Some info about me, Bas

When I'm surfing the web I always have a look at the "personal" pages of the person that made the page i'm visiting. Why? Good question, maybe to see if the the person is a bit like what you would expect from the page :-)
So, on this page you will find some info on me, what I like to do, how I spend my holidays, what music I like. All sorts of  completely useles info ;-) Have fun

Statistics

Date of Birth: 28 april 1975
Place of Birth: Lelystad
Weight: 77 kg
Length: 1.89m

Place on Planet

Graaf Florisstraat 82a
3021 CK Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Phone +31 10 4774282
bas@brijn.nu

Professional

June 2000 - Now: DVB Nedshipbank, IT Specialist, Rotterdam
Dec 1999 - May 2000: Pink Elephant Business Online Services, IT Management Trainee, Amsterdam
Jan 1997 - Dec 1999: Freelance, IT Specialist, Ermelo
Jan 1997 - Dec 1999: Freelance writer, Modem-Magazine/Link/PC Active, Amsterdam

My primary interest is in technology, in the broadest sense, ranging from SMTP configuration, cryptography, webdesign to Windows 2000 Active Directories. By spending a large part of my freetime building my own servers, connecting them to the internet and other machines. I gained a lot of practical knowledge and a good general overview on how to combine technologies.

In Februari 2003 I got the OK to start with an MCSE certification. Target is to finish by the end of the year (12-2003).

Hobbies

Most of my live I have been active with one or more sports. It started with athletics (at 8 years old I was a lot longer then the average 8-year old. So I won some prices, mostly at medium distances :)
After moving from Lelystad to Montfoort I played hockey for a while. Far more fun to do than it is to watch.. After moving from Montfoort to Ermelo I took up Scuba Diving. A lot of fun! Diving is very good for your physical condition. A lot of the training we did was pure conditional. Did this for several years.
But after I started my study at the University of Utrecht my interrests changed and I had a lot less free time.

Climbing

After a climbing holiday in Austria we wend to a indoor climbing hall to exchange foto's. Before then, I didn't think indoor climbing would be much fun... but I was hooked after that first visit :-). Around the same I started with fitness (some extra power is useful in climbing :) at the excellent sports-facility at the UU. I'm not a good climber (far to stiff, my balance sucks)... but it's a lot of fun. It doesn't help much that climbing is the first to go when I have less time :-)

As a result, my last visit to a climbing hall was more then a year ago :(

Telemarking

In march 2000 some friends suggested that I should go to "La Skieda", a very large telemark festival in Livigno/Italy. Normal alpine skiing didn't impress me much, but telemarking (free-heeling) is fun.
In 2001 I went three times to the snow, bought my own telemark skies and boots the second time and learned to telemark quite nicely with a few days of private lessons (teachers took us off-piste etc :-)
Went a few times to the snow in 2002, bought new skies in 2003. Have a look at the photo album to see us skiing (Ge-an (she) also got hooked ;-). Make sure to have a look at the movie my father made of some off-piste telemarking.

Travel

In my current job (DVB Bank) I am in the lucky position that I get to travel quite a bit. Singapore, Hong-Kong, Greece and Norway are the locations I have travelled to.

On private trips we have Canada, Australie, Nepal and Peru on the wishlist :-)