My tweets from 2008 - 2017. Replies and re-tweets are excluded. And many links are inevitably broken (these are not hyper-linked).
2017-02
I’ve said it before, and I will say it again, there is nothing more painful than signing up for a visitor pass on roam.com.au.
Really interesting (and sad) to listen to The Messenger podcast on life in the Manus Island detention centre: www.wheelercentre.com
Wonder how this will go in Canberra: https://elpax.org
Really enjoyed my first morning yoga session at Nishi with Odona Farska of Flow Yoga Canberra.
I am totally obsessed with the @case_file true crime podast. If you haven't already, check out the show, and support the team on @patreon.
Really enjoyed listening to the interview with Bill McCorkell of @ArchiBloxPrefab on @TheSiteShed podcast today. #smartarchitecture
2017-01
Had the best day today at the Bungendore Show.
Chabuduo! It’s close enough… aeon.co
Really enjoyed The OA.
Took a two night vacation in Milton and ended up buying a 5 acre block.
Barrie Marshall’s Phillip Island House from the air: goo.gl
Great interview with Barrie Marshall, architect of my favourite house from the Iconic Australian Houses exhibition: sydneylivingmuseums.com.au
2016-12
Nishi in the evening. @ Nishi New Acton www.instagram.com
2016-11
My dad gave up smoking over 50 years ago, the day my sister was born. We still have his… www.instagram.com
Tom Ford is a genius. First with A Single Man. Now with Nocturnal Animals.
Surprised by how much I am liking the Touch Bar on the new MacBook Pro.
Got myself some mad skillz on the board. @ ANU, Canberra www.instagram.com
Climbed onto the roof of Nishi this afternoon. @ Nishi New Acton www.instagram.com
2016-10
Awesome to see Morrissey perform last night.
Few apps are designed as poorly as Apple Podcasts.
A lazy Sunday afternoon down stairs with Mrs H. @ Monster kitchen and bar www.instagram.com
2016-09
Must stop eating stickers on apples.
James White is a great film.
There has been a lot of personal growth on this holiday; most of it in my girth.
The resident black cat. @ Oia, Santorini www.instagram.com
Thoroughly enjoyed reading The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder. Follows the engineers who built the MV/8000 for DGC in the late 70's.
I've used a lot of wi-fi in Greece, and every password has been purely numeric. A national standard?
2016-08
Just saw this great cutlery set by John Pawson in a store in Naoussa, Greece. Hefty price tag, but stunning design. www.whenobjectswork.com
There is an unexpectedly high number of West Highland White Terrier dogs in Paros.
Masters of Doom, the story of John Carmack and John Romero, the guys behind Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake, etc, is an awesome read!
After finding ourselves stuck in a stairwell for over 2.5 hours, and hence missing our ferry to… www.instagram.com
Eating my way though Greece with this trooper. @ Athens, Greece www.instagram.com
87.7FM is perfect listening for a Sunday afternoon in Athens.
Transfixed by the work of architect Emil Dervish: www.behance.net
My better half. www.instagram.com
The next version of Windows 10 LTSB is due out in October.
Surely there will be no greater event this year than @darrenhanlon playing Jackson’s Bakery in Harden.
Unexpected design for a router: starry.com
2016-07
Note to self: To send Control-Alt-End to a Windows RDP session from a Mac, use Function-Control-Option-RightArrow.
Enjoyed the best damn beef massaman of my life at Pride of Siam last night in Deakin: http://prideofsiam.com.au
Feeling a little foggy this morning. @ Nishi New Acton www.instagram.com
The new free ACTION Bus City Loop route could come in handy: www.transport.act.gov.au
2016-06
AppLocker Managed Installer. Hell yeh: blogs.technet.microsoft.com
Enjoying the quiet comfort of the new Bose QC35 headphones.
New York City’s first micro-apartments: www.nytimes.com
An approach for managing Microsoft AppLocker policies: http://hinchley.net/2016/06/13/an-approach-for-managing-microsoft-applocker-policies #applocker #win10 #security #powershell
Finished installing a new instance of Windows Server 2012 R2. Now about to install 168 updates. Time for a tea.
Client-side DNS prioritisation in Windows 10: http://hinchley.net/2016/06/09/client-side-dns-prioritisation-in-windows-10
2016-05
Every top 5 song, from 1958 to the present: polygraph.cool
2016-04
L4 House by Luciano Kruk. Incredible. www.lucianokruk.com
Terrorism and Mass Surveillance in a nutshell by Kurzgesagt.
The Follower by The Field and III by Moderat are two of the best albums of the year.
Remember to drop your management point replicas prior to upgrading SCCM 1511 to SCCM 1602.
I could happily live at the Seashore Library: minimalissimo.com
The Jewish Museum in Berlin is something to behold: www.youtube.com
Rams is a great film.
Just discovered the magic of Olson Kundig: www.olsonkundig.com
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson is totally enthralling.
A text editor that only allows the 1,000 most common words in English: github.com
Okinawa House: minimalissimo.com
The Corten House: www.archdaily.com
2016-03
The Daughter has a great ending.
Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom on Netflix is mandatory viewing.
InForm are killing it: www.informdesign.com.au
Stacked: https://www.maltebrandenburg.com/portfolio#/stacked
Balloons! @ Nishi New Acton www.instagram.com
Just watched a guy at Supabarn pull a meat cleaver on one of the staff as he left the store with a bottle of stolen alcohol.
Minimalist House. Shinichi Ogawa & Associates. shinichiogawa.com
Enjoying beetroot and cumin sourdough from @abakercanberra.
That awkward moment when your dog farts in the lift.
2016-02
By Tommy Balogh @ NewActon Precinct www.instagram.com
By Tommy Balogh @ NewActon Precinct www.instagram.com
2016-01
How to disable the annoying “first-run” welcome page in Microsoft Edge: http://hinchley.net/2016/01/31/disable-microsoft-edge-first-run-welcome-page-for-new-users #Win10 #DeployingWindows10
Anyone else getting a BSOD (SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION) when AppLocker is enabled on Windows 10 (1511)? #Win10 #DeployingWindows10
Great performances from Alicia Vikander and Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl.
Fireworks from our balcony. @ Nishi New Acton www.instagram.com
Anyone know if you can modify a single custom registry entry with Windows Imaging and Configuration Designer (WICD)? #DeployingWindows10
Going on a winery tour!
This house in Switzerland by Wespi de Meuron Romeo Architects is utterly perfect: wdmra.ch
Notes on using Thinstation to build a network-bootable RDP-enabled thin client image: http://hinchley.net/2016/01/17/use-thinstation-to-build-a-network-bootable-rdp-enabled-thin-client-image
Just landed front row tickets to see Sufjan Stevens in Canberra next month!
UDI Wizard unable to read base64 encoded task sequence variables after updating to MDT 6.3.8330.1000. Restore old OSDSetupWizard.exe to fix.
Fun times this arvo with Mrs H at Casuarina Sands.
2015-12
Great article from the New York Times on the importance of sound to architecture: www.nytimes.com
A regret from my bachelor days: never dating a violinist.
A fan of the Alexandria Courtyard House; voted @ArchitectureAU house of the year: architectureau.com
Adding some order to the home network with a couple of port-based VLANs.
Awesome service during brunch at Me & Mrs Jones from the waitress with the kick-ass lips.
Great writing and a powerful message in the Unbelievable Story of Rape by the Marshall Project: www.themarshallproject.org
Enjoyed a nice stroll around the Sculpture Garden outside the National Gallery early this morning.
Wow. Carl Turner's Slip House is for sale: www.themodernhouse.com
Had dinner at Miss Van's at Westside Acton Park. Awesome food. Incredible value for money.
Still love the movie Contact.
That moment when you bite into something rubbery in a mouthful of yogurt - and then discover it's a green disc of solid mould.
A document describing Privileged Access Workstations (PAWS) from Microsoft: technet.microsoft.com
More paste-ups. @ aMBUSH Gallery www.instagram.com
Paste ups... @ aMBUSH Gallery www.instagram.com
Just posted a photo www.instagram.com
One Central Park @ Central Park Sydney www.instagram.com
Hanging with Mrs H at the Town Bike Pitstop in Darlington. @ Town Bike Pitstop www.instagram.com
2015-11
Nishi. #nofilter instagram.com
Sweet. Windows 10 Enterprise Build 1511 is available for download from the Volume Licensing Service Center.
A great write-up by @_totalgeekdom_ on the Hypercube Lego Server he built for me: www.totalgeekdom.com
So I bought an Nespresso Inissia yesterday. Already hooked. http://www.nespresso.com/inissia/en_AU
In one sentence, the Vipp Shelter is 5 star camping. Also known as a human battery charger. www.vipp.com
Ulo. Yes. www.kickstarter.com
Anyone know how to get Hyper-V Data Exchange Service working in WinPE 10? #windows10 #win10 #hyperv #mdt
2015-10
Anyone know when Microsoft plans to fix the issue affecting PowerShell in WinPE 10 when using UEFI and WDS? #Windows10 #SCCM #MDT
Watching the men in white deal with the asbestos aftermath at Acton tunnel on Parkes Way.
The truck didn't quite make it under. @ Nishi New Acton instagram.com
Blog post: Remove Contact Support and Windows Feedback packages from Windows 10. http://hinchley.net/2015/10/14/remove-contact-support-and-windows-feedback-packages-from-windows-10
First apps installed after El Capitan: Little Snitch, SublimeText, VMware Fusion, Twitter, Dropbox, 1Password, Slack, Sonos, & Transmission.
Life advice #1: Never upgrade an operating system; always do a clean install.
I can't believe i didn't know about Hoop Dreams. Such an awesome documentary. A must see. On Netflix.
Programming sucks: www.stilldrinking.org
The Light L16 camera looks sweet: light.co
Johnny Depp nailed Black Mass.
My two bitches. @ National Film and Sound Archive Arc Cinema instagram.com
Good morning. @ Nishi New Acton instagram.com
2015-09
The WNBL 2015 - 2016 schedule: http://www.wnbl.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/WNBL_Documents/WNBL_Fixture_201516/FINALS.pdf. Looking forward to watching the @CanberraCaps take it up a notch this season.
I have a hankering for a bagel from Russ and Daughters. Oh, New York. Why are you so far away? www.russanddaughters.com
Seven brief lessons on physics: www.sevenbrieflessons.com
Loving the look of the Serif TV: vimeo.com
I could listen to Matt Berninger sing all day: www.youtube.com
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Harari is one of the best books I've read. Up there with The Social Animal by David Brooks.
We are already doing these things to our code, why not do them to ourselves? by @xiaoma medium.com
Great day for brunch at Ivy & The Fox at Old Canberra House at the ANU.
Another awesome project from @ArchiBloxPrefab: vimeo.com
Symphony - A new member of the Hinchley family. @ Nishi New Acton instagram.com
Some serious scaffolding going up in our apartment. The crazy shit we do to hang a painting. @ Nishi… instagram.com
2015-08
I read Hiroshima by John Hersey over the weekend. An amazing account of six survivors of the atom bomb. Impossible to put down.
Still crazy-ass full after an awesome breakfast of porridge and sourdough at Local Press in Kingston.
Finally got around to watching Calvary. A really great film.
The Xbox Game UI is included with the GUI installation of Windows Server 2016 Tech Preview 3, but Notepad still only has one level of undo.
I plan on watching Overshare soon. The trailer looks great: overshare.vhx.tv
How do you seek out mentors/teachers? signalvnoise.com
Hiroshima: www.newyorker.com
Excited by the release of Kali Linux 2.0.
The Chairman and Yip delivers again. Amazing food. Awesome service.
Watched a totally awesome performance of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men at the Canberra Playhouse last night.
Great to hear Bill McCorkell from @ArchiBloxPrefab on Radio National today. I really hope to work with the guys on a modular home one day.
Ronda Rousey fights like an outlier. "There’s no use resisting it. Just submit". fivethirtyeight.com
Ronda. You knock me out every time. i.imgur.com
Highly recommend the film Far From Men.
On The Verge: adactio.com
2015-07
The Call of the Wild by Jack London is one hell of a book.
It surely couldn't get any better than Al Pacino's performance in Dog Day Afternoon.
Web Design: The First 100 Years. This nails it. idlewords.com
Complexity is the enemy of security.
After an ECG, CT scan, multiple x-rays, a lumbar puncture, and a night in hospital, I'm finally starting to feel vaguely normal again.
2015-06
Awesome detective work leading to a solution for speeding up Microsoft App-V publishing: www.algiz-technology.com #appv
The reviews aren't stellar, but I really liked Strangerland. Hugo Weaving nailed it (as always).
Ex Machina is awesome.
Really disappointed that Supabarn is selling out to Coles. The supermarket in Civic was my favourite shop in Canberra.
Would love to score a Nest Cam: store.nest.com
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Passenger (15), Jamie xx (13) & Doves (12)
This feature for Bloomberg Business Week by Paul Ford on "What is Code" is the best article I've read in years: www.bloomberg.com
Never go to bed without having something in mind that you need to do tomorrow. - Bob Griffin.
The "run command line" step in the MDT tech preview doesn't seem to respect the "start in" folder. #MDT #MDT2013
Is it possible to use an account to change its own expired password in an untrusted domain accessible only over port 389? #activedirectory
2015-05
Anyone been successful in deploying Windows 10 build 10074 using MDT 2013 Preview? #Windows10 #MDT2013
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Blur (24), Passenger (17) & The Cure (12)
Awesome video explaining P vs NP complexity: www.youtube.com
The Mrs and I have been syncing photos to different apps; some to iPhoto and some to Photos. It's a cluster fuck of almighty proportions.
Text-only NPR: thin.npr.org
Albums with best closing two tracks: Disintegration - The Cure, The Bends - Radiohead, Up - R.E.M.
There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want. - Bill Watterson.
Every six months we take another look at where we want to be in 30 years to plan out the next six months. - Little Red Book by Facebook.
Totally bummed the new MacBook Pro tops out at 16GB RAM.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Passenger (26), Ben Howard (17) & The New Pornographers (11)
10 announcements from Ignite: configmgr.com
Poor notepad.exe. Even in Windows 10 it still doesn't have multiple-level undo.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Mew (32), Sufjan Stevens (22) & Calexico (18)
It seems "push button reset" doesn't work in Windows 8.1 (systemreset.exe -factoryreset -moset) when running off an external drive.
I've lived in New Acton for 12 months, and the best coffee I've had in the precinct is from @palaceelectric. #canberra
The Black Mass trailer has me hooked: www.youtube.com
Decided to get artwork for our apartment commissioned from Tommy Balogh. Super excited. tommybalogh.com
This world map project from @dominik_schwarz is inspiring. www.dominik-schwarz.net
Writing a C# app on my MacBook Pro using the Visual Studio Code editor. Unfortunately it fails to run under 1.0.0-beta5-11682 of CoreCLR.
Love the atmosphere in this live performance of Golden Hair by Slowdive at the Pitchfork Music Festival: www.youtube.com
Watched Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter last night. Awesome film. And a great soundtrack from The Octopus Project.
2015-04
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Sufjan Stevens (57), The Decemberists (38) & Natalia Kills (25)
A new option for Windows 10 image customisation, Windows Image and Configuration Designer (WICD): http://wmug.co.uk/wmug/b/pwin/archive/2015/04/22/implementing-windows-image-and-configuration-designer
Fact: @abakercanberra make the best bread in the world. Two personal favourites: the Fig and Walnut, and the Buckwheat, Quinoa and Walnut.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: The Decemberists (69), Sufjan Stevens (38) & Death Cab for Cutie (29)
Hitchcock totally nailed it with Rear Window.
"Figuring out ways to capture and hold people’s attention is the centre of contemporary capitalism" - Matthew Crawford.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Death Cab for Cutie (63), Sufjan Stevens (43) & Modest Mouse (35)
As a Thermomix owner, I can say these guys are on the money: www.youtube.com
I could listen to Richard Feynman talk all day: kottke.org
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Death Cab for Cutie (49), The Album Leaf (21) & Eddie Vedder (18)
I don't understand why people buy hoodies but never use the hood.
"For what good's a memory's returning from the mist if it's only to push away another?" - The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro.
2015-03
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: The Album Leaf (53), The Postal Service (20) & Placebo (19)
It's very possible that Supabarn is now selling the best damn Indian take-away in Canberra.
From sign up to watching episode 1 of Vikings, the Netflix on boarding process was surprisingly simple.
I highly recommend the film Leviathan. Deeply formidable.
Huge fan of the Carbon Positive House from ArchiBlox: www.archiblox.com.au
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: The Field (20), Tom Waits (18) & Modest Mouse (14)
Akiba in Canberra cooks up some damn fine food.
Estonia are pushing the envelope with their quest for "data embassies": aljazeera.com
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Darren Hanlon (23), The Decemberists (14) & Counting Crows (2)
Just posted a photo @ Nishi New Acton instagram.com
Waking up to balloons! @ Nishi New Acton instagram.com
My Top 2 #lastfm Artists: R.E.M. (9) & FKA twigs (1)
The world is a lesser place without you Dad. I will miss you. 1937 - 2015. twitter.com
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: The Decemberists (15), Belle and Sebastian (2) & Passenger (1)
2015-02
Renovated Stone House in Switzerland by Wespi de Meuron Romeo Architects: www.wdmra.ch
The Wothouse by Narud Stokke Wiig: http://www.nsw.no/portfolio-item/villa-wot-wothouse
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Kelly Hogan (25), The Decemberists (18) & Björk (6)
Forgot how good Jodie Foster was in Taxi Driver.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Sinéad O'Connor (64), Broken Bells (31) & Girl Talk & Freeway (20)
2015-01
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: The Decemberists (32), G.R.L. (14) & Ben Howard (12)
Inspired by The Imitation Game, I've written an Enigma Machine emulator in PHP: gist.github.com
Browsing the MENU catalogs for a hit of the beautiful: http://menu.as/catalogs
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: The Decemberists (27), Belle and Sebastian (18) & Death Cab for Cutie (12)
Disable Microsoft Office 2013 border shadows using PowerShell: gist.github.com
Boyhood is a bloody masterpiece of cinema.
Plays of the day: What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World by The Decemberists + Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance by Belle & Sebastian.
Caesar Cipher and Vigenère Cipher in PHP: gist.github.com
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Ryan Adams (19), Real Estate (9) & FKA twigs (5)
I like the Leaning Loop: http://leaningloop.ca
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Future Islands (45), The National (26) & The War on Drugs (22)
It's been a week since I switched to taking cold showers. I think I'm going to stick with it. #hardcore
2014-12
Looked up New Years Eve opening hours for @LSRoasters. Apparently open to 4pm means we stop serving at 3pm. #wasteddrive
I'm only half-way through, but The Martian by Andy Weir is shaping up to be my favourite fiction book of the year.
My Top 2 #lastfm Artists: Broods (11) & The Smashing Pumpkins (3)
Shattered my iPhone display today. Hoping it can hold strong until iPhone 7 is released.
I really like the look of the Tesla Model X. With a supercharger station planned in Canberra in the next 12 months, I'm slightly tempted.
Stoked to have Dad home from hospital on Christmas Day for a couple of hours. instagram.com
When incomes rise, everyone’s time becomes more valuable, & the more valuable something becomes the scarcer it seems: economist.com
Variadic functions are the bomb.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Broken Bells (48), Girl Talk & Freeway (48) & Tycho (45)
Trying out the Celestron UpClose G2 8x40 porro binoculars I ordered from @ozscopes. A top product for only $60. And first class service.
A great morning teaching @mhinchley binary numbers while enjoying an awesome breakfast at @monsterkandb.
How to care for introverts: kottke.org
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Passenger (19), Antony and the Johnsons (17) & Ride (13)
I've followed Scott Hansen of Tycho from the beginning and am stoked to hear him breakdown Awake on @songexploder: songexploder.net
Best quote from Interstellar: CASE: It's not possible. Cooper: No. It's necessary.
The greatest album of 2014: Lost in the Dream by The War on Drugs.
I've made some smart decisions this year, but none more so than switching from @Woolworths to SupaBarn.
Sons of Anarchy gets my vote for best TV drama series. It beats Breaking Bad, The Sopranos, Mad Men, and The Wire.
Vipp have stepped up from pedal bins to an awesome pre-fab shelter! Love it. www.vipp.com
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: The War on Drugs (30), Secret Machines (13) & Ben Howard (10)
It sucks that @darrenhanlon will sidestep Canberra on his Xmas tour, but all is forgiven with this awesome new song: www.youtube.com
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: The War on Drugs (15), TV on the Radio (7) & Ben Howard (1)
2014-11
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Ben Howard (16), Live (11) & Interpol (10)
As expected, the miniature schnauzer is a hot dog! informationisbeautiful.net
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Pink Floyd (33), Röyksopp (25) & Echosmith (20)
I'm not sure what this means, but when asked by a colleague if I had plans for the weekend, I said "It's my wife's wedding anniversary".
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: HAIM (41), The Smashing Pumpkins (26) & Nirvana (5)
The best part of having two televisions in the office is @Sandra_Sully in stereo on @TenNewsSydney.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Leonard Cohen (23), Ladyhawke (10) & Van Morrison (8)
Thinking of buying a Banana Pi.
I've fallen, and I can't get up: vimeo.com
2014-10
Enjoying a great cheap feast down in the speakeasy at @ABAKER_NewActon.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Ben Howard (55), Antony and the Johnsons (34) & Beach House (19)
To disable the built-in administrator via "Security Options" in group policy, another local administrator must already be enabled.
I think i could be comfortable living at 432 Park Avenue. A penthouse on the 94th floor is only a cool $83 million: http://432parkavenue.com/residences.html
Woot! Finally downloading Yosemite from the App Store.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: HAIM (18), Sinéad O'Connor (15) & Ryan Adams (11)
Totally hooked by @serial. An awesome new podcast by @ThisAmerLife and hosted by Sarah Koenig.
I know I don't have to use them, but I don't think I will sleep as well at night knowing that @laravelphp 5 uses annotations.
2014-09
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Lucinda Williams (43), Shearwater (27) & Leonard Cohen (17)
Aspirational, starring Kirsten Dunst: vimeo.com
Simple hack to prove why BitLocker is important: ronnipedersen.com
A little Bash patching.
SCCM 2012 R2 CU3 introduces a registry entry to restrict which management points a client can contact. No more cross-forest craziness!
Really enjoying @podcaststartup from @alexblumberg.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Bonobo (28), Ryan Adams (22) & Lykke Li (20)
A new graphic novella from Chris Ware! Awesome. theguardian.com
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Ryan Adams (35), U2 (23) & Lykke Li (17)
The first new recording from The Cure in six years is not exactly what I was anticipating: youtube.com
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Yeasayer (20), The Mamas & the Papas (7) & Jenny Lewis (2)
Why we have blind spots - and how to see the blood vessels inside your own eye! Cool shit: digg.com
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Jenny Lewis (21), Spoon (19) & Sinéad O'Connor (16)
2014-08
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Sinéad O'Connor (28), Beck (19) & The New Pornographers (14)
20,000 Days on Earth, the stylized day-in-the-life biopic of Nick Cave is incredible.
A sign in the gents at Sydney airport warns the water used to flush the urinals is recycled and should not be drunk. Why is this necessary?
Two hurricanes are to hit Hawaii this week. Not exactly the setting I expected for our holiday arrival. #iselle
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Angus & Julia Stone (35), Pink Floyd (26) & Bonobo (13)
Anyone been able to get Toran Proxy to recursively load private repos? #php
I almost forgot that The Division Bell by Pink Floyd is a totally awesome album.
Decided to take a break from TV pseudo news and current affairs programs like @suniseon7. The morning never looked so good.
I wish I had the p.Tyr362His variant of the BHLHE41 gene. It would be rather helpful right now.
Looking forward to the new novel by Haruki Murakami - Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage: www.amazon.com
Episode 2 of the @EitRoom podcast with @everzet and @mathiasverraes is awesome. A great intro to value objects. More please!
2014-07
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Sky Ferreira (23), Vance Joy (15) & Sia (13)
One cool pooch. instagram.com
Sense. I like the execution. www.kickstarter.com
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Rhymefest (20), Sia (14) & Bonobo (11)
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Jeremy Enigk (20), Bonobo (15) & Ryan Adams (14)
Best PostgreSQL GUI for OS X that does not require Java?
Uberto Pasolini's new film Still Life is top notch, with a great twist. Except for the last 2 minutes.
90% Lindt chocolate is the bomb.
A code block within a numbered list using Markdown: 4 different editors, 4 different results.
A server naming scheme: mnx.io
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Sia (37), Marissa Nadler (21) & Vance Joy (17)
Rebuilding my MacBook Pro. First 5 apps installed: Transmission, Chrome, Sublime Text, VMware Fusion and Vagrant.
I always get excited when someone pushes play on Just Like Heaven by The Cure.
Blue is the Warmest Colour has rekindled my love of French cinema. @AExarchopoulos is dazzling.
Awesome porridge and toast at @hotelhotelblog. A satisfying way to start the day.
Another morning coffee at @hotelhotelblog. Another forgotten order. 3 from 3.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: V V Brown (16), Modest Mouse (14) & Sia (12)
2014-06
Nearly an hour to get a coffee at @hotelhotelblog. Asked for a large, but they'd run out of mugs. Couldn't even find our order when paying.
The excessive use of force creates legitimacy problems, and force without legitimacy leads to defiance, not submission - Malcolm Gladwell.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Morrissey (13), Bat for Lashes (8) & Broods (7)
I’ve somehow become enthralled by the Twitter and Facebook annual reports. Jam packed with interesting info.
There comes a point where seniority is almost inevitably linked to a talent for wielding power.
Sure could do with a Vessyl. www.myvessyl.com
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Katy B (5), Ben Kweller (3) & Moby (2)
Hatching Twitter by @nickbilton packs the detail of an encyclopaedia, but is delivered with the thrill and texture of a novel. #cantstop
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Conor Oberst (18), Embrace (17) & Lucinda Williams (13)
Sitting with a cup of Smith + Evans at @LSRoasters and listening to Close to Me by The Cure. Perfect start to the long weekend.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Imogen Heap (11), London Grammar (11) & Beach House (10)
2014-05
I wish I had a bt.tn.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Beach House (24), Sharon Van Etten (22) & Ben Lee (15)
Bailing on @Kippt. Too slow. Too unreliable. It shouldn't be this hard to store a few bookmarks.
Cannot believe Sonos has a 65,000 song limit.
Watched two great films this week: The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Broken Circle Breakdown. The latter left me totally gutted.
Inspirational levitation: yowayowacamera.com
Explora Phones are a great idea for anyone travelling to the US: exploraphones.com
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Lykke Li (41), Sun Kil Moon (6) & Angus & Julia Stone (5)
From August 12, Windows 8 devices without Windows 8.1 Update will not be able to install updates from WSUS/SCCM.
