Now that Mattsarah.net and WordPress are playing nicely I will be making some changes to the website in the coming weeks. In the interim my Resume and Portfolio are still available.

I’m not sure what happened during the first WordPress install but something went wrong and Mattsarah.net was looking decidedly empty. So I’ve swept out the server and started over. This time I’ve brought across all of the old Blog postings from Blogger. Once again I can read all about my European holiday in 2005. Actually that was a bad idea – I’m getting kinda depressed. I wonder how much leave I have owing at the moment??

http://www.studiospooky.tv/Vertical/StudiospookyWebsite.html

Uh, yeah, I think I’ll wait a bit longer before forking out for it.

Strike that, they were wrong.

I’ve always wanted a Sony Bravia LCD TV. After months of window shopping I’ve concluded LCD is far superior to plasma (maybe it’s go something to do with the fact that I’m a designer and glued to an LCD for most of the day). Anyway, I’m kinda glad I haven’t splurged before now as Sony has recently unveiled the new XBR8. It’s the duck’s nuts.

Here’s a couple of videos that will have you looking twice. Great work.
http://minimovie.com/film-128212-Putin%20On%20The%20Ritz
http://minimovie.com/film-128295-Welcome%20Back,%20Clinton

I love the technical work.
http://www.andrewchan.com.au/

Just imagine cities where carparks are replaced by forests of bike-trees…
http://www.wejetset.com/magazine/2008/6/9/248/travel_solutions:_put

This is a beautiful example of an old invention given a new (and practical!) twist with new technology. I also love the fact the designers haven’t stopped there, as they’ve gone on to add a few other, maybe less whizz-bang, but nevertheless practical features.

Kind of reminds me of the surfer’s pillow – a pillow with a net connection so it can read the surf reports and wake you up if it’s worth suiting up. Great stuff!

OK, so I kind of knew last night was always going to be a late one, but I was determined to get Mac OS X 10.5 (aka Leopard) up and running on 3 machines.

There’s not really a single reason why I upgraded. As I expected it’s the net effect of a wealth of small improvements to day-to-day tasks that has lived up to my expectations. I love the subtle refinements that make the Leopard feel like OS X has really matured.

There’s a few surprises in there too. I love the ability to screen share – this is especially good in a double story house with 3 macs. Now I certainly didn’t upgrade in anticipation of a new screen saver, but the new Mosaic screen saver is truly stunning. At first I didn’t think anything was happening but it soon became obvious why it initially took some time to start. Check it out, it’s one of those “how on earth does that work?” type of scenarios.

Then there’s Time Machine. Probably what I was looking forward to most with Leopard. Now back up isn’t particularly exciting but when you’ve got a laptop full of precious music, photos and hundreds of hours worth of work, it’s certainly important. For years my trusty old You Synchronize has toiled away keeping a single copy of everything backed up. But I’m really looking forward to the way Time Machine takes it to a completely new level with multiple copies all indexed in a slick new interface. Given I’m only half way through the initial back up of 3 machines, it might be a while before I can really see how good it is. Actually, let’s hope it’s something I never have to use.

Will Leopard hit the spot?