Mel (Antidote to Burnout) mentioned if I had moved to a new house since I was no longer posting about my house on m blog. Nope, I am still here. There just have not been much to, umm, complain about my house. Last month my lease expired but I decided to continue it month-by-month until June. I did not want to pack up during both new years plus my ADSL bandwidth is finally … [Read more...] about Wedding in the Phu Nhuan District
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Funtoo Linux installed!!!
Finally, I got Funtoo Linux, a derivative of Gentoo Linux, installed on my desktop. Funtoo is a distribution created by the founder of Gentoo, Daniel Robbins. In his website, Daniel describes Funtoo Linux as a: Freshly-built Gentoo Linux variant, optimized for your processor, Funtoo Portage unstable branch, includes OpenRC, dhcpcd and git. He does not call Funtoo a fork … [Read more...] about Funtoo Linux installed!!!
Upgrading to Quad Core and new motherboard
Well, last week my P35 series Gigabyte motherboard had some problems. I thought it was battery related but turns out my motherboard may be faulty. I decied to replace it with a more power efficient P43 Gigabyte motherboard (P45 series seem still too buggy for Linux). With that, I decided to replace my dual core 2 CPU with a newer dual core 2 quad cpu. My old motherboard … [Read more...] about Upgrading to Quad Core and new motherboard
My house flooded again :-(
Within minutes of Tweeting that the current storm would create flooding in Saigon, I heard water on my stairwell. It sounded like somebody left the shower on. Not good. The last time this happened this happened was last July. This would be the 4th time I can remember my house flooding from the terrace located on the 5th floor. Unfortunately for me, there is only 1 drain … [Read more...] about My house flooded again :-(
Vietnamese Football Fans vandalized my house (Pictures)
Finally, here are some photos of my damaged house. Not sure what the costs of the repairs will be. Last night Vietnam beat Thailand 2-1. There were a lot of traffic again around our alleyway but little damage. Just mostly young guys racing their motorbikes, without helmets, with their girlfriends sitting behind them. By midnight things were quiet again. (Two marble … [Read more...] about Vietnamese Football Fans vandalized my house (Pictures)