Sia lets loose with Chandelier: www.youtube.com
Not everything is made for a smart phone: notonappstore.com
The new Fuckers clip by the Savages is hypnotic: www.youtube.com
Morning view. @ Nishi New Acton instagram.com
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Andrea Bocelli (39), Lana Del Rey (17) & Third Eye Blind (14)
Hipsters: www.thehipsteralphabet.com
Piper seems like a decent home security/automation system: getpiper.com
Valour looks like an awesome project. If only I hadn't recently bought a new bike. www.kickstarter.com
2014-04
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Band of Horses (9), Secret Garden (5) & Death Cab for Cutie (4)
Mellow is my kind of cooking: cookmellow.com
I can only dream that @myEasyFridge has short term plans to extend delivery service to Canberra, Australia.
My Top 2 #lastfm Artists: Future Islands (29) & Neneh Cherry (10)
Totally recommend @kiitosLBD for awesome designer home-wares. Great products and first-class service!
Stoked that I got to hear Gary Kasparov (former World Chess Champion) talk at DFAT today.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Future Islands (9), Kid Cudi (3) & Interpol (1)
What it's like to run 135 miles: digg.com
My Top 2 #lastfm Artists: Future Islands (10) & Kid Cudi (2)
Beardswipe. I wonder if it will work with sideburns. beardswipe.me
My Top 2 #lastfm Artists: Future Islands (11) & Tech N9ne (3)
2014-03
It's sad Tumblr doesn't offer an export capability.
A generic brand video: vimeo.com
I'd sign up for Trunk Club if the service was available in Australia: www.trunkclub.com
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Broken Bells (24), Sea Wolf (19) & The War on Drugs (12)
I do not understand why so many rectangular apartment blocks are composed of units with such wasteful and convoluted floor plans.
Maple + Clove in Barton make an awesome bircher muesli, but $20 for for 4 slices of spelt toast - are you serious?
I don't know where I've been, but I only just discovered xip.io - a wildcard DNS service.
30 seconds into using the new Microsoft OneNote for Mac, and I'm just about ready to punch someone.
The nerd in me just squealed. Hack from Facebook: hacklang.org
My Top 2 #lastfm Artists: Broken Bells (6) & St. Vincent (4)
I hear this way too often: We haven't patched the servers in years, and we haven't been hacked, another couple of months won't hurt. #flawed
I could see myself living in a pop-up house: www.popup-house.com
What to expect in PHP 5.6: www.bram.us
The Perfect 18: www.youtube.com
Incredibly addictive: gabrielecirulli.github.io
Wello looks cool: https://azoi.com
My Top 1 #lastfm Artists: Kid Cudi (16)
My grandmother had shock treatment. Her father committed suicide. As did her brother. And her 2 sisters. And now depression has hit my dad.
Waiting for the NRMA after our car broke down in Harden. Fortunately we're stuck outside a bakery that sells @LSRoasters coffee!
Meticulously studying the case against Amanda Knox.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Beck (32), HAIM (13) & Patrick Wolf (7)
Codebug is pretty sweet. codebugapp.com
Awesome afternoon yelling at the TV as @TownsvilleFire defeat the @JaycoRangers in a ripper WNBL preliminary final. #WNBL
Can you change the name of a site boundary in SCCM created from an AD site? Want to avoid an overlapped-name from an untrusted forest. #SCCM
2014-02
Having too much fun browsing the .NET Framework source code: http://referencesource-beta.microsoft.com
My Top 1 #lastfm Artists: Kelly Hogan (13)
In fact, I don't even understand why people bother with middle names at all.
I don't understand why some parents name their child, and then promptly, and forever, refer to them by their middle name.
Sound advice from Jason Fried on giving less advice: signalvnoise.com
Not exactly my style, but another three-pod house for sale outside of Berry. Could get used to the jacuzzi: http://www.eldersrealestate.com.au/office/berry/residential/buy/property-house-nsw-berry-538187
To my great disappointment, apples seem to keep getting bigger.
Looking forward to the Servers for Hackers newsletter: serversforhackers.com
I've admired this house near Berry since I first saw it a couple of years ago, and now it's for sale! So tempted. www.youtube.com
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Gossling (9), Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson (4) & Eminem (1)
My Top 2 #lastfm Artists: Yeasayer (8) & CHVRCHES (6)
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Lana Del Rey (14), Bonobo (13) & Gossling (12)
The Dingo from @BINGBAN70553973 is the mother of all bacon and egg rolls.
Just unsubscribed from 30+ email lists. A weight has lifted.
2014-01
The Gap, by Ira Glass: vimeo.com
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Phosphorescent (9), The National (5) & Warpaint (5)
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Gossling (23), Bonobo (18) & Moderat (9)
Great to see @bibbyj11 of the @CanberraCaps score a sizzling 32 points in only 20 minutes of court time against the @_WestCoastWaves.
If only Microsoft released KB2852386 for Windows 2008 R2 in addition to Windows 7.
Kimono will wrap a web site in an API in seconds. Not bad. www.kimonolabs.com
Home cooked Italian goodness at Chez Frederic on Lonsdale St. Just awesome.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: HAIM (15), Kurt Vile (14) & London Grammar (10)
Ostinato is a packet generator. "Wireshark in reverse". Freaking awesome. https://code.google.com/p/ostinato
12 Years a Slave is an awesome film, but the autobiography of Solomon Northup, on which it is based, is absolutely incredible.
Can you get a boot image prestart command (or custom unattend.xml) to run when booting back into WinPE from an SCCM task sequence? #sccm
Letterboxd year in review: letterboxd.com
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Bruce Springsteen (18), Lou Reed (17) & CHVRCHES (16)
Handy script to extract .msp updates from a patched installation of Office 2013: microsoft.com
I love the philosophy of the Pastry Box Project: https://the-pastry-box-project.net/philosophy
Fn + Command + (F1 - F12) to send function key through to Microsoft Remote Desktop client on OS X.
Just bought a mixed dozen from @NakedWinesAus. I like the way these guys do business.
Lonsdale Street Roasters are serving Peru and playing High by The Cure. My day is complete.
1/3 of Americans think "humans & other living things have existed in their present form since the beginning of time": pewforum.org
I seriously love concrete: freshome.com
Song Exploder: A podcast where musicians take apart their songs, and tell the story of how they were made. maximumfun.org
🎧My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Great Lake Swimmers (44), The Go-Betweens (29) & Embrace (12)
2013-12
Thinking of buying a Brother HL-3170CDW colour LED printer. $289 from Office Works. com.au
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Roy Orbison (11), Blood Orange (11) & Lionel Richie (9)
Playing with Koa: github.com #nodejs
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Natalia Kills (15), Arcade Fire (12) & Sky Ferreira (12)
Noisli. Love it. www.noisli.com
WIND: An awesome short film: vimeo.com
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Sky Ferreira (13), Lana Del Rey (11) & Blood Orange (6)
A great solution for managing local administrator passwords in an enterprise Windows environment: msdn.microsoft.com
2013-11
Impressed by Martini, a web framework for Go: github.com
My Top 2 #lastfm Artists: Ke$ha (8) & Lorde (6)
Foot and Thai in Belconnen have replaced a "1 free massage every 5" with a system so complex it requires an A4 page explanation. #misguided
Seriously good sausage at Bing Bang on Lonsdale Street, Canberra.
Shooting hoops. First time since the late 80's.
Just because someone has written in public, it doesn't mean they have written for the public, or have any expectation of public interest.
I am reasonably confident that if I were simultaneously myself, and another person, we would not be friends.
Hanging out at Deadset bar in Hotel Hotel at Nishi. Open til Sunday.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Lady Gaga (24), Midlake (16) & Four Tet (11)
Seriously. Sangoma Retreat is heaven on Earth. But better still.
My Top 2 #lastfm Artists: MS MR (12) & Lorde (10)
2013-10
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Hole (19), Ladytron (13) & The Verve (12)
Cannot switch from Windows 2012 R2 Server Core to GUI using Volume License media. Works with R2 preview. #windows2012
Impressed with the immersive experience of Gravity. And Sandra Bullock's 49 year old legs.
At Lonsdale St Roasters drinking coffee, reading Offscreen magazine, and listening to Heart of Gold. Mornings don't get much better.
Hanging about waiting for MDT 2013...
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Birdy (15), Miley Cyrus (8) & Lorde (4)
Carly Wilson had more court time for the @CanberraCaps in 2012/13 than any other player, but was the 11th most effective per minute of play.
Accurate stats for the 2012/13 season of the WNBL located. Thank God for the Wayback Machine.
Found an old link to player statistics on SportingPulse for the 2012/13 season of the WNBL. Unfortunately the stats are incomplete/jumbled.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: London Grammar (17), The Field (13) & Uffie (10)
Myosis. An epic short film: vimeo.com
Somewhere under Paris… Hrafntinna by Sigur Ros. Superb. www.youtube.com
I've gotta get myself a lego calendar: http://vitaminsdesign.com/projects/lego-calendar
Anyone know the maximum number of software update points in a single Config Manager 2012 R2 site? #ConfigMgr #SCCM
You won't find me in there: http://app.thefacesoffacebook.com
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: London Grammar (24), Goldfrapp (10) & Birdy (7)
Gotta get the LOOP: www.libratone.com
2013-09
Thank god for the PBS. instagram.com
Shrine, the play by Tim Winton, is really something special.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Dawn of Midi (19), Moderat (11) & The Black Keys (1)
Jeremy by Pearl Jam is a bloody awesome song.
"Yes, I want to receive… email from Splunk Inc" is a mandatory option on the "sign up to download" form. Not a good way to start.
Streaming the first single from The Field's forthcoming album Cupid's Head: soundcloud.com
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Janelle Monáe (23), Dawn of Midi (21) & The Field (5)
Using SCUP 2011 with SCCM 2012 to deploy applications that require a system reboot. A great way to let users manage the restart process.
I haven't read any Elizabeth Gilbert, but if she writes as well as she speaks, I must take the time: www.ted.com
Only 16 days until The Field releases Cupid's Head. Cannot wait.
Dysnomia by @DawnofMidi is the most innovative music I've heard in years: dawnofmidi.bandcamp.com
Being able to focus on the detail whilst keeping the big picture in sight is some seriously difficult shit.
Sage advice. www.garann.com
Liking the Lemonade grid system by @joericho. Simple and flexible. lemonade.im
Great talk by @xnpetersonx at TechEd 2013 on patching cluster servers using Config Manager + Orchestrator: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/Australia/2013/MDC317B
Just bought tickets to see Tim Winton's new play, Shrine, at the Canberra Theatre later this month: http://www.bsstc.com.au/whats-on/shrine
Can't believe we're still voting with pencil and paper.
AppleTV update break your integration with PlexConnect? Easy fix here: langui.sh
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Kutless (19), Editors (12) & Mavis Staples (10)
2013-08
My Top 1 #lastfm Artists: Kutless (11)
First time at the gym in months. Feels good to be active.
They may claim otherwise, but for many, the phrase “find the root cause” is too often a mask for “find someone to blame”.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Robyn (45), Band of Horses (31) & Kylie Minogue (23)
Gotta love GitList. A self-hosted Git repository browser. gitlist.org
I feel a shoe fetish coming on: www.feitdirect.com
That's one sexy hammer: shophardcorehammers.com
Loving these individually named bags from Millican: www.homeofmillican.com
Anyone know why ConfigMgr 2012 isn't supported on Windows Server 2012 Core? And by "not supported" does it mean "won't work"? #configmgr
The noise to signal ratio in CBT Nuggets is way too high.
Apparently it is possible to eat too much massaman curry.
I'm quite possibly the only person in Darwin without a tattoo.
Name your price @ilyabirmannet. I'll buy Forebruary in an instant. ilyabirman.net
2013-07
My Top 2 #lastfm Artists: Eels (4) & Kanye West (3)
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Britney Spears (33), Thirteen Senses (33) & The Tallest Man on Earth (25)
Wine + chocolate + YouTube with @MarinasDiamonds. I am a very happy man right now.
One moment you're enjoying a sausage sandwich. Then you notice the underside of the bread is coloured mould-green. Then you continue eating…
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Daughter (19), A.C. Newman (11) & Suede (9)
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Suede (19), Sigur Rós (19) & Death Cab for Cutie (10)
It's been a long time since I've heard an album with as many hooks as Suede's Bloodsports.
I estimate 400 people at Dickson Woolworths. Two registers open. May eat contents of trolley before being served.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Mavis Staples (30), Suede (12) & Kanye West (10)
Thinking Vagrant + Linux containers with @getdocker on OS X would make for a great dev environment.
2013-06
My Top 2 #lastfm Artists: Editors (12) & The National (2)
Heartbreaking to see my dad, the most hands-on man I know, unable to recall how to tie a simple knot he's used 1000s of times. Fuck cancer.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: The National (21), Editors (18) & Alabama Shakes (6)
Really liking GistBox: www.gistboxapp.com
Impressed with the elegance of roon.io. Wish there was a self-hosted option.
"Web development is more like plumbing than any of us, perched in front of two slick monitors, would care to admit." aeonmagazine.com
Enjoying Plex Media Server on my Apple TV (without jailbreaking) thanks to this great hack: plexapp.com
Hours of entertainment on the Infinite Jukebox: labs.echonest.com
"A perfectionist is someone who does not believe in perfectionism." - Magnus Schifter-Holm. http://schifter.me/perfectionism
A great interview with @jasonfried. A seriously likeable dude. http://thegreatdiscontent.com/jason-fried
A great sampler demonstrating the power of PowerShell: http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/asp-net/say-hello-to-powershell
Editors to release a new album, The Weight of Your Love, on July 1. Digging the opening single A Ton of Love: youtube.com
Great promo video for Fan TV: http://www.fan.tv/tv
The August Smart Lock would be a nice addition to our new apartment: www.august.com
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: The National (36), Bastille (20) & Dido (8)
Cute: http://www.getprojecteo.com
2013-05
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: The National (49), The Neighbourhood (18) & Ryan Adams (1)
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: The National (51), F'tang (8) & Yiruma (3)
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Yiruma (17), Yeah Yeah Yeahs (14) & The National (10)
Trying to explain LDAP and X.500 to @mhinchley and failing. May have to postpone further discussion till morning.
If you are on the lookout for a great furniture consultant, you can't go past Ciaran Steele from Fanuli in Sydney. Amazing service!
2013-04
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Marina & the Diamonds (14), Charles Dickens (3) & The xx (2)
In a strange turn of events I find myself in the role of chief scorer at Canberra's first powerlifting comp at Centre Ring Gym in Fyshwick.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Dido (7), R.E.M. (4) & The Cure (3)
Anyone up to getting bcompiler working under PHP 5.4?
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Suede (33), Eels (8) & The xx (5)
Bringing some OOP goodness to PowerShell.
Reading reviews of Status Board by @panic and hovering over the Buy button.
Liking the look of document.ly.
Great use of Google Maps: hyperlapse.tllabs.io
Calibrating my new @lumoback.
2013-03
Funny portraits of animals dressed like humans. Enough said. www.mymodernmet.com
Overheard from impressed traveller on Melbourne street: Sydney can go fuck itself.
Aimlessly wandering along Melbourne city lane ways.
Just watched The Loneliest Planet at @PalaceElectric. A great venue for an amazing film. And free Peroni beer!
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Patrick Wolf (22), Economics (17) & British Sea Power (10)
Glad quince season has started.
Looking to buy an amazing 4 bedroom house in north Canberra? After 12 great years, I can vouch for this place: com.au
Big fan of the gear from AS Colour: ascolour.com.au
Nothing quite like the smell of a new Apple computer.
Bugger. VMware Fusion has an 8 GB memory limit.
2013-02
Just bought a @thermomixaus! Who could resist after the amazing Erhan prepared sorbet, risotto, custard and tasty bread in just minutes :)
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Sigur Rós (1), Aimee Mann (1) & Dave Matthews Band (1)
Waiting... twitter.com
Sometimes reading the documentation helps.
Letting it all go: throwing out birthday cards kept since birth, school reports, trophies, awards, photos... the lot. Kinda scary.
The new Sonos Playbar looks kinda neat. www.sonos.com
Download the technical documentation for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager: microsoft.com
The Haze weather app for iOS is a steal at only 99 cents: gethaze.com
I now have a Mac Mini, 2.6 GHz quad-core i7, 16 GB RAM, 2 x 256 GB SSDs, running Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012. A thing of beauty!
Looking forward to paying a visit to the newly opened Sweet Bones (vegan) Bakery in Braddon.
After too many hours of trying, I can definitely confirm that it isn't possible to install Windows onto a striped dynamic volume.
Great evening listening to the Canberra Symphony Orchestra on the lawns of Government House. Tickets courtesy of @newactonnishi.
I just learnt (the hard way) that required car park permit times are displayed on signs ABOVE, not BELOW, the relevant day of the week. WTF.
2013 Sony World Photography Awards: theatlantic.com
Fantastic to finally have access to a detailed floor plan of our apartment at @newactonnishi. Very excited!
Picked up a Jawbone Big Jambox. The little red unit packs a punch.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: CocoRosie (16), Sarah Blasko (12) & Low (9)
Incredibly disappointed by how difficult it has proven to get information from the developer about our apartment at @newactonnishi. #sucks
Taken by @rethinkdb. Thinking I should write a protocol driver for PHP.
Amazing service at @adoretea at Gold Creek today. Put a spring in my step.
Just reserved a @mailbox.
Great to see Nicole Hunt of the @CanberraCaps on fire last night. 8 rebounds, 1 block, 10 assists, 21 points. A star!
The Amiigo fitness band looks interesting: www.indiegogo.com
2013-01
Looking forward to the new Coen brother's film, Inside Lewyn Davis: www.youtube.com
The Reward: vimeo.com
Tempted by so many items at Mungo and Maud that I'm worried I've become one of those "dog people": www.mungoandmaud.com
My Top 1 #lastfm Artists: Vladimir Nabokov (1)
Spent 5+ hours researching bed linen today. Weaves, cotton variants, pocket depths, thread counts… I've got it covered. Ready for an exam.
The audiobook version of Lolita read by Jeremy Irons is just exquisite. The perfect novel.
If only I was single: www.crazyblinddate.com
Connecting - A great documentary on the future of interaction design: vimeo.com
I just discovered a need I didn't know I had, and now I must buy a @mylapka: http://mylapka.com.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: The Killers (1), Bat for Lashes (1) & Julia Stone (1)
Get married. Have kids. Go to work. Mon-Fri. 9-5. Pine for weekend. Are these default actions, or deliberate decisions? Must be other paths.
Egotistical furniture needs room to breath.
The last word: He said he was leaving. She ignored him. theweek.com
Like the look of the upcoming Monitor headphones from Marshall: marshallheadphones.com
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Anthony Warlow (5), Aimee Mann (2) & Darren Hanlon (2)
Best way of motivating yourself to do something you don't want to do is to commit to doing something you like even less.
Liking Letterboxd: letterboxd.com
Check out Martha, a pared-back and super clean implementation of Markdown in PHP: github.com #php
Security clearances are a real slog. So much redundancy. I wish you could just say: "all that stuff I said last time, it's still true".
Huge loss for @CanberraCaps. Went down by 39. Turnover count almost exceeding field goal percentage. Dismal 29%. Need to get back to basics.
The @CanberraCaps already have 19 turnovers and it's only midway through the third.
Great decision from Graf to sub on Cosier at the end of the first. Nails a huge three on the buzzer. #caps
Trapped in Ikea.
Anyone out there own a Fatboy? And would you mind if I came over and sat on it?
Made the mistake of relying on Apple maps for directions. Extra 3km walk.
Apparently all buses in Sydney are pre-paid only.
Just knocked back my first espresso. Cra-zy.
Just sat in a Frank Gehry squiggle chair!
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Cœur de Pirate (18), The xx (11) & The Shins (9)
I'm at The Hinchley Residence (Bruce, ACT) http://4sq.com/ZRCsQH
I'm at Hoyts (Belconnen, ACT) http://4sq.com/Z6WUvn
If you are attending the 8:30pm session of Les Miserables at Hoyts in Belconnen, I apologise in advance for singing "Bring Him Home".
A great afternoon for a swim at Casuarina Sands.
I'm at The Hinchley Residence (Bruce, ACT) http://4sq.com/VtbLNE
I'm at IGA (Kaleen, ACT) http://4sq.com/ZRe29V
Loving Foursquare as a tool for planning a holiday itinerary, or more specifically, furniture shopping in Sydney: foursquare.com
A little too much info in this error message from the Fatboy web site: www.fatboyusa.com
Did some cleaning today. Swept the garage, vacuumed, and deleted my Facebook account.
2012-12
Bringing in the New Year with our retired neighbours. Good talk + BBQ + wine. Nice.
Family outing at Mt Majura. @ Mount Majura instagr.am
Diced pear, frozen berries, apple juice, and a blender = summer happiness.
.@mhinchley just made her famous corn and pomegranate salad for lunch. Never fails to deliver. thrivept.net
"30,000 - 32,000 US deaths from suicide per year"… of these "20 percent are Veterans". 1 every 80 minutes. [pdf] health.mil
First game of tennis in 22 years.
Thinking of splurging on a Thermomix TM31. Looks like some serious kitchen machinery. www.thermomix.com.au
Bugger. Speeding fine. On the upside, it was @mhinchley. I wonder if I can use this to my advantage.
To practice noticing requires a suspension of yearning and a pause in the desire to be pouring something out of yourself. - Klinkenborg.
Best Christmas present ever. Building Stories by Chris Ware. @ Oaklands Gunningbland instagr.am
Preparing for a few days away over the Xmas break by collating a 2 year supply of books, films, TV shows, mags, etc. Entering the man cave.
Walking out the door after 4.5 years at The Department of Finance. Time for a change of scenery.
Palace Electric Cinema will allow alcohol in all 8 theatres, and seating will be fully allocated.
The world always seems a little better when the news is read by @edwina_b.
Time to get back to match fitness.
Bought a Dell Inspiron 14Z 5423 from JB Hi Fi for my nephew. Includes an i7 processor, 8 GB RAM, and 256 GB SSD. $1300. Not a bad unit.
Just when you thought PHP had it all, the alpha release of 5.5 introduces generators! Time to start yielding.
Had breakfast today at Urban Food in New Acton. Small portions. Medium quality. Big prices.
Good article by Mark Russinovich on why computers can share the same SID (unless shared with a domain controller): technet.com
It's always the season for minimalism: mmminimal.com
Windows bitching it can't calculate effective permissions… then realised the member server and the domain controller had the same SID.
Soon to be our home. @ Nishi instagr.am
It is always now: www.youtube.com
Why you should comment your code: blogs.msdn.com
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Marina & the Diamonds (16), Cloud Nothings (15) & Guy Sebastian (14)
Wish it was possible to exclude individual iOS apps from backup with iTunes.
Back from a great afternoon at the @ThriveTraining Christmas party. Now time for a snooze.
Photos of @mhinchley competing at the Oceania Powerlifting Championship in Sydney last week: flickr.com
Great work by @chrisrowe. Made me laugh. Responsive URLs: responsiveurl.co.uk
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Bat for Lashes (23), Martha Wainwright (16) & Guy Sebastian (15)
300,000 births; 10,000 IVF-assisted; 45 Australian children adopted (no previous contact with parents); 215 overseas children adopted.
Like the new Mike Matas shoes: mikematas.com
Sadly the home button on my new iPhone has chucked it in. Appears to be a common fault.
Be sure to watch a live stream of @mhinchley at the 2012 Oceania Powerlifting Championships in Sydney at 10am Friday: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/heavy-metal-powerlifting-channel-aus---local-events
After 4.5 years of hard work and good times, I've decided to leave the Department of Finance. Looking forward to new challenges.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Martha Wainwright (18), Samantha Jade (3) & Lisa Mitchell (3)
2012-11
The awesome Nicole Hunt larger than life. A great sign for tonight's game against Logan. twitter.com
Some amazing gear is up for grabs on Offscreen's Christmas wishlist: http://www.offscreenmag.com/xmas
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Aimee Mann (39), Chromatics (22) & Bat for Lashes (22)
Really wish Witness from @orbicule supported auto-activation with multiple iOS devices. Totally need this feature.
Big fan of this fine art print from Michael Shapcott: http://society6.com/michaelshapcott/Cora_Print
It seems Microsoft has yanked Internet Explorer Maintenance (IEM) from Group Policy in Windows Server 2012. Now via Preferences only.
I've used 7,344 distinct words in 2,362 tweets.
Great sofas from LK Hjelle: www.hjelle.no
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Bat for Lashes (33), Aimee Mann (28) & Chromatics (17)
Just picked up tickets to see @darrenhanlon at the Street Theatre. Best Xmas show this side of Gympie.
The useless web: www.theuselessweb.com
I took one look at the About page of the new Man of the World site and just knew I had to subscribe to the magazine: www.manoftheworld.com
I cannot get Ubuntu 12.04 LTS working on my Mac: "VMware Fusion has encountered an error and has shut down the virtual machine". Any tips?
Just bought another 3 issues of @offscreenmag. An early christmas present to self.
Great dinner with @mhinchley at La Posada celebrating a big 9 years of wedded bliss.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Colourwaves (5), John Talabot (4) & Wild Nothing (1)
"First wonder goes deepest; wonder after that fits in the impression made by the first". - Life of Pi.
Digging The Weather screen saver for OS X: http://www.stefantrifan.com/theweather
The ceramic speakers + subwoofer from Joey Roth are also a work of genius: http://joeyroth.com/subwoofer
The amazing Felt Mouse from Joey Roth: http://joeyroth.com/feltmouse
"Reason is my prophet and it tells me that as a watch stops, so we die. It's the end". - Life of Pi.
The quinoa bircher muesli at Delissio is un-freaking-believable.
Looking for a stylish desk that won't take up much space? Check out OneLessDesk: hecklerdesign.com
Decided to ditch the idea of a sofa bed in favour of the Therm-A-Rest DreamTime mattress. http://cascadedesigns.com/en/therm-a-rest/mattresses/camp-and-comfort/dreamtime/product
Pining for an Ergoflex mattress: www.ergoflex.com.au
My Optus phone plan ends next week. Without 4G support in Canberra, I guess I'll be switching to Telstra.
WeMo from Belkin looks kinda cool, but very much a first-generation device. Too big and too costly. www.belkin.com
Totally gutted by Lumen's (Julia Stiles) decision in the final episode of season 5 of Dexter.
56% of exploits blocked by Kaspersky in Q3 use Java vulnerabilities: securelist.com
A thrilling win for @canberracaps. @mikkidombkins and @bizzardossicaps were ON FIRE!
