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Daily Twitter Posts - 01/01/2011 to 01/31/2011

Submitted by tomo on July 18, 2011 - 4:06pm

RT @AsCorrespondent: #SKorea: Man convicted of raping Vietnamese wife’s sister http://ow.ly/3MZyY #SouthKorea #SKorea Mon Jan 31 05:47:49 +0000 2011
@jon7b i'd also like if the VN gov subsidized electric bikes as much as they subsidized gasoline :) truck traffic hours should be limited! Mon Jan 31 05:35:13 +0000 2011
biggest concern for hanoians and saigonese alike is traffic and pollution, so why don't we seriously implement public transportation? Mon Jan 31 05:05:53 +0000 2011
@ChrisGNguyen i've heard rumors of Groupon negotiating with some local Vietnamese Groupon clones, who aren't waiting to gain market share Sun Jan 30 19:00:21 +0000 2011
@ChrisGNguyen some of our Vietnamese friends worked/work for the company that was bought and became Groupon Malaysia! Sun Jan 30 07:08:34 +0000 2011
@peoplewithideas maybe helpful saigonist post for VN servers: http://t.co/UESm2AX Fri Jan 28 12:46:21 +0000 2011
RT @TweetSmarter: An action unprecedented in Internet history: Egypt Leaves the Internet: http://j.mp/hVvs6U Fri Jan 28 05:28:12 +0000 2011
Anyone know how/if a foreigner/Viet Kieu can own a share of a Vietnamese JSC? Wed Jan 26 12:30:11 +0000 2011
Front page of CNN.com: Great Wall of Vietnam discovered http://bit.ly/h3cAG5 story by @fisheggtree Wed Jan 26 06:32:46 +0000 2011
src:http://bit.ly/enJ6kc RT @rockportrait: 142 journalists killed in Philippines since democracy was restored in 1986. Mon Jan 24 12:43:00 +0000 2011
anyone going Hanoi -> Saigon soon? Samsung i5503 are 1mil cheaper in HN @mattlepub Mon Jan 24 07:55:09 +0000 2011
@kennedypj there are plugins that do that, like addthis/sharethis Mon Jan 24 07:49:09 +0000 2011
@mattlepub who sells Galaxy 5s and 3s in Vietnam? Mon Jan 24 06:14:47 +0000 2011
@fisheggtree you'd bet Khmer/Cham over Chinese? VN also does a Chinese-esque 'curry', also watery and taken with bread Sun Jan 23 12:54:25 +0000 2011
An overview of colo/dedicated servers/VPS in Vietnam http://t.co/4No1kWh Sun Jan 23 12:29:25 +0000 2011
@caligarn yeah, I guess they're trying out new products and maybe diversifying away from strictly e-commerce Sun Jan 23 09:14:54 +0000 2011
what happens when you don't pay your Drupal bill: http://utilitybidder.co.uk/ Sun Jan 23 09:13:23 +0000 2011
Mai Linh taxis offer payment via SMS through MobiVi, who developed the system for $150k Sun Jan 23 06:45:18 +0000 2011
@careyz yup blekko allows user-created positive search results. i think a negative filter for the site everyone already uses is useful Fri Jan 21 09:29:54 +0000 2011
Can we crowdsource a Google SearchSpam Filter? http://t.co/z1DWnnM #saigonist Fri Jan 21 08:08:33 +0000 2011
RT @arielboone: A pizza with depth 'a' and radius 'z' has a volume of pi z z a. Thu Jan 20 07:11:05 +0000 2011
@madsmonsen my DNS server does all those facebook addresses and more, and it's a lot easier :) Tue Jan 18 16:18:29 +0000 2011
@Vietnam720 nice running into you, seems to be like the saigon tweetup office there :) Tue Jan 18 16:13:43 +0000 2011
just discovered bánh giầy which is basically mochi.. now where can I find some kinako to eat it with? Tue Jan 18 12:49:02 +0000 2011
