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Internet line damaged in Vietnam

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It is not in the English news sites yet but the internet line shared by VNPT, Viettel and FPT was damaged recently outside of Vung Tau somewhere in the ocean.  I found out yesterday from my friend at VNPT when I complained about the terrible bandwidth from Vietnam to the US. Nobody seems to know when the line was actually damaged but I think it happened last Saturday morning … [Read more...] about Internet line damaged in Vietnam

What I brought from the US to Vietnam

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Well, it is hard to believe I have now stayed in Vietnam for over 2 weeks now after my 7 week trip to the US.  I have finally got over my jet lag.  I sleep at somewhat normal times now.  I can actually do some real blogging versus the photoblogging you have been seeing for the last couple of months. This post I want to talk about the three top items I brought from the US … [Read more...] about What I brought from the US to Vietnam

My iPad

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I consider this one of my best buys ever. I picked up my iPad in Palo Alto after visiting Stanford. I started liking the iPad after seeing a Japanese businessman play with it for nearly 8 hours on the 14.5 hour flight from Hong Kong to Chicago. I had looked at the Samsung Galaxy Android tablet but I was not impressed. It was too small and bluntly, there were more games with the … [Read more...] about My iPad

Sabayon Linux Five Oh!

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Yesterday I installed Sabayon Linux 5.4 (Gnome Edition) on my faithful IBM Thinkpad T60 (I bought the model before the switch to Lenovo).  I wanted to return to a Gentoo-based system to freshen up on my Linux skills.  I have gotten real lazy the last year since I started running Ubuntu Linux on my desktops and laptops.  Sabayon has been one of my favorite distros so far, I even … [Read more...] about Sabayon Linux Five Oh!