My client's website was supposed to go live last weekend. Since the website needed to be hosted in Vietnam, I recommended Digipower run by a person I know through a friend of mine from the US. Digipower offers Linux web hosting packages which is one reason why I chose them. Unfortunately they host their servers in three different locations with FPT. That means they are … [Read more...] about Web Hosting in Vietnam Sucks
Technology
AIS Linux Lab Redesigned
Well, last weekend my Linux Lab at the American International School has been redesigned. It is now less cluttered and utilizes the U-shaped design which I prefer for a computer room. The old design made it difficult for me to manage the class as a whole. I also could not give any one-on-one time since it was too difficult to move been the desks. This will mean less … [Read more...] about AIS Linux Lab Redesigned
Another new Ubuntu User in Vietnam :-)
Amazing, got another student to use Ubuntu. Actually, he chose to install Ubuntu himself which greatly impressed me. Today at AIS, I watched him install Ubuntu himself. I helped a little with the partitioning but most of the work was performed by him :-) There were some issues at the end. Windows Vista would not boot up but then we found out he was booting the wrong Vista … [Read more...] about Another new Ubuntu User in Vietnam :-)
3G iPhone in Saigon
My former student, Wendy, showed me her brand new white 3G iPhone last Friday. I was surprised, it was very nice. I hate to say it, the design is much better than the original iPhone. … [Read more...] about 3G iPhone in Saigon
Setting up LAMP server and Laconica 0.5.0 in Ubuntu Hardy Heron
Just a writing a post for my students. I want them to set up LAMP and Laconica on their Ubuntu desktops for their projects. LAMP is a software bundle that includes Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP. In Ubuntu, it is quite simple to set up LAMP. Laconica is an open source microblogging application similar to Twitter. For beginners and even intermediate Linux users, installing … [Read more...] about Setting up LAMP server and Laconica 0.5.0 in Ubuntu Hardy Heron