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Well, this morning was a long one for everyone. For some odd reason, everyone was just exhausted. So what did we do for fun? Just see for yourself: (John taking my…

My student, Bill, had a birthday party last month. Had some great food with my students. As usual, I was the "adult" for them :-) (Bill receiving his birthday cake)…

I just read a good article about Sakai, an online collaboration and learning environment developed for universities. From the website: Sakai is an online Collaboration…

zegenie Studios created the Linux Distribution Chooser to help potential Linux users pick a particular flavor (version) of Linux that suits their needs and preferences…

(Source: Thanh Nien News) The last couple of days, a tropical depression has been lying off the cost of Vietnam bringing with it heavy rain and cooler temperatures here…

Well, I have been silent for nearly a week. It has been one of those busy Linux geeky weeks. Yeah, this is going to be another geeky posting in Saigon :-) It started off…

The bandwidth seems to have returned to Vietnam. I am getting between 815 kb/s through 1.1 mb/s download speeds at my house with FPT ADSL now. Granted, it is 4 AM in the…

Blog about Vietnam posted this article from Intellasia: The Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Culture and Information are to target bloggers and blog-hosting…

Two more social networks sites aimed at Vietnamese users will launch in Vietnam soon to compete with Yahoo 360, the number one choice for many Vietnamese bloggers today…

Okay, I just realized that I posted way too many IT Geek postings the last week. Time to return back to the world of Vietnam and post another Saigon Rant. The last week…

I was first introduced to Gentoo Linux back in April, 2003. when I was a graduate student at Indiana University - Bloomington. The Unix Student Support Group organized a…

Today I had a nice conversation with a Vietnamese friend about different computer operating systems. She was thinking about purchasing an Apple Powerbook but was worried…

Vietnam is becoming the new mecca for outsourcing in Asia. Vietnam has a comparative advantage in young skilled labor where greater than fifty-percent of the 85 million…

Well, today was the day. July 17, 2007, my students had to turn in their collages. Look at the pictures below, I was surprised at how much work they put into their…

I lost my Stylix for my mobile phone last Saturday. I have been using my thumb to type my SMS messages. What a pain. Well, yesterday I went to the FPT Mobile Service…

Met with my student, Chi Mai, yesterday at Gloria Jean's Coffee in District 1. I consider Gloria Jean's Coffee one of the most expensive in Saigon but with the good…

Yesterday, Tony, his wife, and I attended the Vietnam Computer Electronics World Expo 2007. I came around 10:30 AM and ended staying over 2 hours. My frien, Mai, helped…

What's up with Google here in Vietnam? Google thinks that my T60 Thinkpad running OpenSUSE Linux 10.2 may be infected with a virus or has spyware. Google is so funny…

I met Mai and Vi at the Like This Cafe in Saigon. Yeah, there is a cafe named "Like This" and it is quite near my house. I never noticed it thus this was my first time…

Just giving a plug for my friend's new company, Games Corner, located here in Vietnam. He sells the original Electronic Arts Games either online or at one of his stores…