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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-27

• @vterhaar & @markmeijerink : muchas gracias #
• Strange feeling, I'm celebrating christmas and my birthday in the most southern city on the planet #
• @nicoroosenboom Are you going to let them add some air into your head?? Could be interesting ;-) #
• @mramsmeets I don't know Bonzi Bunny? Did I miss something import in life?? #
• Posted a comment on IPv6 RT @NetGeNoten: Nieuwe NGN-blog: Waarom zou ik vandaag aan IPv6 beginnen? http://bit.ly/7047Up #
• Todays glacier: Perito Moreno – even MORE AMAZING: http://tweetphoto.com/6924769 #
• @mramsmeets lol, I had the same gift for the last two years #
• Went to the Viedma glacier today…one word: AMAZING!! #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-20

• 10:30 pm and still rise and shine… will the sun ever go down here?!?!? #
• 9 :15 pm and it is still light and warm outside…strange compared to the winter in the Netherlands #
• I haven't used my iBook for a while. Need to look for a special character sheet cheat… I can't remember the different Option combinations #
• Posted a new article: Internet in Argentina – http://bit.ly/7DQPyo #
• @mramsmeets Shouldn't be a problem with your bensolinesitol level!! in reply to mramsmeets #
• Preparing the next couple of days in Patagonia…why is there just so much to see? I just cannot make a decision on what to do next. #
• RT @packetlife: Blogged "Routing protocol migration" – http://packetlife.net/blog/2009/dec/18/routing-protocol-migration/ #
• Dakar 2010 started today, at least for us……. http://tweetphoto.com/6553366 #
• I always thought a day had 24 hours. I guess I was wrong all the time… http://tweetphoto.com/6505656 #
• RT @DuncanYB: just published a new article: Blogging about View – http://bit.ly/4Z3FCT #
• @tenngreenlawyer always the same with Chinees food. You order for two and you get food for twelve ;-) #
• I feel, like The Proclaimers ones wrote in a song. They would walk 500 miles, I feel like I walked 500 miles. Buenos Aires is just great!! #
• RT @packetlife: for people who didn't see it on Reddit: http://i.imgur.com/acaZE.jpg #
• @BasOudmans vakantie is relatief ;-) #
• Posted a new article: Technology in the air – http://www.booches.nl/2009/12/12/technology-in-the-air/ #

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Internet in Argentina

I don’t know if people from Argentina read my blog, but if they do I would like to thank them for their wireless coverage throughout the country. I am traveling for some time through Argentina and I slept in multiple hotels and hostels. Every single hotel and hostel offers some kind of internet connection. Mostly I have the option to use my iPhone and my iBook without extra fees to pay.

Many (public) places broadcast a wireless network, even in places you wouldn’t suspect a wireless network, like a baker or take the little town El Chaltén. El Chaltén doesn’t have an ATM machine. You cannot use your credit card, but there is a wireless internet connection via a satellite uplink. Some wireless networks are open and some have a captive portal configuration to log in. However most wireless networks are protected with a WPA(2) key. I only need to ask for the key and they directly write it down for me.

Security is something the Argentineans are less familiar with. I guess it’s a hobby, but every time I join a  wireless network, I always try to access the router / default gateway. When trying to access the router, in most cases you get some kind of login page or basic authentication popup. These kind of pages mostly tell me what kind of router is used. A quick search on the internet for some default passwords already gave me access to three routers. Not so clever to use default password!!!

Internet speeds are also decent. You cannot compare it to the speed in the Netherlands, but I made some SIP phone calls without any problems. Internet access makes the holiday a lot easier, because I have to book multiple hostels and hotel along the ride and I can upload my picture from the camera to the iBook and from there to my NAS at home.

You Argentineans are doing a great job. I hope your friends in Chili are like you, because that is the next stop in a couple of days.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-13

• Geert de Wever is giving a demo about wireless networking from Aruba Networks at 4IP in Eindhoven #
• Only 8 more hours and then on holiday to Argentina and Chili #
• I have enough for today. My eyes are shaped squarely from looking at my laptop screen…… #
• Finished for today…driving home to write multiple reports #
• @DuncanYB De laatste tijd valt het wel mee, maar toch weer 93.000km na 1,5 jaar. Zal bij jou wel niet veel anders zijn toch? #
• Power nap is over…time to hit the road again #
• RT @packetlife: Blogged "Etherchannel costs and failover" – http://packetlife.net/blog/2009/dec/10/etherchannel-costs-and-failover/ #
• Going to stop for a power nap. I have serious problems with keeping my eyes open. #
• @packetlife I am interesed in the article about STP, costs and etherchannels #
• @DuncanYB Same problem here, feels like I am driving on the automatic pilot. I just can't remember what I did the last minutes. #
• RT @DuncanYB: Just published a new article: SPC-2 set or not? http://bit.ly/52qa4g #
• @DuncanYB i have to go to Amsterdam on Thursday. I guess I will leave home at 4:00 am ;-) Traffic in the Netherlands is just one big joke #
• Today will be a wireless day. Going to troubleshoot a 3Com wireless network #
• What should I do without the usage of Microsoft Visio?!?!?!? #
• Discussing LAN QoS today and extending DMVPN network with 2 more routers. #
• Hmmm, I guess my fingers are too fat for my iPhone. I ment the same time next week, I will be eating a huge steak in Buenos Aires. #
• The sama time next week, I will be eating a hufe steak in Buenos Aires. #
• Finally we won today: Schaesberg – Top Oss / 2 – 1 #
• RT @DuncanYB: Just posted a new article – VCDX Workshop – Partner Exchange http://bit.ly/5KpqR8 #

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Technology in the air

Technology and high-tech is evolving and keeps evolving. Everything you almost wish for is present in your phone. Take my Nokia E71 and my iPhone as an example. Together they almost represent a full work space for me.

I have e-mail, agenda and contacts synchronized. There are multiple VPN capabilities to connect to the office or customers, applications for terminal emulation, word processing, remote desktop. I have a browser, a Citrix client. I can update my blog via a WordPress application and check Twitter messages. I have got everything with me.

At the time of writing I cannot use any of these functionalities, why? I am somewhere over the Atlantic in the worst plane I have ever been in. My girl and I travelled multiple times to Asia and I believe we got spoiled on those flight.

Sure, I couldn’t use my phones and all their features, but I had my own On-Demand entertainment system. There is video and music on-demand, I can check the flight status and play Arcade games. So Enough high-tech to survive an 12 hour flight. There is even plenty of space to sit and an helpful (and good looking ;-)) flight crew. Every single Asian plane is just perfect.

Currently I am sitting in some Delta Airlines “coffin”. Speaking about technology in the sky, there is just NO technology on this plane. There is no entertainment system at all, not even a shared on. There is no space to sit comfortable and the seats are a real drama. I checked business class seats, but there wasn’t much business and class was hard to find. We are served by 4 stewardesses and together they were 500 years. They already look angry when I turn on my mp3 player.

I am looking forward to fly in 5 years. I guess it will be possible to do everything on the air plane with a decent wifi connection, but on the other side. Will you ever have a decent holiday if you bring your work with you?

When you read this post, it means that I survived the trip across the Atlantic and I survived the American customs “interogations”, which will be even harder to survive AND found some wireless access to upload the blog post. A lot of AND statements, should I be afraid?? ;-)