@HerDailyDigest shopping? :) cheap for singaporeans, but maybe not so much for filipinos/vietnamese Tue Jan 18 12:38:25 +0000 2011
@madsmonsen the problem with fb.me is that it's blocked and i know of no alternative IP address for it that isn't Tue Jan 18 11:40:43 +0000 2011
Bureaucracy, corruption, wastefulness, social vices, moral and lifestyle degradation have not been prevented. - GS of VN Mon Jan 17 17:39:22 +0000 2011
Vietnam acknowledges corruption holds back country; some senior party members “lack example in morality and lifestyle.” http://bit.ly/dVd1ne Mon Jan 17 17:37:27 +0000 2011
Detroit Institute of Techno has been redesigned! http://www.detroitinstitute.org/ Mon Jan 17 17:25:01 +0000 2011
@PedroInSaigon Hola! i came back last week, we should catch up when you're free, si? Mon Jan 17 13:40:33 +0000 2011
could it work in Vietnam? RT @shilkytouch Only in Japan: A vending machine to buy solid gold bars http://spacein.jp/gold/hanbaiki.html Mon Jan 17 13:19:01 +0000 2011
@caligarn i believe it covers more than just using lisp4 but please let me know and i'll try to tweak it! Fri Jan 14 10:32:05 +0000 2011
RT @AsCorrespondent: Vietnam acknowledges corruption holds back country http://ow.ly/3CZPR Fri Jan 14 10:16:06 +0000 2011
@lamcaoson try shar.es/XT5kS to unblock Facebook Fri Jan 14 08:03:46 +0000 2011
Easy Access to Facebook in Vietnam (Redux) http://t.co/VZVbfkb #saigonist Fri Jan 14 08:00:32 +0000 2011
bringing home awesome baklava from berlin to saigon Sun Jan 09 18:13:19 +0000 2011
goodbye Spain and your relative warmth! Fri Jan 07 09:03:07 +0000 2011
Fun with bit.ly: use it as a quick&dirty pastebin for lists, addresses, directions to txt others: http://t.co/I1aeC1M Thu Jan 06 01:44:38 +0000 2011
@rockportrait i don't use iPhone, but Hotspot Shield does work for iphone app, and iphone can use proxies. check links http://bit.ly/g69JYG Wed Jan 05 17:17:03 +0000 2011
RT @dukedylan: Huge case of 16 rape accusations being dismissed in #Vietnam totally unacceptable http://bit.ly/gpyhAFhttp://bit.ly/gpyhAF Wed Jan 05 11:17:36 +0000 2011
why consider hi-speed rail from Vinh-Ha Noi but not Can Tho-Sai Gon? Wed Jan 05 10:49:21 +0000 2011
@BellVietnam in Spain until the 7th then back to Berlin, you want anything? :) Tue Jan 04 13:24:40 +0000 2011
Be prepared to bypass Vietnam's (or China) block on FaceBook or Twitter http://t.co/EI1xYyI Tue Jan 04 13:22:30 +0000 2011
let's build a Vietnamese ipaidabribe.com (Indian) Tue Jan 04 11:34:44 +0000 2011
@afieldofgrass i see so many yummy-looking restaurants while walking the picturesque streets and plazas of Madrid! Tue Jan 04 11:30:48 +0000 2011
@betoneko wow, you've been to Spain? my time here so far has been one long siesta :) thanks for the tips Tue Jan 04 10:34:20 +0000 2011
Madrid is nice - the streets are walkable and it's not -20 degrees Mon Jan 03 22:57:16 +0000 2011
biggest cave in the world being discovered in Vietnam, with rooms big enough for a city block of skyscrapers http://bit.ly/gw2WV2 Mon Jan 03 01:46:15 +0000 2011
@shilkytouch next time, book a cheap airasia flight from KL to Saigon! Sun Jan 02 19:31:35 +0000 2011
rang in the New Year with David Hasselhof launching into performance at midnight at Brandenburg Gate. he is a German national hero, Der Hoff Sat Jan 01 17:46:32 +0000 2011

