Peter Hinchley (@hinchley)

Canberra, ACT, Australia

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Recent tweets

A perfect dinner at La Posada this evening with @mhinchley.

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After a day of researching washing machines, I’ve decided on a front loader from Bosch - the WAS24460AU.

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An insightful comment from @stevepavlina: “A person with a job is just a business owner who sells to only one customer [their employer]”.

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I’m a sucker for a Jane Austen mini-series.

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Recursive drawing. An interesting concept: http://t.co/WFG8Ockz

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My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Twit (10), Roman Mars (1) & Chicago Public Radio (1) http://t.co/pdSnf80n

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Not being able to code is increasingly analogous to not being able to read/write.

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The largest issue facing corporate IT: over engineered solutions.

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@alexeckford @roddarosa Alex, you continually blow my mind. Amazing work on the Pennylan Park video.

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A graph showing the relationship between effort expended and value delivered across my life would be deeply depressing.

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Reviewing my collective nouns: parliament of owls, company of parrots, murder of crows, bouquet of pheasants and bevy of quail.

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The Valve Employee Handbook portrays a company I could work for: http://t.co/nyunIchD

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I tend not to watch TV, but in a rare & random bout of channel surfing I just stumbled across Agony Aunts. Very funny. http://t.co/V74Ivxz2

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Add a futon and a toilet, and I’d move in without hesitation: http://t.co/wKt34hrb

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When I need a boost I turn to Richard Feynman.

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@Bloodnoteapp Awesome. You just got yourself a new customer :-)

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Using a microwave with analog controls is kinda like using a mobile with rotary dialing. It’s spinning me out. #shelteredlife

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@Bloodnoteapp Wondering if there is a way to export the data entered into your application?

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@davispg I’m sure it makes sense to insiders. To fresh eyes it seems utterly arbitrary.

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A permanent user account lockout policy is a poor substitute for an active monitoring process. It’s also asking for a denial of service.

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I don’t understand the split between operational and capital expenditure. It’s work. It takes time. It has a cost. The rest is bullshit.

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My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Economics (35), Adele (15) & Twit (3) http://t.co/pdSnf80n

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Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. - Pablo Picasso.

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Having purchased cereal, yoghurt, white tea and dark chocolate, I’m now feeling at home. #ontheroad

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Random fact: the taxi driver informed me that there are 6,500 taxis in Sydney, and 1,000 of those are maxi cabs.

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