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Re: Barefoot Running: Not just for bums and hippies.

Bas - Serial Expat — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:27:26 -0000

Great post, man! Makes a great point for barefoot running :-)

Started barefoot running myself about 2 weeks ago and I love it. It's much more fun, in the first place! And that's what's important.

Shared it to the fans of Being Barefoot! on Facebook :)

Subscribed to your blog!

Re: Twitter as coral reef, cont'd (Scripting News)

Bas - Serial Expat — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:20:16 -0000

How about FriendFeed?

Re: That's not what I ordered...

Bas - Serial Expat — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:13:21 -0000

Woah, heavy stuff. Sorry to hear! Hope you'll get well soon and that the chemo treatment won't be too heavy.

Hitting close to home actually since my mom was recently diagnosed with cancer and is a terminal patient (but then again, life is terminal).

Actually, now that I think about her situation... I might just have to #BlameDrewsCancer !

;-)

Good luck man. Stay strong! Stay positive!

@Spartz

Re: http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/21/study-finds-file-sharers-buy-ten-times-more-music/

Bas - Serial Expat — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:00:15 -0000

A mistake in here. BitTorrent is not a file-sharing site, just like Firefox.com is not a site about surfing the web. BitTorrent is an application.

Thanks for sharing. There are some similar researches that show the same; one commissioned by the Canadian government even. Although reports of IFPI/RIAA quote research reports that show negative correlations of course.

Re: Jackie Mason calls Obama a Schwartza. In related news, Jackie Mason still alive

Bas - Serial Expat — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:51:32 -0000

Oh boy.

Re: Court case could force one strike and you’re out on downloaders in Australia

Bas - Serial Expat — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:36:20 -0000

That's just plain stupid. This way everyone will just make less money, not more. The ISPs, the entertainment companies and all internet businesses. S-t-u-p-i-d.

Re: Everything Random

Bas - Serial Expat — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:03:50 -0000

Make it bigger

Re: Social Media Break: 5 Internet Memes to Make You LOL

Bas - Serial Expat — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:18:59 -0000

O hai I can haz lolcatz?

Re: China: Tibet Video is Fake, But We’ll Block Entire YouTube Anyway

Bas - Serial Expat — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:51:43 -0000

Not the only country banning all of YouTube for a 'subversive' video. I previously lived in Turkey and YouTube's banned over there too.

Re: Torrent Sharing Comes to Facebook: Will the RIAA Step In?

Bas - Serial Expat — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:11:36 -0000

I believe Facebook will try to filter it... but I'm sure they have a big legal team themselves and they don't want to be spending so much time on the never-ending copyright wars.

Re: eBay and StumbleUpon Dissolve Their Bizarre Marriage

Bas - Serial Expat — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:57:45 -0000

What great news!!!

Re: Was The Pirate Bay Judge Biased?

Bas - Serial Expat — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:09:03 -0000

Haha, what a joke this trial is. TPB is winning, even through losing.

Re: European Parliament Now Within Grasp of the Pirate Party

Bas - Serial Expat — Fri, 22 May 2009 08:31:47 -0000

Weren't they measured as the 3rd most popular party 2 weeks ago already?

Re: Second Judge in Pirate Bay Trial Removed for Bias

Bas - Serial Expat — Sun, 24 May 2009 19:03:58 -0000

Ridiculous! I've been reading Peter's blog and they need to be getting more careful there in Sweden. It's almost like they're conspiring to get them judged, but conspiracy should happen behind closed doors and these torrent fanatics are some of the best people in the world to open doors, or at least see straight through them.

Politicians need to start worrying about their jobs. This stuff might give the pirate party some serious headway.

What I'm more concerned about is civil unrest though. I'm really starting to believe this stuff might lead to riots in Sweden.

Re: Facebook Is Very Confused About Breasts

Bas - Serial Expat — Sun, 31 May 2009 21:20:50 -0000

Well, I guess they must believe Facebook members are crazy perverts for seeing breastfeeding and cancer scars as something sexual.