2012-10
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Wild Nothing (22), Purity Ring (20) & Chromatics (16)
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Chromatics (17), Bat for Lashes (11) & Purity Ring (11)
Thinking about a Memoto lifelogging camera: www.kickstarter.com
Great to see Nicole Hunt of the @CanberraCaps return to stellar form last night. Awesome 1 point win over @BulleenBoomers1.
I was in Kingston last night, and caught a glimpse of @MilkbarStudio. Looks like a great space to work: http://themilkbarstudio.com.au
Kill for Love by the Chromatics is one of the best songs of the year.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Birdy (11), Dave Matthews Band (9) & The Mountain Goats (6)
It seems the default domain firewall config in Windows 8 disallows inbound ICMP echo requests.
Most problems with SCCM boil down to a WMI corruption.
Lumia 920: 5% longer, 20% wider, 40% thicker and 65% heavier than iPhone 5. But is it 100% more awesome?
The article by @al3x in The Magazine, the new digital publication from @marcoarment, is utterly brilliant, sad, hopeful, and… more.
Hanging at Tilley's with @mhinchley, drinking wine, and installing SCCM 2012 on Windows 2012 under VMware Fusion. Bring it on!
I forgot how productive one can be when not forced to attend meetings.
Hanging out in the emergency department at Calvary Hospital. Helping to put my current ailments into perspective.
My Top 1 #lastfm Artists: Lucinda Williams (12)
The web in black and white: www.unclrd.com
Excited to learn that Craig Silvey has just released a new book, The Amber Amulet. It even includes a Masked Avenger and a Power Beagle!
Lowndes into third!
How to anger the wife: express outrage at the oversized meal she’s served, saying, “You’re making me fat!”, only to learn it was for her.
Our backyard has developed the distinct odour of salmon soufflé.
Amazing quinoa breakfast at Delissio.
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple is an excellent but disturbing documentary of a first-class psychopath: Jim Jones.
Liking favstar.fm.
Just when you thought ping pong couldn’t get any more exciting, along comes this little beauty: mmminimal.com
A busy morning filming 80 more videos with @mhinchley for the @ThriveTraining exercise library: thrivept.net
Fasting for a blood test. And feeling especially hungry.
Thanks to Netbot from Tapbots, I expect to be spending way more time over on app.net.
Thinking about buying a Volkswagen Up as a small second car: http://volkswagenup.com.au
Got to grab a copy of Chris Ware’s new book, Building Stories: amazon.com
My Top 1 #lastfm Artists: Mark Knopfler (19)
I hope I never become that person who refers to people as interchangeable resources.
Experimenting with the dynamic access control feature in Windows Server 2012. Unfortunately, the most restrictive access rules win.
Nothing like being back at home.
2012-09
Great to watch the @CanberraCaps pull out a big win against China. A strong team effort bodes well for the coming season.
My Top 2 #lastfm Artists: Bob Dylan (7) & Elvis Presley (1)
Just learnt about Gatekeeper on OS X.
Real estate auctions are scandalous.
My Top 1 #lastfm Artists: Four Tet (5)
New secure password hashing API in PHP 5.5: gist.github.com
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: The xx (11), Jens Lekman (10) & Matt & Kim (8)
“I think it is important to make a distinction between the things we ‘want to do’ and the things we ‘want to have done’” - Shaun Inman.
Feel cheated to only just discover that JavaScript doesn’t support look-behind regular expression syntax.
Just experienced my first “blue screen of death” on Windows 8. The message literally starts with a big bad smiley face :(
Even though we like to hear positive messages about ourselves, we crave the sense of a coherent and consistent self even more.
There are many great advances in Windows 8 and Server 2012, but sadly, the Windows Registry has remained effectively unchanged since 1995.
A service catalogue should be a comprehensive list of products and professional services, actionable, contextual, and client focused.
Now even I want to vote in the US election: www.youtube.com
I’d consider buying an Amazon Paperwhite if it didn’t rely on a touch screen.
I wish @simplify was available outside of the US.
“Insecurity is the result of trying to be secure” - Alan Watts.
“Lying is, almost by definition, a refusal to cooperate with others”. Just one of the many truths from Lying, an essay from @SamHarrisOrg.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Cat Power (12), Bruce Springsteen (3) & U2 (2)
Impressed with Kirby: getkirby.com
Generators are accepted into PHP. wiki.php.net
MarkdownPad looks like a decent markdown editor for Windows. And free. markdownpad.com
2012-08
A commitment to telling the truth requires that one pay attention to what the truth is in every moment. - Sam Harris
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: The Smashing Pumpkins (17), The Cure (9) & Yeasayer (8)
Impressed by Microsoft catering to both the layman and power user in Windows 8. Unlike Apple who is favouring the lowest common denominator.
It’s the day before I submit my tax return and I just discovered I don’t have a group certificate. #prepared
Question addressed to field engineer at Microsoft roadshow regarding Windows 8: Can you enable the Windows Classic theme?
Tweetbot Alpha pulled due to Twitter API changes. Nice way to foster your ecosystem @twitter. tapbots.com
I've come to expect nothing less than a Dyson Airblade hand dryer in every public toilet I visit.
Switched to using Digipass on the iPhone for two factor authentication into the office. No longer have to think about carrying a token.
The Win+X and Win+I shortcuts in Windows 8 will save your butt.
Hoping tent.io lives up to the early promise.
Weird, but mildly rewarding when shaken in earnest: www.staggeringbeauty.com
Liking the look of @pagodabox, but a lack of support for PHP 5.4 could be a show stopper.
According to The Diamond Club experiment, a top 5 spot in the iTunes book store equates to about 1,500 daily sales: bbliveshow.info
When you give a nothing a name, you can re-imagine it as a something -- @romanmars.
There are two types of risk. The type that comes from action, and the type that comes from inaction. Too few consider the latter.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Louis Armstrong (17), Diana Krall (12) & Shearwater (12)
1 cent per GB per month for “archive class” storage via Amazon Glacier (equates to $120 a year for 1TB). Not bad. aws.amazon.com
The response from @mhinchley when I show her how to get to the Start Menu from the Windows 8 desktop: “Well that’s real shit, isn’t it”.
I guess it’s Terminal or a third party app like IceFloor if you want to configure the firewall in Mountain Lion. #shame
Only just realised I cannot upgrade Windows 7 Ultimate to Windows 8 Enterprise. Will need to settle for Windows 8 Professional instead.
Australian trivia: Bob Hawke once drank 1.4 litres of beer in 11 seconds, and David Boon drank 52 beers in a flight from Sydney to London.
Excited to be heading out to Chairman and Yip to celebrate @mhinchley’s birthday.
I miss you Demonoid.
Photos from our recent holiday to the Solomon Islands staying at Oravae Cottage: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hinchley/sets/72157630969171770
Is there any way to search/browse collections on @medium?
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Kelly Hogan (13), The Tallest Man on Earth (9) & Paul Kelly (2)
Just picked up a copy of Cardiio - an iOS camera pulse sensor. itunes.apple.com
That last post was a photo of my Fitbit… after I side-swiped a wall.
Just posted a photo instagr.am
I’m backing App.net.
Reinstalled PHP 5.4 via @php_osx and now I’m back in business.
Seems upgrading to Mountain Lion boned by Apache/PHP config.
2012-07
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: The Tallest Man on Earth (28), Great Lake Swimmers (19) & Kelly Hogan (8)
I finally caved. Just bought a 1 year subscription of @hackermonthly.
You get used to anything. Sooner or later it just becomes your life. - The Boss.
Taking a break from season 1 of Dexter to show @mhinchley how to somersault like a ninja.
The new business offering from Wuala looks promising: http://wuala.com/business
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Alabama Shakes (27), Florence + the Machine (15) & Laura Marling (13)
I cannot find even a half decent user management interface for Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS).
Pleased to see Microsoft embrace REST and JSON in Windows Azure Active Directory.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Great Lake Swimmers (11), Alabama Shakes (6) & Circle of Sharks (5)
Getin’ jiggy with WordPress.
Offering a free trial version of your software, and then making users jump through hoops to download it, is not a good conversion strategy.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Kelly Hogan (13), Metric (11) & The Tallest Man on Earth (10)
Picked up a copy of @sparrow for the Mac at the bargain price of $5. It’s a thing of beauty.
Taking the alpha release of Tweetbot for the Mac for a spin. Nice.
Need a kick-ass method of requesting truck loads of URLs in PHP? Look no further than Hurly: github.com
Next time I plan a tropical island holiday I need to consider the cost of antimalarials, and injections for Hep A, typhoid, etc. Big bucks.
Just took advantage of the 30% discount on @1password for iOS.
Just bought an annual subscription to @offscreenmag. I rock!
When feeling shit, it helps to do something you are good at.
2012-06
Watching Akira Kurosawa's Red Beard. And loving it.
I'm in the mood for a Greek holiday. How about here: www.sangiorgio-mykonos.com
Looking for a simple time tracking app with the elegance of @toggldevel but self-hosted.
@shique It’s been labelled boring and racist, but I’m with you… I watch it every year.
There is a greater correlation between perfectionism and suicide than between feelings of hopelessness and suicide. Oliver Burkeman.
Just bought some Keep Cups: www.keepcup.com.au
Great to see the Opals smash out a 21 point victory this evening against Brazil. First class games from @Abby_Knight10 and @SuzyBatkovic.
Damn @wunderlist is good. And free. Almost feels like stealing.
Liking the look of Twitter Cards: twitter.com
A thought provoking article arguing against the use of classes in CSS. And great comments. smashingmagazine.com
Listening to the Canberra Youth Orchestra at Llewelyn Hall.
Life is one big compromise.
Using Vanilla Options extension on Chrome to maintain a cookie whitelist. Really nice.
If you recreate a local Google Drive folder (e.g. rebuild computer + restore from backup) all files will be duplicated. This sucks.
I'd buy @tweetbot for OS X in a flash if it were available.
Just watched the movie Primer. My head now hurts.
Bugger. Missed the @cheddar sign-up by 2 hours.
It would be great if @kippt supported changing the title and URL of existing bookmarks.
Hoping Google update Chrome for the MacBook Pro retina display shortly. The pixelation is grating.
A great write-up of The Untold Story of the World's Biggest Diamond Heist: wired.com
Wishing my entire music collection was lossless, like it was back in the 90's.
Downloading BoxCryptor for OS X.
Lest we forget: email is not a real-time messaging service.
Woot! Just booked tickets to see Julia Stone perform in Canberra on the 12th of September.
Divorce never sleeps by @zeldman: zeldman.com. Melancholy at its most sublime.
A wonderfully smart article by @jackcheng exploring the slow web movement: http://buff.ly/OWwtAU
An insanely great head massage at Foot and Thai followed by the best shantung chicken of my life at Can Tho. Now time for a spa. #onaroll
Thinking of buying the new iPad Smart Case.
Dummy, for Rapid Prototyping and QA dummy.kerns.dk via @kippt
Really impressed with Kippt (http://kippt.com. Goodbye Delicious.
Guess I'll be buying a new MacBook Pro with Retina display today.
Congrats to my niece Keeghan who has been named NSW Country cricketer of the year.
Not sure what's up, but php.net is alive and kicking.
Thinking we need to consider an alternative to the FHWA Alphabet (Highway Gothic) font used on Australian road signs.
Back in my home town of Narrandera to see my parents. Ushered to the dining table for a 3 course meal within 5 minutes of arrival.
The chicken is just an egg’s way of making another egg. - Samuel Butler.
Ray Bradbury, you transformed my world with The Martian Chronicles. You will be missed.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Cat Stevens (65), Silver Firs (10) & The Antlers (9)
Google Drive on OS X doggedly continues to upload stuff even when paused. Need to quit the app to reclaim bandwidth.
Here's one for the adrenalin junkies, the Isle of Man TT motorcycle race: kottke.org
Organisations are like human bodies - 10% of the energy is expended on outward activity, the other 90% on keeping the system running.
3 great sites for film buffs. Selection: abetterqueue.com. Torrent: http://movies.io.
2012-05
My Top 2 #lastfm Artists: Nina Simone (11) & The Shins (7)
Enjoying the Prohibition series by Ken Burns: www.pbs.org
I've been conditioned to expect sub-$10 IOS app purchases and baulked at the $20.99 price tag of Diet Coda.
Missing way too many emails when using Gmail's POP3 retrieval to collate email from different sources. Switching to forwarding.
P2 Theme appears to offer an easy way of leveraging a self-hosted Wordpress instance as a group collaboration tool: p2theme.com
Always in search of an elegant to-do list. Cheddar looks promising: https://cheddarapp.com
Why I reluctantly use the web via mobile: median web page load time: 5 seconds; average page load time: 10 seconds.
On average, 60% of the weight of a web page is images. igvita.com
Interesting stats on Pinterest infrastructure: 150 EC2 instances in web tier, 80 million objects @ 410 TB in S3. highscalability.com
Nice Sunday afternoon bike ride with @mhinchley followed by a punishing backyard workout. I'm stuffed.
Your inherited temperament is not like a track that will guide you through life; instead, it is like a leash.
There are some things that are not just easier, but indeed only possible to alter via a change of environment.
Constraints encourage design.
My Top 2 #lastfm Artists: Sinéad O'Connor (13) & Chicago Public Media (1)
A perfect dinner at La Posada this evening with @mhinchley.
After a day of researching washing machines, I've decided on a front loader from Bosch - the WAS24460AU.
An insightful comment from @stevepavlina: "A person with a job is just a business owner who sells to only one customer [their employer]".
I'm a sucker for a Jane Austen mini-series.
Recursive drawing. An interesting concept: recursivedrawing.com
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Twit (10), Roman Mars (1) & Chicago Public Radio (1)
Not being able to code is increasingly analogous to not being able to read/write.
The largest issue facing corporate IT: over engineered solutions.
A graph showing the relationship between effort expended and value delivered across my life would be deeply depressing.
Reviewing my collective nouns: parliament of owls, company of parrots, murder of crows, bouquet of pheasants and bevy of quail.
The Valve Employee Handbook portrays a company I could work for: http://cdn.flamehaus.com/Valve_Handbook_LowRes.pdf
I tend not to watch TV, but in a rare & random bout of channel surfing I just stumbled across Agony Aunts. Very funny. net.au
Add a futon and a toilet, and I'd move in without hesitation: dezeen.com
When I need a boost I turn to Richard Feynman.
Using a microwave with analog controls is kinda like using a mobile with rotary dialing. It's spinning me out. #shelteredlife
A permanent user account lockout policy is a poor substitute for an active monitoring process. It's also asking for a denial of service.
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.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Economics (35), Adele (15) & Twit (3)
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. - Pablo Picasso.
Having purchased cereal, yoghurt, white tea and dark chocolate, I'm now feeling at home. #ontheroad
Random fact: the taxi driver informed me that there are 6,500 taxis in Sydney, and 1,000 of those are maxi cabs.
Someone turned the moon up to 11 tonight. Awesome sight.
I wonder when they will stop delivering the White Pages to our door.
If you’re not paying for something, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold. - Andrew Lewis.
Just discovered the group_concat function in MySQL. Rather useful.
5 minutes with John the Ripper on a moderately spec'd computer quickly demonstrates the uselessness of an 8 character password.
It should not be possible to "Like" or +1 anything without writing a one paragraph explanation of why.
Installing @thinkupapp. Interesting to see the expansion of short URLs from tweets. So many links point to nowhere…
Tamil Tigress. $16.49 from Amazon for the Kindle. $10.92 from Amazon as paperback. Something's wrong here.
We almost lasted 10 minutes into Sherlock Holmes 2.
epayplus doesn't accept passwords greater than 8 characters. I don't even get out of bed for less than 12. ActewAGL should be ashamed.
Inspired by the Lithium framework, I've spun up a neat filter system in PHP. github.com
Just watched Press Pause Play. Amazing. www.presspauseplay.com
I'll be releasing my numbers later in the week, but in the mean time, these are Facebook's: dcurt.is
Suit up or die. Cool online magazine. Great layout. magazine1.suitupordie.com
John Peel's 26,000 item record collection is being released over the next 26 weeks, one letter at a time. A is now out. http://thespace.org/content/s000004u/albums
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Ryan Adams (18), Bruce Springsteen (13) & Tori Amos (4)
Is it wrong for a government department to block web-based advertising? Is this akin to saying: we want the content but don't want to pay?
2012-04
StackTrace is a nice looking iOS app for Stack Overflow junkies: stacktraceapp.com
Now I know why no one holidays in the Solomon Islands. Flights are fucking expensive.
Booking flights for our tropical island getaway.
Surely the couple on Episode 4, Season 2, of Grand Designs Australia, is @mhinchley and I in 5 years.
The downside of the larger battery is that the new iPad takes a bloody long time to charge.
Amazed that many web sites still require a www prefix. e.g. mynrma.com.au
Wondering if the land release for Lawson will get off the ground. It seems the variation to the Territory Plan has been repealed.
Second high tea in two weeks. Feeling posh. instagr.am
Taking a break at Adore Tea after ruthlessly cleaning another room in our house. Part of the annual 'everything must go' bonanza.
Happiness: control, progress, connectedness and meaning. About sums it up.
Ok, INCREDIBOX is quite possibly the greatest thing I have ever seen: www.incredibox.com
Infographics provided by Notch of my FitBit activity over the last month: http://notch.me/p/3Zd8sDf7gA8RBTd76MVMX6
CloudFogger looks promising. I hope they release Mac OS X and iOS clients soon. http://www.cloudfogger.com
Watching Into The Abyss - a harrowing documentary focusing on death row inmate Michael Perry. Disadvantage is like a disease.
Woot. Just booked a holiday on our own tropical island: www.oravaecottage.com
Trying to find a clear definition of bullying.
Writing documentation for a kick arse URL router. Code to follow.
Considering alternatives to Flickr now that my Pro account has expired.
Meanwhile, in other organizations, the simple act of displaying the photo of an employee within internal IT systems finds resistance.
When logging onto a computer at Zappos you must enter a username, password, and the name of the employee shown in a randomly selected photo.
I think it helps to have a motto in life. Mine is: no bloat. And I'm not talking about my stomach.
Home cooked tomato sauce in the making. instagr.am
Even in the age of fat pipes and fast browser rendering engines, in my view, if it's more than 1MB, it isn't a web page, it's a download.
Spent the day working up a sweat editing photos of @mhinchley at the gym. D
I assume we're all barracking for the Bombers. #aflpiesdons
Something to consider when eating your cereal: as Sanitarium is owned by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, it does not pay company tax.
My 50kg sister-in-law gave birth this morning to a mighty 4.5kg front-rower named William. http://yfrog.com/ny73anxj
Some great 8-bit sneaker artwork from my mate @9thDesignRgmt: www.redbubble.com
Confirmed MIIS plays nicely with the AD Recycle Bin except that reference attributes of restored objects are only updated after full import.
Firefox 12 released. Introduces a software update process on Windows that bypasses UAC.
Patiently waiting to check out Google Drive: drive.google.com
The last two episodes of Mad Men have been crackers!
Trying to compile samdump2 on OS X with little success.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Ed Sheeran (24), The Album Leaf (10) & Nueva Forma Listening Pleasures (1)
Just picked up a copy of Carousel - an Instagram client for OS X. carousel.mobelux.com
Excited that Intel has launched the first of its Ivy Bridge processors. Let's hope Apple is quick to update the MacBook Pro.
So @mhinchley informs me she wants a holiday at Oravae Cottage: www.oravaecottage.com
Good ideas are rarely enough.
Dumping Active Directory password hashes.
Really impressed by Michelle Williams' performance as Marilyn Monroe in My Week with Marilyn.
Two day old pizza, three day old wine, and last week's episode of Grand Designs: what can I say, I enjoy living in the past.
Setting up an MIIS lab so I can test compatibility with Active Directory 2008 R2 recycle bin (especially with reference attributes).
Apparently @marissamayer can get by on 4 hours sleep a night. I'm useless on less than 8, and certifiable on less than 7.
Water, food, clothing and shelter are the staples of life, but I sometimes wonder how I'd survive without bitmasks and regular expressions.
Feeling seriously relaxed after a remedial massage and ridiculously hot sauna.
A lot of mother-daughter combos out and about today.
Sitting at a fashion parade with @dougoo, partaking in a high tea, and surrounded by women. Surely they think we're gay.
Doug with Paulini. instagr.am
Enjoying high tea with Paulini: instagr.am
The mild sound of creaking walls at 5:10am, which I took to be the wind, was apparently a 3.8 mag earthquake. Go Canberra.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Ed Sheeran (22), First Aid Kit (15) & Sinéad O'Connor (14)
Doing a good job rarely involves doing exactly as you are told.
Good to see Microsoft cutting back from 6 editions of Windows 7 to 4 editions of Windows 8.
Best typing tutor I'v used: typingclub.com
A great article on how "flat" scenes are inherently more humorous than those depicted at angles and with depth: blogspot.com.au
Some great new classes coming up at Udacity. Check 'em out: www.udacity.com
I wish Active Directory natively supported "shadow groups", i.e. dynamically managing group membership based on OU assignments.
Eager to try out the Capital headphones from AIAIAI which will be released later this month: aiaiai.dk
Finally getting around to learning Python.
Stoked that season 2 of Grand Designs Australia has kicked off.
Tip: When cracking passwords, don't assume they are longer than 6 characters.
Making tomato sauce.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: The Field (28), Evenings (26) & Sinéad O'Connor (20)
Playing around with Isotope and infinite scrolling: isotope.metafizzy.co
Throwing out trophies from my childhood. Let me know if you want to salvage a piece of sporting history.
The Wagga Wagga Daily Advertiser headline from 1994 @ The Hinchley Residence instagr.am
PowerShell + SQLite + JQuery Visualize makes for a simple monitoring interface for Active Directory.
Lunch at our place for 17. A small step up from the usual 2.
Someone needs to neuter the Easter Bunny.
It's not every day that 1,000 tea bags are delivered to your door.
Looking for a kick ass class for working with events in PHP? Look no further: github.com
And aren't they making fish from meat these days anyhow?
According to the Code of Canon Law, aren't Catholics supposed to abstain from eating meat every Friday? vatican.va
I'm always dumb struck by the insistence of the token religious not to eat red meat on Good Friday.
I've just been informed by @mhinchley that if we build a new house it must be equipped with 140 square metres of gym floor.
As an introvert that builds energy from being alone, I am about to be drained of my life blood: Easter Family Invasion!
Just made pesto using the recipe in @pjrvswp's new book Eat Awesome. God damn it was good. eatawesome.ca
The calm before the storm.
Happiness is found in small houses.
Find myself writing documentation before writing code. It's like using a map in a foreign town; surprisingly handy.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Shearwater (7), Twit (3) & Roman Mars (2)
I noticed two people today using cling wrap as a protective iPhone cover.
A bus ride to work is an education in life.
Checking out EyeEm as an alternative to Instagram: eyeem.com
Traffic lights out on the way to the airport. Interesting to watch how the flow of vehicles self-regulates.
2012-03
An HTTP request class in PHP: github.com
Great to see the Bombers start the season with a win over North Melbourne.
Noticed an unusually large number of high altitude "things" drifting northwards across the sky.
Went to the police station to report a hit and run involving my parents. Told to return home and lodge the report online.
Watching @mhinchley competing in the Powerlifting Australia Raw Nationals in Melbourne.
Taking Paper by FiftyThree for a spin. www.fiftythree.com
Hey @woolworths, why do you no longer stock Nerada Organic White Tea? I'm now forced to buy in bulk direct from the supplier.
Free worldwide shipping from Society6 until Sunday. I'm picking up some prints by Genis Carreras: society6.com
A novel idea: tweets on toilet paper. www.getshitter.com
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: The Shins (52), Sinéad O'Connor (20) & Imogen Heap (13)
Interesting to see @ThinkUpApp is seeking a Knight Foundation grant to pursue development as a commercial entity.
Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (aka A Separation) is an extremely powerful Iranian film. Highly recommended. www.imdb.com
Excited that Season 5 of Mad Men kicks off tonight in the US.
From cover to cover, there are few better albums than An End Has A Start by Editors.
It's Only Life from The Shins new album Port of Morrow is hands down one of the best songs of the year.
I now know what is meant by the "butter scene".
I've never thought of myself as an Owen Wilson fan, but having now seen Midnight in Paris twice, I can say he nails that role.
Find myself consistently using Mou. A great little Markdown app for OS X. mouapp.com
Considering a holiday at Tongsai Bay in Thailand: www.tongsaibay.co.th
Intrigued by the unintentional movement started by @dcurtis: svbtle.com
Tristar Medical Group has opened up a clinic on the ground floor of CISAC in Belconnen The bulk billing is a plus.
I can confirm the Belkin Snap Shield for iPad 2 fits the new iPad… JUST.
Really wish this was possible in PHP: class foo { static $bar = array('x' => function($y) { // do stuff }); }
Fact: Flatulence is best withheld during a Thai massage, especially a butt massage. Sorry.
My Top 1 #lastfm Artists: The Shins (7)
I cannot understand why I must me a member of a club and sign in my interstate family to enjoy a bistro meal.
The amount of bloatware installed on a new HP laptop is simply embarrassing.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Guster (2), David Bowie (1) & U2 (1)
Picking wild apples.
Fantastic to see the Dandenong Rangers win today's WNBL grand final. Great games from Kath MacLeod & Jenna O'Hea.
A great story from the man who broke his penis: theawl.com
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Alanis Morissette (18), The Cardigans (12) & Pavement (5)
Shopping cart: 1. Billion BiPAC 7800N modem. 2. Majestouch Ninja Filco mechanical keyboard (blue cherry). 3. SteelSeries Kana optical mouse.
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. - Oscar Wilde.
Woot. PHP 5.4 is released. Let the good times roll.
2012-02
Trying to create a Microsoft Premier Support Call. Can select from 773 different products, and Windows Vista isn't one of them. For real?
Pissed to be working back late only to find someone has taken my bag, wallet, iPad, keys... almost everything. Not happy.
Civic is awash with bum eaters.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Shearwater (26), Embrace (17) & First Aid Kit (14)
Last night I dreamt I had an affair… with my wife, @mhinchley. I guess that's a good thing.
This talk by Bret Victor - @worrydream, Inventing on Principle, is simply awe-inspiring. webmonkey.com
First day of Personal Efficiency Program training. Key takeaways: batch interactions, embrace the calendar, use shortcuts for common tasks.
About to find out if musicForProgramming(); really does aid concentration. musicforprogramming.net
Decided to make a habit of uploading code to Github. Started with two PHP repositories written last night: github.com
Really wish I'd picked up the Steve Jobs tribute figurine when I had the chance. inicons.com
Inspired by @markjaquith's recent post, this is the thought process that accompanied my own awakening. hinchley.net
A really great post by @markjaquith on "Why I am an atheist and a naturalist". Totally worth the long read. txfx.net
"The secret to happiness is to lower expectations" - Barry Schwartz. More great TED quotes at: ted.com
Floating in the after glow of a mind bendignly good massage at Foot & Thai.