[Getting old tweets out of twitter using the twimemachine]

Daily Twitter Posts - 05/1/2011 - 05/17/2011

Submitted by tomo on July 18, 2011 - 3:58pm

(Using the twimemachine:)
@doortomykitchen You will probably have to wait for a lot of ISPs' domain name cache to expire. It could be awhile w/o proper preparation Tue May 17 14:32:37 +0000 2011
So very retweet-worthy! :D RT @hcmctoday: @tomosaigon you have the best tweets on twitter. I always read what you write. :D Mon May 16 14:26:53 +0000 2011
@HerDailyDigest I believe there's a Kuwaiti consulate on Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street near Mac Dinh Chi (1 block down) Mon May 16 13:27:28 +0000 2011
@caligarn @ncouture I have a copy (a photocopy) of "first they killed my father". It's fairly sadness-inducing. Can lend if you want. Mon May 16 11:26:39 +0000 2011
@caligarn Violin lessons over MS-Skype! Mon May 16 09:52:39 +0000 2011 On the bridge next to my house, there is a half-naked man guarding a box labeled "DRIED FISH CLOTHES" (in English) Mon May 16 07:39:46 +0000 2011
RT @tatn: VN Ministry cite anti-state to criminalize these online news tuanvietnam, Saigon,Bee founded by Vietnamese to report news+bann ... Sun May 15 20:39:46 +0000 2011
@bryanpelz @saigonnezumi If it sounds like MEN! | TE! | DO! then it may be your neighbor slicing off heads | hands | guts Sun May 15 15:32:58 +0000 2011
@ChrisInCambo Hehe sorry, I hope it wasn't all the Nigerians that Vietnam kicked out awhile back ending up in Cambodia Sun May 15 11:17:59 +0000 2011
Cambodia becomes the next Nigeria? Got a 419 Scam email from Cambodia to claim some stashed Huynh funds Sun May 15 10:38:14 +0000 2011
@peoplewithideas Will you choose a local provider? VPS? Sat May 14 14:33:51 +0000 2011
@tamkaizen Nearly every eyeglass shop in the city sells contact lenses, all imported, and you don't need to buy a whole box Sat May 14 06:40:25 +0000 2011
@saigonnezumi I'm blocking traffic to your new VPS? Btw, have you looked at cloud services from VNTT in Binh Duong? Thu May 12 16:53:50 +0000 2011
@Ann_Ha @betoneko I mean the source of dealings with that shady FB fan dealer.. not the source for the dealer, we know who that is! Thu May 12 16:51:31 +0000 2011
@monsterngan I hope this person is only looking for a job, not companionship, and that they just mistranslated độc thân :) Thu May 12 16:49:37 +0000 2011
Just received a CV that says: "Marital status: lonely" Thu May 12 05:58:55 +0000 2011
@betoneko @Ann_Ha Are you familiar with the source for that story? Or was it an outsider? Wed May 11 16:45:18 +0000 2011
@dynamicscholar C, are you part of the junglist massive? Lighter! Wed May 11 16:44:08 +0000 2011
@saigonnezumi Hey... what you say? Wed May 11 16:43:20 +0000 2011
@Ann_Ha The Tuoi Tre article links to facebook..vn, makes it seem like FB themselves are selling fans! @betoneko Wed May 11 10:08:18 +0000 2011
@Ann_Ha Some companies on FB in VN with 10000+ fans recently found themselves banned for buying fans, after being reported to FB Wed May 11 10:02:55 +0000 2011
@ourman @SaigonSean 1st rule of being a social media expert: tell everyone on the Internet you are one (after a few weeks of reading blogs) Wed May 11 09:40:42 +0000 2011
Often find myself enamored at the back of a girl's head on a motorbike. If only I knew then what I'd soon see in the rearview mirror. Wed May 11 08:06:22 +0000 2011
@rockportrait @dukedylan I use both Seesmic web and Hootsuite, both good neither perfect. Seesmic shows conversation inline, "in reply to" Wed May 11 07:57:53 +0000 2011
@andrewduck I can send you some details on sponsorship levels, send me a DM Wed May 11 07:54:09 +0000 2011
h8sq updated to filter 4sq on Seesmic, Hootsuite. Also: black out promoted tweets on Hootsuite! http://goo.gl/I7bn6 Wed May 11 05:25:16 +0000 2011
@saigonnezumi How's your local VPS? Who did you go with? Wed May 11 04:54:27 +0000 2011
@purplematt @veryvietnam I'm w/ you - anyone in Vietnam who eats out consumes boiled and probably unboiled tap water Tue May 10 09:19:04 +0000 2011
@kingceejay @mr_kimpossible Behind the water puppet theater on NTMK are some bball courts. Sundays around 4, 4:30. Randoms always pick up Tue May 10 09:10:41 +0000 2011
@wibbly @saigonsean Haha, I'm a fan, just like I'm fond of American wheat pennies and buffalo nickels. But stores rarely give 200s as change Tue May 10 09:08:57 +0000 2011
