Monthly Archives: June 2009

Vietnam

The first night in Ho Chi Minh(not Saigon, but Ho Chi Minh. If you have a date in Saigon, She’ll love you long time in Ho Chi Minh) I stayed at a nice hotel. From there, I moved to the … Continue reading

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4TB Hard drive

Absolutely huge. I’ve been thinking about taking my HTPC, loading it down with terrabytes of space and load all of my movies into it. I’m not sure if I can justify the 650 dollars at this point. I need a … Continue reading

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Offshore in Mexico 2

The lead tool hand here sounds like Bela Lugosi. And he is so polite. I half expect to hear him say “Senior, Senior… Please… Let me drink your blood”. There are times when I am glad I don’t speak Spanish. … Continue reading

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Offshore in Mexico

When I got to Mexico City, I went to the bathroom in the airport. The automatic soap dispenser was out, so I used the manual one on the wall. Got my hands good and soapy… only to find out the … Continue reading

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New House!

So, we’ve finally decided to buy a house and have the one we want under contract. It is a 2/1.5 brick ranch built around the 1950′s. The previous owner was either eccentric or old, so it has all these interesting … Continue reading

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