Last night's game against Townsville sums up the @CanberraCaps season: so close, but oh so far.
I'm looking forward to Mountain Lion, but with so many great web apps who really cares for mail, calendar, reminders, notes, etc, in OS X.
Trying out the new Messages app from Apple.
I've taken a liking to these evening storms.
It's only been two days, but I'm hooked on the elegance of @UseClear.
I suspect I'm not the only person who needs to watch Tinker, Tailor a second time.
Loving how easy it is to switch accounts when using Google services.
Reading the Field Guide to Web Applications from the Chrome Developer Relations Team. Impressive use of CSS3 and HTML5. html5rocks.com
My Top 2 #lastfm Artists: Leo Laporte and the TWiTs (2) & Chris Hartjes and Ed Finkler (1)
Seriously thinking of buying a couple of Eames Aluminium Group chairs.
Sweet. Audio Technica ATH-ANC9 noise cancelling headphones released in 3 weeks!
Glad to hear that Grand Designs Australia is starting back up in April.
Excited by the new kitchen designs from Vipp: www.vipp.com
Having accidentally purchased 1kg of thai olives today, instead of 100g, I can confidently say, that's a shit load of olives.
Drunkenness is not disinhibition. Drunkenness is myopia. - @gladwell gladwell.com
My Top 1 #lastfm Artists: David Bridie (16)
2012-01
I wish Woolworths or Coles online grocery shopping services offered graphs/reports of produce consumption by category.
Just received my first grocery delivery from Woolworths Online. It's bloody awesome. Nice work @woolworths.
Congratulations to my niece Keeghan Tucker for being selected in the under 21 Australian cricket team.
Decided to try our grocery shopping with Woolworths Online. Could reap some big savings by not buying stuff we forgot we already had.
Just when you think life couldn't get any better, a Sharapova match heads into a third set.
My desk now looks way more exciting with a Nicole Hunt drink bottle. @canberracaps instagr.am
I arrived at work today to find a personally signed Nicole Hunt (of the @CanberraCaps) drink bottle on my desk. My life is now complete.
Really wish iTunes Match could be configured to sync with selected playlists. Would help circumvent the 25,000 song limit.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: The Roots (13), Mavis Staples (9) & Ben Lee (4)
Will someone please shake Michelle Cosier's hand! A massive final quarter from the @CanberraCaps to take down the @SydUniFlames. #GoCaps
Some people are motivated by focusing only on the positives; others by acknowledging, and then attempting to defy reality.
Some people do things because they want to, others because they have to, and some just to tick the box.
Just posted a photo instagr.am
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Thirteen Senses (22), Embrace (20) & Better Than Ezra (13)
SOPA: the desperate blow of an industry whose business model is predicated on controlling its customers rather than adapting to their needs.
We should always seek to estimate and track progress on activities, if for no other reason than to highlight how bad we are at estimation.
The length of the holiday is inversely proportional to the motivation to return to work.
Modern industrial relations laws that prohibit any kind of heavy lifting defeat the argument that some jobs are best suited to men.
The sound of Mr Whippy never grows old.
The wanker ratio is highest at the gym at 4:45 in the afternoon.
I'm either going blind, or the Brisbane International telecast assumes we are watching via a bloody big TV. #cantreadstats
Is it better to penalise undesirable choices, or to limit the potential for such choices in the first instance?
Always apply regulations specifically to the problem you want to avoid; anything else just substitutes for personal responsibility.
2011-12
My Top 1 #lastfm Artists: Adele (5)
ClickFit, the online training tool, offers a free 7 day trial, but requires a telephone call to cancel. Seriously? How about carrier pigeon?
It is getting better, but working through cross-browser CSS quirks will drive a man to drink.
First reason to live in a small country town: 1,100 square metre block with 3 bedroom home, close to main street, good condition - $79,000.
The time must be approaching when my metabolic rate can no longer sustain this onslaught of food.
"Funeral Blues" by W. H. Auden is the perfect poem. And splendidly recited by John Hannah in Four Weddings and a Funeral.
There's a lot to be said for blow-up beds.
Life is short.
Holly looking like a drowned rat after a big afternoon in the river: twitter.com
Here's a tip: pinot noir chardonnay is not a good combo.
A relaxing Christmas afternoon spent swimming in the river and hitting golf balls on the driving range.
Feeling particularly masculine after a stint of four wheel driving.
"Lo, he abhors not the Virgin's womb", is certainly one of the strangest lyrics of the season.
You know that awkward moment when you're flicking through holiday photos in public and reveal a picture of your wife's naked bottom? I do.
I was shocked to find myself walking out of a liquor store with a carton of beer on my shoulder. It must be the country atmosphere.
Not sure if it's the afternoon sun, or the sight of Vivien Leigh in Gone With The Wind, but I'm heating up.
It's 34 degrees and I'm floundering. Finally summer shows its worth.
A late night stroll through the wide silent streets of Narrandera is a welcome summer treat.
My Top 2 #lastfm Artists: British Sea Power (12) & Florence + The Machine (12)
Great to see the @CanberraCaps come out on top against Bulleen in a highly physical game. A fantastic all round effort.
Just posted a photo instagr.am
So sad to see @NPIREAustralia injured. Hope it's not too serious.
It really is a pleasure working with the Laravel framework.
Is there a way, out of the box, to stop Wordpress from auto-screwing with your markup when using the content editor in HTML mode?
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Bing Crosby (22), Paul McCartney (1) & Wham! (1)
I could never be a prescription junkie; I have to chew even the smallest pain killers.
Frictionless sharing isn't better sharing; it's the absence of sharing. oreilly.com
The second wedding I've been to this month that has played Love Song by The Cure for the bridal waltz.
About to start using @laravelphp. I really like the style of this project.
I'm getting a Little Printer: http://bergcloud.com/littleprinter
2011-11
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Gossip (2), The National (2) & Matt & Kim (2)
Just posted a photo instagr.am
Saw two good films this weekend with @mhinchley: Bill Cunningham New York and Midnight in Paris.
That was an intense half hour of coding. Now need sleep.
A night of steak, wine, chocolate, and white tea, and a win to @CanberraCaps. It don't get much better than that.
Got to love it when "professional" organisations leave phpinfo.php in the root of their web servers.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: R.E.M. (31), Pink Floyd (1) & Phoenix (1)
Today marks 8 years of marriage with the wonderful @mhinchley. How the good times roll.
Happy to have three new gold fish.
After 4 fun weeks, I'm regretfully dropping out of Stanford's Introduction to AI course to focus on a new project with @ThriveTraining.
Few basketball players are as alert on the court as @NPIREAustralia. #CAPSvsWAVES
Tolo kicking butt. Nails 12 points in the 2nd quarter. #CAPSvsWAVES
The @CanberraCaps finding great form against the Waves. Up by 12 at the end of the 1st.
Woot! PHP 5.4 RC1 released today. Adds support for class member access on instantiation. e.g. (new Foo)->bar(). Damn I'm excited.
That pizza was 4 slices too large.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: R.E.M. (56), Future Islands (12) & The Field (8)
MongoDB is taking a hiding on Hacker News today. Has motivated me to take a closer look at Riak.
Wondering at what point primary school sporting achievements need to drop off the bottom of the CV. e.g. town basketball rep: age 10.
78 sources of inspiration I've compiled for the new home I hope to build next year with @mhinchley: nicespaces.tumblr.com
Working on my top 5 R.E.M songs of all time.
Growth does not equal progress.
Not a fan of Random capitalisation.
Damn this is good weather.
Looking for a humane way to kill a sick goldfish.
A valiant effort by the @CanberraCaps but too many missed opportunities see them go down by 12 to the Rangers.
The @CanberraCaps coming unstuck with bad ball handling. Down by 10 at the end of the third.
The @CanberraCaps pull the margin back to 5 against the Rangers. A solid all round team effort.
The @CanberraCaps down by 10 at the end of the first against the Rangers, but actually playing with the best attitude of the season.
Writing meaningful and testable requirements without presupposing a specific solution is harder than it looks.
That was more cumbersome than I expected, but the iOS app has now been submitted to the App Store.
Looking across my desk from where I'm reading the Steve Jobs biography on an iPad, I see two MacBook Pro's, an iPhone & an iPod. #committed
A great use of 288,000 jelly beans: petapixel.com
Note to self: retrospectively adding items to a todo list and immediately crossing them off is disingenuous, but still rewarding.
It seems many organisations consider IT Disaster Recovery synonymous with a single scenario: failover of the data centre. False comfort.
I think we could all aim a little higher.
I am not endeared to vendors that justify the design of their products by claiming the user is always at fault.
Can anyone recommend a great online store for buying pinot noir in Australia?
The line spacing in the redesigned Google Reader totally trashes the scanability of post titles.
Apple's usability experts must have been away the day the iOS development and distribution process was devised.
My Top 2 #lastfm Artists: The Field (19) & Coldplay (1)
2011-10
The dog has earned her keep by scaring off what I expect to be the last of the trick-or-treaters.
Working on my first iPhone app.
Me to wife (pointing): That's the girl I like from the gym. Wife: She's hideous. And that means you like ugly girls. And that makes me ugly!
Tolo has got to learn greater self confidence. #CAPSvsADL
Back from a punishing medicine ball workout at the gym with @mhinchley. Now off to see the @CanberraCaps kick Adelaide's butt.
Got to love a CEO with balls. Not enough of that these days. #qantas
Taking a break from study to make a start on season 4 of Damages.
The Field has released a new album: Looping State of Mind. I simply must hear this now!
Dinner at Digress Restaurant in Civic. Service: excellent. Food: ok. Decor: confused. Price: way high.
Google Plus finally available for Google Apps users. Nice.
That was harder than I expected.
If i had my way, I wouldn't have a funeral.
Find it odd that by default, SCUP 2011 stores content in the local user's profile instead of a shared database.
Working out how to use SCUP to deploy custom software packages.
Great to see the @CanberraCaps pick up a win today against Logan. Carly Wilson leading the way with 23 points.
17 points and 5 assists from Nicole Hunt are not enough. @CanberraCaps go down by 11 to the Fire. 0 from 4 this season. Bummer. #CAPSvsFIRE
Helped by 5 steals, the @CanberraCaps take a 1 point lead into the 2nd quarter against the Fire. #CAPSvsFIRE
Just bought tickets to see @darrenhanlon in Canberra on December 14.
Few things piss me off more than unnecessary software bloat.
A tough night. My aunty unexpectedly died from a massive heart attack. A stark reminder that life can turn on a dime.
Chronic snorers should be forced to wear GPS enabled ankle bracelets that enable online tracking.
It's important to be present.
Katoomba houses an eclectic bunch of folk.
Mental note: use a download manager when next attempting to download an iOS update.
Multiple choice questions: the greatest and the worst invention of modern education.
In a strange moment of clarity I sensed the A* algorithm was trying to impart an important life lesson. #toomuchstudy
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Aimee Mann (122), The National (8) & The Field (8)
Great opening session for the online version of Intro to AI course out of Stanford. Good work by @SebastianThrun and @norvig.
Sorry to see @CanberraCaps go down by 3 to the Rangers. However, good to see Tolo find some form. #CAPSvsDand
A disappointing 16 turnovers by @CanberraCaps. Down by 9 at half time against the Rangers. Anticipating 3rd quarter comeback. #CAPSvsDand
The Rangers in early foul trouble against @CanberraCaps. Go girls. #CAPSvsDand
A great 1 hour massage at Foot and Thai. You know it's good when the masseuse's feet are rarely on the floor.
Hopefully the @CanberraCaps can learn from today's loss. Need to drive more, and take it to the basket with greater passion. #CAPSvsBUL
Nicole Hunt has a smouldering first quarter for the @CanberraCaps against Bulleen. #CAPSvsBUL
Jesse and the @fitbit team rock. Couldn't ask for better customer service.
Wondering if the bank balance of a financial planner is synonymous with professional competence.
The Crazy Ones: www.youtube.com
Vladimir Putin, the Action Man: theatlantic.com
A creed I can admire: ma.tt
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Feist (16), Ryan Adams (13) & Lady Antebellum (12)
Chest deep in regular expressions.
Concerned that the strawberry I just ate was so large I instinctively reached for a knife and fork.
It's not my typical film choice, but Bridesmaids is seriously hilarious.
A great way to experiment with brainfuck programming: http://work.damow.net/random/bf-turing
2011-09
Hello. Ryan Adams has a new album: Ashes & Fire.
Excited to finally get a FitBit. Not excited that the base station is not detectable by my Mac or PC.
Taken an unhealthy liking to Starbucks venti skim decaf mocha's.
Wishing there was a way to easily merge two YouTube accounts.
The Kohler Numi takes the idiom of "sitting on the throne" to an entirely new level: http://www.kohler.com/numi
We collect facts. We find patterns. We rarely think.
Many of the exhibits at New York's Modern Museum of Art are sadly lacking originality and creativity. #unqualifiedopinion
Me: I think a bird just shat on my head. Wife: Oh good, show me so I can laugh at you. (I comply). Wife: Nothing. Damn it!
Great night watching Billy Elliot on Broadway.
Also overheard on New York subway: do you know what police call love - domestic violence!
Overheard on New York subway: fashion is the uniform of the super rich.
Starbucks: the public toilets of America.
It's sad, but not surprising, that the quality of television news in the United States is even lower than that of Australian networks.
Foot Locker lost a sale today when they refused to hold a pair of shoes for a couple of hours, even when I offered to pay up front.
Taking advantage of the low denim prices in the United States, @mhinchley and I somehow purchased 12 pairs of jeans today.
Highly recommend Wild Ginger vegan restaurant in the Lower East Side, New York City.
Wishing the Whole Foods Market grocery chain had a presence in Australia.
Developing a growing appreciation for Art Deco architecture.
Harvard = closed. MIT = open. Minutes apart by road. Miles apart in philosophy.
Architecture tours, late night blues, afternoon baseball, jazz in the park: enjoying the fruits of Chicago.
The 'use by' date of fresh food in the US is often frighteningly long.
Few things annoy me more than people who insist they be in every one of their holiday photos.
Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then gets discouraged - Edison.
2011-08
The most common word sighted during a day spent visiting museums and memorials in Washington DC: freedom. From what, is the question?
My Top 2 #lastfm Artists: Kanye West (1) & Kathryn Stockett (1)
Hey United States, advertised price should include tips and tax. Just sayin.
Jet lag is a bitch.
The Help by Kathryn Stockett is one mighty fine book.
I just can't get used to the way toilets flush outside Australia. The water level is way too high. Makes me uncomfortable.
Kicking back by the pool in Dallas Fort Worth during an unexpected layover following the closure of Washington Airport thanks to Miss Irene.
Flight from Dallas to Washington cancelled. Connecting flights are a mess. Mad rush before leaving Sydney.
Pre-holiday weigh in: 68.6 kg.
Day 1 of the holiday begins with a bout of sneezing and a blocked nose. Impeccable timing.
It seems our flight plan and Hurricane Irene are perfectly in sync. Should be fun.
One of the many great anecdotes that we're sure to see over the coming days regarding Steve Jobs: google.com
Comparing Highrise and Batchbook.
My Top 1 #lastfm Artists: Mogwai (11)
Surprised to see the DNS host record for twitter.com has a TTL of just 30 seconds.
Since when did someone move Sydney Airport to Canberra?
Goldfish can be dirty little bastards.
8 stretched canvas designs arrived in the mail today from society6.com. The house has the quiet feel of a gallery.
Stoked our new Heys USA Cubis 3-piece neon luggage set has arrived: heysusa.com
A great dinner at Chairman and Yip celebrating @mhinchley's 30th.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Secret Machines (3), The Field (3) & Mogwai (1)
Can anyone recommend a good Wordpress dev/designer in Canberra?
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Explosions in the Sky (13), Secret Machines (3) & The Field (3)
The census appears to be nothing more than a collection of the most boring questions ever collated.
I sometimes find myself entering random domain names. I think it's the thrill of serendipity.
Studying petri nets.
My Top 2 #lastfm Artists: Four Tet (16) & Burial (11)
2011-07
Can always tells when @mhinchley has been on my computer: the CAPS LOCK is on.
Signing up for the online version of Stanford University's Introduction to Artificial Intelligence course: www.ai-class.com
My Top 1 #lastfm Artists: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte (1)
Great night out celebrating my parent's 50th wedding anniversary.
My elderly parents call CommSec to request account information and are asked for their personal email password and bank details. #exploited
Blaming the Murdoch's for the News of the World scandal is like blaming the Prime Minister when a public servant acts like a dick.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Death Cab For Cutie (11), Future Islands (10) & Bon Iver (10)
Bella Vista Restaurant in Canberra sells 500 dinner vouchers on LivingSocial.
Seriously big lifting from @mhinchley at the Hercules of the West powerlifting comp. Edging closer to qualifying for the Commonwealth Games.
Just reserved tickets to visit the 911 memorial in New York in September.
Wishing @mhinchley all the best as she competes in the Hercules of the West powerlifting competition today in Sydney. Go girl.
I sometimes wonder how life would be different if I allowed myself to believe there was a point to it all.
An eventful day. @mhinchley discovered me on the bathroom floor after I passed out from back pain. And then there was the car crash.
Anyone got a spare spinal cord? I need one. Will offer a good price.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Darren Hanlon (11), Death Cab for Cutie (2) & Eels (2)
There is an upside to a throat full of phlegm: apparently I now sound like Marlon Brando in The Godfather.
Staring blankly at the midpoint between here and there is incredibly rewarding when you feel like shit.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Ray Bradbury (2), Leo Laporte and the TWiTs (1) & Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte (1)
2011-06
Just enabled two-factor authentication on my Google Apps account. A nicely executed process.
Pleased that OSX Lion will natively support full disk encryption through FileVault 2.
Never trust anyone who looks over a rounded shoulder, and with fluttering eyelids and a high pitched voice, says goodbye.
There is sickness in the air.
Shifting from Evernote to Notational Velocity stored in Dropbox inside an EncFS encrypted folder.
Cyberduck. Free on the developer's web site. $28.99 via the Apple App Store.
Saying goodbye to Evernote. If only they allowed full document encryption.
Cannot find a way of trashing the CDFS partition of a McAfee Encrypted USB device.
Locking down my data: BitLocker on my PC, TrueCrypt on my Mac, EncFS in the cloud.
History is the story of information becoming aware of itself - James Gleick.
The woman who does the commentary for the "Getting started with Springpad" video has the most unbelievable voice. youtube.com
A fusion of Indian and Italian food. Liking the sound of Digress in Canberra: digress.com.au
Cancer is shit.
Why, then how, then what. An interesting perspective: ted.com
Woot. Keys arrived today for our New York apartment. A little excited!
I seriously wonder how I coded before I started using Git.
Seriously loving Ghostery.
Taking Chromium OS for a spin.
Windows XP is deployed on 59.9% of enterprise desktops. Surprised to see Apple is pushing forward with an 11% share. #forrester
Giving SpiderOak, TeamDrive and Wuala a spin. All support client side encryption. And all lack the simplicity of Dropbox.
Decided to start using encfs to encrypt content in Dropbox.
Thinking about buying a Xootr Mg Push Scooter: http://www.xootr.com/kick-scooter_mg.html
Finding Moom an incredibly useful windows management tool for the Mac: manytricks.com
A quick survey of the suburb suggests that many BigPond customers don't know their default router password can be derived from the SSID.
Pleased to get my old HP Scanjet 5400c working under Snow Leopard thanks to the TWAIN SANE interface: http://www.ellert.se/twain-sane
The Club Group Conditions of Employment Handbook states that males must not have side levers that extend below the middle ear. I'm screwed.
The Windows registry is the ultimate tangled web of unnecessary complexity.
My Top 2 #lastfm Artists: Lucinda Williams (16) & Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte (1)
Giving ifttt.com a spin. A great idea well executed.
Nice to see AVOS have reworked the Delicious add-on so that it works with Firefox 4.
Impressed that PHPUnit 3.6 supports traits from PHP 5.4.
On the up side, traits in PHP rock.
Cannot get xdebug working with PHP 5.4 under Nginx + FPM. Urrrgh.
Decided to start coding exclusively in PHP 5.4 Let's hope it's officially released this year.
Man on the bus with a guide dog is reading a sci-fi novel with some of the smallest print I have ever seen.
Note to self: must buy a black fishnet shirt.
Simon Gallup is the best bassist. Ever. Period.
All patients die. The job of a specialist is to make sure they die of something else.
2011-05
The Cure counterbalance the depression of Faith with a quadruple encore of b-sides and singles.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Death Cab for Cutie (22), Explosions in the Sky (15) & My Morning Jacket (10)
17 seconds. A measure of life.
Great to see Roger O'Donnell back on keyboards for The Cure. Next up Lol Tolhurst on triangle.
Fans of The Cure really are a special breed.
Three Imaginary Boys ripping up the Opera House.
The woman on the bus next to me is reading a book titled Why Do I Feel So Awful. Would it be wrong to offer an opinion?
Dusting off my copy of The Cure's "Songwords 1978 - 89". Let's just say, no respectable household should be without a copy.
Prepping for The Cure tomorrow night by educating @mhinchley on the cathartic properties of the Faith album.
Tip for form designers: don't provide a compulsory drop down list box that doesn't cover all valid answers or allow a response of "other".
Hmm. The web site only supports alphanumeric passwords. Length and character restrictions usually indicate the password won't be hashed.
Having to use a virtual machine running IE 8 to submit my job app. May use this experience as my "troubleshooting" example in the interview.
It seems nga.net.au doesn't support Chrome 11, Firefox 4, Safari 5, IE 9, or presumably any browser released this century.
Trying to submit a job application. The web site has asked me to enable cookies and then provided instructions for IE 5 and Netscape 4.6.
Really enjoying the rhythm section of the new Death Cab for Cutie album.
No access to protected properties from within PHP closures really sucks.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Peter Bjorn and John (21), Weezer (1) & Dire Straits (1)
Waist deep in .htaccess rules.
Just watched this fascinating documentary on YouTube from the BBC on becoming a geisha (6 parts): youtube.com
The oven bag should be a first class inclusion in any modern kitchen.
It's a big night. Boiling an egg. For the first time. Ever.
The best thing about a quince is that you can find a two-week-old, half eaten quarter under a car seat and it's still perfect eating.
Finished reading "Memoirs of a Geisha". Now onto "In the Plex".
SpinRite has completed 3% of a maintenance scan of my hard drive. 140 hours to go.
Liking the look of Pagoda Box, a PHP cloud platform with a slick interface: http://www.pagodabox.com
I sometimes wonder if "pinot" is just a fancy word for "bloody good wine".
Too many projects focus on finding reference sites; electing to be guided by what others have done, rather than by what is right.
Why do architects universally persist in showcasing their designs on painfully slow and unusable Flash-based web sites?
Operating system security configuration guides from the National Security Agency: http://www.nsa.gov/ia/guidance/security_configuration_guides/operating_systems.shtml
An emotional performance from Future Islands: npr.org
My Top 2 #lastfm Artists: Parts & Labor (12) & Peter Bjorn and John (10)
Life would be so much poorer without hot showers.
Went out for a 10km run but accidentally clocked up 12.5km.
Fixing a toilet.
Really enjoying the Constant Future album from Parts & Labor.
Totally stoked to get tickets to both nights of The Cure concert at the Sydney Opera House!
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Parts & Labor (14), Peter Bjorn and John (11) & Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte (1)
Actually, make that 5 working days when you use ELECTRONIC funds transfer. I guess the bits move slowly.
7-10 day working days to top up the balance of an Action Buses MyWay Card. Are you serious? Does someone go digging for gold?
Alex Payne's rules for computing happiness: http://al3x.net/2008/09/08/al3xs-rules-for-computing-happiness.html
After years of eating chocolate with at least 85% cocoa solids, most dark chocolate tastes like Cadbury's Dairy Milk.
Unquoted HTML attributes are a plea for XSS attacks.
The Cure to play their first three albums at the Sydney Opera House on 31st May: sydneyoperahouse.com
Woot. Free postage from Amazon UK to Australia. Permanently.
Annoying that Twitter automatically shortens URLs even when the original URL was shorter.
LastPass force all users to change their master password following an unexplained anomaly: lastpass.com
I have a love/hate relationship with AirBNB.
2011-04
I guess the Queen can't sing the national anthem without sounding on herself.
Bugger. Someone beat me to it. January Jones is pregnant.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Ron Sexsmith (2), R.E.M. (2) & David Gray (1)
There is no better time for sleeping than the period immediately following the ringing of the alarm clock.
Paddy's Markets is the final resting place of everything that should never be bought.
Hacked the hotel wireless network password in 4 attempts.
Almost turned gay today.
Eating my way through Sydney.
Romantic weekend in Sydney with @mhinchley has evolved into an unexpectantly epic drama.
Life is better with mirrors.
Hanging at Manly Beach. A guy nearby is making a sandcastle penis with matching vagina.
Scallops are the couscous of seafood.
No toast in the house. Not happy.
Gerard Smith of TV on the Radio dies of lung cancer at age 34. Such a loss.
Waking up to a new song from The National: Exile Vilify.
Thinking about learning Clojure.
Wondering if it's overkill to setup SCOM 2007 as a home IT monitoring solution.
I'm amazed by the number of IT professionals who have no idea how to map a network drive.
Just got listed as an Uncle on Facebook. There goes my illusion of youth.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: TV on the Radio (12), ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (9) & The Smashing Pumpkins (6)
Just worked through my top ten albums of all time. The Cure and Radiohead both feature twice.
Enjoying a free hot chocolate at the Mars Hill Cafe whilst the neighboring table of hot girls talk about maths. #goodtimes
You know you're getting old when you go away for a boys weekend and you remember to take your own tea bags.
Lentils for lunch makes for a windy evening.
Microsoft strives for momentum by leaking an early build of Windows 8 and unveiling a preview of IE10.
Not comfortable with the terminology of Ev Williams' post Five Easy Pieces of Online Identity: http://evhead.com/2011/04/five-easy-pieces-of-online-identity.html
The benefits of a minimalist lifestyle are becoming clear as I move everything off the floor in readiness for the carpet cleaners tomorrow.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: R.E.M. (18), Stars (15) & Tom Waits (14)
Twitter eliminates MySQL and Ruby-on-Rails from its search stack in favour of Java. The result: 3x drop in search latencies.
The Wig & Pen Tavern in Canberra is up for sale. Who's interested in teaming up for a bid? You must agree not to drink away our profits!
I think I overdid the garam masala. House smells like a spice factory.
A dataset is only as good as the questions you ask of it.
Bad t-shirt humour: Statisticians do it with models.