@caligarn @saigonnezumi @barcampsaigon D7 still closer than Quang Trung, most schools in inner city lack large auditorium Tue May 10 08:12:14 +0000 2011
@dynamicscholar @Vietnam720 But it -looks- like progress! Tue May 10 08:07:26 +0000 2011
@veryvietnam Many households use water tanks to store tap water (pressure, outages). These tanks are often unsanitary. Tue May 10 06:41:44 +0000 2011
I wonder if Vietnam's inflation would grow slower if people used credit cards more, so prices could go up less than 1000 VND at a time Mon May 09 12:59:46 +0000 2011
@mrcerulean Thx for taking the bait ;) My internal liquid cooling system fails at 35+C, I seek solutions that take advantage of covered pits Mon May 09 08:41:25 +0000 2011
@wibbly Need to pick your brain on this topic too sometime! Was thinking ice packs in shoes.. but how to comfortably ice the groin, longish? Mon May 09 07:29:19 +0000 2011
@CTKT @PedroInSaigon @TylerWatts I played laser tag there a few years back. As fun as anywhere. Sweat balls using other people's sweaty gear Mon May 09 07:27:00 +0000 2011
Weather: It's too many F'n Cs out there. If only there was some way to install liquid cooling in the armpits. Mon May 09 05:33:39 +0000 2011
@kingceejay @mr_kimpossible PMH a bit far, but a couple of us shoot hoops next to Tao Dan Park in D1 on Sunday afternoons, wanna join? Sat May 07 20:23:22 +0000 2011
@dynamicscholar Clearly a lot of unscrupulous businesses increase prices merely because they can, e.g. services where major cost is labor Sat May 07 09:32:40 +0000 2011
@dynamicscholar Oh, totally agreed. The serious problem of inflation - prices never go down, and deflation is a danger economies also fear Sat May 07 09:30:35 +0000 2011
@stickyinhanoi I salivate over garlic (and ginger) in my fish sauce Fri May 06 11:37:46 +0000 2011
RT @duosec: New blog post - Breaking down the probable LastPass breach: http://goo.gl/FoKPt Fri May 06 09:15:26 +0000 2011
@dynamicscholar My understanding is VN gas prices are heavily subsidized, and the pump price isn't set by market, to soften +/- price shocks Fri May 06 09:07:18 +0000 2011
@trangthule @betoneko Is pho ngheu a proper pho? What about pho xao okonomiyaki at Hachiya? Fri May 06 09:03:32 +0000 2011
@madsmonsen Could be benign, could be a monkey-in-the-middle attack. Could be TweetDeck changing owners too. Thu May 05 07:19:02 +0000 2011
@scarlettran That's so cool they have a "cyberculture" class, and give credit for it.. changes my opinion of RMIT Wed May 04 21:11:28 +0000 2011
#4VN! RT @techcrunch: Brammo To Make Electric Motorcycles That Feel More Like Gas-Powered http://tcrn.ch/mCYS7c Wed May 04 13:30:49 +0000 2011
@barijoe I sincerely hope someone got hired by listing Klingon language abilities Wed May 04 13:27:25 +0000 2011
@scarlettran GITS long precedes either of those 2! Where do they teach cyber class? Wed May 04 07:19:03 +0000 2011
@betoneko Fast food at fast food prices :) Tue May 03 21:50:08 +0000 2011
@shakkabrutha I could name a name but that's missing the point: these deals are happening secretly to the benefit of developers Tue May 03 21:49:32 +0000 2011
Eating deep-fried maki-rolls and omu-rice at a 'teen' bubble tea shop, some girls are playing Uno :) Tue May 03 08:36:23 +0000 2011
@shakkabrutha It's a secret, they don't want people to know!, want people to think they're doing well Mon May 02 15:22:16 +0000 2011
VN developers are secretly selling off highrises at firesale prices to fund building more over-priced housing with low demand Mon May 02 12:39:05 +0000 2011
OBL dead! Re: retaliation, glad I live in one of the only countries in SE Asia without war, extreme religion, and Muslim separatists Mon May 02 07:26:37 +0000 2011
Why isn't there a strongly branded mid-range hotel chain in VN with memorable name, convenient locations, consistent service? Sun May 01 15:27:42 +0000 2011
@anhlt84 Thanks for the asterisk.vn link! If running Asterisk in the office, I worry about power outages.. Sun May 01 07:38:42 +0000 2011
Gơơgle.vn: VNNIC lets any non-foreigner register .vn domains w/ diacritics for free; disputes must be handled in VN court. Reckless NIC? Sun May 01 06:51:44 +0000 2011
RT @tatn: #VietNam's security detained Nguyen Cong Nhat 5 days ago has now died. Govt claimed that he "killed himself": his body showed ... Sun May 01 05:27:57 +0000 2011
@barijoe haha, averaging over 1 murder per day in NYC so they're busy (same in Chicago, but far less people/detectives, be careful) Sun May 01 05:21:43 +0000 2011

