Well, six days away from Tet, the Vietnamese New Year. This is the last week of class at the American International School, where I teach computer science, before the week and a half long holiday (well for me at least). The 3rd Quarter also started this week so I decided, as part of my web development curriculum, to introduce my students to the Gimp. The class went very … [Read more...] about Introducing my Vietnamese Students to Gimp
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Going back to Gentoo
A lot of drama going around the Gentoo Linux Community these days. Daniel Robbins, the creator of Gentoo, would like some control of Gentoo again. There are a lot of mixed reactions by developers and users. Neither side can really communicate with each other, but oh well, I will still use Gentoo. Actually I decided to return after being away for a couple of years. … [Read more...] about Going back to Gentoo
My Saturday Night
Sorry guys for bailing out on Maxim's last night. I have two projects due tomorrow morning and another one to complete hopefully before Tet. I have been burning the midnight oil the last couple of days. Last night I actually had 4 computers going at the same time. On my 6-year old Dell Inspiron 8100 notebook (bottom-left in below photo), I just installed CentOS 5. As the … [Read more...] about My Saturday Night
Saigon Rain in January???
The weather has been really strange in Saigon lately. For the last three days, it has actually rained which is unheard of in Saigon. It is supposed to be the dry season. Normally the last sprinkle ends in late November. The next rainfall starts around May. I was riding my motorbike to District 1 from District 5 when I got caught in the rain yesterday. In 5 minutes, I … [Read more...] about Saigon Rain in January???
My Vietnamese Students used PC-BSD
Yesterday I decided to give PC-BSD a try in my classroom. It was probably not the best day to try out PC-BSD since the electricity kept cutting off. My students were struggling to SSH from PCLinuxOS to my laptop, which was running PC-BSD, as a result. The goal of the class was for my students to create their own website templates on my laptop (makes it easier for me to … [Read more...] about My Vietnamese Students used PC-BSD