http://www.bali-belly.com Life in Bali (life on Mars) Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:37:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This year, Nyepi falls on March 7th according to our Balinese calendar (March 8th according to Microsoft Outlook... I guess that calendar sharing thing still has a few glitches). Just in case you're not familiar with the holiday, here's what you need to know. Pronunciation Nyuh-pee.   Consequence Sorry, the ... http://www.bali-belly.com/nyepi-or-happy-new-yearshut-up/ Waiting slightly nervously for a visit with the doctor tonight as the preamble to a battery of tests tomorrow. Given that Athina's already 7 and a bit weeks in (7 weeks & 4 days today), we missed all the early tests completely and now have to go back and check ... http://www.bali-belly.com/no-news-today/ Athina & I shot this video yesterday (uploaded to GoogleVideo): If you're a complete masochist and need more fuel for your self-inflicting pain fantasies, you can download the Windows Media format file here: http://www.indonesiaexport.com/video/thefinalcut.wmv Or the MPG here: http://www.indonesiaexport.com/video/thefinalcut.mp4 Both files are around 4 megs. Sean http://www.bali-belly.com/hello-baby/ One of the wonderful (truly wonderful) features of the new Wordpress is that you can export / import the whole blog so, rather than spend a day or two copying articles back and forth between here and Bali Belly, I've been able to get Sean Hynes up to speed in ... http://www.bali-belly.com/sean-hynes/ I've just updated Bali-Belly.com to WordPress 2.3 (2) and it went very smoothly (possibly too smoothly -- now I'm sitting around waiting for my ceiling too explode). Along with the upgrade, I'll be making some changes to this site over the next week or so. Bali-Belly was originally ... http://www.bali-belly.com/bali-belly-upgrade-in-process-please-bear-with-me/ Got my computer ballsed up yesterday with a Trojan -- kept bouncing me off to a website selling antivirus software... gah. Spam mail is one thing, I can understand how people might be tempted to buy something. Particularly if they have're having a problem getting an erection. Likewise the ... http://www.bali-belly.com/drive-by-downloads-and-other-stuff/ This is a copy of a post from Indonesia Export -- if it's of any interest, head over to the original piece for more details: " Today, we're working on our Bamboo Furniture line -- if you've been with us a while, you might remember we used to offer this product ... http://www.bali-belly.com/bamboo-furniture-a-preview-of-things-to-come-on-indonesia-export/ I've not yet been able to watch a bandwagon roll past me without at least trying to jump on it and, so, here I go again -- late again: Skype. Now, if you're in the US or the UK, you can call me cheaply at the US or UK ... http://www.bali-belly.com/new-ways-to-contact-us-skype-me/  In case you missed the announcement, Beads-Bali.com is now live -- here's one of the introductory FAQ articles, let me know what you think. [taken from http://www.beads-bali.com/wordpress/who-are-you-re...] Who are you really? We’re Beads Bali (well, you already know that). The company, at this time, is made up of ... http://www.bali-belly.com/new-content-added-to-beads-balicom/ Up until about five minutes ago, I thought I understood the meaning of "Bali Bead"...... I was wrong (sigh).I had thought, silly me... SOOOO naive... that a Bali bead was a bead made in Bali. Apparently not.According to one article:“Bali beads originated in India. The Indians taught the Balinese ... http://www.bali-belly.com/bali-beads-an-introduction-and-a-small-rant/