Daily Twitter Posts - 07/01/2011 - 07/15/2011

Submitted by tomo on July 18, 2011 - 3:47pm

07/14 09:25 I think train stations should be built on the tops of artifcial slopes like rollercoasters. Think of the speed and braking benefits! #
07/14 09:21 @fisheggtree I hear he is/was quite famous in China. Guess it's a summer tradition here, like X-mas movies. #
07/14 07:56 @fisheggtree Dude, that's Tay Du Ky aka Journey to the West. Classic Chinese tale and inspiration to Dragonball #
07/14 05:08 @caligarn Cuz they are sad that they can't put Flash in the favicon #
07/14 03:45 (AP) Armed Chinese soldiers beat up Vietnamese fishermen, take 1 ton of fish / http://goo.gl/NP5F1 #
07/14 03:17 @ourman @ericburdette For some technical reasons, Twitter sucks balls at aggregating (when reading beyond 1 hour) #
07/14 03:13 Lol RT @charliesheen: I'm down with the Clown. Whoop!! Whoop!!
(Jugaloo fever!!! 8/13)
Whoop!! Whoop!!
#ICP #
07/14 03:11 @scarlettran Very cool, like the #romitvn logo! I hope y'all have plans to continue maintaining the sites after the course ends? #
07/14 02:59 @ericburdette @ourman Google+ may start by being the place to post longer tweets thereby taking over as people's Twitter client #
07/14 02:10 RT @TheEconomist: The Republicans are playing a cynical political game with hugely high economic stakes http://econ.st/nNjSoO #
07/14 02:08 RT @careyz: China rejects Manila offer to bring dispute to UN http://bit.ly/rmzDIY. ie bully knows he's wrong but wont stop. #
07/13 15:21 JIRA's Bonfire looks nice, if only something like it integrated with other issue trackers like Redmine #
07/13 13:23 RT @grapealope: There are 250 Genomics companies in China. 70% founded in last 3-5 years, 80% founded by Chinese returnees. #singularityu #
07/13 13:22 RT @grapealope: Drug development in India is 70-80% cheaper than the US. @DivaBiotech #biotech #singularityu #
07/13 13:18 @madlyduck @betoneko Green tea in VN far from matcha. What are differences between VN rice wines and sake? E De ruou can drunk communally #
07/13 08:41 @TylerWatts @caligarn According to this theory, we can predict a Japanese Eminem in a few years. Can't wait! #
07/13 08:31 @TylerWatts @caligarn So basically Vpop comes from Motown. Now if we could figure out where each language came from... #
07/13 05:35 @caligarn Which begs the question: What produced Michael Jackson? @TylerWatts #
07/13 05:27 Warning for anyone building products on Facebook: Prepare to be usurped when FB wants your property! http://goo.gl/107GK #
07/13 04:12 @betoneko You know, when I discovered banh canh, I ate it as a replacement for udon ;) And banh day == mochi. But xi muoi != umeboshi. #
07/13 04:10 @OfficeSpace_SG So I guess the chain of 'evolution' goes like this: Jpop -> Kpop -> Vpop -> Khpop (whatever you want to call Khmer pop) #
07/13 02:12 @betoneko I had curry udon last night. :) I can honestly say I don't miss Cambodian food #
07/13 01:53 @TylerWatts @Anita_Tran @OfficeSpace_SG Vietnamese covering American/East Asian pop is understandable. Surprised anybody would copy V-pop! #
07/13 01:40 @betoneko Udon restaurant on Mac Dinh Chi is close enough. And the Japanese staff there are so tall. #
07/13 01:34 On the TVs on the bus to Phnom Penh: Bad Khmer covers of Vietnamese pop songs #
07/12 10:09 Straight out of Cam, right back to Saigon. Then straight to Japan for some real udon. Only VNese staff break the illusion. #
07/11 13:20 RT @fisheggtree: we are looking at the end of most of VN's large wild mammals w/in 25yrs if something desperate is not done immediately. #
07/11 13:08 @jobnomade Ask: Do I want to be sick last decades of life? I met De Grey years ago, support SENS. Benefits beyond long life. #methuselah #
07/11 02:59 After years of delays, Korean-backed Cambodian Stock Exchange opens today, but not a single company listed. http://goo.gl/rc8W4 #
07/11 02:17 N. Korean imports Rolexes while countrymen starve, resort to cannibalism. EuroComm. send millions in emergency food aid (and watches) #
07/09 12:14 Money can't buy happiness. But $4 can buy a pizza of happiness. #
07/09 10:08 @PedroInSaigon My guess is: there isn't. They are false cognates, perhaps similar to an exclamation like 'hey?' #
07/09 05:31 I swear, there is a mini funbox built into my hotel room in Phnom Penh. #skateboarding #
07/09 05:28 @preetamrai Glad you're coming to @barcampSaigon. And thx for reminder, I should pay tribute to @hackerspacepp while I'm here #
07/09 04:59 @preetamrai Hey, what are you doing in Phnom Penh? I'm also there for a few days. #
07/09 04:55 Mexican illegal immigration to the US has nearly stopped b/c Mexico's become an ok place to live. Is Vietnam far behind? #
07/09 01:29 Ready to leave Phnom Penh as soon as Vietnam will have me back! #
07/07 13:07 @madlyduck Here I am thinking black holes are imploded stars in our universe. Where do they exist? How does matter leave a BH? #
07/07 12:09 @madlyduck What was the matter pulled into? What universe were the black holes in? #
07/07 09:26 @nino_nina Good point. It's normal for American HS girls to wear makeup but not in Vietnam, even in university, right? #
07/07 09:25 @PedroInSaigon Lol, sometimes it seems like they are all 14 years old! @dukedylan VN is also obsessed with every kind of model #
07/07 08:41 This is what a 14-year old Vietnamese girl looks like: http://goo.gl/yt0Gm #
07/07 04:09 @PedroInSaigon @OfficeSpace_SG @jon7b Maybe better to take over her debt and use her interest payments to help educate others? :) #