Reading Google's Think Quarterly: thinkquarterly.co.uk
Time for a Sunday Schnitzel Special.
The Sunday Telegraph is not in the business of news. It's caught somewhere between slander, humour, and sensationalist fiction.
Working on my list of the top ten albums of all time.
Completing facial attractiveness surveys at faceresearch.org.
According to httparchive.org 47% of web pages use Flash.
Watching Season 1 of the Sopranos.
Damn I like Pow: http://pow.cx
Reading up on the nice work by Facebook at opencompute.org.
Project based work requires a different mindset from operational work.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte (2), Leo Laporte and the TWiTs (1) & Angelo Coppola (1)
Just dropped a bowl of food onto the kitchen floor. Thankfully our household observes the 3 minute rule.
It really is impossible to argue against the value proposition of lentils.
A quote from my mother: "I'm not a pessimist. It's just that nothing goes right for me, so I expect the worst".
Upon hearing that her church minister was moving next year, a 93 year old woman said to me today: "I've now only got 6 months to die!"
2011-03
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Lucinda Williams (29), Mogwai (13) & Iron & Wine (7)
This should be interesting. Just picked up a copy of String Theory for Dummies.
Disappointed with the documentary Home. Way too preachy. Poor dialogue. No tangibility.
Just watched Never Let Me Go, the adaptation of one of my favourite books of all time. And the film stands up.
Deleted 30 items from the "auto run" section of the registry on a friend's computer. Post-logon startup reduced from 5 minutes to seconds.
Cloud9 rocks in Chrome. Useless in Firefox 4.
Government has an uncanny ability to spend money where it is least needed.
Lots of people care if "the process" was followed. Few care about the result.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Bright Eyes (10), Elbow (8) & Dan Benjamin (3)
Thinking about renting this apartment when I travel to New York later in the year: www.airbnb.com.au
Chum may be chumpy, but it sure as hell ain't chunky.
A bunch of great insights on Matt Haughey's talk about online community management: vimeo.com
Thought of the day: The more passionate you are about fashion, the less likely you are to select clothing that's suited to your body type.
I love this talk from Seth Godin on stuff that's broken: vimeo.com
Is it illegal to floss whilst driving?
I'm a big fan of: www.society6.com
The further you climb the organisational tree, the less likely you are to build stuff. And when you stop building you start making stuff up.
My Top Weekly Artist #lastfm artist: R.E.M. (12)
Microsoft persist in making everything unnecessarily complex. I can't download the IE9 installation EXE from a Mac.
The @CanberraCaps were beaten today by Milner and the foul count.
Embarrassing performance by Bibby in the WNBL final.
The @CanberraCaps, it's simple: you foul, you lose.
The @CanberraCaps down by 20 at half time in the WNBL grand final. A total lack of discipline.
All that effort to replace the keyboard in @mhinchley's 17 inch MacBook Pro, only to find the D key of the replacement keyboard is shit.
Setting up a MediaTemple (ve) Server running Ubuntu to host @mhinchley's web site.
It's amazing how much you can learn about yourself from a work of fiction.
Although they won't admit it, most people prefer to be told they are right, than to be told how to solve a problem.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Adele (45), Lucinda Williams (36) & The Mountain Goats (16)
Mental note: Don't shop at Pet's Paradise at Belconnen again. No stock. Kids behind the counter that don't care. And the store stinks.
Alison Lacey of the @CanberraCaps had a strong game today. A great all-round player.
The Caps win over the Spirit to gain a place in next week's WNBL final. Go girls.
3.2% of Australia uses IE6. This includes 70% of Australian Government. What does this tell us about the Public Service?
Enter a date of 31st Feb into Shelfari, and it is adjusted to 28th Feb, whilst GoodReads sets it to 3rd March.
The Dymocks online shopping cart sucks. Difficult to revert to a previous step in the wizard, and when you do, the postage cost increases.
I never thought I'd be attracted to an older woman. Naomi Watts, you've proven me wrong.
Exiting the zone. An incredibly productive 3 hours.
Watching Darren Hanlon at The Street Theatre.
My Top 2 Weekly #lastfm artists: Adele (14) & Destroyer (1)
Thinking about solar power. Might need to invest.
If you correctly estimated the time and cost of a large project you either struck it lucky or you adjusted the scope or quality to fit.
We fool ourselves when we pretend we can accurately estimate anything but the most discrete and repeatable of tasks.
2011-02
I'm giving up on Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. It's about as nuanced as midday television, but with less artistic merit.
Congratulations to Shaun Tan on a well deserved Oscar. That man has vision.
Feeling considerably lighter after having a lipoma removed from my upper back. Dr Barry, you are one kick ass surgeon.
The worst aspect of reading quality fiction is that it fosters an incredibly low tolerance for mainstream trash.
Is that allowed? They just dropped the F-bomb in the 7 o'clock news.
Two good films in one weekend: Winter's Bone and True Grit.
Not sure how I got anything done before I started using checkvist.com.
Web sites should not email your password following site registration.
@shique Thanks for the tip on Norwegian Wood.
Twenty percent of marriages around the world are between first cousins.
Employees want their office IT experience to mirror what they enjoy at home. The tradeoff is security, and finding the balance is hard.
Technology was once the domain of the geek. It's now mainstream. The implications for IT staff are significant.
I was just informed by @mhinchley that I will be a good "old man". Not sure if I should take that as a compliment.
Had to buy tampons. It's worse than buying coffee at Starbucks. There is regular slim, super slim, ultra slim, regular mini, compact mini...
Reviewing job applications. Good writing is mandatory. If you can't write clearly, there is a good chance you can't think clearly.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: New Order (2), Lou Reed (1) & The Smiths (1)
The Australian Passport online renewal form asks you to enter your email address clearly in uppercase. Is it possible to type it unclearly?
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Aimee Mann (46), Air (18) & Bruce Springsteen (15)
How easy it is not to make time for the things you enjoy.
Anyone know if you can buy green ecstasy in Australia? Green ecstasy tea, that is.
Watching The Godfather. Perfect cinema.
The almost impossible challenge of life: building things so they are no more complex than they need to be.
I cannot truly relax whilst wearing shoes.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: a-ha (61), ABBA (19) & Afghan Whigs (18)
Woot! Just booked two flights to New York.
It appears Qantas don't provide expected wait times whilst holding on the line waiting for a telephone consultant. Will it be 5 or 50 mins?
Just met two milk makers at Woolworths. Told me that 1 bottle of Light milk is watered down to make 3 bottles of Dairy Farmers Shape milk.
It sucks that Qantas only offer online bookings for a subset of the available flights.
Natalie Portman is entirely sumptuous in Black Swan.
As much as I love PHP, I've just been seduced by Ruby.
.@mhinchley pulls out a high school photo where I have shoulder length hair and says "you looked like Nickelback".
The biggest impediment to learning is the erroneous belief that you already know everything.
My Top 2 Weekly #lastfm artists: Destroyer (16) & Iron & Wine (14)
I wish they were offering a spotters fee of $1,000 for every instance of a government web site that was non-WCAG 2.0 compliant after 2012.
2011-01
I feel like I'm back in primary school. @mhinchley is making fart noises with her underarm.
Find myself simultaneously reading about Active Directory Federation Services and web accessibility. Time to go for a late night walk.
Woot. Just picked up tickets to see @darrenhanlon in Canberra on March 2nd.
The energy some people will expend to avoid responsibility is astounding... far more energy than is actually being requested.
Batkovic and Hunt carved up the court, but it wasn't enough. The Caps go down to Bulleen in a brutal match.
The Capitals up by 2 at half time against the Boomers at the AIS.
Looking forward to watching the Canberra Capitals play tonight at the AIS.
Great interview with Francis Ford Coppola: the99percent.com
"Cinema without risk is like having no sex and expecting to have a baby. You have to take a risk." - Francis Ford Coppola.
Somewhat lost for words after Watching Animal Kingdom.
Cutting people off from information is never an effective way of resolving an issue.
I sometimes want to build a house just so I can choose light switches, door handles and faucets.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: The Decemberists (30), British Sea Power (10) & Adele (7)
Cathode, the vintage terminal emulator for the Mac is bloody fantastic: www.secretgeometry.com
The man sitting next to me on the bus is reading a book entitled Sex, Pornography and Withdrawal. Odd material for a morning commute.
Tonight was made for walking.
.@mhinchley's 17" MacBook Pro battery just popped its guts.
Thumbs up to MongoHub. A great GUI for administering MongoDB on the Mac. http://mongohub.todayclose.com
We are uplifted by beauty, yet consistently surround ourselves with ugliness.
The film Single Man is utterly perfect.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: The Decemberists (20), British Sea Power (15) & Future Islands (9)
It's not often you get to use a handsaw in food preparation.
We anxiously fret many things that never eventuate, yet rarely consider life's greatest certainty: our death.
Bubbly and tapas with @mhinchley. Let the good times roll.
It seems attention to detail went out of fashion years ago.
About to head out for a run. You will find me from the trail of sweat.
The ineptitude of the architecture at the Bonner Living Showcase is staggering. The perfect union of kitsch design and try hard grandiosity.
Have spent the morning reading the history of sewerage.
The number of properties for sale in Canberra appears to have declined significantly in the past few months.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Kid Cudi (13), Shearwater (11) & The Album Leaf (11)
I wonder if I could poach Steve Jobs by offering to double his salary: wsj.com
It's true. @mhinchley has the face of an actress, but the singing voice of an armpit.
A beautiful lunch with @mhinchley at the Lake George Winery. Best god damn steak I've ever eaten. Topped off with a pinot of course.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: The National (17), Sharon Van Etten (6) & Warpaint (2)
Really enjoyed the first episode of @kevinrose's new podcast, Foundation. Great interview with Jack Dorsey: youtube.com
Apple now has a market capitalisation of over $300 billion; second only to Exxon Mobil Corporation.
Succinct comparison of the major NoSQL players: kkovacs.eu
The Night, by Ray Bradbury, is compulsory annual reading.
www.converse.com.au a is a great web site.
Discovering the benefits of kitchen scissors.
2010-12
We've nailed online music, book and app stores, yet with a few exceptions, buying fashion online is still a ghastly experience.
The King's Speech is a wonderfully executed film.
It appears touch.facebook.com is currently cactus.
Today's lesson: If you open a half frozen bottle of lemonade, expect a minor explosion.
Just built a Linux box on Amazon EC2. Hosted in the cloud for 12 months. Totally free. Running Apache, PHP and MongoDB. Sweet.
I don't understand why so many people abhor a film with subtitles. Subbing is infinitely better than dubbing.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Florence + the Machine (13), Brandon Flowers (11) & Midlake (7)
Oh Sofia Coppola. I talk you up as the director of our time, and then you give us Somewhere. A film that could be more aptly named Nowhere.
Very excited. 60 videos about the symbols of physics and astronomy from the nerds at the Uni of Nottingham. www.sixtysymbols.com
You can always tell when you're in a small town Chinese restaurant: steak and chips and long necks both feature on the menu.
Just watched the final episode of season 4 of Mad Men. Damn it's a good series.
My cousin hired a Front End Loader for his two kids (age 12 and 14) as a christmas day present. The ultimate dad.
A great Christmas afternoon: explaining encryption, password hashing, and SQL injection attacks to @mhinchley.
Worst aspect of being back on the farm: needing to take insect repellant with you to the bathroom.
Enjoying a packet of Arnott's biscuits at the Boorowa driver reviver.
We're told the world is full of materialists. Yet take a look at how people treat their possessions. Like shit. We're really consumerists.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Girl Talk (41), The Roots (14) & Mavis Staples (13)
Building an Ubuntu dev server: Maverick + Nginx + Apache + PHP + MySQL + MongoDB. Next up Python. Then Ruby + Rails.
Nothing worse than a film where thousands of bullets are fired, but the good guys never get shot. The ultimate example: Inception.
Installing Ubuntu 9.10 under VMware Fusion.
Got an email from the Gilt Groupe. As they identified my email address in the Gawker dump, they suggested I change my Gilt password. Nice.
Time to build my own bookmarking service. Yahoo decides to kill off Delicious: allthingsd.com
The impressionability of people cannot be overstated.
Discovery the wonders of MongoDB.
Decided I need to start time-boxing. From here on in I work in 50 minute sprints. The focus is on delivery.
Thankful for LastPass upon discovering my account details in the Gawker dump. Use a different password on every site and rest easy :)
Pricing outdoor spas. Thinking we need 15 amps of power. That means a new electrical circuit.
Just made a chicken pie, but forgot the chicken. Seriously tasty tho. #distracted
Just picked a large bucket of home grown garlic. I wonder if the house will ever smell the same.
Top 40 albums of 2010: http://hinchley.net/2010/12/10/top-40-albums-of-2010
That's one cable read. Another 251,287 to go. Leaking is easier than absorbing.
The Chrome Web Store: Seriously? Do I really need a store to find web sites? Isn't the entire web already devoted to site recommendations?
Watching the 60 Minutes interview with Mark Zuckerberg. His manner has eased a lot in 3 years. He's still got nothing on Chris Cox though.
Someone just asked me if they'd make a good prostitute. I wasn't sure if yes or no was the "proper" answer.
Tip 2: Hey technology vendors, if you're going to give away t-shirts, make sure they're not just cheap rags with arm holes. It says a lot.
Tip 1: Hey technology vendors, we aren't all fatties. If you are going to give away t-shirts, throw in some small sizes, not just XXXL.
I've got to get my hands on this deck for the iPad: www.algoriddim.com
Working on my top albums of the year.
I've turned this day around. Now time for a glass of pinot and a slab of steak.
Office 2010 is running beautifully under App-V.
Interesting to see the Tent Embassy gets a government funded garbage pickup service.
2010-11
Hide and seek: the only game that can be played in Canberra suburban parks due to the shoulder height grass levels.
Nice dinner with @mhinchley at La Cantina in Narrabundah. I recommend the tasty meat balls as an entree.
A sign of the times? The latest Borders catalogue thrust into my mailbox appears to sell everything but books, CDs and DVDs.
Tradition - it's what you do when you don't have the time or energy to do something properly.
The world is full of middle men. I say to the doctor, "I want to see a surgeon". He says: "Ok". Writes a referral. Then hits me up for $70.
Installing iOS 4.2 on my iPad whilst listening to Lykke Li.
I think I now know why people have children: it's just another way in which we seek to live forever.
Love the title of the forthcoming Mogwai album: Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will.
Let's be clear. If I have kids, there won't be a first year birthday party.
Christmas is a time for giving. Even if the act is obligatory, an acceptable price range assumed, and the item specifically requested.
I could seriously become a reading addict.
Here's a tip: promote your industry, and not just your product. It will work in your favour.
Don't you hate it when you're running at a cracking pace on the treadmill, and then accidentally bump the emergency stop button?
May have to do some knitting to counterbalance the fact that I used a drill, saw, and hammer today, all on the roof of my house.
Bought 5 litres of dishwashing liquid today. There is something rewarding about buying in bulk. Plus it looks good on the kitchen bench.
The "lawn mower" scene in season 3 of Mad Men is really something to behold.
Appears the only way to use Kerberos authentication in a load balanced ISA proxy is via WAPD or proxy.pac. I'll take the latter thanks.
Glad I didn't get up early to hear Apple's big announcement. As if we didn't all rip the Beatles catalog from CD years ago.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Marina & the Diamonds (16), Arcade Fire (5) & Sun Airway (5)
@murls Thank you sir.
Wishing it was possible to view the availability of doctors online. Would beat waiting for a receptionist to read back vacant time slots.
Downloading the new Girl Talk album, All Day. Licensed under Creative Commons, of course. Sample list: wikipedia.org
The only way to get my Apple bluetooth headset to pair with my iPhone 4 was to use the dock that came with the headset (bought in 2007).
If Foursquare has taught me anything, it's that I don't actually go anywhere.
The good times keep on rollin'. Today marks 7 years of marriage to the good looking @mhinchley.
My review of The Moral Landscape by Sam Harris: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/130681811
The power of the to-do list cannot be overstated.
Gladwell: Social networks are effective at increasing participation - by lessening the level of motivation that participation requires.
Perfect conditions for a late evening stroll.
Aweditorium and Life for the iPad. That's my Friday night gone.
Internet connection has turned to shit. 500ms+ pings up the pipe to Netspace. Probably an overloaded RIM. A bloody disgrace.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Deerhunter (21), Kid Cudi (17) & Salem (11)
A bevy of infrastructure/virtualization jobs on offer at CSIRO. Ping me if interested.
Receiving an education in Britpop.
Pretending this fuzzy head hasn't got the better of me.
Fatalism: Despite my choices, my fate is sealed. Determinism: My fate is sealed, for I have no choices.
Installing Ruby 1.9.2.
Effortlessly kicking off batch scripts at the office whilst laying on the couch at home with nothing but an iPad and an SSL VPN. #ohyeh
58% of US adults never read a book after high school, and yet 81% of the population feels they have a book inside them. buzzmachine.com
Finishing up what I think is a rather elegant implementation of Merb-style routing in PHP.
I used a Vaja case for years with my first generation iPhone. It was great. However, the new cases expose too much, and don't close as well.
Decided on a Griffin Reveal case and Bodyguardz Dry Apply screen protector for the iPhone.
We've come to expect it, but still, it's impressive that we can so easily transfer a mobile phone number between carriers.
10 km run. 45:08.
Just bought an iPhone 4 from Harvey Norman on Optus plan. Great service from staff. Still took over 1 hour for paperwork. Crazy.
@murls We're certainly factoring a full-service gym into our next house.
Personal trainers add value to gyms. They bring in new members. Help retain existing members. And instead of thanks, they are charged rent.
How much monthly data should I expect to consume with "moderate" usage of web/Twitter/Foursquare from an iPhone (no video/music streaming)?
My new EarPeace has shipped: www.earpeace.com
My 1st generation iPhone just gave up the ghost. Thinking about the replacement options.
Others are buying shares and investing in property. I just bought two pregnant cows. Only $816 each.
2010-10
Looks like Halloween is a growing business in Oz. Time to bar the doors and set the hounds loose.
@murls What mailing list?
The direct mail marketing of the National Geographic Magazine is simply embarrassing.
Crystal Castles team up with The Cure's Robert Smith. Nice result: www.theneedledrop.com
The worst thing about searching for Ryan Adams in iTunes is the unfortunate match against Bryan Adams.
A little slow this morning after a big night dissecting the music of Interpol with mates.
A great review of Uffie's album, Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans: youtube.com
Working our way through Season 1 of Mad Men. Pure gold.
Totally wish PHP could do stuff like: $element = getArray()[$i];
The hairdresser paused, and then said, "So... how long has it been happening?"
A colleague had chicken in a can for lunch. The list of ingredients stated "may also include fish". How does this happen?
Intrigued by the Fat-Free Framework. Heaps of references/reviews, but I can't find any tutorials or examples. A bad sign? sourceforge.net
Just learnt that Microsoft cannot guarantee the capture of events on Windows Server 2003 if the total size of all event logs exceeds 300MB.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Girl Talk (19), Teenage Fanclub (12) and Kate Nash (12)
Phew. Thought my new Nano was dead. Just needed a hard reset.
Trying Quorn for the first time. Mighty tasty in a stir fry.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Ryan Adams (8), Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (7) and Gossip (6)
Excited to see Sam Harris has a new book on the way. The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values. amazon.com
I agree with Anil Dash, the term "cyberbullying" serves to abdicate personal responsibility and demonise new technology: dashes.com
Really enjoying Djohariah, the new 17 minute epic from Sufjan Stevens.
I'm babysitting Otto this weekend. Ain't he the cutest: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hinchley/5044026818
2010-09
OmmWriter available under "set your own price" model. ommwriter.com
I know it's suicide, and at least a year long ride, but I've decided to try and read Road to Reality by Roger Penrose: amazon.com
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Tokyo Police Club (34), Blonde Redhead (20) and The Roots (17)
I like this Egyptian text: "Man is but the cattle of God".
Zynga deploys 1,000 new servers and shifts 1 petabyte of data EVERY week. I guess someone is playing a shit load of FarmVille.
White Mystery give a cracking cut of Take a Walk on Sound Opinions: http://vimeo.com/15028088
My review of Stephen Hawking's The Grand Design: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/123617239
No better way to start a Saturday morning then with a book on quantum mechanics. Way better than drugs.
Wrote instructions for mum to restart her laptop. She said they didn't work, but luckily for her, after shutting down, it turned on again.
I really don't mind who wins today, as long as it isn't Collingwood.
If the efficacy of a model lay in its ability to explain and predict, what is the value of religion - a model which struggles to do either?
Watching the BBC production of Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Is it wrong to want to marry a fictional character? My wife doesn't think so.
Download a FREE unreleased Darren Hanlon track from @YepRoc and check out his new album IN STORES NOW! http://4musi.cc/darren
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Brandon Flowers (17), Weezer (10) and Pearl Jam (8)
Reliving the glory of Alice in Chains as I attempt to assemble the 5 greatest grunge songs of all time.
Two new iPod Nano's in the house. Giddy up.
I wish Media Temple Grid-Service supported MongoDB.
The friendship paradox: when asked to name a friend, we tend to name someone more popular than ourselves.
The checkout queue at a Woolworths Belconnen was 9 deep this morning. The wait was 42.5 mins. Fresh food, my arse. It was stale when I left.
Using Tweet Nest to provide a searchable archive of all my tweets: http://hinchley.net/tweets/
According to Jessa Gamble, ideal sleep behaviour is: 8pm - midnight, then quiet rest in bed for 2 hours, then sleep until dawn.
The checkout queues at Woolworths Belconnen have been irresponsibly long for the past 6 weeks. I won't be back again.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Parts & Labor (5), Phoenix (4) and Ida Maria (4)
How are we supposed to build trust in the workplace when we require employees to show proof of sickness with a signed doctor's certificate?
I sometimes wonder if we cling onto our privacy only because we're afraid that others will find out that our lives are totally ordinary.
Trying out Gmail's Priority Inbox. I'm sceptical. What we really need is a sliding scale of email prioritisation, not just two buckets.
It would be cool if I could follow niche verticals in Digg in the same way I can follow people.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Eels (28), Interpol (21) and The Gossip (8)
So much for complex passwords. allhomes.com.au doesn't permit the use of * @ or %.
In fact, it seems allhomes.com.au doesn't allow the use of any non-alphanumeric character in a password. Very ordinary.
Giving up on PHPUnit in favour of a custom testing platform that supports multiple setup methods with easy data priming.
The best thing about testing your code is that it forces you to write code that can be tested.
No more intermittent hangs after the last Apple MacBook firmware update. Nice work Steve.
It's a dream of mine to write code that is so self obvious that comments are completely unnecessary.
Just saw Angus and Julia Stone at Llewellyn Hall. Geez that chick has a set of lungs on her.
I was reminded tonight of how painful it is to be surrounded by teenage girls at a gig. It's like being in a house with yapping Chihuahuas.
Sucking up the news from Apple's Fall 2010 Event. Definitely picking up a couple of new iPod Nano's.
2010-08
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Arcade Fire (19), David Gray (18) and Angus & Julia Stone (16)
Luck is probability taken personally.
Writing my own coding standard using PHP_CodeSniffer and hooking it into NetBeans on the Mac.
Finally got my PHP dev environment sorted. NetBeans 6.9.1 on OSX, MAMP Pro 1.9, Git, PHP_CodeSniffer, PHPUnit and Twilight Theme.
Playing with the Instruments trace utility in Snow Leopard. Not quite as good as ProcMon for Windows, but still pretty sweet.
Gained a few kilos at TechEd. Either my brain got fatter with knowledge, or I binged on the bounty of food. Hmm, I wonder which.
7,000 - 9,000 hack attempts are made against Microsoft's website every second. #auteched
Living it up at TechEd. Just got smashed in sumo wrestling. #auteched
Microsoft print user's TechEd signup password on registration card. Questionable security. #teched
Country towns are dying. Many of the townsfolk are too close to notice... but the dereliction and disrepair is undeniable. Death is nigh.
You know something isn't right when you can't remember the last name of a girlfriend you dated for a couple of years.
Trying out Aptana Studio 3 as a PHP IDE on the Mac. Integration with Git is a dream. Unfortunately no PHP debugger yet.
The Hinchley household is ablaze with top Aussie songs. Suggestions welcome.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Arcade Fire (7), Midnight Oil (1) and INXS (1)
Happy almost-30th birthday to @mhinchley.
I'm not quite sure when "his" and "hers" toilets first appeared in the Hinchley residence, but I've been informed they are here to stay.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: The Roots (29), Broken Bells (9) and Leonard Cohen (6)
Back from a great weekend in Narrandera. It's so much more than a town with a big guitar.
I sometimes wish I was a truck driver so I could listen to audio books all day long.
I think it's time for a holiday with @mhinchley. Perhaps a resort in Phuket.
It's great to discover new "old" music: Marquee Moon by Television from 1977. Amazing track.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Broken Bells (9), Pink Floyd (5) and Leonard Cohen (5)
I've never quite understood the value of a fire drill. Is it really necessary to practice exiting a building?
Two iPods dead within a week. Trying to decide whether to replace with an iPod nano or classic.
2010-07
I could look at a good vacuum cleaner all day. Currently admiring the Wertheim W6035.
Working my way through more classic cinema. Just watched Taxi Driver. Woah mama!
David Stratton in 2003: I just checked how many films I've seen in my life... and the current total, as of today, is 21,792.
That moment when you first realise your crazy idea is actually feasible... that's a great moment indeed.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Pink Floyd (4), Joni Mitchell (4) and Neil Young (3)
It's unfortunate that for many, professionalism is a matter of public appearance, rather than quality output.
I suspect some people view their salary as an expiring gift card - any penny not spent, is a penny wasted.
I love a fair dinkum debate. #debate
The worst aspect of getting old is the realisation that certain opportunities are age dependent, and are now out of reach.
MediaTemple only support transfer of .com, .info, .net and .org top level domains. That sucks. I guess I'm stuck with GoDaddy.
Working on my list of top 5 songs from the 70's.
Wondering if I can be friends with someone who doesn't like The Great Gatsby... even if they do like The Picture of Dorian Gray.
@murls I'll throw your question about getting motivated for fitness when working a 12 hour day over to @thrivetraining.
Started out writing a text formatting library... and somehow ended up writing a unit testing framework. #sidetracked
@murls Do you mean the Yii framework? I looked at it briefly a few months back. Not bad.
Settling in to watch a few TED talks.
Initial performance benchmarks of my forthcoming PHP framework are promising: an order of magnitude faster than CodeIgniter.
Grabbing a copy of Office 2011 for Mac Beta 5.
Thinking about making the move to LastPass.
@auronet I already store everything in the cloud using Clipperz.
Totally wasted. Need some "stare into space" time.
