I also sent Kenn an email with the outlining the following sequence of events with Vietnam Embassy [VNE] in Washington D.C. during Nov 2008:
08 - We USPS Express Mail passports & non-barcode applications to VNE.
10 - I express mailed only barcode applications to VNE with explaination.
11 - Veteran’s Day Holiday.
12 - Barcode applications mailed 11/10 [...]
Archive for the 'Computer' Category
Nov
2008
21
Vietnam Visa Exemption Sequence-of-Events
Published by The Alchemist? 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Blog/Website, Ruby, Vietnam and Visa. ClosedNov
2008
17
Day of Computer Woes
Published by The Alchemist? 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Asides and Computer. ClosedThis morning we suddenly couldn’t get our telephone to dial nor keep a dialtone. I was pulling my hair out trying to get the telephone to work.
I finally got on the internet, brought up our VoIP provider’s website and found out that the VoIP provider’s database was corrupted.
I tried to do the changes suggested [...]
Nov
2008
10
Vietnamzen WordPress Update, etc.
Published by The Alchemist? 1 month, 3 weeks ago in Blog/Website. ClosedToday updated ‘Vietnamzen.com’ WordPress code to the latest version, removed outdated Vietnam pictures from 2006 and removed outdated categories and comments.
This is an interim step until we arrive in Hue, Vietnam where I will have more time to upload new Vietnam pictures, reactivate the photo gallery and probably add some new functionality.
Looks like we will [...]
Mar
2007
2
First Post from AMD 64×2 System Running Ubuntu 6.1 [Linux]
Published by The Alchemist? 1 year, 10 months ago in Blog/Website, Computer and Vietnam. 2 CommentsBehind the scenes, I’ve been struggling to learn Linux. I want to move away from Microsoft WinXP toward open source Linux software.
First I tried openSUSE v10.2 but the transfer speeds were too slow because they didn’t have a server in Vietnam, only China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Australia. However, Ubuntu has [...]
Jan
2007
12
Resurrected Motherboard
Published by The Alchemist? 1 year, 12 months ago in Computer and Vietnam. ClosedSince my AMD motherboard/CPU died several months ago and the local computer store told me the motherboard was burnt out due to the electrical problems, I have struggled with the decision of whether to buy another motherboard/CPU here.
When the lower 1/3 of my laptop screen failed (and now stays white all the time), I called [...]
Jan
2007
11
Can’t find a 3-prong electrical extension cord
Published by The Alchemist? 1 year, 12 months ago in Computer and Vietnam. ClosedBrought my computer over here from Washington and set it up. I noticed some not-so-mild shocks when I touched the case, but didn’t know exactly what action to take.
Sometime before three months here, the computer failed. I took it to the computer store and they got it running again. After a day [...]
Dec
2006
20
Mai’s Dec 18th Birthday
Published by The Alchemist? 2 years ago in Blog/Website and Vietnam. 4 CommentsMegan counted the days until Mai’s birthday and was adamant about having cake and ice cream. We had a great time and Megan is now looking forward to Christmas, but she still is wondering how Santa Claus is going to get into the house because it doesn’t have a chimney nor fireplace.
Mai had a [...]
I never would have believed what it took to obtain non-counterfeit DVDs here in Vietnam.
About a month ago, I walked into several computer shops here in Hue and asked the price of DVDs. The shop personnel looked at me like I was crazy and told me they didn’t have any DVDs in [...]
Sep
2006
22
Frustrated => Eureka moment
Published by The Alchemist? 2 years, 3 months ago in Computer, Rails, Ruby and Vietnam. ClosedAfter a complete day of frustation (not being able to debug Ruby on Rails application, I had a “Eureka moment”. I didn’t need a full-feature IDE debugger as much as I needed to change my pattern of developing software to include “behavior testing.”
Sep
2006
12
Where Has ‘GoDaddy.com’ Gone with my Email?
Published by The Alchemist? 2 years, 3 months ago in Computer. ClosedUPDATE: It appears that my email is now working. I will respond ASAP to any email I receive, so if you don’t get a reply with 24 hours, please leave me a comment on this blog so I know that I’m still having problems. (Currently, I can send myself email and I am receiving email [...]
Sep
2006
10
‘Random Recent Photo’ Notes
Published by The Alchemist? 2 years, 3 months ago in Blog/Website. ClosedMoving your cursor in the area over or around the photo will display the photo until you move your mouse cursor away from the gallery area.
Clicking on the photo will take you to a Gallery2 page which displays a much larger image. On this page you can change the image size, view a slideshow [...]
Sep
2006
9
My STUPIDITY almost makes me cry!
Published by The Alchemist? 2 years, 4 months ago in Blog/Website, Computer and Vietnam. 1 CommentThe motherboard and CPU which I brought here from the US is dead! Killed by NOT being grounded! …. I then told Mai how my stupidity had ruined $200-$300 of my computer equipment — motherboard, CPU and probably memory. I almost cried from my stupidity.
Sep
2006
9
Success, I finally did it! Come take a look!
Published by The Alchemist? 2 years, 4 months ago in Blog/Website, Computer and This'n'That. ClosedI finally succeeded in:
- being able to choose which pictures I want to include/exclude from the sidebar photo sideshow.
- adding a caption below the picture which uses the EXIF info stored in the picture (JPG) itself.
Sep
2006
6
Burned Out Tonight!
Published by The Alchemist? 2 years, 4 months ago in Computer and This'n'That. ClosedTonight I’m burned out. I’ve been working for approx a week on a WordPress plug-in which used the same AJAX fading thumbnail photo slideshow which is currently on the blog. The current on is connected to Gallery2 photo software, but I wanted to change the existing plug-in so that it did NOT connect [...]