07/07 04:08 @OfficeSpace_SG True. Microloans aimed at microbusinesses (like your food seller) who can pay back. Gamblers: send them to math class #
07/07 03:41 @caligarn Whoops, sorry @careyz! Re: unifying web services. OAuth + APIs (REST). Can already upload any kind of file to Google Docs #
07/07 03:32 @carez @caligarn Jolicloud web app manager http://bit.ly/nLdgMN + services with Dropbox integration + OAuth, the building blocks are there #
07/07 02:59 @jon7b @OfficeSpace_SG Hard to get normal loan? They should use microfinance (Kiva, etc) but only in VN in last 2-3 yrs, still unknown #
07/06 10:57 People hate BankofAmerica, JPMC, AT&T, Facebook most. [ http://goo.gl/oavEL ] Wonder if there's enough contrast in VN companies to matter? #
07/06 10:50 @philip_arthur Lol, pronounced the same too. I do have an idea for a Groupon for pornography though... #
07/06 10:49 @caligarn I set a honeypot laptop out in the wild and waited to see what internets the natives browsed on it, followed by CSI forensics #
07/06 09:25 I just 'discovered' a new Groupon clone 'in the wild'. I do like the name Vietpon though. #
07/06 05:53 @dynamicscholar If there is, they hide it. Along with any pricing information. Ripe for competition better than Moodle #
07/06 05:40 A new use has been found for Bitexco Tower: Vertical raceground. Still charging $12 to go up. http://goo.gl/7iapY #
07/06 05:33 It's Britney, but still this I Wanna Go remix is hot: http://goo.gl/gX1bK and @weareoliver has Detroit street cred: http://goo.gl/YSqj2 #
07/06 03:04 Blackboard, the overpriced and much loathed school software, sold for $1.64 Billion. What an opportunity.. #
07/06 02:37 @caligarn There's some mandate for all civil servants and state owned enterprise employees to take the bus weekly tied to bonuses #
07/06 02:35 @jon7b Compressed natural gas-powered busses are already coming online #
07/05 16:24 Every few hours I check #bitcoin on IRC to see how much further BTC has fallen on MtGox as they slowly let everyone cash out #
07/05 07:20 Export your FB friends while you still can! Facebook blocks Google Chrome extension for exporting friends http://zd.net/ipYDXZ #
07/05 03:23 What's wrong with this picture? http://bit.ly/lhfUYG #hanoi #
07/04 10:33 @kennedypj @saigonnezumi Cuz PHP is dumb. 5.3 introduced a lot of syntax changes, e.g. call-time pass-by-reference. Usually easy to fix.. #
07/04 04:56 @jobnomade Hear, hear! Vietnam needs Heroes and CSI: Saigon, maybe Cops too #
07/04 04:52 @betoneko Yup! Fox News is known for stretching the truth at the best of times, this time just lack of security and response/awareness #
07/04 03:45 @foxnewspolitics is reporting that Pres Obama has just been assassinated! @PedroInSaigon @betoneko #
07/04 03:18 Awesome RT @tomoakiyama: Lady Gaga on #Japanese talkshow: Outrageous outfit, pulls out candy from her head [PHOTO] http://bit.ly/ixrJ3j #
07/04 03:01 @caligarn Google apps + Google+ + Google single sign-on? Getting there slowly... #
07/04 02:59 Also, know who has editorial control! RT @betoneko: Never trust a man who reads only one newspaper (or none) #
07/04 02:51 @veryvietnam A novel idea indeed.. a place to read books for free - let's give the idea a name. Maybe call it "library"... #
07/04 02:31 @jobnomade Local govt prefers paying small compensation to victims rather than for responding with prevention. http://goo.gl/XS0jB #
07/04 02:25 @jobnomade Investigating crime isn't in job description for cops in VN. We need a new type of police, chartered to serve and protect #
07/03 07:26 @VietnamBlogs I don't know you/your business model or system, whereas that site clearly gets paid for spam; assumed mistaken association #
07/03 07:20 @tamkaizen The slopes of a pyramid are awfully slipperly. I'm sure some see opportunities in VN's lack of experience/history with MLMs #
07/03 07:10 @VietnamBlogs So it took only a cursory look for me to tell it was a made-for-Adsense site, if you need to tweak your automation then fine #
07/03 07:09 Expat pain relief in #Vietnam / http://goo.gl/Ho2zu (but today, naproxen out of stock in 4 pharmacies, codeine easy to find) #
07/03 07:00 @VietnamBlogs Lol, haha thanks and no worries... just keeping you on your toes! #
07/03 06:42 @VietnamBlogs Do you get paid to promote low quality / spam / copied sites? You should at least say it's advertising #
07/03 06:31 @betoneko @ericburdette Enlightened Ohioans have decided lots of beer + American football + history of rioting + GUNS is a good plan #
07/03 05:50 Where do casual games like Zynga / Mafiaville fit in Google+ or should they remain a Facebook plague, source of income? #
07/02 01:35 10s of thousands lose cash in collapsed pyramid scheme; MLMs still growing / http://bit.ly/lr1jom #Vietnam #
07/02 01:12 @philip_arthur There's 'boiled egg' - white on the outside, yellow on the inside, not sure it applies though #
07/01 03:46 RT @hcmctoday: Tease an Australian by saying that you "think the South African accent is beautiful." I couldn't do it with a straight face. #
07/01 03:43 @ericburdette There are several free databases which map IP addresses to countries; better, paid ones like MaxMind have more granularity #
07/01 03:19 @caligarn Whoops, it's Dang Tat. I still saw the old cards with old addr, with some handwritten scratches maybe for the new location. Pro. #
07/01 03:14 @caligarn Friend says it's pre-Reunification Saigonese style; should be celebrated. Then again rich culture lead to the fall of South VN.. #
07/01 03:10 @caligarn Today was the 2nd time I first went to the Dung Tat location before finding out everyone's on TTT. Even cards give Dung Tat addr #