@murls I'll take a trip when @mhinchley heads north for her next strongman comp.
Watching Some Like It Hot for the first time. Totally enchanted by Marilyn Monroe.
I was asked by @mhinchley if I thought she had nice legs. I replied she had a nice personality. That may not have been the right answer.
It isn't possible to access all Exchange 2007 mailboxes via OWA using perms inheritance. Perms must be explicitly assigned to each mailbox.
Giving your client whatever they ask for is not the same as providing good quality service.
Giving up. There simply isn't a way to export an Exchange 2007 mailbox via PowerShell from a 64bit computer.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Darren Hanlon (69), The Flaming Lips (6) and Frightened Rabbit (6)
How much tuna is too much tuna? I'm starting to wonder about the mercury content of 10 cans of yellow-fin each week.
Don't underestimate celery. It can be might tasty.
I have a sudden urge to host a bee hive in my backyard.
Hoping that 12km run made up for sitting on my arse all weekend.
Wondering if they make corsets for men.
Finding it difficult to solve a problem? Ask if it needs to be solved. Letting go may be the best solution of all.
Age 10 I had a floppy eared rabbit. Died of mixi. At 22 I had a Norwegian miniature rabbit. Overdosed on liquorice. Is it safe to try again?
Riding the knowledge train that is Safari Books Online.
Just watched the brilliant Henry Fonda in 12 Angry Men.
The most honed human trait is surely our ability to rationally justify our irrational decisions.
A great night with mates celebrating the musical genius of Aussie icon @darrenhanlon.
One poorly chosen word can change everything.
My DODOcase arrived today. Just a little excited.
Carrie Bickmore is looking particularly fetching this evening.
@murls And you cherish every pooey nappy too? :)
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Darren Hanlon (66), Dan Benjamin (4) and Chicago Public Radio (3)
Curran & Hughes 2007 Shiraz Viognier is a seriously nice wine.
An interesting read on the joys, or should i say sorrows, of parenthood: nymag.com
I feel smarter when my house is impeccably clean.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Gorillaz (16), Uffie (16) and Sia (13)
Watched The Wrestler again tonight. Mickey Rourke's magnum opus.
The best thing about working back late at the office - someone always orders pizza.
2010-06
Looking forward to the release of the Yahoo! Style Guide: amazon.com
Writing code documentation is almost like a peer review. It exposes errors and helps to clarify thinking.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Uffie (17), Sia (15) and Blitzen Trapper (11)
About to eat a 4 day old leftover pasta meal. Wish me well.
If only @mhinchley was up for it, I'd buy this unit tomorrow, and move to Sweden: alvhemmakleri.se. A steal at $575,000 Australian dollars.
I wonder how much money government spends securing and hiding information versus sharing and promoting information.
There are over 6 billion people in the world. And we're all basically the same. Should this raise or lower our concern for personal privacy?
Great music night presentation from Stu on Seal. Crazy is a song that doesn't age.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Robyn (19), Chicago Public Radio (3) and Leo Laporte and the TWiTs (2)
Scarlett Johansson is a very beautiful woman.
Reading RFC5322 (Internet Message Format). Top to bottom.
Got to love skindle: http://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/skindle-unswindle
Wkly #lastfm artists: Robyn (11), Chicago Public Radio (1) & Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, & Gina Trapani (1)
Easy to tell my mum was in town for the weekend. All the underpants in the house have been ironed.
My dad is 73, and has never used a computer, and yet this morning I found him checking the weather on my iPad.
It's possible to install Microsoft Exchange 2007 Management Tools on Windows Server 2008 R2 by running setup.exe in compatibility mode.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: The National (172), Uffie (15) and The New Pornographers (8)
It may have been inappropriate when @mhinchley accidentally hit Helena, the shop assistant, with a pillow, and I yelled: yeh, pillow fight!
There's only two heads in this family, but somehow we just bought 8 pillows.
How can architecture flourish when planning authorities rigidly mandate the building materials, character, and design of new houses?
Just discovered the power of MacGDBp and XDebug for debugging PHP code.
Good article on the coding practices of the on-board shuttle group: fastcompany.com
I was reminded today that humans are only the third smartest species on the planet, after mice, and dolphins.
Just heard a new expression: nostalgia for the future. We get attached to an outcome, and become disappointed when it doesn't happen.
@auronet Perhaps we should offer her a job.
@auronet I'm sure I could think of something!
Reading Seth Godin's Linchpin, and wondering if I've got the world's largest lizard brain.
Access to the Delegates tab in Outlook grinds to a halt when connecting to Exchange over Outlook Anywhere.
Great night playing/discussing songs by The National with friends.
Working out a playlist for my presentation tomorrow night on The National.
Shit. Beta 2 of Office 2011 for the Mac has expired.
@auronet Holding a music night with mates, and we take it in turns to present on an artist, album, musical genre, etc.
@auronet We're always up for "guest presenters" and for new music!
My Top Weekly Artist #lastfm artist: The National (117)
2010-05
Enjoying a tasty meal at Mee Sing Chinese restaurant in O'Connor.
JB Hi-Fi at DFO in Canberra are refusing to sell iPads to people unless they agree to buy an accessory. Surely that ain't legal.
Buying a DODOcase for my iPad: dodocase.com
First app purchase on iPad: Wired magazine.
@murls Sorry to hear Murls.
After being informed by @mhinchley I was only watching the Origin to feel like a man, I've taken up writing a PHP validation library.
Gotta get my hands on Wired magazine for the iPad.
Just bought tickets to the Darren Hanlon gig at Tilley's, Canberra, on August 14.
The new @darrenhanlon album is $20, but the personally signed limited release is $23. At $3, surely the most undervalued signature. Ever.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: The National (41), Janelle Monáe (14) and Peter Gabriel (13)
If we all love casual Friday's, why aren't we doing them every day of the week?
Trying to chew food with a blocked nose is a humbling experience.
We find it difficult to solve problems that are right in front of us. So how can we expect to solve problems we cannot even define?
Business: Build a solution that is disaster resilient. Tech: For what kind of disaster? Business: Any. Me: And we wonder why they fail.
Just what the doctor ordered: developers.google.com
@murls I have. Will see how I feel. I've got to get some stuff done tonight for the migration on the weekend. Will then crash. Thanks mate!
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: K'naan (17), Janelle Monáe (14) and The New Pornographers (12)
Haven't been this sick for a long time. Cough cough. Sniff sniff.
Struggled with a regular expression for a few hours last night. Then reached out to StackOverflow and was given an answer in minutes.
Innovation doesn't come from a suit and tie, or an 8-6 presence in the office, it comes from self-belief and a passion for your work.
If creativity is at the heart of successful business, why do so many work environments favour corporate "sameness" over personal expression?
I wonder what percentage of the average company budget is dedicated to resources that only exist because employees are not trusted.
Good variable names are hard to come by. #coding
Woot. Time for Underboob!
Jessica Watson's mum: "It was very rough out there this morning". Jessica: "No it wasn't". It's good to have her back!
Holly, our miniature schnauzer, tried to take on a fly and lost. Defeated, and scared, she has retreated to a corner of the room.
30 minutes later and we've finally managed to get @mhinchley inside of her powerlifting suit. Tight fit.
Had to stretch @mhinchley's powerlifting suit with a car jack.
Treasury Building in Canberra evacuated. Asbestos in the air.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: The National (22), Kate Nash (13) and The New Pornographers (12)
The world can be nicely divided by a simple question: which is the better album - The Bends or OK Computer.
Just watched The White Ribbon. A dark and wonderfully shot compendium of striking scenes, almost undone by a complete aversion to closure.
Querying NTFS permissions via a web interface using PowerShellASP as a wrapper to a PowerShell script. Damn this is fun.
Thinking of commissioning a portrait from: www.youareart.co.uk
I only just discovered www.alibaba.com. Where to start...
Pop The Glock by Uffie is just a little raunchy: youtube.com
We ordered a meal at Happy's Chinese Restaurant. 2 minutes later the meal arrives and the waiter says: "Sorry for the wait".
Writing a PowerShell script to determine the effective NTFS permissions for a user on a folder. I love Friday nights!
@murls You shouldn't read about SAML before going to bed. The excitement that's sure to follow isn't conducive to sleep.
@murls You should have been at your upwards appraisal today. It was great fun. And don't worry... i put in a good word for you.
Sweet. PowerShell bundle for TextMate: http://github.com/caisson/powershell.tmbundle
Working on a list of my top 5 "most influential" songs and albums of all time. It ain't easy.
@murls That's the lure of white papers. It always looks so simple... until you start to code.
He arrived at 12:35. He replaced the element in the oven. He left at 12:40 with $268. Not a bad job.
Took a bite from a quince. Placed it back on the plate. Then watched a grub wriggle free. It was an interesting moment.
I love you PowerShell.
Quote from K'Naan: It's selfish to create something unnecessary. It takes up space.
@murls Let me know if it helps. I'm always on the hunt for tips to help a bad back.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: The National (46), Natalie Merchant (26) and Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 (10)
Reading the current issue of Wired magazine. I enjoy the physical format. It's a pleasant change to read offline. Hyperlinks foster anxiety.
2010-04
Downloading CS5 for the Mac.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Frightened Rabbit (39), Angus & Julia Stone (27) and The National (23)
Started to watch a Hot Chocolate music clip on YouTube... now I can't stop. Working my way through all the hits.
Using PowerShellASP (http://www.powershelltoys.com/powershellasp.aspx) to create a web page showing permissions on Exchange 2007 mailboxes.
It would seem code signatures under Snow Leopard are making it seriously difficult to hide Tweetie from my dock.
Club Lime closed, in contradiction to the opening hours listed on their web site.
Naming the faces in every photo I've taken using iPhoto. It's only now that I realise the down side of marrying an identical triplet.
Really enjoying the keyboard on the new MacBook Pro.
Installing Office 2010 Professional under Windows 7.
Just had a real-time chat with mum. Took 5 minutes to respond, as she had to consult her notebook for instructions on what to do. How cute.
Just offloaded 300 pavers for a sweet $100.
Back from a gentle 10km run on the treadmill in the warm humidity of the gym.
Chris Ware delivers a classic cover for Fortune magazine. What losers for rejecting it. comicsbeat.com
Wondering if it's wrong to eat bacon and eggs for dinner.
Outstanding. Just discovered The National have a new album: High Violet. Right onto it.
Also excited to learn that The New Pornographers have another album on the shelves. Exciting times.
The universality of the question "why are we here" is an inevitable consequence of our mortal sentience & not evidence for a higher power.
Geeking it up while @mhinchley is out of town. Installing Exchange 2007 and SharePoint 2010. Visual Studio 2010... you're next.
Few things in life beat watching a gold fish eat.
It seems inherited file permissions are not correctly calculated when moving files on a remote UNC path from Win2K3. Works from Win2K8.
Microsoft Office 2011 Beta 2 available for the Mac: http://www.mydigitallife.info/2010/04/23/office-2011-for-mac-os-x-beta-2-build-14-0-0-100326-leaked-download-with-serial-key
Installing Windows 2008 Server Core R2 x64 under VMware Fusion. Running like the wind.
Big thanks to TNT in Canberra for offering to stay back after hours so that I could pick up my new MacBook Pro.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Midlake (15), Angus & Julia Stone (9) and Frightened Rabbit (7)
Using AdRestore (microsoft.com) to bring back to life a user accidentally deleted from Active Directory.
Hanging in Sydney with mates. Talking about male baldness, skin conditions, flatulence, and back pain. Must be getting old.
Just ordered a new 15" MacBook Pro: i7 CPU, 8GB RAM, 7200RPM 500GB HD, hi-res antiglare display. Hurry up postman!
International iPad launch delayed until late May following higher than expected US sales.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Angus & Julia Stone (28), Shearwater (19) and Frightened Rabbit (15)
Flat tyre on the way home from the office tonight. Had to ditch the bike under bushes. Walked 2 km. Ran the rest.
Watching last night's double episode of Underbelly: The Golden Mile.
C is still the most popular programming language: http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html
It has to be said that @mhinchley makes mighty tasty scones with cream and jam.
Obsessively listening to the Break Up Album by Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson.
Almost completed itinerary for holiday in Switzerland and Austria. Getting excited.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: The Besnard Lakes (16), Kazuo Ishiguro (3) and Chicago Public Radio (2)
In a concerted battle for dominance, today I watched two dogs, one after the other, piss on the same tree 37 times within 20 minutes.
Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro, is a staggeringly impressive novel.
Back at the farm for Easter. Killing locusts in the kitchen. Just hit double figures. The joy of country living.
2010-03
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: The Besnard Lakes (24), Girl Talk (20) and Broken Bells (17)
Procrastination or stupidity: I start out writing a quick to-do application, and end up creating an entire MVC framework.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Girl Talk (35), Angus & Julia Stone (8) and The Album Leaf (1)
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Girl Talk (75), Joanna Newsom (25) and The Album Leaf (17)
Planning the itinerary for a holiday with @mhinchley in Switzerland and Austria with a stopover in Dubai.
Enjoyed a great Italian dinner at Della Rocca in Kaleen this evening. The lasagne was mighty tasty.
Today, in turning 34, thanks to the grace of God, I've outlived Jesus.
I must confess that I'm totally besotted with Jennifer Ehle in the role of Elizabeth Bennet in the BBC production of Pride and Prejudice.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Girl Talk (33), Joanna Newsom (25) and The Album Leaf (7)
Back from a great massage at Foot and Thai: http://www.footandthai.com/
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Peter Gabriel (5), Girl Talk (5) and My Morning Jacket (4)
2010-02
Ordering tickets to the WNBL grand final in Melbourne next Saturday. Go the Caps!
@murls Sweet.
Thinking about moving over to Media Temple for web site hosting.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Peter Gabriel (16), The Album Leaf (11) and Editors (8)
Back from watching the Canberra Capitals wipe the floor against Townsville Fire.
Just discovered, after all these years, that it's possible to create custom classes in VBScript. Oh, the object-oriented goodness!
@murls Great potential if executed well. Cross pollination of ideas, new ways of looking at issues, fault finding, knowledge transfer, etc.
@murls @VintageAle Two ideas: Review = targeted assessment that's skill set dependent; Presentation = high level education & idea exchange.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Midlake (22), Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (19) and Charlotte Gainsbourg (14)
Tumblr regrettably converts a post with multiple pictures into a slideshow. Stop trying to be so smart!
Seven is a number. 7 is a numeral.
Derek Sivers nails it: sive.rs
Ellacure may well be the nicest restaurant in Canberra.
I worry that programmers are forgetting the art of writing efficient code.
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: The xx (20), Midlake (11) and Spoon (11)
One of the great conundrums of our time: is Flames by Vast a beautiful ode to love, or a song of unparalleled evil.
Never many people at the gym on Thursday.
Thinking about managing NTFS file permissions of shared folders in the enterprise.
Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Jay Farrar and Benjamin Gibbard (31), Charlotte Gainsbourg (14) and Mumford & Sons (12)
Met up with a mate to play our top 10 songs of the decade. We had the same number 1 & 2: Hurt by Johnny Cash and Do You Realize by the Lips.
2010-01
Thinking of doing grocery shopping online. Coles now offering free delivery, but I'd prefer to shop at Woolworths.
Thinking about getting up early tomorrow morning for the Apple keynote.
Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (24), The xx (21), Pearl Jam (13)
Trying to pick my top 10 songs of the decade. It's a tough gig.
Bruised by The Bens is the ultimate morning alarm song. A perfect way to ease into the day.
New blog post: Creating a Custom MSI to Integrate Twhirl with an Internally Hosted StatusNet Deployment: http://tr.im/KO9u
I stand corrected @yourHealthGovAu. Your favicon looks good.
Blog post on installing a standalone instance of StatusNet as an enterprise microblogging solution: http://bit.ly/8s4PsE
Off to the gym for a hot 10km run.
The web is more than just a collection of web sites or technologies. It is a philosophy.
It is difficult to maintain a consistent aesthetic in an open-plan design. Unless you're a minimalist, smaller spaces may suit you better.
When building, do not move into a partially completed house. The motivation to finish may never return.
Installing Jolicloud on my netbook.
Had to enable DHCP on my ADSL modem as after updating the network driver in my Dell Mini 9, it refused to work with a static address.
Come on @YourHealthGovAu, isn't it time to ditch the Lotus Notes favicon on your website?
The folks treat their GPS like a ration pack. They only use it in emergencies. They don't want to waste it.
Great pictures and video showing Jen Hawkins naked photo shoot: http://tr.im/JIQ7
Compiling Adobe Air apps.
I come in many different flavors: http://flavors.me/hinchley
If you like your fresh produce depleted and manhandled, go shopping late sunday afternoon.
Returning to work after an extended break is never easy. Life beckons, and yet we submit 5 days a week to another's agenda.
Writing plugins for my forthcoming lifestream web app.
Signing up for an invite to http://blippy.com/.
A set of scales that can tweet your weight. Surely the WifiScale is a must-buy: http://www.wifiscale.com.au/.
Wondering if the FitBit (www.fitbit.com) will ever start shipping to Australia. US$99 online. A$250 + postage on eBay.
There are few odours in life more repugnant than the smell of wet dog.
I'm a man with modest new year's resolutions. The first: to wash all fruit and veg before eating.
@murls Nice.
Having to install Lotus Notes to access old email archives from when I worked at CSC.
Watching old Grand Designs episodes. Fantastic show.
Buying a copy of Against the Odds, the autobiography of James Dyson for a mere $1. What a steal.
Enjoyed a bottle of Dolcetto & Syrah at the dog park, whilst the bitch ingored our calls to run, and sat, unmoving, under our feet.
2009-12
Just made a great toastie: multi-grain bread, salami, mushrooms, oregano, olive oil, cracked pepper, and cheese. Hit the spot.
Reading Best Practices for Form Design by Luke Wroblewski: http://tr.im/J2tA
It sometimes comes as a great surprise to discover what we actually think about most often.
When you reframe A Current Affair as a comedy program instead of news progam, it really isn't so bad.
The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution. Bertrand Russell.
It's not possible to redeem a Borders gift voucher through their online store. They've already got the money, so why bother? Poor form.
Just saw Avatar. Every character is a stereotype, the acting sucks, & the story contrived, but the idea is novel, & the detail staggering!
Feel like i've been hit by a train after shifting 5 cubic metres of soil/rock. All in the name of landscaping par excellence.
I'm always on the search for the ultimate white tea. The best bagged white tea I've tasted so far is from Cha Yuen Co.
I'm not allowed to eat chips from the bag when watching a film with @mhinchley. I'm forced to eat from a bowl. She's a strict wife.
Just watched the film In Cold Blood (1967). A superb adaption of an incredible book.
From In Cold Blood: "Reverend: I'm glad you don't hate your father anymore. Perry: But I do. I hate him. And I love him." A perfect summary.
Stoked that TWIT is now on Youtube: www.youtube.com
Dad took the opportunity of boxing day dinner to announce that his prostrate cancer was back. And this time it's terminal.
The swear-laden screams of a small-town domestic dispute are wafting across the street on the back of a pleasant evening breeze.
"He abhors not the virgin's womb", is definitely one of the stranger lyrics I've encountered.
It's been a big month. $25,000 on landscaping. And today, $15,000 more on a Spanline patio. Life ain't cheap.
Heading out to see Darren Hanlon in concert at Tilley's.
Mighty fine gig from Darren Hanlon. And the support act, Missincat, had nice knees.
Top 50 albums of 2009: http://hinchley.net/2009/12/19/top-50-albums-of-2009
In 2009 I read: http://hinchley.net/2009/12/19/books-of-2009 and I watched: http://hinchley.net/2009/12/19/films-of-2009
Eating pancakes whilst listening to a Rolf Harris Christmas album.
Hallelujah. Demonoid is back online.
I see @mhinchley has taken the kettlebells. Hmmm.
Is Conroy daft? Another example of IT ignorance and all-round stupidity: http://tr.im/HFd1 #nocleanfeed
Bastards. Someone's stolen my copy of The Virgin Suicides.
Looks like a few folk have fallen victim of the new Facebook privacy settings.
Well the good news is that the failed chipset in my Macbook was due to a known hardware issue and the logic board will be replaced for free!
Watching Lost in Translation. Every scene is a picture perfect postcard. Damn I love this film.
My top 50 songs of 2009: http://hinchley.net/2009/12/13/top-50-songs-of-2009
Spent the evening at the Italian Kitchen with @mhinchley talking about books that changed our lives.
The video card just died in my 17" MacBook Pro. Not a happy chappy.
Helping the neighbour buy a graphics card. Just picked up a GT9500 for $30.
Off for a run. Let's hope i don't seize up like an old man.
Back from a run. First in a month. Sore, but not broken.
Just watched The Antichrist. The prologue, shot in slow motion black and white, is simply stunning. Oh, but beware of the clitoridectomy.
Wahoo. The web filter is broken at the office. I can now access Twitter. Feels weird to be free.
Back from a BBQ with the neighbours. Good food, good wine, good company.
Enjoying the beta version of Ommwriter: ommwriter.com
2009-11
Top 3 weekly #lastfm artists: Weezer - 26. Moby - 16. Sarah Blasko - 12.
@murls They need to stop crying and start asking how they could work better.
Went to see a specialist today about my failing back. He said i was suffering from neurological tightness. Next up an MRI.
The landscaper arrived today. First job was to rip up the pavers in the backyard. The bobcat rolls in on Monday. Exciting.
Updated the firmware on my Kindle. Now with native support for PDFs and screen rotation. Works beautifully.
@phonakins That must be one heck of a good waxer...
Playing with SharePoint 2010.
Top 3 weekly #lastfm artists: Joy Division - 21. Ludwig van Beethoven - 19. Editors - 14.
Trying to decide which is a better microblogging platform: Jaiku or status.net.
Just installed Office 2010 beta on my Dell Mini 9. Really like the new Info panel.
I really like Jaiku. Simple and clean interface. Nice user experience. But no integrated search kills it dead. Back to status.net.
In Cold Blood is dazzling work of investigative journalism. No wonder it sucked the life out of Capote.
The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde is quite possibly the perfect poem.
The Kindle arrived in the mail today. Wahoo!
Was told Scientology was compatible with Christianity, but when i asked why Hubbard called himself the anti-Christ, i was forced to leave.
Top 3 weekly #lastfm artists: Editors - 7. Monsters of Folk - 4. AFI - 3.
Went for walk. Saw fire burning on front porch. Heat busted front window. Flames licking ceiling. I doused it with water. Owners oblivious.
Forget grass. Tress are the new green.
Playing about with the Kindle for PC application.
Watching video on Google's new Go programming language: http://tr.im/ENCF
Reading Truman Capote's In Cold Blood. A ripping story.
About to download status.net (i.e.laconica) and install on my Mac.
Heading out to see Ladyhawke at ANU.
There are advantages in standing next to a midget at a concert.
A casual afternoon browsing Swedish apartments for sale.
A great night for walking.
Trying to decide: buy a Kindle 2, Nook, or wait for Plastic Logic, or even Apple.
Top 3 weekly #lastfm artists: Weezer - 37. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - 17. Imogen Heap - 13.
I blog for 3 reasons: to clarify thinking, to improve writing skills, and to remember.
Ordering Gyokuro and Matcha green tea from: www.hibiki-an.com
Just watched 2001: A Space Odyssey. Like many great works of art, it's certain to divide.
Top 3 weekly #lastfm artists: Lisa Mitchell - 18. Grizzly Bear - 11. Bloc Party - 11.
Just learnt (with a loud bang) that you really shouldn't inflate a mountain bike tube to greater than 85 PSI.
I also just learnt that learnt isn't a word in the USA.
2009-10
Intend to work my way through Stanley Kubrick's films. Starting tonight with Dr Strangelove.
Chris Ware's latest work in the New Yorker is, once again, pure genius: http://tr.im/warny
Top 3 weekly #lastfm artists: Editors - 36. Metric - 19. Dave Matthews Band - 14.
Enjoying Clay Shirky's keynote at Web 2.0 Expo: http://tr.im/CKaY
Rewatching series 1 of Damages. Man, what a show.
Amazing dinner tonight at the Ellacure restaurant in Bruce. Ticked all the right boxes.
Just posted a short biography on my web site: http://hinchley.net/about
Weighed myself for the first time in years. Lighter than i thought at 69kg.
Reading about avocados. They are named after the Nahuatl word for testicle. And they're technically a berry. Fascinating.
I've added Tweekly.fm. Tweets weekly stats from #lastfm. tweekly.fm
Jessica Watson's web site is down. Let's hope her boat's more resilient.
Sick of rock critics lambasting Editors for sounding like Joy Division/U2/Depeche Mode/Interpol/<insert band here>.
Just watched Disturbia. Not a bad flick. Although from the moment Sarah Roemer appeared on screen i lost my objectivity. Damn she's hot.
The fly of my work trousers broke today. Left me hanging out in full view. Thank God for the spare pair of pants.
Advice for budding chefs: after dicing chilli's, don't scratch your man bits. Unless you enjoy feeling like your pants are on fire.
I look out the kitchen window this morning to see an overweight and naked neighbour looking back. A rather uncomfortable moment.
There comes a point where a girl can wear so little clothing at the gym, that to even glance in her direction is to feel like a pervert.
That Indian was way too nice, and way too plentiful.
Miley Cyrus quits Twitter. The reasons are simple: I started tweeting bout pimples. I stopped livin for moments & started livin for people.
As the American national anthem runs over the closing credits of Hitchcock's Foreign Correspondent, i learn Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize.
Few better feelings than writing some seriously elegant code.
It's great the Kindle is now available in Oz, but man, how long must we wait for the DX?
What a day. Time to read.
Some decent sized hail falling in Bruce, Canberra.
I could easily become addicted to reading. I guess it's a better choice than crack.
Had dinner at The Haig restaurant. Incredibly small meal. Dollar price per mouthful ratio of 3:1.
Thinking about building a new home resembling a loft apartment. The kind with a single room, high ceiling, and inner walls of grungy brick.
A photo of me getting aggressive with a boxing bag: http://tr.im/petebox
Constraint is the breeding ground of creativity.
Wading my way through job applications, many of which make a mockery of the English language.
An ability to write clear, concise, and grammatically correct English, is a prerequisite for employment. Bad writing = no job.
A software tester without a programming background: i don't think so.
Missing demonoid.com.
Just watched Hitchcock's North by Northwest. The prototypical Bond film.
20 days, 2000 computers, a shit load of apps, and a legion of ICT illiterate staff. That was one hell of a Vista roll out. Time for a sleep.
In some projects, success is measured by the absence of complaint.
All senior decision makers should regularly spend time working in the field. No token visits, but real time, with real people.
Increasingly dismayed by people that equate business requirements with specific technologies.
There is more to developing a web 2.0 strategy than saying: "Let's all use Facebook and Twitter".
