Huw Rowlands

Software Fun-gineer, Apple platforms mainly — State Emergency Service volunteer — Mae fy Nghymraeg yn ofnadwy

Location: Ngunnawal Country / Canberra
Website: https://huwr.net
Pronouns: He/him
Favourite bird: Rosellas

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2026-08-21 21:29:29 GMT

Getting ready for a flight to Melbourne
(Exercising my arms)

2026-08-20 22:46:02 GMT

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I’m going to make some tea

2026-08-13 22:08:08 GMT

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same reason we’ve had Barnyard Joyce in parliament for decades :(

2026-07-28 04:00:30 GMT

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is there a fish there? Maybe someone could point to a fish so I can see it easier

2026-07-11 04:33:48 GMT

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I got out pretty easy but I was very wet

2026-07-11 04:31:35 GMT

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I fell in there

2026-05-29 05:58:10 GMT

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sounds like you need some nice chai tea

2026-05-25 00:41:09 GMT

Luckily we have a thick soft baby
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2026-05-19 09:04:13 GMT

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nice. I’m going with a friend or two from ACTSES

2026-05-19 05:25:41 GMT

Here we go then…
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2026-05-18 21:09:42 GMT

RE: https://aus.social/@huwr/116592782144551663
This one is kicking my arse Ooph
#note1jua…hwyf

2026-05-18 00:37:48 GMT

Just had another COVID vaccine but I realise have lost count of how many I have had

2026-05-17 10:24:22 GMT

My favourite Eurovision song ever is still this one
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vgO4buIZccM

2026-05-12 23:20:48 GMT

My bathroom renovators are coming in soon, so we will move out for a bit, but when they're done and we're back home we are going to buy some new chickens

2026-05-12 22:52:09 GMT

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It looks like a giant bird is eating the house

2026-05-02 08:34:17 GMT

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I’m sure of it! I call it ‘satisfying exhaustion’. I’ll wager it’s dangerous evening to be a lovely tall of red about your house :)

2026-05-02 08:29:08 GMT

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old mate looks wrecked

2026-04-28 23:58:21 GMT

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Yes it is very bad

2026-04-28 23:07:51 GMT

This may be a controversial take but Microsoft Teams is dog shit

2026-04-18 22:03:27 GMT

He’s friendly, but very serious!
He’s hoping for some toddler leftovers
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2026-04-18 21:48:05 GMT

Butttermilk in pancakes is such an upgrade

2026-04-17 03:43:27 GMT

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there are some in Tidbinbilla which are quite easy to see at the Sanctuary

2026-04-12 09:35:49 GMT

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it’s what being a student is all about

2026-04-12 08:58:14 GMT

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somewhere there’s a photo at my old house where we had the oven door propped shut with a broom handle and a recyling bin

2026-04-12 08:45:46 GMT

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as long as you get dinner!!

2026-04-12 08:34:38 GMT

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they work on temperature to know when the water has boiled off, but then I guess they must have a way to shut off if you’ve taken the pot out suddenly

2026-04-12 08:30:08 GMT

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why does the tin work?

2026-04-11 10:03:49 GMT

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the coke cans are all 500 mL and stuff wtf

2026-04-11 09:34:13 GMT

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not really. NT service stations just have a lot of weird snacks, and foreign snacks, and weird sizes

2026-04-11 09:18:40 GMT

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when I was in NT for some reason this very rural remote petrol station had massive things of pocky so I bought a heap

2026-04-05 06:57:40 GMT

Darter on Lake Burley Griffin this morning
#canberra
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2026-04-02 10:18:57 GMT

Last night in the middle of the night my wife sat bolt upright in bed and asked Siri to put “rat traps” on the shopping list …
Some dream.
She doesn’t remember it.

2026-03-23 12:03:29 GMT

Just landed in Darwin and boy are my arms tired

2026-03-10 08:49:15 GMT

My dad has treated me to a lovely new electric chainsaw

2026-02-28 07:55:06 GMT

Finally finished a trench I've been digging since January (with a big break because it got quite hot)

2026-02-22 07:02:51 GMT

I stubbed my toe

2026-02-20 06:57:45 GMT

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I got it in the supermarket at Mawson in the health food aisle

2026-02-08 21:52:31 GMT

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I hope there's some motion on this soon. I don't want to wait until somebody drowns (again)

2026-02-08 21:43:45 GMT

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Some upstream retarding basins would help. The Athllon Dr and Yamba Dr drains fill up quick and there's not much to slow the water down.

2026-02-08 21:18:50 GMT

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That Curtin drain keeps breaking and re-breaking.

2026-02-07 19:53:42 GMT

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we had 50 in Torrens

2026-01-29 03:40:00 GMT

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I was looking for a literal duck picture

2026-01-26 23:14:00 GMT

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I should have stayed in nice lovely cool Singapore

2026-01-23 06:37:24 GMT

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alien invasion

2026-01-20 10:02:20 GMT

Just landed in Singapore Airport and boy are my arms tired #iosconfsg2026
(There is no flight I make where I don’t make that joke)

2026-01-19 20:37:01 GMT

Off to Singapore for #iosconfsg2026

2026-01-19 10:28:29 GMT

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dinner time is about 8 at ours but often slips

2026-01-19 09:49:20 GMT

Making a quiche

2026-01-18 07:33:03 GMT

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600 down is too far for rain to make much difference. I was just waiting for weather less than 30

2026-01-18 06:25:29 GMT

I didn’t want to start the trench for the new retaining wall out the back because digging is hard so instead I did a much harder trenching job out the front for a new drainpipe.

