Archive
November 2011
30th Nov
2011
Elbow grease
Before After This was, and is, the kitchen in my parents’ house. It’s amazing what a little patience and some elbow grease can produce. Tip…
29th Nov
2011
iPhone 4S
After much hullabaloo, our iPhone 4Ss finally made their way to us. One week in, and our impressions of this iPhone are: fecking radstix with…
25th Nov
2011
Cover: Shark
…because I recently chased a shark, but mainly I think it’s ultra-cool to have a shark at the top of my blog :)
25th Nov
2011
That time when I chased that shark…
When we visited the Perhentian Islands earlier this year, I went snorkelling and got a helluva sunburn. …and then I chased a shark.
22nd Nov
2011
Braveheart BraveBart
Here is a true story.1 My tennis partner Anna has gone back to New Zealand more or less until February. As I’ve been enjoying my…
21st Nov
2011
That’s how we roll
On the weekend, we almost played a game of lawn bowls with the Malaysian national team. True story. After a successful outing with The Crew™…
20th Nov
2011
Icon: Twitter for Mac app v2.0
I’ve updated my original Twitter for Mac app icons. Here are the list of improvements (tap here for a visual comparison). New icons are much…
18th Nov
2011
The Art of Pixar
I like art books. To see sketches, paintings, drawings, visual research, colourscripts, etc which inform the final film or animation makes you realise how much…
16th Nov
2011
Nope. My chocolate.
Found this on YouTuizzle this morning. It made me actually LOL. The ad’s cut perfectly. Quick and snappy. This ad highlights the difference between the…
15th Nov
2011
Print: Twelve Hundred Times CD package
CD package for Laura‘s album Twelve Hundred Times. Melbourne-based band Laura asked me to design their latest album package. Laura’s music varies in tone and…
14th Nov
2011
What’s with the fugly tennis shoes?
I’m in the market for some tennis shoes. Specific shoes that’ll keep my ankles stable and stop them twisting. I jumped online to see what’s…
13th Nov
2011
Fresh lettuce @ Ben’s Independent Grocer
A new supermarket has opened up not to far from us. Ben’s Independent Grocer is sort of a hipster corner store crossed with big business.…
11th Nov
2011
The perfect job
In one of my several fantasy alternate universes I make furniture for a living. I design and build simple, useful, and beautiful tables, desks, chairs,…
10th Nov
2011
Cover: Good things come to those who wait
Damn. Apparently Malaysian (and presumably other) customs are keeping their eyes out for black and grey market iPhones entering the country seeing the iPhone 4S…
9th Nov
2011
Advertising is dead
(I’ve always wanted to write a hyperbolic headline.) Recently I met with a smart young woman from Lucideas (Lucid Ideas) to talk Art Direction, working/not…
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