2009-09
Just watched Road to Roubaix, a documentary on the gruelling cycle race on cobble-stoned roads in France.
A good documentary should tell a story; take you on a journey. Road to Roubaix does not.
A picture i took of @mhinchley boxing. Part of a photo shoot for her new personal training business Thrive PT: http://tr.im/megbox
Just had a haircut. A "number 5" on top. Hairdresser says "It looks good, but if you were going somewhere special, I'd recommend a 6".
I slipped into a Chinese massage parlor this morning (not the kind with a happy ending). Those guys sure now how to use their hands.
Thinking about agile development frameworks.
Facebook Lite is a refreshing change.
Just installed Snow Leopard on my Dell Mini 9. It's mighty fine.
Decided to switch PHP frameworks. Moving from CodeIgniter to Kohana.
Let's hope my MacBook Pro likes wine, because the right speaker just swallowed half a glass.
Totally smashed after finishing Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors.
Went to the mall to pick up a copy of Snow Leopard. Sold out at JB Hi-Fi. Sold out at Myer.
There is a point in every "lost in the wild" story where you need to make a decision: stay put and wait, or try to find your own way out.
Part way through reading the amazing (and incredibly in-depth) review of Snow Leopard by John Siracusa: http://tr.im/xZS0
Incentive pay for cognitive (creative) work typically reduces performance.
Watched Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca tonight. And i think i'm in love with Joan Fontaine. An especially wonderful film.
You were just lucky Adelaide. We all know that Essendon is the better team. Just lucky...
2009-08
Watching SpinRite cleanse your hard drive of errors is strangely exciting. Kind of like colonoscopy cleansing. Or so I imagine.
Finished reading On The Road by Jack Kerouac today. What an incredible experience. I felt every word.
Intended to defrost a chicken breast in the microwave for 4 minutes on power level 3 and not 43 minutes on high. The result ain't pretty.
I've been browsing testing a web application I'm developing, and have found Opera to be the most unforgiving of markup/javascript errors.
@shique That is way cute :) And go the Bombers!
Working on the selection criteria for a job application. Over 10 years in the IT industry, and it's the first I've ever written.
The Rumpole Pale Ale at the Wig and Pen is a mighty fine beer.
Excellence in one field is no guarantee of skill in another. The default progression from technical expert to manager does not make sense.
I think it's wrong that it's become acceptable to ignore email requests at work, when to ignore other communication is inexcusable.
@murls Oh, the one i have yet to write?
Back from checking out two potential investment property opportunities. It's strange for me to say this, but the feeling wasn't right.
I normally run 10km on a Saturday. Today i cut back to 5km. 20 minutes neat. I'm happy with that.
Another night, another Hitchcock film. Tonight it was Psycho. Fantastic!
I've been working my way through the films of Alfred Hitchcock. What to watch tonight: Psycho or Rear Window?
Taking an intermission during Rear Window. I have a hankering for salt and vinegar chips.
If you sculpt perfection into the form of a film, you'd have Rear Window. Absolute brilliance.
Grace Kelly was a very beautiful woman, and very much the embodiment of her name.
Woke up to the sounds of Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin, and Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits. A very nice start to the morning.
Totally besotted with the song Ramona Was a Waitress by Paul Dempsey.
Repairing punctured bike tyre with the eloquence of a seasoned bike mechanic.
A full glass of red wine onto the carpet. Not good.
In my experience, the staff on corporate IT service desks are inappropriately skilled. The are the front line, not call routers.
Woot. On a roll. Just completed my third jQuery plugin this weekend.
Looking into how i can automatically publish items from a Google Spreadsheet into a Google Calendar.
Successfully importing data from Google Spreadsheets into Google Calendar using the Google Data API.
Taking @mhinchley out to the Waterfront restaurant for her birthday. Anyone know of a good bar nearby for pre-dinner drinks?
Making pancakes. From scratch.
I'm no longer a bible quoting christian, but damn, ref.ly, a URL shortener for bible verses, is a brilliant idea.
Intermission at the Hinchley residence, as @mhinchley and I watch Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo.
A security system that is reliant on the end-user doing as they are asked, is not a security system.
Reading Towards Government 2.0 over at http://gov2.net.au/.
Read on a motivational poster today: "trust in god, whatever you conceive him to be", which really means: "trust in anything you like".
Today Tonight and A Current Affair manufacture and broadcast fear and sell it as a community service. It makes me sick.
@phonakins That's a pretty sweet deal...
Buckling down to write my first jQuery plugin.
Once again 'display: inline-block' saves the day!
"The net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it" - John Gilmore.
Enjoyed a great meal tonight at the Can Tho Vietnamese and Chinese Restaurant. Great food. Great service. Could be the new 'local'.
Enjoying Lisa Mitchell's new album Wonder.
Whinging like a bitch after cutting my hand on an empty dog food can.
Just registered a new domain over at Go Daddy. It was cheap, but oh so scary.
The best thing about the $500 natural gas bill that arrived in the mail today, is that it's less than that of the same period last year.
No one can be good at everything. Success in one field requires failure in another. We're all winners and losers.
Took this photo today of @mhinchley. It will feature on her Personal Training biography poster at Alive Gym. http://tr.im/mrsfit
2009-07
Back from watching Public Enemies at Hoyts. An ordinary film. Not in a bad way, just, well, an ordinary way.
There are people in this world, usually the folk with popcorn, that even under threat of death, could not help but babble during a film.
Want to register a domain name with a .pt extension. Any ideas of how to do this without being a resident of Portugal?
Too often a good idea stands in the way of a great idea. It's hard to let go of something good, even if doing so leads us to the best.
The song "Leave It", off the album "Yesterday and Today" by The Field, is the perfect remedy for an unfocused mind.
"Twitter’s no longer about updating your friends, but about being THE place for global events" - Ben Parr.
Grab a copy of the new 376 page 2010 IKEA catalog: http://tr.im/ikea10
More evidence that high profile commercial applications are not always the safest bet: http://tr.im/nopdf
Feeling revived after a nice 10km run. Just under 46 minutes. Not bad for a Sunday morning.
The best things about owning a $1,500 vacuum cleaner are the 10 year warranty, and the free annual service.
The sales assistant said: "The most important characteristic of a great vacuum cleaner is not suction power, but the quality of the head".
Uh oh. It might be one of those days... Just spent considerable time looking for the socks that were already on my feet.
Back from a very tasty meal at the Mee Sing Chinese restaurant in Lyneham.
Have decided i need to set a few goals. The first is to do 3 consecutive hand-stand push ups. Inspired by: http://tr.im/pushup
People consistently talk of Neil Armstrong in the highest regard. He sounds like a truly inspiring and tremendously talented man.
Two best things about being fit: 1. Mind, body, and general life perspective are all improved. 2. You feel better after exercise, not worse.
Discovered today that the status of a checkbox in IE6 is not retained when cloned via jQuery. Need to explicitly set state using html().
Just watched the documentary In The Shadow of the Moon. Incredible. Surely the Apollo program is one of our greatest ever achievements.
Every student should know 3 languages: the national language, a foreign language, and a programming language.
Totally stumped from a big couple of days in Melbourne. Good to be back on home turf.
An empty restaurant, with plastic table coverings, large fish tanks, and a buffet menu, is seldom the right choice for a high class meal.
Photos from yesterday's flight to the Brown Brothers winery at Milawa: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hinchley/sets/72157621533393837/
Downloaded a Kindle book to my iPhone, ripped it to my Mac, and used kindlepid.py / mobidedrm.py to remove DRM. Now reading in Stanza. Nice.
Saw that coming from the other side of the restaurant. Oh well, Poh, you can come and cook at my place anytime you like. #masterchef
Taking a look at Squarespace. Nice looking platform, but some grizzly markup. The 30+ elements in the primary navigation are all divs!
It's not often you can lay claim to taking a private plane flight to an interstate winery just to have lunch. Today was such a day.
A big thank you to the best pilot in the world: @kym_hughes. @mhinchley and i had an absolute cracker of day.
A fine evening spent with @mhinchley watching The Interview with Hugo Weaving.
That's bullshit. #masterchef
PR company: authenticity is essential on the web. Oh, and by the way, for $50,000 per annum, we can write your blog posts and tweets.
It's been one of those days... The sort where you forget to wear socks to work.
Downloading Chris Anderson's new book, "Free: The Future of a Radical Price", which not surprisingly, is a free download: http://tr.im/sq2Q
It's hard to beat a space shuttle launch. Totally hypnotic.
Seriously enjoying the track Fresh Blood from the new Eels album Hombre Lobo. Some of the best howling i've heard in years.
Triple J hottest 100 of all time is unfolding with an exciting blend of classic and not-so-classic songs. Must do my own list. #hottest100
I'm a big fan of Bloc Party, but seriously, is Banquet really a better song than God Only Knows by The Beach Boys? #hottest100
Tracks: 44: Lennon shot dead. 43: Wilson drug fucked. 41: Jackson overdose. 40: Cobain suicide. Lesson: Musicians, be careful. #hottest100
The machine gun drumming in One by Metallica nails me every time. Incredible. #hottest100
@murls You got some spare cash? Let's build one!
The ride home from work is long enough to be a good workout, but short enough that the pain is forgotten in time to ride again tomorrow.
Twitter is a great example of how constraint is anything but the enemy of creativity.
Had a free workout at the gym with @mhinchley. An amazing personal trainer with a special talent for working my sorry arse into the ground.
@murls Go hard Murls.
It seems that Sarah Blasko, Julia Stone, & Lisa Mitchell, and probably countless other indie girls, have started to sing like Joanna Newsom.
Never can tell if Rahni Sadler is taking the piss: "Jackson fans may riot in downtown LA, and we have no idea know what form that may take".
An afternoon of unsuccessful clothes shopping has left me hankering for an Australian version of www.trunkclub.com.
Half way through Mark Everett's "Things the Grandchildren Should Know". It is beyond good. A work of genius.
Watched Noodle tonight. A sweet little Israeli film. Laughs, tears, and a big thumbs up.
Multiple choice questions are: a. Useless and pointless. b. Lazy. c. Lame assessors of understanding. d. Fucking waste of space.
Excellent commentary by Malcolm Gladwell on Chris Anderson's new book "Free: The Future of a Radical Price". http://tr.im/qAvt
A "free economy" supported by advertising has its limits, for a world where everything is free has very little need for advertising.
I have to say, it's rather nice having a car with a built in media center.
Jack Kerouac is a beautiful writer. No two ways about it.
2009-06
@murls What rumours? Whatever you've heard, i'm not pregnant.
iPhone running hot and battery draining fast after upgrade to OS 3.0.
Bruno (Sacha Baron Cohen) interviewed on Sunrise. Questions submitted a week in advance and answers read via autocue.
A great interview with Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails on this week's Sound Opinions. http://tr.im/q1ts
I am proud of my impeccable taste in music, and yet, without warning, i've developed a thing for Taylor Swift.
iTunes throwing "required disk not found" message whenever i attempt to sync iPod under Windows 7. I think the device drivers are cactus.
I always feel incredibly underdressed when i see Pete Cashmore.
Sold our Subaru Liberty today for $15,000. 2.5i sedan (4GEN MY05), manual, 120,000km. Let's just say, both parties are happy.
Having a blast with SQL join statements.
@murls I've been able to sync on occasion, but for some reason the iPod frequently and randomly enters a D3 power state.
Just upgraded my iPhone 2G to OS 3.0. Jailbroken and unlocked with RedSn0w. Refreshingly simple.
That was a mighty tasty roast cow. Cooked to perfection for 10 hours in a slow cooker.
There is a difference between transparency and gratuitous sharing.
Attended my first poetry recital tonight at the Elephant in the Room exhibition at the Front Gallery & Cafe.
I just don't understand why some women get hair extensions. Surely not a sound value proposition.
After 3 months of anticipation, we picked up our new Volkswagen Golf today. The handover included a large red cloth and a whooshing sound.
I sometimes wish i could grow a big old beard. The coarse wirey type, with sharp edges, lots of buoyancy, and an obscenely large profile.
Resisting change: 2 of us at supermarket. My trolley is full. Man behind has 2 items. Staff offer to help him use self-service. He says no.
Panic attack. No carrots at Woolworths. Perhaps it's for my own good. I have started to notice my skin taking on a light orange hue.
Just caught myself circling food items on special in the Woolworths grocery catalog. I guess this means i'm getting old.
I don't understand the growing obsession with immediate news. I'll take accuracy and quality analysis over immediacy any day.
I often find myself confusing a framework and its language: jquery and javascript, codeigniter and php.
A bit obscure, i know, but i really enjoy watching cows scratch themselves.
Back in Canberra after a 3.5 hour drive from Narrandera - spent mostly in the company of Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan.
Miracles never cease: "Things The Grandchildren Should Know" by Mark Oliver Everett (aka "E", aka Eels) is at the local library. Must read.
Just watched an excellent TED presentation on social media and the changing nature of communication by Clay Shirky: http://tr.im/pe3B
Totally awestruck watching my old man wield a saw and chisel like a freakin' master craftsman.
They know how to feed you in the country. Meals come in 3 sizes: large, extra large, and are you fucking serious? And then comes dessert.
You sure they're lesbians? I know it's a stereotype, but aren't lesbians especially known for sensible selection of footwear?
Sometimes there is a thin line between what is best, what is right, and plain old common sense.
Oh, i'm really digging the look of the new feed reader by @shauninman: http://feedafever.com. And such a slick demo video.
Kicking back on the couch, cutting code, and couldn't be happier.
Subscribing to the http://thisweekinadvertising.net and thisweekinstartups.com podcasts with Jason Calacanis.
@phonakins How do you find the game? Thinking about picking up a copy this week.
Hanging out to buy a property. As Mark Twain said: Buy land, they ain't making any more of it.
@phonakins Yep. You can recreate your life for only $99. A bargain.
I don't really use Facebook, but what the heck, i grabbed facebook.com/hinchley anyhow. Snag yours: facebook.com
Watched Auf der anderen Seite (The Edge of Heaven) tonight. An incredible film. It reinforced the artificiality of Hollywood. Beautiful.
Started writing a blog/lifestream engine today using CodeIgniter. Looking good. Tomorrow i'll add some AJAX goodness.
Alright, who put the razor blades in my throat? It's going to be a long night.
No chance i'll ever be a pill popper. I take my aspirin in quarters, chew hard, gulp a litre of water, and wait for the suckers to dissolve.
Just watched Ghost Town with Ricky Gervais and Tea Leoni. A sweet and funny film. Exactly what the doctor ordered.
Urban rumours are the strangest thing. e.g. At what point did the world decide Sandra Sully has the word "harder" tattooed on her arse?
My body has been taken over by foreign invaders and turned into an overworked snot factory. No wonder i'm so tired.
Checking out the videos on Robert Scoble's new web site: http://www.building43.com
HTML5 isn't shaping up to be everything we wanted, but in the absence of a better plan, it's time for me to become an early adopter.
Wahoo! About to spend the long weekend here: http://www.badgersendbowral.com.au
9 men. 6 family size pizzas.10 bucks worth of hot chips. Should be a good night.
Looking for an online NNTP client.
Ta la ding, i quite like Bing, the revamped search engine from Microsoft. Although i wish it supported universal search results.
Checking out the Google Wave Developer Preview at Google I/O.
2009-05
Will soon attempt to buy a house at auction. Mixed emotions. Should i be excited at the prospect of $500,000 debt? Or excited to miss out?
Back from the auction. We were the highest bidder at $530,000, but the house passed in below the reserve. He's dreaming.
Free entry into the Club Lime gym at Belconnen this weekend. No excuses.
This is a man at my gym that bears a disturbing resemblance to Josef Fritzl.
Really impressed with CodeIgniter, the PHP web application framework.
Not sure what shoes i will wear to the gym tomorrow. I just trod in the world's biggest dog shit, and that stench ain't going anywhere.
Taking a look at Yodlee as an online personal finance manager. Integrates with the Commonwealth Bank and offers some swank features.
We went to the bank today to ask about a home loan. They offered to lend us $2.4 million dollars. Totally crazy. And highly irresponsible.
Two men just walked down the street in front of our house wheeling a full-size trampoline.
The quince is surely the greatest fruit the world has ever known.
Suffering from an Indian food hangover. I guess it's possible to eat too much Aloo Mattar, Deccan Beef, and Butter Chicken in the one night.
I'm already frustrated by people bagging Wolfram Alpha when it fails to answer questions like: what did i eat for dinner last night?
I'm in love with Dropbox: www.dropbox.com
Enjoying one of the 12 bottles of Pinot Noir i picked up on Grays Online for under $50.
Just finished watching The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Very much the classic.
Purchased set of Ay Up! bike lights: http://www.ayup.com.au. Opted to pay by credit card, filled out the form, and was then sent to PayPal.
Rebuilding my Mac. Do i use the native Apache and PHP shipped with OSX, or do i go MAMP? I wonder.
Just discovered some nasty moths have spent the summer months busily munching holes in my jumpers.
I cannot accept the distinction between "capital" money and "operational" money. It's all money. No seriously, it really is.
If you cannot fathom the existence of a complex entity, the introduction of an even more complex entity of causation surely cannot help.
What a day: combined funeral wake, birthday, & mothers day lunch, in a nautically themed restaurant owned by a Dutch singer in Grong Grong.
Found a 1973 Sharp EL-8102 electronic calculator at my parent's house. An absolute classic. Runs off 9V power or six AA batteries.
Trialing Microsoft App-V as a lite touch deployment option for Microsoft Office 2007.
Just watched Revolutionary Road. Far exceed expectations. In fact, it was an incredibly percipient film.
Using this excellent hack to enable multiple simultaneous remote desktop connections to Windows 7: http://tr.im/multirdp
Just hung the picture of Josh Pyke that we purchased at an Andrew Mayo exhibition. Looks amazing up on the wall. twitpic.com
You know you're getting old when you need to stretch before heading out to a concert.
Off to see Lisa Mitchell perform at the ANU.
Bought a 1.5TB hard disk today at the computer markets. Now installing Windows 7 on my media PC.
Reading a biography of Walt Disney called The Animated Man and watching the first sound cartoons, like Steamboat Willie, on YouTube.
I take "suspect" to mean probable not possible. If correct, 121 suspected cases of swine flu in Oz implies at least 60 will be confirmed.
It seems @KevinRuddPM wants to revisit the Cold War. The rest of Asia has beefed up on military spending, therefore, so will Oz. Stupidity.
Finally discovered why Windows Installer Active Setup wasn't kicking off as expected: a registry entry named NoIE4StubProcessing.
Looking for a decent open source CD/DVD burner application for use in a government department. InfraRecorder looks promising.
2009-04
Taking a look at http://coveritlive.com as a potential interactive forum service. It's ticking all the right boxes.
Just found out my cousin died during an operation last night. Only 29. Totally unexpected. Never take life for granted.
Just installed Windows 7 RC on my Dell Mini9. It's a thing of beauty.
Back to some bitchy weather in Canberra after spending a lazy couple of days in Sydney over the Anzac Day weekend.
Roaming profiles not working for you in Vista? Using an NVDIA video driver? It took me way too long to solve that nasty problem.
Turned a corner at work late this afternoon. Not quite the beached whale that i was when the day begun. It's all up from here.
I think the gods are against me. A ton of technology problems and not a solution in sight.
Seeing a lot of small businesses with a tailored domain name for their web site and a generic contact email address (e.g. @yahoo.com).
The wisdom of Seneca: expect the worst, aim for a little more pessimism, and when shit happens, you'll be prepared and less likely to anger.
Spent the last hour at Tilley's with a glass of wine and a collection of old poetry i wrote whilst in high school. I used to be so dark...
Finally got all of my photos up on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hinchley/sets
@phonakins No chocolate: that's gotta hurt.
Heading out to the Portrait Gallery.
@somere What's so surprising? Surely this is the greatest music video of the last decade. No?
The new National Portrait Gallery is amazing. Took a guided tour. Incredibly informative. Must start visiting during my lunch break.
@somere It's a really nice building. Good use of space and light. Just wish camera's were allowed.
It seems the practice of using 4-litre plastic juice containers as drink bottles is back in vogue at the gym.
A conversation overheard at the gym: Academy nightclub in Civic took $15,000 at the door, and over $100,000 at the bar, on Thursday night.
Really like this picture of Johnny O'Keefe by Ivan Durrant at the National Portrait Gallery: http://tr.im/j8Lv
A sad day for the lads of The Pirate Bay. Let's hope the prison sentences do not come to pass.
Just had a haircut. The hairdresser told me her 24 year old son was bald, except for a "hair verandah" on his forehead. Poor guy.
The big decisions of a Friday night: Gran Torino or Frost Nixon? Which to watch?
I've developed an inexplicable obsession with baby eggplant. Managed to incorporate them into every evening meal this week.
@somere Too late :) Already started Frost Nixon. Gran Torino will need to wait for another night.
Frost/Nixon is a superlative film. A classic in every respect.
The Department of Finance blocked Twitter today. Treat workers like children and they will work like children.
Enjoying a few quiet ales at the Wig and Pen. Possibly the best pub in Canberra.
@phonakins That's why content blocking is so futile. It's inconsistent, and there is always a work around :)
Google has started to promote Chrome via their landing page. Installs in locked down environments under a user context via ClickOnce.
Slept in this morning, and then accidentally took a shower whilst wearing a beanie.
Student: How do i know i exist? Teacher: Who's asking?
Back in Canberra after 3 days kicking back on the in-laws farm. Feeling ready for action.
An afternoon spent in the jacuzzi on the front porch watching cows walk by. An evening spent with pinot and gelato. Not bad.
@phonakins I found the book a disappointment. A great science writer, but arrogant and ignorant on the topic of religion. Try Sam Harris.
A colleague just won a basket of Easter eggs. 113 to be exact. It's going to be a fun afternoon.
I'm always amazed at the number of people who aren't christian, or even religious, that won't eat red meat on Good Friday.
How is it that a government department that names computers by asset number, & servers by an obscure code, has a printer named GoosieGander?
There is something unusually appealing about drinking water from a wine glass.
Feeling for @mhinchley as she sits in the dentist chair, awaiting the installation of her braces.
A wonderful afternoon spent at the Auto Italia car exhibition on the lawns of Old Parliament House. Now i want a Fiat 500: http://tr.im/igYT
If time travel through a wormhole were possible, we could not travel back in time prior to the creation of the first wormhole. Interesting.
If you live in Canberra, and appreciate good pizza, you may want to try out the Cork Street Cafe in Gundaroo. Utter perfection.
Picked up an Andrew Mayo picture of Josh Pyke from the Guys, Girls and Guitars exhibition at the Front Gallery in Lyneham. A steal at $630.
I wish there were an inbuilt way to only show non-shared Delicious bookmarks. Need to use an arbitrary 'private' tag to filter the content.
There was way too much food eaten in this house this evening.
Reading about the many-universe idea proposed by Lee Smolin. It's like biological Darwinism but on a cosmic level.
Alain de Botton is giving a talk at the Sydney Opera House on Sunday 19th April. I totally wish i could be there. His new book looks great.
An advertisement for yesterday's ute muster in Sutton reads: "No alcohol. No dogs. No circle work". Pure gold.
'Procedural' as an antonym for 'Intentional'. And 'Crowdsourced' as an antonym for 'Designed'. Nice. I like it. http://tr.im/ib6E
It's been so many years since the promise of the paperless office, and still people resist the urge to give up the tangible.
It should be mandatory for software testers to have a few solid years of programming experience. How else can they be effective?
Just learnt: when downloading a file from the web, Windows links IE zone info to the file via an NTFS stream. To clear: http://tr.im/streams
Working back late implementing a self service password reset solution.
Good discussion at work today about the role of custom code in a government department. Does configuration always trump code? I say not.
There is a big difference between code that is foundational to a system, and that which is supplementary. The two should not be confused.
When does configuration end and code begin? I'd argue that such demarkations are becoming increasingly irrelevant.
2009-03
Must remember to wear glasses when i ride. An insect the size of a small bird flew into my eye and now i look like i've got miximotosis.
There are few things in life more frustrating than a lay person telling a technologist what's possible with technology. #insight
Had an Interesting debate today about database permissions. Should a service account have dbo rights on its own database? Apparently not.
I was so sure i was riding home at lightening speed. And then i was passed as if i were standing still... again and again.
Is there a simple way to tell how much remains of the 2GB upload limit on a Flickr Pro account?
Feeling wasted after a serious bout of house cleaning. Time to unwind with a beer whilst cooking something exotic with beef.
Always amazed at the strength of feeling that remains after i awake from a dream.
If nothing contingent can emanate from a necessary entity, how can god (a necessary being) create a contingent universe? Tricky.
Just added myself to the http://wefollow.com twitter directory under: #tech #web #design
Writing a COM add-in to extend the ribbon interface of Microsoft Office.
If you are Kristin McDowall, and you live in Duffy, and you are looking for your driver's license, it's in my hot little hands. Will post.
Reading about Turing machines and the computability of the universe. And now my head hurts. Time for a nap.
Thinking of upgrading to a Flickr Pro Account.
Waited 90 minutes for meal at El Dorado, Dickson. Asked two staff for an update. Nothing. Took it to the manager. Got meal and money back.
Uploading my entire photo collection to Flickr. Long live the cloud.
Listening to songs on: http://mixtape.me
Pumped the pushie to work this morning. Felt good in the fresh air riding around the lake.
Just heard that our new car (VW Golf) will be landing in the country on June 15. A little excited.
Tuesday morning at 7am is a kick ass time of the week for grocery shopping. Shelves stacked, produce fresh, check-outs empty. Pure bliss.
Very excited to be seeing Darren Hanlon in concert tonight at Tilley's.
Heading over to the university fields for a session of boxing training with @mhinchley.
Making the switch from goodreads.com to shelfari.com. Here is this year's shelf: http://www.shelfari.com/hinchley/shelf
My team at the office is all dressed like Andy Sipowicz. Short white sleeve business shirts with ties that finish just below the groin.
@phonakins It may be a little old now, but "What Do You Want From Me?" by Monaco always kick started my motivation.
@phonakins Sit on it until tomorrow. Things always look different after the sun comes up.
Kicking off the weekend with the help of Van Morrison's Astral Weeks.
My boss doing his best Andy Sipowicz impersonation. twitpic.com
Settling in with @mhinchley to watch The Wrestler.
Just watched The Wrestler. Held me captive from beginning to end. A bloody masterpiece.
Good use of Silverlight on http://playboy.covertocover.com.
Taking a lunch break in Sydney before a client meeting. Way too many people in this town.
Eating "the olds" out of house and home. Currently working my way through a bucket of juicy peaches. Starting to hurt in the middle.
Feeling my crush on Abby Bishop blossom as i watch a replay of the Canberra Caps taking out the 2009 WNBL title.