Re: Confirmed: Digg Just Hijacked Your Twitter Links

Bas - Serial Expat — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:25:01 -0000

Eh! Nasty. Never Digging anything again.

Re: The Future of Music Distribution

Bas - Serial Expat — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:22:47 -0000

Thanks Emm! :-)

Re: Are you "Tag Drafting?"

Bas - Serial Expat — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:30:24 -0000

Wow, interesting idea. Could you indicate where you first heard about this?

Re: Are you "Tag Drafting?"

Bas - Serial Expat — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:32:11 -0000

Or did you originate it? :-)

Re: Are you "Tag Drafting?"

Bas - Serial Expat — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:01:13 -0000

I guess you'd appreciate my tip on using del.icio.us that I posted right here:
http://baslife.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/two-web...

Re: Twisten.FM Helps You Find New Music Through Twitter

Bas - Serial Expat — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:02:38 -0000

Meh, they'll never overtake blip.fm.

Re: Cows And Politics Explained

Bas - Serial Expat — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:37:31 -0000

"A FRENCH CORPORATION: You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows.

AN ITALIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows, but you don’t know where they are. You break for lunch."

Ahahahaha :mrgreen: Nice post!

Bas's last blog post..Twitter Updates for 2008-03-12

Re: Mike’s mood improves when Paulo Coelho arrives

Bas - Serial Expat — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:10:55 -0000

Thanks for this, Robert & Mike! And I'm sorry for Mike, being spat on and being threatened to death is not how a blogger/journalist like him should be treated. I also feel sad that he's no longer able to believe people are innately good :-\

Re: A Blogspot Tip

Bas - Serial Expat — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:49:07 -0000

Completely agree and it's what I always do (unless commenting is strictly for Google accounts of course - which is very discouraging and blog owners shouldn't restrict it so far ;-)).

Re: Facebook Is Not Your MySpace? : Mutual Contacts

Bas - Serial Expat — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:27:47 -0000

Exactly how I feel about it.

Re: Dubai Questions – round 1

Bas - Serial Expat — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:51:00 -0000

Is anyone allowed to have TV in Dubai?

Re: Dubai Questions – round 1

Bas - Serial Expat — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:51:46 -0000

I mean... is it allowed for everyone, or only some? I heard people need to get an okay from their boss.

Re: The Ramazan factor

Bas - Serial Expat — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:53:55 -0000

For those that Ramazan is most difficult for, iftar is the sweetest ;-)

Re: Off to the Netherlands

Bas - Serial Expat — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:47:03 -0000

Be prepared for rain. I'm not saying it will rain, but it's very likely to rain ;-)

Enjoy my country!

Where exactly are you visiting?

Re: Off to the Netherlands

Bas - Serial Expat — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:22:44 -0000

Ah, The Hague's a nice place. A bit windy from the sea, but it's still a very nice place. Our government is situated there, as well as most embassies and the Dutch UN offices. :-)

What temperatures are you used to in Dubai?

Re: Beyond TweetBacks: Introducing TweetSuite

Bas - Serial Expat — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:38:23 -0000

Eh, the Tweetbacks below my posts don't look that nice :-\ Not like here. The layout is a bit messed up.

Nice job with the plugin!

A lot of people (mainly those on twhirl) are using http://is.gd/ for URL shortening... Maybe you should include it.

Re: EC's 95-Year Copyright Plan Blocked, Artists Want Bigger Share Of Digital

Bas - Serial Expat — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:14:45 -0000

Oh the record industry! What will they think of next.

Re: France Clashes With Euro-MPs On Three-Strikes As UK Looks On

Bas - Serial Expat — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:24:49 -0000

Internet's becoming a necessity like heating is... you can't just shut down someone's heating because they're behind in bills for some reason. Well, maybe in the US you can, but that's not the best example of a 'consumers first' society.