Recent Blog Posts
Ladybug Videos
post a comment | posted 1 week ago
Originally posted at Paul Mayne
It's interesting to compare this video of Jackson, yesterday playing with a Ladybug with the one from two years ago.
The video was shot on my new Canon HD Vixia HF10 camera, which I'm really enjoying. I also just posted a great video of Jackson and...
Playing with Balls
post a comment | posted 3 weeks ago
Originally posted at Paul Mayne
I've been messing around with physics engines in AS3 for a while now. My favorites are APE and Box2D, both have their pros and cons. APE is much simpler to use and understand where Box2D is more advanced. Box2D has support for throwing particles an...
Things I Miss About Windows
post a comment | posted 3 weeks ago
Originally posted at Paul Mayne
You have to realize, I was a big fan of the Windows operating system. I was very comfortable on there, happy with the speed and applications available. Before I even switched to mac, I had made a list of apps that I knew were not available on OSX k...
Not-So-Recent Blog Posts
Toronto Bound
post a comment | posted Apr 17
Originally posted at Paul Mayne
On Friday I'm heading up to Toronto for my third visit to FITC, a design and technology conference with presentations from some of the best Flash developers and designers in the business. I'm quite excited to get out of town, spend some time focusi...
Speck SeeThru Review
post a comment | posted Apr 12
Originally posted at Paul Mayne
I've been using a red Speck SeeThru Hard Shell Case on my 15-inch MacBook Pro for two weeks now. Overall I'm very happy with it, no complaints. It fits perfectly snug and the openings to access the the side ports line up perfect. It's very light we...
Count Dooku
post a comment | posted Apr 9
Originally posted at Paul Mayne
I'm not sure which I'm more excited about, how fun it is to cut up video in iMovie or how sweet it is that Flickr now supports video. Both have just made my day. It took me about five minutes to become completely comfortable with this unique video ...
Vampire Strikes Again
post a comment | posted Apr 1
Originally posted at Paul Mayne
Checked out Vampire Weekend again last night at In The Venue in Salt Lake. They've blown up in that short time since I saw them last at Kilby Court four months ago. They mentioned multiple times during the show that playing Kilby Court was probably...
Muxtape
post a comment | posted Mar 26
Originally posted at Paul Mayne
I made a Muxtape (a virtual mix tape) for you. Enjoy.
I'm a fan of the usefulness and simplicity of this web interface from user registration to the presentation page. Beautiful design and fun idea. See 37 Signals comments.
Update: How to Make a ...
Top 10 Things I will NOT miss about Windows Vista
post a comment | posted Mar 25
Originally posted at Paul Mayne
I've been using Windows Vista Ultimate for over a year before switching over to Mac and OS X 10.5.2. Here are a few items that I'm really happy to leave behind.
As a side note, the Dell XPS 410 I purchased 1 year ago, fully loaded for near $2500 is...
User Experience Move
post a comment | posted Mar 23
Originally posted at Paul Mayne
For over a year I've been working (and playing foosball) at Move Networks as an Art Director in the Marketing department. My primary tasks have been on interface design and prototype development on both client projects and internal applications.
As...