2026-01-18 02:28:15 GMT

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we saw a commodore that had gone right through glass door, through the entrance of the supermarket and crash in the fresh produce. Cars are so so dangerous

2026-01-18 02:24:33 GMT

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it’s actually surprisingly common :( When I was in VICSES I attended about one a year in Eastern Melbourne

2026-01-18 01:26:27 GMT

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no it was an accident. Reverse mixed up with forwards.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9155241/canberra-car-accident-leaves-one-in-serious-condition/

2026-01-17 11:07:32 GMT

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if the light was off there’d be a very undignified pants-off type cockup

2026-01-17 10:07:40 GMT

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that looks like an awful place to have a poo

2026-01-15 08:56:28 GMT

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we had some minor flooding at my place and now I’m finally going to start the new downpipe project out the front

2026-01-15 08:22:01 GMT

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we had 29 mm yesterday in Torrens

2026-01-07 03:27:37 GMT

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and those hummingbirds aren’t cheap either

2026-01-03 10:38:58 GMT

The moon
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2025-12-05 08:14:54 GMT

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I hear the new MacBooks will be powered by the all new Apple Hume Highway

2025-12-05 08:10:21 GMT

Still can’t believe Apple names their microchips after motorways

2025-12-05 07:08:53 GMT

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how about FreeBSD? ;)

2025-11-25 01:03:27 GMT

Just frying up a pudding

2025-11-08 00:48:30 GMT

Broad beans #gardening
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2025-11-06 08:35:13 GMT

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half the orchestra didn’t show up :(

2025-10-26 01:15:04 GMT

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yes

2025-10-25 11:32:51 GMT

Guy said to me today that back in the 90s computers used to be much older and I haven’t stopped thinking about it

2025-10-17 03:27:05 GMT

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you need assault weapons at that plant sale

2025-10-16 08:48:13 GMT

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I love them

2025-10-08 03:20:54 GMT

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They do great kebabs (the shop)

2025-10-07 00:52:26 GMT

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that’s a HUGE new road

2025-10-04 22:06:50 GMT

If you can get a chance to go see the Tallis Scholars, go https://social.chinwag.org/@abc_bot/115317937735353605

2025-10-04 03:52:43 GMT

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I used to love riding my bik along here when I lived in Melbourne. There was a pair of chestnut teals raising a chick

2025-09-18 23:29:09 GMT

Good morning

2025-09-17 23:41:11 GMT

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there’s often nice ice cream

2025-09-15 00:07:16 GMT

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Oh just looked it up apparently it was carcinogenic and linked to kidney disease. I still want the lie down though

2025-09-15 00:04:45 GMT

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I’ve never had a bex

2025-09-07 01:52:40 GMT

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what was on the sign??

2025-09-02 09:26:21 GMT

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if you could be any animal what would it be?

2025-08-24 23:00:41 GMT

Glorious windows open weather today in #canberra

2025-08-19 05:55:06 GMT

Hey everyone,
The time’s come for me to search for a new role.
I’m a Lead/Staff iOS developer, with something over 10 years experience. I’m based in Canberra, but I’m very happy to be remote, too. Up for other things as well!
Let me know if I can send you my CV!
Huw
#getfedihired

2025-08-13 01:42:00 GMT

Hrmmmm…
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2025-08-07 05:45:33 GMT

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It's important to be able to blend sticks

2025-08-07 05:43:54 GMT

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I know some odd people who have a weird philosophical loathing of rice cookers. Very weird. WW2 is *over*. Just get one.
(No one has this kind of hostility with toasters, though...)

2025-08-07 05:13:55 GMT

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rice cookers are the best

2025-08-04 04:18:46 GMT

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I am outside too. I have magpies collecting stuff for their nest

2025-07-26 02:29:08 GMT

My son (18 months) knows all these birds. He can’t say their names but points to each one when asked
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2025-07-25 07:11:31 GMT

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they go in your cupboard and eat clothes moths. They’re not scary if you’re not a clothes moth.

2025-07-24 23:23:48 GMT

Just bought some wasps on the internet

2025-07-19 09:04:14 GMT

I'm on leave until September

2025-07-08 07:12:56 GMT

One massive advantage of light rail over busses that’s often overlooked is on light rail the driver sits in a little cabin so you can’t hear their loud obnoxious commercial radio station #canberra

2025-07-07 02:56:17 GMT

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I love this guy. 9/10 chainsaws.

2025-07-04 10:44:52 GMT

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a lot of flights out of Canberra have been cancelled or delayed. I just landed here and I’ve never seen it so busy.

2025-07-01 23:16:30 GMT

Just landed in Melbourne and boy are my arms tired

2025-06-23 08:57:00 GMT

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is this close to the Korean place you saw today?

2025-06-13 09:43:56 GMT