Daily Twitter Posts - 06/01/2011 - 06/30/2011

Submitted by tomo on July 18, 2011 - 3:15pm

06/29 09:11 @scarlettran Cool :) It's been like watching video footage of fans at a football match and not being able to see the game! #
06/29 09:09 @LandonCarnie @scarlettran Need not be an expert to present, share experiences, even lead a roundtable/discussion at #barcampsaigon, #
06/29 08:20 @scarlettran Funny, I was just reading the #rmitvietnam chatter! A lot of activity, but w/o more prez notes tweeted I feel I'm missing out #
06/29 03:58 I have been listening to Google Music for awhile now. It is called YouTube and everyone else takes care of the uploading! #
06/29 03:38 One less criminal off the streets. RT @tuoitrenewsvn: Traffic cop stabbed to death at HCMC café http://bit.ly/m2ubyF #
06/28 18:24 @vietdlam Immigration problems at Vietnam's ports are bribes, bureaucracy, lack of queueing. What frame of reference makes that better? #
06/28 18:16 @vietdlam Check again, Vietnam isn't on that list of countries. US promotes tourism from Europe, rich Asian countries. #
06/28 17:26 @vietdlam Also, the US isn't paying millions of $$ to get visitors from VN to come, only to make it difficult once they do #
06/28 17:23 @vietdlam Perhaps it's unfair that VNese can't easily visit developed countries, but at least when they do they don't need to bribe the US #
06/28 12:44 @betoneko What happened? I left and you were still surrounded by friends... #
06/27 00:46 Vietnam First and Last Impressions: Scams and Corruption: http://goo.gl/OKknY #
06/26 04:39 @michaelcoyote Having only been to London in the 21st century, I'll have to take your word for it old man ;) #
06/26 02:30 I know everyone treats the canals like a toilet. Nevertheless, I was - shocked! - someone had tossed an actual toilet in there #
06/24 06:41 @dynamicscholar Respect. I have some early DrumCode records sitting in a crate from some 10+ years ago. #I<3Techno #
06/24 05:21 @dynamicscholar DrumCode as in Adam Beyer and all those Swedish techno guys? #
06/24 01:17 More ways to get around the Facebook block in Vietnam: http://goo.gl/wkl6g #
06/23 11:59 Trivium: There is a village named Ben Tre in Cuba, 30km from Havana #
06/23 04:11 RT @careyz: Who is provoking whom? Global Times: China must react to Vietnam's provocation http://bit.ly/lMmWx7 #
06/22 14:19 @afieldofgrass You understood very clearly. :) @jobnomade probably has more experience than those working at companies #
06/22 10:58 @afieldofgrass @caligarn @realchristran @jobnomade Can't step outside w/o running into online marketing / SEO experts (w/o a year of exp.) #
06/22 04:24 @philip_arthur I had a guy the other day look at my plates, identify my district and make a good guess at the ward even. #
06/22 04:12 @ChrisInCambo I would look at 2600's worldwide phone booth archives #
06/21 13:56 Drinking sua dau phong - peanut milk. Liquid nuts style. #
06/21 01:53 @jodiehuynh Try Nguyen Thi Minh Khai around Nguyen Binh Khiem for VCR shops #
06/21 00:18 @manandultraman Not so. Per capita is a bad target of measurement when Vietnam has 14x the pop. of Laos. Cheaper to make Laotian babies. #
06/20 05:17 @manandultraman "Per capita." Cambodia and Laos have tiny populations compared to Vietnam. #
06/20 05:15 @caligarn So I guess the Hong Kong movie industry doesn't count? #
06/19 00:27 @caligarn Strange coincidence, I've been reading through that library the past few weeks #
06/16 03:17 Vietnam is the kind of place you'd expect to spawn a Bitcoin hacking/thiefing ring #
06/15 11:50 Would you pay 50k to have someone come to you to fix your flat tire late at night or during a storm? Would you pay in advance (insurance)? #
06/14 05:30 Groupon salesmen, the car salesmen of the online marketing age #
06/14 03:55 When someone throws a sack of trash in the river, I believe the law says you should throw them in the river #
06/13 02:20 A good use for Facebook face recognition: recognize when a-holes tag people in ads or promotions #
06/12 09:43 @Anita_tran There are countries where we must make our own ice, cut our own nails, wash our own hair, pour our own drinks. Glad VN isn't 1! #
06/12 02:10 @rockportrait I support truth in advertising #
06/09 06:08 @nguyenhimself Btw, if you ever want to work more with Drupal let me know! #
06/09 06:06 @nguyenhimself @thomaswanhoff For bloggers, stick w/ WordPress. If comfortable w/ code, Drupal offers more nerd power, even a CLI #
06/09 06:01 http://barcamp.crowdeo.com RT @barcampSaigon: Announcing the BarcampSaigon Design Contest. http://cot.ag/jupj31 #
06/09 05:58 @caligarn D'oh! Clearly, we need another wiki to organize where all our wikis are. #
06/07 05:41 @kennynguyenus But blogging against bribery, and pinpointing specific people, one is liable to be arrested or blocked. #
06/07 05:38 @dshupp In this case I was asked "đắng hay ngọt" and đắng meant an extra shot :) #
06/06 13:25 @nguyenhimself TL;DR: American tornadoes seem to destroy an awful lot of churches #
06/06 12:43 @nguyenhimself @caligarn @jon7b @jessdiep Dude, have you ever considered interpreting Nostradamus? #
06/06 12:21 @tamkaizen I posed that same question a few months back, garnered no interest. http://bit.ly/iFO34l @ipaidabribe #
06/06 11:04 What's more effective: Blogging against bribery -or- Technology for transparency #
06/06 07:12 @PedroInSaigon @Jessdiep As Peter said, it's the bank machine where you enter your PIN number and money comes out #
06/06 06:30 @Jessdiep Are you confusing Twitter with an ATM machine? #
06/06 05:41 Streetside cafe sua da w/ extra shot of cafe. It's like flipping an internal ON switch. #
06/04 03:09 With the cyberwarcry of "Hacker VietNam is No.1", a Chinese govt website is hacked and defaced / http://goo.gl/WqcM6 #
06/03 06:09 Will trade web skills for tacos. (Only half kidding) #
06/03 03:48 @caligarn The Drug War-Prison-Industrial Complex creates jobs and decreases unemployment (prisoners don't count) #
06/03 03:37 "Made-in-Vietnam garbage classifying machine comes out" made me think "machine labels anything from VN as garbage", but is actually cool #
06/03 03:23 @jon7b I always :( a little when VNers use English names. Wish they'd choose cool names like Ice Thi or names from Decepticons #
06/02 06:44 Hanoi wants $120 BILLION to improve its appearance. How about $1B on reducing corruption and maybe we won't need another $119B #
06/02 04:16 There's even a secondary market in Vietnam to unload your unwanted Groupon clone vouchers which were hastily bought #
06/02 04:13 @tamkaizen There are at least 20 Groupon clones in Vietnam now and the biggest resort to rather shady business practices #
06/02 04:04 Sadly, @rackspace aren't opening a DC around VN any closer than HK which also won't have cloud services for awhile #
06/02 03:44 RT @madlyduck: just keyed a #RollsRoyce while riding at 80km/h. That nouveau rich Vnese guy dared to cut me. #ComeAtMeBro #
06/01 10:23 RT @shilkytouch: Kuni no tame ni RT @umairh: RT @lightwerk: Selfless Senior Citizens Lining Up to Tackle Fukushima http://bit.ly/jaFW6t #

