Btw for geeks, wikipedia says The name Tết Nguyên Đán is Sino-Vietnamese for Feast of the First Morning, derived from the Hán nôm characters 節元旦 or jie2 yuan3 dan4
Which means holiday of first day

chúc mừng năm mới means Happy new year.

And finally here is how to count…

Mot – One
Hai – Two
Ba – Three
Bon – Four
Nam – Five
Sau – Six
Bay – Seven
Tam – Eight
Chin – Nine

Muoi – Ten
Muoi mot – Eleven
Muoi hai – Twelve
Muoi ba – Thirteen
Muoi bon – Fourteen
Muoi nam – Fifteen
Muoi sau – Sixteen
Muoi bay – Seventeen
Muoi tam – Eighteen
Muoi chin – Nineteen

Hai muoi – Twenty …......một trăm – one hundred

1. iPhone HD. The new version is happening, so if you can hold off purchases until mid 2010, then do it. It is rumored to support Verizon (hurray!) and have an HD Camera.

2. The new MacBooks are coming. Again, if you can wait, you should. The rumor is the new Intel chips are going to be very, very fast.

3. We won’t see Flash anytime soon on the iPhone or iPad. So better hope HTML5.0 takes off. That is sad. Nor will we see Blu-Ray either.

4. The iPad is very strategic. But we knew that!

Steve Jobs held a town hall meeting with Apple employees late last week following the iPad launch. Wired reports on what was said at the meeting by Steve Jobs. Two of the biggest topics included Google and Adobe.

On Google, Jobs confirms the much-reported competition between the two companies.

On Google: We did not enter the search business, Jobs said. They entered the phone business. Make no mistake they want to kill the iPhone. We won’t let them, he says.

As for Adobe, Jobs said they are lazy and Jobs blames Adobe for a buggy implementation of Flash on the Mac as one of the reasons they won't support it.

Apple does not support Flash because it is so buggy, he says. Whenever a Mac crashes more often than not it’s because of Flash. No one will be using Flash, he says. The world is moving to HTML5.

Those are the main points covered by Wired's article. We had received a more detailed report of the Apple meeting, but hadn't been able to corroborate it until now. Many of the details of the Wired report were identical to our anonymous submission, so we believe it to be accurate. Some additional key points that we learned: – Apple will deliver aggressive updates to iPhone that Android/Google won't be able to keep up with – iPad is up there with the iPhone and Mac as the most important products Jobs has been a part of – Regarding the Lala acquisition, Apple was interested in bringing those people into the iTunes team – Next iPhone coming is an A+ update – New Macs for 2010 are going to take Apple to the next level – Blu-Ray software is a mess, and Apple will wait until sales really start to take off before implementing it.

via Mac Rumors: Apple Mac Rumors and News You Care About.

It has a great email client and it has calendaring plus it is of course a great web browser too. It is a multitouch with a virtual keyboard. Wow!. 90 days to actually get it. And it is so cheap. The Wifi only 165GB version is just $500. Wow.

At today’s highly-anticipated media event, Apple announced the iPad tablet device, featuring a 9.7-inch, 1024×768 display and 16 GB, 32 GB, and 64 GB capacities. Carrying a custom 1 GHz “Apple A4” chip, the iPad weighs in at 1.5 pounds and is .5-inch thin. The iPad will be priced at $499, $599, and $699 for the varying capacity models without 3G, and $626, $729, and $829 with 3G. Wi-Fi only models are scheduled to ship in 60 days, with 3G-capable model shipping in 90 days.

Models with 3G will be unlocked and will be able to use GSM micro SIMs. In the U.S., AT&T will offer two data plan options – $14.99 for up to 250 MB per month and $29.99 per month for unlimited data. No contract is required for either option, and free access to AT&T’s Wi-Fi hot spots is included. Data packages for iPad users outside of the U.S. will by in place by June.

• It’s not light. It feels pretty weighty in your hand.


• The screen is stunning, and it’s 1024×768. Feels just like a huge iPhone in your hands.


• The speed of the CPU is something to be marveled at. It is blazingly fast from what we can tell. Webpages loaded up super fast, and scrolling was without a hiccup. Moving into and out of apps was a breeze. Everything flew.


• There’s no multitasking at all. It’s a real disappointment. All this power and very little you can do with it at once. No multitasking means no streaming Pandora when you’re working in Pages… you can figure it out. It’s a real setback for this device.


• The ebook implementation is about as close as you can get to reading without a stack of bound paper in your hand. The visual stuff really helps flesh out the experience. It may be just for show, but it counts here.


• No camera. None, nada. Zip. No video conferencing here folks. Hell, it doesn’t have an SMS app!


• It’s running iPhone OS 3.2.


• The keyboard is good, not great. Not quite as responsive as it looked in the demos.


• No Flash confirmed. So Hulu is out for you, folks!

Monaco Nelson is a cool hotel with cottages. Each room has a sitting room. On the water.

Strikeadventures.com is run by Zane. An incredible guide. What they call small here is truly amaZing. Next year have got to tak a helicopter and look for the 8kg wild town trout in the mountains.

