I have been getting behind on introducing new Expat Saigon Bloggers to Vietnam. Let's welcome Dan Lilly to the Saigon Expat Blogging community. He is another IT guy, and iPhone user, who recently relocated to Saigon. His blog can be found at this web address: http://www.danlilly.com/ Please visit Dan's blog and welcome him to Saigon! … [Read more...] about New Expat Saigon Blogger
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Best Saigon Restaurants
Mon Hue Restaurant Okay, I have a new favorite restaurant now. I am a big fan of Hue food here in Vietnam so finding any new Hue restaurant is always a good feat. My friend and I found Mon Hue Restaurant quite by accident today. We were riding down Hai Ba Trung looking for small restaurant when a downpour hit suddenly. We were passing Mon Hue just as it hit so naturally, … [Read more...] about Best Saigon Restaurants
Washing my motorbike
Yep, finally got around to washing my motorbike today. It was actually a harder feat than expected. It was difficult to find a rua xe near my house. There used to be one in the next alleyway but they shut down. A friend in the past who used to own a rua xe told me that it never made much money so they close down a lot. Luckily on the canal near the two Pham Van Hai cross … [Read more...] about Washing my motorbike
Twitter updater fixed
Well finally, no more double posting from my blog to my Twitter account. Twitter updater was updated this week with a fix. Thanks Preya (Dreaming of Hanoi) for the heads on over a week ago. In short, everytime I updated SaigonNezumi.com, two tweets were added to my Twitter account. One with a blank Wordpress entry, and one with the original posting. It has been … [Read more...] about Twitter updater fixed
Compromising to Ubuntu
Well, reality finally took hold on me this week. Yeah, I am a ardent fan of Arch, Gentoo, and FreeBSD. I really like Linux Mint. Unfortunately for me, the Linux distribution of choice in Vietnam is Ubuntu. Roughly 90 percent of Linux users I meet in Vietnam are now Ubuntu users. The other 10 percent are people like me seem to be the old school Linux propents who feel that … [Read more...] about Compromising to Ubuntu