Here is a great shot from Sunwah (Sun Wah) Tower of downtown Saigon: … [Read more...] about View of Saigon from Sunwah Tower
Saigon Hue Street Food
I had some great Hue street food last week. This location is near the Saigon Convention Center in the Tan Binh District. I like to visit this place once or twice a week with my friend. … [Read more...] about Saigon Hue Street Food
Ubuntu Grading today
Well, today was the day. It was time to start grading my students on Ubuntu today. Today I focused on two categories: Ubuntu Installation and LAMP. Luckily for me, about 90 percent of my 11th and 12th Graders had Ubuntu 8.04 or 8.10 installed on their netbooks or laptops with two running Ubuntu on the Macbooks. Several other students were waiting for their laptops to be … [Read more...] about Ubuntu Grading today
Sidux Linux with LXDE – First Impressions
I have been wanting to try out Sidux Linux for a long time. I have tested it but since it only comes with the KDE and XFCE window managers, I never used beyond the testing phase. I am a fan of the Gnome desktop but it is not stable with Sidux. Then about two weeks ago, Mario Behling, who I met through FOSS Bridge here in Vietnam, introduced me to LXDE. Here are my first … [Read more...] about Sidux Linux with LXDE – First Impressions
Saigon Al Frescos
I had lunch the other day at Al Fresco's Mac Dinh Chi location with Patrick in Saigon. I ordered a mushroom burger and we both shared some really good nachos. Al Fresco's is pretty good, a bit pricey even by Expat standards, but worth the price. As usual, the service is pretty good though, I hate to say it, the cafe sua da is one of the worse in the city. Stick with a coke … [Read more...] about Saigon Al Frescos