Daily Twitter Posts - 05/17/2011 - 05/31/2011

Submitted by tomo on July 18, 2011 - 3:11pm

05/28 07:15 RIP Gil Scott-Heron, the Godfather of rap. / http://bit.ly/ipnzqK and http://goo.gl/vIXCf #
05/27 06:28 How would you spend $115 million to tackle corruption in Vietnam? (Without promoting corruption) #
05/27 06:16 @ericburdette @shakkabrutha Generally (USA), any dropped helmet is no longer considered safe. A cracked one's a goner for sure #
05/27 05:48 Any sk8 companies touring VN? Saw some out-of-towners discovering some spots up by the zoo #sk8ordie #
05/26 06:06 @jjlechau @Uyenvu Hmm, how about phones (w/ tiny watch battery) that emit a loud siren/message when texted a secret code #
05/26 06:00 @ncouture Not sure I agree it's just cheaper food. Aside from imported electronics, cost of living is quite low / http://goo.gl/sehuY #
05/26 05:56 @chickamade Logging out of the OAuth provider can revoke any access tokens, although I'm not sure this is required by the spec #
05/26 02:48 The answer to what that man was speaking: not Vietnamese / http://www.saigonist.com/b/muong-language #
05/24 15:42 @trunghaiy Hey, are you using Ubercart 2? #
05/24 12:08 RT @TheEconomist: It is tough for foreign retailers to crack Vietnam, but it used to be tougher http://econ.st/jKjxCS #
05/24 11:48 RT @CTKT: Amazing animation made by Vietnamese. #impressed http://t.co/lziAluu via @youtube #
05/24 11:45 @Vietnam720 @lamcaoson I had heard IKEA was opening a store in Thu Duc last July but it never happened #
05/24 03:46 @caligarn Non-skyscraper buildings, poor planning, sedans, minivans, taxis, constant road construction... cause traffic on the ground. #
05/23 02:02 To all my Vietnamese-speaking friends, can you hear and identify this what this man is saying? http://goo.gl/gpuk1 #
05/22 11:40 Stay cool: an electric jacket that keeps you cool and warm. Just what I'd been waiting for / http://goo.gl/6GEcD #
05/22 07:17 @careyz @tamkaizen That wasn't even coffee. The coffee drinks are equally as bad. #
05/21 11:36 @CTKT Apparently Ward 10 of Tan Binh District has a concentration of Khmer and Chinese people / http://goo.gl/ZlSMk #
05/21 00:38 Good news for vegetarians: beans & vegetable prices down in the past month, while meat and esp. cooking oil way up. #
05/20 11:03 @lamcaoson In the 1980s, few would have predicted vinyl record sales growing for the entire 21st century (til now). #
05/20 11:00 @nguyenhimself That's why you should buy Rapture Insurance. From me. Only 1m VND. #
05/20 04:16 @hackerspacepp How about Khmer localization for Drupal & modules? @viraak #
05/20 04:11 Clearly, there is no driving/stupidity test in VN RT @rockportrait @tuoitrenewsvn: Speed limit for cars: 5 km per hour http://bit.ly/mt8R6W #
05/20 02:49 @CyborgVillage @dylanduong Hyperinflation is a pretty tall claim. Inflation must be #1 gov priority, but this is akin to "war is imminent" #
05/19 11:19 Now you can secure your Drupal and WordPress sites using @duosecurity Duo Two-Factor Authentication: http://goo.gl/4HiRW #
05/19 11:11 @saigonnezumi @caligarn FYI, I'm growing out the hickster beard to save gallons of water daily as part of Budweiser's Grow A Beard greenwash #
05/19 10:55 @HyuKio68 1/2011 ở đây có nghĩa là BarCamp đầu tiên cùa năm 2011... để tụi mình sửa chữa cho rõ hơn #

Daily Twitter Posts - 03/16/2011 - 03/31/2011

Submitted by tomo on March 31, 2011 - 6:11pm

03/30 12:30 Engineering Management 101: 9 Women can't make a baby in 1 month, the mythical man-month #
03/30 06:12 "Bao Viet ceased offering agricultural insurance in 1999. The current proportion of agricultural production insured is only 1 per cent." #
03/30 06:09 Are socialbakers.com's Facebook stats for Cambodia http://goo.gl/em437 as (in)accurate as for Vietnam http://goo.gl/Ugssi ? @ChrisInCambo #
03/30 05:47 I'm surprised Paris Cafe on Co Bac is still open.. good French fast food at Vietnamese prices but confusingly hidden #
03/25 10:52 Twitter can't seem to make up its mind as to whether I exist as a page or not #
03/16 11:12 "Some girls they act retarded. Some girls are bout it bout it." - N. Dogg #

Daily Twitter Posts - 03/16/2011

Submitted by tomo on March 17, 2011 - 10:45pm

11:12 "Some girls they act retarded. Some girls are bout it bout it." - N. Dogg #

Daily Twitter Posts - 03/15/2011

Submitted by tomo on March 16, 2011 - 10:45pm

03:37 Please stop spreading the hoax from the Philippines about a BBC "FLASHNEWS" on avoiding radioactive rain #

Daily Twitter Posts - 03/12/2011

Submitted by tomo on March 13, 2011 - 10:45pm

04:32 Food for thought: Saigon, Vietnam, Hanoi are accepted English/international place names. Writing Camau, Phuyen introduce naming ambiguities #
04:27 Why are Vietnamese kids going to study abroad if most can only get into American community colleges? http://t.co/AREVU6G #
04:03 As Fukushima reactor crumbles: "It can take up to 7 days to get such a reactor down to where it can survive without circulating coolant." #

Daily Twitter Posts - 03/08/2011

Submitted by tomo on March 9, 2011 - 10:45pm

16:09 Giant cats be jumping on my tin roof in the middle of the night... I need to install a trampoline up there #
11:28 cmd-`, cmd-tab + cmd-`, cmd-right, cmd-1..9. MacBook Pro just got 26% less annoying; just keep Chrome tabs < 10, but with many windows #

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