo Linux installed!!!
Finally, I got Funtoo Linux, a derivative of Gentoo Linux, installed on my desktop. Funtoo is a distribution created by the founder of Gentoo, Daniel Robbins. In his website, Daniel describes Funtoo Linux as a: Freshly-built Gentoo Linux variant, optimized for your processor, Funtoo Portage unstable branch, includes OpenRC, dhcpcd and git. He does not call Funtoo a fork … [Read more...] about Funtoo Linux installed!!!
Upgrading to Quad Core and new motherboard
Well, last week my P35 series Gigabyte motherboard had some problems. I thought it was battery related but turns out my motherboard may be faulty. I decied to replace it with a more power efficient P43 Gigabyte motherboard (P45 series seem still too buggy for Linux). With that, I decided to replace my dual core 2 CPU with a newer dual core 2 quad cpu. My old motherboard … [Read more...] about Upgrading to Quad Core and new motherboard
Linux runs my life :-)
So I use Linux for most aspects of my tech life. I only run Windows at school or work but nearly 99% of the time I am running Linux. Yes, I can listen to music, watch DVDs, and edit Word documents in Linux. Most of my colleagues and students do not even now that the documents I send them were edited with an open source word processor. The only thing I cannot do is play … [Read more...] about Linux runs my life :-)