Daily Twitter Posts - 05/11/2012 - 05/18/2012

Submitted by tomo on May 18, 2012 - 12:45pm

05/17 01:51 @ourman You mean hack as in to do something the way MacGuyver would? To take shortcuts? Much Vietnamese workmanship is a hack ;) #
05/17 01:49 @TravelinNatural Bicycle. Last time was a motorbike trip from Saigon to Hoi An - 1000+ km through mountains! #
05/17 01:01 @ourman Both meanings go way back but in general population it's unauthorized access to computer systems a la Wargames/Sneakers/Hackers. #
05/17 00:40 @TravelinNatural Looks like more than 400 km from Nha Trang to Saigon. Don't worry, there are busses and trains too, don't hafta go by bike #
05/17 00:36 @laidbackfreak Yep, cycling all the way - 3 days. Up to 170km per day. Friend started from Hanoi, so another friend wanted to join from NT #
05/17 00:15 Last minute plan to depart for Nha Trang by bus tonight, then immediately hop on a bicycle and start pedaling back to Saigon #
05/16 22:58 China: Foreigners caught just applying for a job w/o a work permit to be fined. Passports will be checked on streets http://t.co/KgGQzDhI #
05/16 22:01 @ourman Two connotations that go way back. 1) Rapidly write code (or a blog post) that may be ugly but works. 2) Like in the movie 'Hackers' #
05/16 05:18 RT @nguyenhimself: @Vietnam720 @tomosaigon I'm truly sorry for all the horrible, terrible things this guy has seen http://t.co/S4mhnr7B #
05/15 06:12 @Vietnam720 Haha! :-D Good to know that Firefox will also keep me "safe". P.S. Opera has great popup blocking, configurable per site. #
05/15 05:53 @Vietnam720 @nguyenhimself I have absolutely no imagination and therefore I am unable to pretend. P.S. Chrome Icognito is a great feature. #
05/15 05:43 @Vietnam720 @nguyenhimself Wait. Ben. Are you telling me it's possible to view pornographic imagery in my browser? Why did no one tell me! #
05/15 05:36 @nguyenhimself I have a browsing problem. Basically, lots of web/research projects continuously ongoing simultaneously. How many do u keep? #
05/15 05:34 @TravelinNatural RMIT is a pricey but high quality English-language (Australian) university with a nice campus, but w/o the prestige. #
05/15 03:24 Waiting for Chrome to 'reboot' after a crash takes the better part of an hour (with 200+ tabs). Computer nearly useless until 'OS' boots. #
05/13 11:10 @caligarn @dynamicscholar High Tech Soul is great! Another I remember from back then is Pioneers of Electronic Music: http://t.co/KXbZXDHf #
05/13 11:08 Idea tourist: Someone who thinks having a 'brilliant' business idea is enough to get free concessions #
05/13 04:51 @barijoe Clearly, we NEED an underground app store dealing in historic versions of auto-updating apps! #
05/12 00:32 @Vietnam720 @caligarn He is aware of the situation. :) He's missing out! #
05/11 20:19 Looking forward to a weekend of meditation in Saigon #
05/11 04:53 @springpad Can you please fix login via Google? I've been unable to access my account for days now. #
05/11 04:32 Good find, maybe an older draft rather than award winner? RT @jon7b: @tomosaigon is this the dissertation (PDF) ? http://t.co/n7o9Q64e #
05/11 03:51 @TravelinNatural Thanks! Are you coming through Vietnam/Saigon? #
05/11 03:49 @NBNQ Right, I was worried it would be behind a paywall. :-( Most likely, American taxpayers backed her research yet can't read the results #
05/11 03:45 @NBNQ Oh yeah? Do you have a link handy if it's available online? #
05/11 03:34 Anyone seen her around Saigon? Berkeley Ph.D. wins prize - dissertation on sex work in Vietnam, working in bars in HCMC http://t.co/EKTVsfPT #

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