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Well, about one and a half hours ago, I finally got my customized desktop running. PC-BSD is now installed and I am currently fetching and updating Ports on my desktop…

Friday night and Saturday was hell for me in regards to my new customized desktop. I spent most of Friday night trying to figure out why my desktop would not reboot. I…

Thanh Nien News puts out some interesting articles on occasion. This morning's lead articles focussed on cars and the possible fuel rises. (Source: Thanh Nien News) Last…

Well, I decided to build another custom desktop in my home again. My last customized system was an AMD64 desktops which is now running as the Vietnam BSD/Linux Mirror…

Well, this probably will not surprise many of you. Last saturday morning, my ADSL line was disconnected again. This time, my ADSL line was severed at the other end of my…

(Source: ViPLUG) Another article passed on by Tracy, http://www.ultraviolet.org/ in regards to Linux in Vietnam. I have been reading about the Communist Party requiring…

Just want to introduce you all to another Saigon Blogger, Lawrence Sinclair. Like Adam (Saigon Files), Lawrence is a Ruby on Rails developer. There seems to be at least…

First of all, "Happy New Year 2008" Everyone. Chuc mung nam moi. Vietnam is off to a good start for 2008. VietnamNet Bridge just published this article about the…

If you are looking for some good fried chicken then head out to SuSu in District 1. SuSu has the best chicken in town at the moment. The local Viet Kieu expats are…

Here is the newest kitten at my house with one big attitude. She is just one month old. I am not sure how long Ally will be in my house but probably through Tet. A…

Fresh from engadget, Intel's ClassmatePC will be shipping to Vietnam soon for about $250 for schools and $340 for everybody else. It will run Hacao Linux, a Vietnamese…

Here is an interesting article posted by IntellAsia.net in regards to regulating bloggers in Vietnam: "Vietnam needs to control blogs to prevent the spread of subversive…

I have a paved alleyway of sorts but they have not laid the asphalt yet. They are leveling and flattening the road this week. The dust level has decreased significantly…

Christmas Eve in Saigon was hectic this year. It took me nearly one hour to get to one of my favorite seafood restaurants in District 5. I finally got home a couple…

Two days ago, trucks starting bringing in big rocks for my alleyway. It looks like they are ready to repave my alleyway :-) (The trucks kept me up all night - A good…

A new great tool for those interested in investing in Vietnam. This website was created by the Foreign Investment Agency of Vietnam to make investment procedures in…

I really like the George Orwell twist to the latest article published by VietnamNet Bridge. Next year, the Ministry of Information and Communications will: All pre-paid…

The Saigon Linux Group (SLG) added PC-BSD to the Vietnam BSD/Linux Mirror in it's continuing effort to promote and support open source technology in Vietnam. The Vietnam…

It is hard to believe that my 10th and 11th Grade Vietnamese and foreign students at the American International School in Saigon have been using Linux for about one…

I remember back in August, 2004, the Vietnamese government tried to enforce the helmet law in the whole country. It ended up failing within the cities since the people…