Last Friday I completed one full week of Kendo lessons. In the past, the only martial arts classes I ever took was high school wrestling, hand to hand combat training in the US Marine Corps, and finally Aikido here in Saigon. I did not take an interest in aikido three years ago, I had meant to study kendo but I had no idea where the classes where. I regret not starting then … [Read more...] about Saigon Kendo Classes
Job Opening: PHP Programmer – People with Ideas
People with Ideas is currently recruiting for a full-time PHP Programmer. Job description and contact information is below. Description: PHP programmer with great problem solving skills needed. Will work with internal projects that involves well thought through database structures in MySQL, well written/structured/secured PHP code and front end solutions in … [Read more...] about Job Opening: PHP Programmer – People with Ideas
Fedora (10) ca0106 Audigy SE sound card working with 5.1
Today I installed Fedora 10 on my desktop. I need to spend some months working with Fedora to prepare for my Red Hat Certified Engineer exam which I will hopefully take this summer. I immediately had sound problems. Luckily, I was able to refer to my old posting from one year ago for the fix. This is just an edited version of that post. My desktop is currently using … [Read more...] about Fedora (10) ca0106 Audigy SE sound card working with 5.1
More street flooding in Saigon
Saigon got hit with huge thunderstorm that lasted nearly one hour this afternoon. As expected, many of the streets were flooded. The below pictures were taken on Bui Vien Street in the Pham Ngu Lao backpacker area about 45 minutes after the storm at the Santa Cafe. … [Read more...] about More street flooding in Saigon
Back to Saigon’s Cho Ray Hospital
I made a short visit back to Cho Ray Hospital today. It was amazing how packed it was today. Very surprising. We had to find parking across the street. We headed to the international health care section which was not crowded at all. Yeah, the fees are higher but when I looked at the prices I was surprised at how low the costs were. We then headed to the Vietnamese area … [Read more...] about Back to Saigon’s Cho Ray Hospital