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patrickvw

  1. Why does #Apple #Ping insist to have my credit card number to register? I have NO intention to buy anything. #fail about 4 hours ago via Seesmic twhirl
  2. @bortzmeyer Mieux vaut payer 400€ pour une version neutre du HTC Desire qu'accepter des ROMs bidouillées des opérateurs. MàJ problématiques. about 13 hours ago via Echofon in reply to bortzmeyer
  3. RT: @silentlennie: .eu now also has #dnssec <- but my registrar does not support it #fail 4:52 AM Sep 2nd via Echofon
  4. k9 +AGP can sign emails with PGP on #Android. Some iPhone users are desperately waiting for this. http://www.thialfihar.org/projects/apg/ 2:56 AM Sep 2nd via Echofon
  5. CyanogenMod vs stock HTC Froyo. What is gained ? What is lost ? Any idea ? Thanks. #Android 1:54 AM Sep 2nd via Echofon
  6. K9 Mail on Android rocks! Much better use of screen real estate than stock #Android mail client http://code.google.com/p/k9mail 12:03 AM Sep 2nd via Echofon
  7. ITunes 10 available Jobs says? I only get an "iTunes 10 coming soon" notice on #Apple web site. #fail #liveapple 12:09 PM Sep 1st via Seesmic twhirl
  8. @belgacom_eva_FR votre domaine skynet.be est blacklisté: http://pra.im/6ycr4q Source de problèmes pour vos clients ? 2:15 AM Sep 1st via Echofon
  9. @julien_collin Ca m'en coûte de le dire, mais je ne vois pas mieux que #Belgacom pour l'instant. Scarlet, c'est BGC, version Aldi. 6:25 AM Aug 31st via web in reply to julien_collin
  10. @mneylon FB is back here. 6:10 AM Aug 31st via Echofon in reply to mneylon
  11. @mneylon Yes. Facebook BGP issue in Europe it seems. 6:06 AM Aug 31st via Echofon in reply to mneylon
  12. Due to unexpected circumstances, the rain on Luxembourg has been cancelled today. We apologize for the inconvenience. 11:42 PM Aug 30th via Echofon
  13. Surenchère: Bart de Wever demande le transfert des gaufres de Liège et de Bruxelles vers la Flandre. Onaanvaardbaar #begov 11:29 AM Aug 30th via Seesmic twhirl
  14. #IETF discussion list should be rebranded "frequent flyers" list. 5:17 AM Aug 30th via Echofon
  15. @bortzmeyer @pbeyssac J'ai trouvé le lien sur BGP@AMS-ix dans Google tout simplement. Les listes privées ne le restent pas longtemps :-) 2:23 AM Aug 30th via Echofon
  16. Closed mailing lists are NOT the right place to share confidential information. AMS-iX BGP incident is a good example http://pra.im/wfzyat 12:24 PM Aug 27th via Seesmic
  17. My ISP is boosting its VDSL speed to 30 Mbits on 1st September. But still no IPv6 in sight. http://pra.im/3z2eyt #belgacom 5:39 AM Aug 27th via Echofon
  18. Dutch ISP XS4ALL introduces IPv6 for its residential customers. Well done XS4ALL! I wish you were my ISP.http://pra.im/tc7g6r 11:22 PM Aug 26th via web
  19. Funny: The new 4G mobile network is deployed in the less populated area of Belgium first http://ict.belgacom.be/proximusnetworkupgrade/ 5:56 AM Aug 26th via web
  20. @wikileaks Why Dutroux debate now ? Because Wikileaks was unknown in Belgium 16 months ago. No-one interested in other documents in English 5:22 AM Aug 26th via Echofon in reply to wikileaks