Hopgoods is owned by a local. Really great. As is Boutereys.

PSP Analog Stick Replacement. I’m not even sure what to call these, but these are the little tops on the original PSP. $5 from Gamestop or online.

Model rockets. Cool new passion. Fun to get a kit from Estes, but lots to learn from Hobbyspace.com where you can get model rockets with less than D rockets, but if you a grown up you can build high performance rockets that go thousands of feet into the air.

Stand By Me | Playing For Change | Song Around The World from Concord Music Group on Vimeo.

This cover of Stand By Me was recorded by completely unknown artists in a streetvirtual studio all around the world. It all started with a base track—vocals and guitar—recorded on the streets of Santa Monica, California, by a street musician called Roger Ridley. The base track was then taken to New Orleans, Louisiana, where Grandpa Elliott—a blind singer from the French Quarter—added vocals and harmonica while listening to Ridley’s base track on headphones. In the same city, Washboard Chaz’s added some metal percussion to it.

And from there, it just gets rock ‘n’ rolling bananas: The producers took the resulting mix all through Europe, Africa, and South America, adding new tracks with multiple instruments and vocals that were assembled in the final version you are seeing in this video. All done with a simple laptop and some microphones.

http://www.seattletravel.com/seattle-happyhour-downtown.htm

Avis AWD’s for the U.S. (and if noted, international, too!)
A074800 – Citicorp Leisure Travel
A108300 – Cosco – international, too!
A113400 – Florida Empolyee (proof required)
A153700 – Avis Employer (DO NOT USE!!!) – NOTE: A153700-A153799 will always be questioned !!!
A177232 – Citifinancial – international, too!
A177232 – USAA frequent flyer account – international, too!
A415914 – BJ’s
A432123 – Delta PAL Program Employees – international, too!!!
A514190 – State of Colorado Travelers
A606094 – IEEE Meeting
B169699 – The Triological Society (FEBRUARY 14-18, 2007)
B790073 – Entertainment Book – international, too!
B935221 – AAA
B973000 – Sam’s Club
B999000 – CEO / Avis Employer (DO NOT USE!!!)
B999900 – AAA – international, too!
D005150 – National Charter Schools Conference – international, too!
D005297 – ASAP (ameteur sports assistance program) – international, too!
D005927 – National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees – international, too!
D086533 – USC Marshall School of Business
D454000 – Disney123 – international, too!
D833357 – The American Society of Travel Agents
J626300 – Toronto
J868801 – Florida Visitor Bureau
J953708 – naiop (march 2007)
K019300 – United Airline frequent flyer account
K817600 – AMEX discount code – international, too!
K817625 – Delta Airline frequent flyer account
O855801 – Lufthansa Partners – international, too!
P382630 – Engineers Australia – international, too!
T706699 – 15th Annual Telecom Negotiation Conference (2007), also Mobile Explosion (Feb. 2007)

By alphabetical order

* A = Discounted Fare First Class. Round The World First is booked in this class.
* B = Almost Full Fare Economy with minimal restrictions – also used Star * RTW
* C = Full Fare Unrestricted Business Class
* D = Discounted Fare Business – used also on all “Business” Class Star RTW fares
* E = ‘Ted’ and some low web/discount fares from early 2005. Now officially elevated to above H class!
* F = Full Fare Unrestricted First Class
* G = Travel Industry Economy Class fares
* H = Higher level Economy Class with few restrictions. Some “RTW” coach is H
* I = Business Class Upgrade class from Economy (Better known as ‘NC’ class)
* K = Seasonal Economy Promotional Fares/Reduced Fare Gov’t contract etc
* L = Discount Fare Economy with a lot of restrictions
* M = Almost Full Fare Economy with few restrictions
* N = Economy Class AWARD TICKET (Better known as ‘XY’ class)
* O = Business Class AWARD TICKET (Better known as ‘XC’ class)
* P = Premium USA Transcon First Class on 3 classers
* Q = Discount Economy with moderate restrictions. (Bereavement tix are in Q)
* R = First Class AWARD TICKET (Better known as ‘XF’ class)
* S = Real Lowball coach with lot of restrictions. Reports that some are not mile earning ex UK/Brazil etc.
* T = Heavy discount Fare Economy – often with a lot of restrictions
* U = Showed up Nov/03 as booking class for “TED” also in mid 2005 a high level mainline class!
* V = Discount Fare Economy often with a lot of restrictions
* W = Discount Fare Economy often with many restrictions
* X = First Class UPGRADE AWARD from paid Business* (Better known as ‘NF’)
* Y = Full Fare unrestricted Economy class
* Z = Heavily discounted Business Class – generally NOT “legally” upgradeable.

( * = Applies to THREE class equipment. In TWO class equipment, upgrading from coach to First is also in “NF” class. Two class aircraft [at present!] only run on North American routes. “Two class upgrades” are officially not allowed for paying pax – i.e. nothing one can do – whether with miles, and/or coupons of any kind will “officially” take you from paid coach to First on a THREE class aircraft.)
[edit] By pecking order