29 October 2006

Bally Hell! I Never Realised that it Had a Name

It turns out that the way Melbournian ravers dance is somewhat unique. The Melbourne Shuffle, Wikipedia Article ("this minimised people getting Kung fu'ed whilst dancing"), Youtube Video and Documentary DVD.

I wonder if they have a name for the dance I 'performed' at raves .. probably 'Melbourne Corpse Rolling Down a Hill' or 'Melbourne Skewered Animal Rolls Around in Agony'.

(Hat-tip to Shaun)

18 October 2006

Boot Camp USB Device Issues

Apple's Boot Camp is great - I'm using it to turn my otherwise useless Mac Mini into a dedicated machine for running all my arty stuff. One issue I found though, is that for some reason Windows likes to reject the Boot Camp USB drivers consistently, in some instances getting rid of the keyboard and mouse drivers, making the system unusable (even in safe mode), and making it so that you can't use the keyboard or mouse to download the drivers.

However, if you can eject the Boot Camp drivers CD (you might need to boot back into OSX to do it), you can then reinsert it after Windows has started and it will autoinstall all the drivers again. You'll probably have to put up with incessant "found new hardware" messages forever, but at least you'll have a usable system.

This brought to you by the "if Google search doesn't find the answer, post your solution when you find it" idea.

04 October 2006

University High School Melbourne

While wondering if we were going to have a 10-year reunion next year, I stumbled upon a pretty comprehensive Wikipedia entry for my former high school. I'm not sure what's more surprising - the fact that it exists, or the fact that I was surprised by its existence (brain melt now).