Went to "Charlie's on East" for dinner in Narrandera. A man walked past our table and his BO lingered with us for 10mins. Good food though.
As a general rule, people in country towns appear to be significantly less healthy than city folk. i.e. Poor diets, big guts.
They were wrong. Diamond isn't the hardest substance known to man. It's my right arse cheek.
Back in Narrandera. Teaching mum and dad how to use the DVD player.
Every relationship is fundamentally a power struggle, and the individual in power is whoever likes the other person less - Chuck Klosterman.
Two hours to get to work today. Waited at the bus stop with a growing crowd of despondent travellers as bus after bus drove by without room.
Decided i'm going to ride to work. No waiting for a bus. No backed up traffic. No driving in circles looking for a park. Just me and a bike.
Placed an order for a Volkswagen Golf yesterday. http://tr.im/heKN Excited? You bet. Until they mentioned the 6 month waiting period!
Just installed the Kindle app for the iPhone. Now, what book should i buy from Amazon? Keen to give this sucker a spin.
Eaten so much bread this evening i feel like a mobile bakery.
Watched Man on Wire last night, a rivetting and hilarious insight into Philippe Petit's high-wire walk between the Twin Towers. A must see.
Sharing a bottle of 'Rosemount on Ice' with @mhinchley. Exceedingly drinkable.
The urge to acquire a Kindle has been reignited by my discovery of how to order Kindle ebooks via Amazon without a US credit card.
Reading Touching the Void by Joe Simpson. Feel like i'm hanging off an ice cliff in the Andes. Tired, but in no state for sleep. Must read.
Plan on checking out this house on the weekend. Big fan of the alfresco area: http://tr.im/h2xT
Kicking back with @mhinchley in a swathe of memories watching a slide show of our lives unfold.
There are few things in life better than a not quite ripe granny smith apple. The sort with an extra hit of tang.
Frustrated by the over the top social gadgetry of many new web sites. Does every new site have to be its own mini Facebook?
Looking for a simple online movie cataloging site. This is what i've watched. This is how i rate it. Nothing more. Flixster is killing me.
I continue to be bedazzled by the speed of Google Chrome.
I sometimes get the hankering for a good ol' sausage sandwich with tomato sauce. Happened three times tonight.
The letters 'bad' always jump out at me in the url: grabadiscount.com.au
When i was a young lad i loved my chocolate nice and milky. Now i yearn for it dark... real dark.
In the process of moving two year's worth of content from Yojimbo to Evernote as i work toward the goal of hosting everything online.
2009-02
Watched 'The Reader' last night. Wasn't totally convinced by the plot, but the film had a wonderful feel; a very moving and relatable tale.
Enjoying pancakes and freshly squeezed orange juice in the cool morning air on this glorious Sunday morning.
It's great to see Eno and Lanois back in the fold on the new U2 album No Line on the Horizon. A valiant effort for a band easily lambasted.
I firmly believe we should all be sterilized at birth. Fertility should only be restored to those that demonstrate parenting potential.
There are few moments more awkward than walking into an unlocked toilet cubicle that is very much in use.
Excellent interview with one of my favourite bands, Frightened Rabbit, on this week's Sound Opinions podcast. And next week is Neko Case!
Gmail is cactus. What timing. Just as i was in the middle of uploading 3500 email messages. Bloody cloud computing. It's all hot air.
Finally dropping POP and switching to IMAP for all mail. Geez, what took me so long?
Taking a look at Clipperz for online secure storage of passwords and other personal data. Looks good. Also supports offline access. Sweet.
Reading about branes in string/M-Theory and feeling slightly kooky.
Pissed that it's cloudy tonight. Planned on pulling out the telescope for a look at comet Lulin. Hopefully the skies are clear tomorrow.
I think it's funny that animals have moods just like people. Holly, our miniature schnauzer, has the shits today.
There are some things in life so good, you keep coming back to them, no matter how disturbing they may be: http://tr.im/gEGf
Back from an afternoon milkshake at Tilley's. A perfect balance of vanilla, ice cream, and low fat milk, makes for a killer summer drink.
Feeling every bit the geek as i consider writing up a project plan to guide the ever expanding home IT overhaul i have planned.
I wonder how frequently the average person vacuums? I'm once a week. My sister daily. A colleague: whenever he moves house.
Looking to sell a brand new (never opened) Dell Mini 9. Retail A$549. Will sell at A$400. Anyone interested? Specs: http://tr.im/gD2g
Back from a 10km run. Some days are better than others. Today was not.
Three things i would never wear: a bum bag, three quarter length pants, and a singlet with oversized arm holes. All mortal sins of fashion.
Just realized that the album cover to Tweekend by The Crystal Method is insanely good.
Just watched Milk. Sean Penn is nothing short of spectacular. If my life were to be made into a film, i'd so want Sean as the lead.
Planning on buying another house, knocking it down, and rebuilding. May have found the perfect block in O'Connor. Excited.
I currently record sites of interest under StumbleUpon, Digg and Delicious. Thinking of consolidating everything into the latter.
Wife: Want to do something nice? Me: No. I'd prefer to do something shit.
Just call me the neighborhood IT guy. Currently handling tech support calls for an over extended network of family and friends.
@phonakins Feta comes in buckets? Got to get myself some of that.
The makers of the Underbelly television series appear to have a thing for boobs. Not that i'm complaining. Just sayin.
I'm guessing the twitter account of Mylie Cyrus has been hacked. That, or she's suddenly learnt to talk real dirty. That's gotta hurt.
Went to see the Darwin Exhibition at the National Museum in Canberra. Top stuff. Provided the impetus to finally read Origin of the Species.
Playing around with the New York Times API. Able to search against 2.8 million articles. Nice.
Happy's Chinese Restaurant, hands down, offers the best lemon chicken in town. The beef, sweet ginger and pineapple is also a winner.
Hung low with @mhinchley and the folks at Tilley's this evening drinking red and talking of mice plagues. Good times.
Tried to buy a Volkswagen Golf GTI today. 61 manuals left in the country. And not one has cloth seats. $3,000 more for leather. As if.
Finished reading Freakonomics tonight. A good book with a swag of interesting case studies. Reminder: correlation does not equal causality.
I'm developing an unhealthy obsession for reading 1 star book reviews at Amazon.
Wahoo! Just bought tickets to see Darren Hanlon at Tilley's on the 24th March. Totally excited.
Enjoying heightened motivation after cleaning my desk to the point where it sparkles and erecting a "sterile zone" notice to ward off grots.
That was on hell of a hot cross bun. Eaten cold of course. With just a hint of margarine.
I say i'm Mr Productive. @mhinchley says i'm the ultimate house bitch. Either way, the house is clean, shopping done, and bed beckons.
Excited to be heading out to the Burlesque Hour at The Street Theatre in Canberra tonight.
@phonakins Hmmm BBQ chicken and hot showers. I'll second that.
Let's just say that rotten tofu smells like the worst kind of arse.
Access to youtube.com is now blocked from the office. Thankfully kickyoutube.com still works.
Watching 2009 Grammy performances over at Mahalo: http://tinyurl.com/bpaty8
Back from a late afternoon run. The heat is totally oppressive. Dedicated or insane, i'm not quite sure.
Just learnt via Sound Opinions podcast that Brian May of Queen is a respected astrophysicist and Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores Uni.
Can't get enough of the Lily Allen song Everyone's At It.
Went to Tilley's for a milkshake and a hit of air-conditioning. 5 people at the cafe had laptops. All MacBooks.
Back from Happy Hour at our neighbors. Good company, a couple of glasses of bubbly and air-conditioning. Just what i needed.
Just watched Doubt. Amazing film. Highlights the frustration, and needless division, caused by the impenetrable road block of blind faith.
I could easily get carried away with cheese.
It's a veritable Russian sauna at my house right now. The heat is trying to kill me.
Looking for a way to create a transcript from an mp3. Thinking of piping the audio into something like Dragon Naturally Speaking. Feasible?
I think it says a lot that people are generally excited that Microsoft has simplified the Windows 7 product lineup - yep, just 5 editions.
Watching the new series of Criminal Minds. Jason Alexander (aka George Costanza from Seinfeld) is an absolute riot. Great stuff.
Back from walking the dog. Only 4 years ago she was afraid to walk past garbage bins and 4 sale signs. How far she's come.
Well kept gardens come in clusters. A couple of people get fastidious about their yards, and the rest of the street falls into line.
Ok. Make that 6 versions of Windows 7. And counting.
A key observation: the bigger the guy at the gym, the more stuff he throws around, and the more he drops his weights from a great height.
Oops. Just drooled on myself at work.
Intend on keeping a record of what i'm reading over at http://www.goodreads.com/hinch
That was a tasty slice of home made fruit cake. Yum.
Wondering how many carrots you need to eat before starting to turn orange.
Was on an evening walk when i looked through a lounge room window to see a 6 foot high framed painting of Captain Cook. Incredibly weird.
Really enjoying the new song 'So Far Around the Bend' from The National on the Dark Was The Night compilation album.
Taken a serious liking to the old fashioned fan these past few days. What bet way to blow away the summer heat.
Just wrote a few lines of JavaScript that used the iTunes COM SDK to update the total track count of each album in my iTunes library.
2009-01
Sheez, just realized i have 32 Bob Dylan albums.
Reading The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less by Barry Schwartz. Already shaping up to be a mighty fine book.
When single you can't wait to get someone in your bed. When married the prospect of spending the night in a bed by yourself is tantalizing.
Nice evening spent with neighbors over dinner and wine. Find i get along especially well with people twice my age. What does that say?
Enjoying a nice cold sarsaparilla - the drink of the gods.
Perhaps the most embarrassing side effect of a bad back is walking like i've got a stick up my arse.
Spent the evening lying down on the cool tiles of kitchen floor. The cheap way to keep cool.
Lower back pain is a bitch. Anyone got a spare spinal cord they're willing to trade?
Hanging out for a decent ebook reader. Wish the Amazon Kindle 2 was to be offered in Australia.
Forced to take the day off work as the vertebrae in my lower back have seized up like a month-old dry bread loaf.
Have a sudden urge to move to Hawaii, but @mhinchley is refusing to budge.
Valiant effort from Jelena Dokic in the quarter finals at the Australian Open. What a fighter. And oh so close.
Today i'm starting the new book by Haruki Murakami: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running. Totally pumped. I'm a real Murakami nut.
Tending to my iTunes library with loving parental care. 15 albums processed. A meagre 2430 more to go.
What better way to celebrate Australia Day than a steak sandwich for lunch with a double serve of beetroot.
Our gym has reached a critical turning point: i suspect the number of "juice" takers now exceeds the number of women with fake boobs.
Using NuevaSync to sync my Google calendar with the iPhone over the air. Works like a treat. Unfortunately syncing of contacts proved buggy.
The ACT Library search page has barfed once again.
Very much enjoying my new shearers singlet.
Finished tapas plate and bottle of bubbly. Now time for the black pepper and lime chips and block of dark chocolate.
Possibly about to suffer an aneurism barracking for Jelena Dokic in the fourth round of the Australian Open.
You bloody champion Jelena!
Used www.unlockit.co.nz to change the APN on my iPhone to prevent unwanted data usage over the cellular network.
In serious pain after drinking way too much vanilla milkshake.
Just watched Slumdog Millionaire. Vibrant, passionate, and frequently disheartening, yet ultimately, a tale of triumphant hope. Brilliant.
Totally pumped by Jelena Dokic's win in the third round of the Australian Open. Go girl.
Playing around with www.thismoment.com. The 'moment' paradigm isn't a personal fit. However, the site shows promise and is well executed.
Moved my address book into the cloud. Calendar to follow. Feeling liberated.
Just Googled 'substr' and got back a couple of inline code snippets in the search results. Sweet.
@marieboyer You won't be disappointed. Outliers is a great book, and Gladwell's naration really brings the text to life.
That was one hell of a storm. Rain fell in buckets. The sky is now clearing and the landscape appears lackered in an eerie yellow hue.
Given up on trying to get Gmail-lite to work with my app domain account. Real bummer. At least it works with normal Gmail.
Surely Friday is the best day of the week.
Went to the gym this morning, but was so tired i only did exercises that involved lying down.
Sat in the car for 10 seconds this morning, wondering why it wasn't moving, and then realized i hadn't even started the engine. Too tired.
Totally cleansed my address book. No point holding onto people you don't communicate with.
Just configured Gmail-lite so i can access Gmail from work.
Couscous salad should be mandatory at all BBQs.
Crying tears of joy after finding my misplaced (assumed to be lost) wallet.
Throwing pasta against a wall to confirm it is cooked 'just right'. Discovered it doesn't work so well with spirals.
I think it could be said that making a good batch of scrambled eggs is a form of art. And unfortunately i'm still drawing stick figures.
Just watched Persepolis. Amazing animation. Incredible story. Brilliant film.
Back from a sub 45 minute 10km run. Feeling great. No better way to clear a cloudy head than running in the open air.
Who ever came up with the sacrilegious notion of calamari in batter? Fresh calamari in sweet chili vinaigrette for lunch. Simply delicious.
I have a strong suspicion someone has buried a dead animal over our back fence. That, or a serial killer has moved into the neighborhood.
Beware of loopback group policy processing - it has an uncanny ability to screw with your mind (and your computer settings).
Washing machine overflowed. 1 inch of water on floor in laundry, hallway, bathroom, and office. Swearing loudly and mopping up frenetically.
Water from overflowing washing machine soaked through walls into bedroom. Carpets saturated. Everything smells like wet dog.
That's me done for the day. Time to slip on the head phones, brace the sizzling summer heat, and start for home.
Kicking back watching a slide show of random photos we've taken over the past few years. It seems i've been more active than i remember.
Wondering if fruitarians can eat so much they get fat, as i scoff my way through yet another plum.
This heat is knocking me around. Feel like i've spent the day in a sauna.
Throwing off this summer heat with an enormous bowl of yoghurt and frozen berries. Yum!
Yipee! Today is Thursday, which means it's almost Friday, and that basically makes it the weekend. Exciting times.
There's few things more uninspiring than an unfit fitness instructor.
Microsoft Songsmith. This is way too funny: www.youtube.com
Microsoft (KB: 211632): "The location where Word creates the temporary files is hardcoded information and cannot be edited." Me: Bugger.
White tea, dark chocolate, a couch, and a game of 20-20 cricket. I'm rather comfortable.
Staying up all night seems like a good idea until morning comes around.
Grappling with Bell's Theorem and wishing i remembered more trigonometry.
Did downloading the official Windows 7 beta need to be so incredibly difficult?
Really enjoying Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective.
I was thinking of signing up as a model for life drawing classes, but my wife said i'm not "big enough". Not sure if i should be offended.
A colleague walks past my desk and says: "You're looking somewhat pale; sure you're not bleeding?"
A fully spec'd 17" MacBook Pro (with solid state drive and 8GB RAM) will set you back a neat A$8,769. And yet i'm still tempted.
Feeling somewhat naked after forgetting to wear a belt to work.
Sitting outside with @mhinchley discussing quantum locality as if we knew what we were talking about.
Totally knackered after first day back in the office. Considering cutting back to a 4 day week.
Wish i didn't have to work today. Much prefer to hang low on the couch and read Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene.
The ACT dumps 40 tonnes of salt into the Murrumbidgee River every day via the Lower Molonglo Water Quality Control Centre. Criminal.
Reading a paper released by the ACT Government canvassing options for prohibiting smoking in motor vehicles: http://tinyurl.com/9ch3cr
No matter how many times i read about Einstein's theory of relativity, it just blows my mind. Totally insane insight.
Just watched American Teen. Great film, but man, the pressure, selfishness and drama inherent in teenage life is really sad.
Recently discovered the Charlie Rose web site: charlierose.com. So many great interviews. Can't get enough.
Great resource from Nature for spreading awareness of evolution [PDF]: http://www.nature.com/nature/newspdf/evolutiongems.pdf
Thinking ahead, @mhinchley and i just reserved Badger's End (http://www.badgersendbowral.com.au) in Bowral for the long weekend in June.
Just awoke from a dream where my wife was a contract killer and i was her pimp. I wonder if i should be concerned.
Kick off the new year by enjoying the 15 best 'Aussie' songs: http://tinyurl.com/893h83
Nailed the first gym session of the year. Total reversal of the usual workout: actually spent more time exercising than resting. Good sign.
A new year's resolution for you: never take part in something if you don't know what it means.
A great thought gleaned from Malcolm Gladwell's new book Outliers: you don't need to be the best to be successful, just good enough.
Have developed a sudden fascination with the history of western art, starting with Degas.
Pancakes and home made orange juice for breakfast. What a great way to start the day.
2008-12
Bringing in the New Year with champagne, cheese and crackers, and a book discussing string theory.
Conversation with staff at JB Hi-Fi: "Hi, you were to deliver my TV today and it hasn't arrived". "That's fantastic. Let me transfer you".
Feeling like i was born with a double dose of testosterone after using a hammer, drill, and saw, and all without serious injury to anyone.
Thank god for free wireless at McDonalds.
Unwinding before the onslaught of a boxing day family lunch.
The book voucher has to be the ultimate christmas present.
The best part of Christmas day is the sleep after lunch.
Just finished compiling a list of the best 40 albums of 2008: http://tinyurl.com/7wcwtg
Watching the Australian series Underbelly. What an incredible story. Fact is often stranger than fiction.
Hanging out for burnt sausages, ice cool drinks, and late night walks. I guess that means summer is really here. Excellent.
Our office was broken into over the weekend. They drank our beer, smashed our monitors, and left a steaming turd in the bin. Charming!
Stupidly ate some extra strength chili infused beef jerky and am now feeling the consequences.
Just watched 'The Visitor' (2007). Absolutely sensational.
Bugger. Screwed around with DNS on the weekend and... well, long story short, i won't be receiving any email for the next 24-72 hours. Shit.
Talking recipes and house cleaning tips with friends. Feeling old but happy.
Heading to the beach.
Tinkering with my new Dell Mini 9. I've called her Scarlett, and she rocks!
Listening to Love Don't Live Here by Ladyhawke. Nice.
Doing my best to single-handedly boost consumer confidence by sending ridiculous sums of money.
2008-11
Sweet. Linux now available on the iPhone: http://tinyurl.com/57kxpe
Thinking of buying a Dell Inspiron Mini 9.
Back from work Christmas party at Debacle. Ate like a horse and am now feeling unusually round.
Feeling particularly manly after fixing a leaking tap with nothing more than a wrench, screwdriver, plyers, and the help of the internet.
Cooking pizzas: roasted pumpkin, chicken, baby spinach, fetta, shrooms, and mozza. Yum.
Increasingly excited by the 2009 model Volkswagen Golf: http://tinyurl.com/6d9uyc
Really enjoying Ben Lee's new single: I Love Pop Music.
Caught in a brief but turbulent thunderstorm whilst walking the dog. We're both presently soaked to the skin.
Apparently people in South Australia call devon fritz. What's the deal with that?
My fetish for fake lawn continues to grow.
A man sits across from me on the bus. Inserts industrial grade ear plugs, and then begins an animated discussion with himself. Am I safe?
Just found a 1927 issue of the The Daily Guardian newspaper in the back shed. Mint condition. Just laying about.
Back in my home town of Narrandera. Famous as the town with the largest playable guitar in the southern hemisphere.
Playing about with the new Google SearchWiki.
The voice activated Google search on the iPhone returned "Pink Floyd" when i requested "hinchley". Thank god it wasn't Celine Dion.
Using SnagTell on the iPhone to photograph, auto-identify, and lookup product details on the web, of random books lying about the house.
Experimenting with themes in Gmail. Have settled on the Ninja.
Upgrading to Adobe CS4 and just generally nerding it up whilst @mhinchley is out of the house.
Reading about the 'winsat' command line tool in Vista that can provide reasonably detailed system performance metrics.
There are few things in life better than making a mess of an enchilada.
The Australian Federal Government grant of $300 million to local councils is a sham. Irresponsible forced spending veiled as a good deed.
Kicking back on the couch reading The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism, Capitalism, Sovietism, and Fascism.
Sitting in change control meeting at work. 19 people. 1.5 hours. Total time consumed approx 4 days.
Trying to eat big lunches and small dinners on the weekend. Currently slumped on the couch digesting a ripper spag bol.
Drawing up the plan of my 'dream house' in OmniGraffle.
Belltown-Ramble by Robyn Hitchcock is the best song i've head in a long time. Gorgeous melody.
Looking at a million shards of champagne glass strewn across the kitchen floor.
It doesn't seem like it's possible to delete the middle segment from a line in Omnigraffle. So painful.
Bugger, VMware display drivers won't let me use Aero in Windows 7.
Covered in thousands of small scratches and cuts after massacaring the hedge with a pair of shears.
Enjoying a tapas plate and a bottle of Moet with @mhinchley. Life is good.
Love this Apple ad: http://tinyurl.com/6ee3lr. Put money into advertising or fixing Vista. Tough choice.
Installing Windows 7. Simple and speedy.
Hard to beat Lindt 85% cocoa chocolate. We're best friends every night.
Watching Hunger, a film documenting the 1981 Irish prisoner hunger strike. Harrowing. Incredible.
Happy fifth wedding anniversary @mhinchley. We rock.
Looking at residential zoning laws via www.actmapi.act.gov.au to see if subdivision is supported in Ainslie, Canberra.
Impressed with the revised Apple Style Guide: http://tinyurl.com/5udmmn
Enjoying dinner and drinks with old work colleagues - all on the house. I think they want something...
Totally knackered. In more ways than one.
It is an incredibly bizarre experience to truly question the suitability of societal norms: democracy, capitalism, marriage, etc.
I keep hearing positive commentary by the critics on Windows 7. Every nut and bolt inspected and tuned. But is it all too late?
Tyrrell's 2006 Shiraz ain't a bad drop for under $10.
Really enjoying Emiliana Torrini's new album: Me and Armini.
Definitely identified another set of fake boobs at the gym this morning. They just keep on coming.
I've never enjoyed cleaning the house as much as i am right now (while Ryan Adams' Cardinology plays in the background).
Few things better in life than a home made steak sandwich. Steak, pineapple, beetroot, cheese, lettuce, tomato, and egg. Perfect.
Looking into laconi.ca as a potentially useful micro-blogging tool at the office.
Hard to beat Yammer as an enterprise micro-blogging tool. No setup. Free. iPhone and Blackberry support. Clean and simple.
I've lost an incredible amount of strength after a 6-week break from the gym. So hard to gain, so easy to lose.
What would the world do without toasted ham and cheese sandwiches?
Writing an ADMX group policy template to support mapping network drives without the need for a logon script.
Surely we can think up a better system than Capitalism.
It's time to learn a second language. I'm thinking French.
Wishing i was an American just so i could vote for Obama.
The revamped taskbar in Windows 7 looks great: lifehacker.com
Playing with Yahoo Pipes to create an RSS feed of an Amazon Wish List.
After 5 weeks of pizza, pasta, and gelato, it's time to haul my ass back to the gym.
First day back in the office after a 6 week break.
The scale of the web, the openness of data, and the quality of aggregators, risks undermining the urge for original content creation.
Finished reading The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky. Just shy of 1000 pages, its an epic, and one of the greatest novels ever penned.
3 days after arriving back in Oz I'm still waking up wide-eyed at 3 am. Jet lag is a bitch.
Smart people will sign this petition (http://petitions.takingitglobal.org/oznetcensorship) to stop Australian internet censorship.
2008-10
Finally back in the land of Oz after 36 hours of traveling.
Playing with lifestream software Storytlr (http://hinchley.storytlr.com) and Swurl (http://hinchley.swurl.com).
Swimming in the crystal blue waters off the island of Capri. Life doesn't get much better.
Heading to the ruins at Pompeii. Stoked.
There is a 5kg jar of nutella on my breakfast table. Nice. twitpic.com
Don't understand why some people need to stand in front of everything they photograph.
The idea of apartment living is somehwat appealing, until you live under the roof of a man with phlem caught in his throat.
Il Brillo is a great Italian restaurant near the Spanish Steps in Rome. They do wonderful thin crust pizzas.
You can't buy a ticket to the Roman Forum without also paying entry to the Colosseum. Forced bundeling of unrelated sites is just wrong.
Heading out for dinner cooked by a couple of old grandmas in Rome (Da Alfredo & Ada). They even produce their own white wine.
Why is it that set menus (you get what they give you without choice) so often trump ala carte or buffet offerings?
An idle morning spent eating, reading, and quietly pondering life with the Mrs, in a gorgeous house in central Rome. Life is grand.
This afternoon i enjoyed a great tour of the Roman Forum & the ancient centre of Rome with Jason Spiehler. Look him up if you need a guide.
You can't just serve food at restaurant (eg. bread) without being asked, and then charge for it. It's standard practice in Italy. And wrong.
Earnestly seeking the best 4 Stagioni pizza in Italy.
There is something in the design of European toilets that guarantees skid marks everytime.
Driving on the opposite side of the road in Europe changes driving from an instictive to a totally conscious and difficult activity.
The GPS is one of mankind's truly great inventions; such do i think as i navigate a maze of narrow streets in Florence.
It's amazing how few tourists ever stray from the beaten track. Turn off the main shopping strip and enjoy the peace and quiet of suburbia.
How is it that I'm half way around the globe and yet waking up at 6am on the dot as if nothing has changed?
Every now and then i get a strange urge to live in an inner city apartment with floor to ceiling glass windows.
The sky is grey, the wind is howling, and yet I'm happy as a pig in mud. Must be in London.
2008-09
Had the obligatory weigh-in before heading off on a 5 week holiday. Interesting to see which way it swings.
It's not often that you find 1000 dollars in cold hard cash just laying about on the ground. Today was one of those days. Poor bastard.
Note to travelers: always confirm your accommodation bookings. Just got wind that our reservation in Venice wasn't actually reserved.
Heading out to Tilley's cafe for a vanilla milkshake in the fading spring sunlight.
How sad, muxtape.com is dead. Let's rally and slay the RIAA.
Just updated the iPhone firmware to 2.1 using PwnageTool. Worked like a charm.
Just finished watching the Great Gatsby. Incredible film. Must be time to pull out the book once again.
Just listened to my first gdgt podcast. Very decent.
Planning a long haul flight? Call up and request your seating pref well in advance. I just landed a cracker for an upcoming trip to London.
Pick the theme: strappado, the thumbscrew, water boarding, red hot pincers, burning at the stake, and a dog next door that won't shut up.
Throat irks, head is vague, lethargy hangs thick like a wet towel, skin screams under the slightest touch, eyes stare. I must be sick.
Just cooked a killer scrambled eggs. Egg, salt, pepper, milk, stir. So easy. What would we do without the chicken?
Competence is not the same as experience. And I want competence.