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Fedora 18 Beta – Fedora 18 Release Date 2013-01-08
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 The nautlilus file manager seems to have been replaced by "Files" File manager which has a very nice icon theme.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
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...
Phu Quoc Island
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...
Ho Chi Minh Zoo – Bussle Free Romance for Young People
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 Skydeck
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....
Ho Chi Minh Buildings
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...
