http://www.matthewriddle.com Home is Australia, but I'm currently living and working in the UK. Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:45:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today Steve Jobs unveiled the new iPhone during his keynote at the Apple World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco.  Overall I was very happy with the news,  particularly with the confirmation that Australia is one of the 22 countries it will be released to on July 11.  The ... http://www.matthewriddle.com/2008/06/10/initial-thoughts-on-iphone-3g/ Just in case you hadn't heard, NASA just landed a probe on the arctic plain of Mars.  This video is a great summary of the Phoenix landing.  If you want to watch a more detailed video, including NASA control room's response to the actual landing today, see this link. 7 Minutes ... http://www.matthewriddle.com/2008/05/26/how-nasa-landed-phoenix-on-mars/ In amazing time, Ainslie has finished processing 415 fantastic photos from the wedding.  Now we're sorting through them to see which ones will go where and how we want them printed.  They're all in the photo gallery, but if you see one that you'd like in high resolution, send ... http://www.matthewriddle.com/2008/05/18/wedding-photos-and-video/ This "Improv Everywhere" clip shot in an LA food court is fantastic, but the reason I'm posting it is because of the suspicious appearance at the end of a certain Herrang Dance Camp legend.  And if he didn't have something to do with the choreography, I'll go he for tiggy. http://www.matthewriddle.com/2008/05/01/spot-the-lindyhopper/ http://www.matthewriddle.com/2008/03/11/youtube-and-language-education/ Lotte and I are finally back in Melbourne. In the end it felt as though a lifetime had passed since we first got the news that started off our 2 year adventure to England. And yet, inevitably, when we returned it felt a little like that was just a ... http://www.matthewriddle.com/2008/02/07/reflections-after-a-smooth-landing/ The Shutdown Method is the second of four qualitative methods we've been using as part of the Learning Landscape Project, and one we found very useful.  A similar approach known as the Cold Turkey Method was used at RMIT University in Australia as part of a Media and Communications course. ... http://www.matthewriddle.com/2008/01/22/the-shutdown-method/ It's 25 days, 20 hours and 39 minutes until we leave. It really feels like it too. That is, I have a strong sensation of time counting down in small increments, as though in the back of my mind a tiny hourglass is close to being empty. At ... http://www.matthewriddle.com/2008/01/09/252039/ Well, we sold about 85% of the stuff in the Moving Sale almost immediately. Today we got around to cleaning out more cupboards, and there are some more new items, including Lotte's bike and my M.A. Gown. I'm really serious when I say -- get in quick if you ... http://www.matthewriddle.com/2008/01/07/more-stuff/ It's time to start getting rid of our stuff because we just can't take it all home to Melbourne.  We decided to price everything so that it'd definitely go (many things are only 50p and some are actually free), so naturally this is first come, first served.  A few items ... http://www.matthewriddle.com/2008/01/07/moving-sale/