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title: Peter Hilton’s Home Page
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<p><a href='picture/photo/netherlands/eclipse_group.jpeg'><img src='picture/photo/netherlands/eclipse_group_s.jpeg' width='198' height='125' alt='Marc Smits, Szilvia Biro, Russell, Peter Hilton, Alex Zeffertt, Carl Dolby, Marion Smits, Fleur Van Rootselaar and Jean-Didier Garaud stopping off in the Netherlands on the way home from the 1999 total eclipse' title='Marc Smits, Szilvia Biro, Russell, Peter Hilton, Alex Zeffertt, Carl Dolby, Marion Smits, Fleur Van Rootselaar and Jean-Didier Garaud stopping off in the Netherlands on the way home from the 1999 total eclipse'></a></p>
<p><a href='picture/photo/england/weybridge_garden.jpeg'><img src='picture/photo/england/weybridge_garden_s.jpeg' width='198' height='125' alt='Marion Smits, Alex Zeffertt, Carl Dolby and Pascale Garaud in my back garden, in Weybridge, England' title='Marion Smits, Alex Zeffertt, Carl Dolby and Pascale Garaud in my back garden, in Weybridge, England'></a></p>
<p><a href='picture/photo/luxembourg/betzdorf_station.jpeg'><img src='picture/photo/luxembourg/betzdorf_station_s.jpeg' width='198' height='130' alt='the railway station at Betzdorf, Luxembourg' title='the railway station at Betzdorf, Luxembourg'></a></p>
<p><a href='picture/photo/england/peter_anusha_alison.jpeg'><img src='picture/photo/england/peter_anusha_alison_s.jpeg' width='198' height='125' alt='Peter Hilton, Anusha Edwards and Alison Noble in Bristol, 1994' title='Peter Hilton, Anusha Edwards and Alison Noble in Bristol, 1994'></a></p>
<p><a href='picture/photo/england/peter_aged_five.jpeg'><img src='picture/photo/england/peter_aged_five_s.jpeg' width='125' height='198' alt='Peter, aged five, at South Lancing Primary School' title='Peter, aged five, at South Lancing Primary School'></a></p>
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<h2>Where I am now</h2>

<p>Living in Rotterdam, working from home and making occasional trips to London and Berlin.</p>
<p>You can contact me by sending e-mail to {% include email.html %}</p>

<h2>Where I’ve been (the short version)</h2>

<p>I was a serial expat, because it’s easier to fit in when you're supposed not to, but I started living and working in country number six in 2000 and didn’t leave.</p>

<p>In the photo (right), I am fourth from left. This was taken in Libeek, the Netherlands, in August 1999. From the left to right, the people in the photo are: <a href="http://marcsmits.atspace.com/">Marc Smits</a>, Szilvia Biro, Russell, Peter Hilton, Alex Zeffertt, Carl Dolby, Marion Smits, Fleur Van Rootselaar and Jean-Didier Garaud.</p>

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<li>Singing (baritone) with <a href="http://cappellagabrieli.nl/">Cappella Gabrieli</a> and <a href="http://retorisch.com">Het Retorisch Kwartet</a>, a Rotterdam chamber choir and quartet, respectively.</li>
<li>Working (as software developer) for <a href="http://www.lunatech.com">Lunatech Research</a> in Rotterdam, the Netherlands (2004-2014).</li>
<li>Working for Logica, which later became LogicaCMG, in Rotterdam (2000-2004).</li>
<li>Eight months working at <a href="http://www.sb.com/">SmithKline Beecham</a> in Surrey (1999).</li>
<li>Three and a half weeks working at the <a href="http://www.odccp.org/" title="UN Office for Drug Control &amp; Crime Prevention ">ODCCP</a> in <a href="out_in_vienna.html" title="Out In Vienna">Vienna</a> (1999).</li>
<li>Seven months working at <a href="http://www.astra.de/" title="Societe Europeen des Satellites - Astra">SES-Astra</a> in <a href="international_assignment.html" title="Diary Of An International Assignment">Luxembourg</a> (1998-1999).</li> 
<li>One year working at <a href="http://www.csc.co.uk/">CSC Computer Sciences Ltd</a> in <a href="cambridge_cafes.html" title="1998 Cambridge Coffee And Cake Guide">Cambridge</a> (1997-1998).</li> 
<li>Seven months working at <a href="http://www.eutelsat.org/" title="European Telecommunications Satellite Organisation">EUTELSAT</a> in <a href="pppp.html" title="Peter’s Peachy Paris Page">Paris</a> (1996-1997).</li>
<li>Three years studying pure mathematics at the <a href="http://www.bris.ac.uk/">University Of Bristol</a> (1992-1994, 1995-1996).</li>
<li> Ten months as an Erasmus student at l’Universit&eacute; de Bordeaux I	and studying French stuff at the Maison du DEFLE (1994-1995).</li>
<li>Lots of Monday nights working at Avon Phototypesetting Ltd (1994).</li>
<li>Four or five terms working on <a href="http://www.epigram.org.uk/">Epigram</a>, the University of Bristol Independent Students’ Newspaper, back in the days before newspapers had web sites (1993-1995).</li>
<li>A long summer holiday working as a deck-hand on board the <a href="http://www.iol.ie/~island/boats.htm">Aran Flyer</a>, helping tourists in Ireland across Galway Bay to the Aran Islands.</li>
<li>My first year of university living in <a href="http://www.bristol.ac.uk/churchill-hall/">Churchill Hall</a>, University of Bristol (1992).</li>
<li>Six years going to school at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundstone_Community_College">Boundstone Community College</a> (1986-1992).</li>
<li>Four years at Thornberry Middle School and a few years at what was then South Lancing Primary School (1979-1986).</li>
<li>Moved from Kent to <a href="http://maps.google.com/?q=south+lancing,uk&amp;z=8">South Lancing</a>, West Sussex, UK (1977).</li>
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<h2>Online</h2>

<p>I also pop up on
<a href="http://twitter.com/PeterHilton">Twitter</a>,
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=578484777">FaceBook</a>, 
<a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/peterhilton">LinkedIn</a>, 
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterhilton/">Flickr</a>,
<a href="http://stackoverflow.com/users/2670/peter-hilton">Stack Overflow</a>,
<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/registry/wishlist/30XZMA5HR5FIY">Amazon</a>,
<a href="http://del.icio.us/peter.hilton">del.icio.us</a>, and in the past on
<a href="http://www.orkut.com/Profile.aspx?uid=10825969814574800978">Orkut</a>
and <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/U50768">H2G2</a>. </p>