Photo: Foreigners in Vietnam, left to right: Dustin (SF), me (LA), Shawn (Singapore) I used to think that the Internet was a global network that worked pretty much the same way regardless of whether you’re in the U.S. or Vietnam. If that was ever the case, it isn’t any more. Last night, I was asked…Continue Reading…
Tonight I went to Quán ?c in District 4 for some snails. They are quite delicious. Here are some of the kinds we ate: Oc móng tay – fingernail snail Oc mo – snail with different skin Oc huong – the most expensive snail I rode on the back of a motorbike to get to…Continue Reading…
1. At the top left of your screen, open the Apple menu. 2. Click System Preferences… 3. Under Personal, click Langauge & Text. (On my system, this is the fifth icon from the left.) 4. Under the Language tab, drag English (or your preferred language) to the top of the list. In my case, I…Continue Reading…
Yesterday, I went to Pasadena City College and helped a friend learn how to use her MacBook. One of the problems she had was that Apple Mail had stopped working with Gmail. It was correctly configured to use IMAP, and it was working in the past, but now new emails were failing to appear. If…Continue Reading…
Chipmunk near Lake Louise Since having only text makes my site boring, I’ve resolved to start every post with an image. Yesterday, my sister started working on her Foods blog, and she was searching for an appropriate theme. My own site was long overdue for a theme update. Heck, my tagline still stated I was…Continue Reading…
I apologize for the scattered, unorganized nature of this post. It’s been a while since I last blogged. I didn’t have time to write a short blog post, so I wrote a long, rambling one instead. I spent all day learning about the cell carriers here in Vancouver, Canada. There are many options, all with…Continue Reading…