Author Archives: Matthew

Introduction to photography slides

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Matthew

These are some slide decks I used to use when I ran introductory courses for the UNSW Photography Club. They are a pretty good set of slides so I figured they should have a home on the Web. Part I: … Continue reading →

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Global food security

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Matthew

I went to a great lecture today by Professor Chris Barrett on “The Global Food Security Challenge in the Coming Decades”. The slides from this lecture are available here. Here are my notes: Current global food demand growth is ~1.25% … Continue reading →

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Weather balloon physics

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Matthew

One of the simplest solutions for sending measurement instruments up into the stratosphere is a rubber balloon filled with hydrogen or helium. While the physics of such a balloon would seem to be simple, there are actually some interesting considerations.

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New site

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Matthew

Welcome to the newly redesigned zmatt.net. I seem to only get around to upgrading my personal website once every decade so this is a special day indeed. The biggest change is that I now have a blog here (powered by … Continue reading →

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