There are several utilities to transfer a Live CD Image to USB (usb-creator, liveusb-creator, unetbootin). And they fall under the heading of "Live CD to USB Drive Transfer Tools" I believe these do a lot of unpacking and reconfiguration to get the USB key to boot...
Just spun up a Fedora 18 Gnome Live Beta CD inside Virtualbox 4.2.6 and Gnome Shell continues on it's path to almost total seemless integration. The nautlilus file manager seems to have been replaced by "Files" File manager which has a very nice icon theme. I'm...
Breakfast in Phu Quoc Sometimes you can tell they arent using trained staff. But I love vietnamese coffee in both its black and white varieties and its hot and cold variants. And the little filters used to make it So this is our last day in Vietnam just a morning...
Sorry I havent blogged been busy swimming, snorkelling, sunbathing. Phu Quoc pronounced foo kwook is a holiday island with a dark past. It was the home of a prison created by the french in 1953 which was later used by the south vietnamese to incarcerate north...
Went to the zoo in HCM without my wife because she was out with her sister. Discovered the 8000Dong entry fee creates a place where there isnt so many people and the park like surrounds and many park benchs provide many spots for young couples to currouse (speling?)...
Saigon River 49 Floors above the street the skydeck gives great views. A good list of globally significant buildings. Not just the tallest either which I like. View toward Ben Thanh markets(in middle of photo) completed in 1914 the largest covered markets in Vietnam....
I'm sitting in Highland Coffee a chain cafe along the lines of Gloria Jeans if you come from Australia or Starbucks if you are state side. I have an outdoor seat. The patron behind me is making loud phlegm (speling) clearing sounds but these issues are minor. I have...
Last night went to dinner at friends from Perths unit in District 7 which is an area where a lot of expats live because there isnt as much hussle and bussle as closer into the city centre. As you can see the unit is very modern. My mother-in-law made Pho earlier in...
Note to self. Draytek seems to offer good mid range DSL firewalls with plenty of features for the small to medium size business. A number of the hotels offering WiFi access here in Vietnam appear to be using Draytek "Vigor" kit.
I've tried this on Windows XP and it works. If you get this: If the Start Button Run... window is still available you can sometimes get around it by running the 'at' command. You get a system level command window. The at command time value is just a minute ahead of...