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basvandewiel

#hondenleven twitter.com/basvandewiel/s… about 19 hours ago via Twitter for Android
Zo maar eens het terras op in 073, veel te lang geleden alweer. Wie gaat er mee? #biertjedrinken about 21 hours ago via web
How trackable is your browser, even without cookies or adblockers? panopticlick.eff.org about 21 hours ago via web
ElReg Acorn Archimedes is 25: The first ARM kit Feature The Acorn Archimedes is 25 years old this month. The first ma... bit.ly/LcpXn1 11:24 PM May 31st via twitterfeed Retweeted by basvandewiel and 4 others
Did I miss a new war breaking out or something!? #kosovo 7:33 AM Jun 1st via web
My slightly unorthodox take on #BYOD. area536.com/blog/byod-done… 7:30 AM Jun 1st via web
@Tsrovc @Kerstballetje mag best, ik heb weekend ;-) 7:23 AM Jun 1st via web in reply to Tsrovc
BADBrandy Whenever you feel like a genius, remember there was a time in your life when you were learning to not shit in your pants. 12:22 AM Jun 1st via Echofon Retweeted by basvandewiel and 15 others
Momentous occasion: zero open support calls for online platform. Nice way to start my weekend.. now to finish some paperwork. 3:58 AM Jun 1st via web
xkcdfeed #xkcd Kill Hitler: xkcd.com/1063/ 9:03 PM May 31st via twitterfeed Retweeted by basvandewiel and 19 others
HAL9000_ If anyone tries to install Windows 8 Release Preview on me I'll paint a ton of colored blocks on their face and see how they like it 10:34 AM May 31st via web Retweeted by basvandewiel and 59 others
@arstechnica @cfarivar ITU couldn't be trusted in the 80's, they can't be trusted now.. same issues all over again.. #sigh 10:21 AM May 31st via web in reply to arstechnica
ArjanDasselaar Het is dan ook volgens mij geen toeval dat die 'Like'-duim van Facebook zoveel lijkt op deze duim: static.denieuwereporter.nl/wp-content/upl… ;-) 8:25 AM May 31st via TweetDeck Retweeted by basvandewiel and 5 others
@brenno @LiseWitteman onschuldig roze laptophoes maar ondertussen wel bier per halve liter.. #journalisten 8:29 AM May 31st via Twitter for Android in reply to brenno
My supermarket runs linux on its cash registers. Boot times could be improved a lot though.. #albertheijn 8:12 AM May 31st via Twitter for Android
@deanstrik area536.com 7:35 AM May 31st via web in reply to deanstrik
From our helpdesk application: "Please click Cancel to continue".. #usability #booboo 1:12 AM May 31st via web
Remeber how I promised you guys an #OpenVPN howto? Well, here it is. Works on #Linux, #FreeBSD and #DDWRT area536.com/projects/secur… 12:55 PM May 30th via web
Military Intelligence.. now there's an oxymoron if I ever saw one.. Are we really surprised they stretch the law?? #MIVD #internet #wiretap 12:10 PM May 30th via web
@MarcRosmalen phasers to stun!! 11:58 AM May 30th via web in reply to MarcRosmalen

Name Bas van de Wiel
Location NL
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Bio TYPO3 | UNIX | Linux | journalism | Hereboer in Oeteldonk | Belgian beers | vintage computers | '80s synthpop