Recent articles (page 18 of 31)

1. Jun 15, 2006 It's Impro Season Again!

   After the long summer hiatus, Melbourne's improvised comedy season is back in full swing! The Impro Cave starts up this Sunday, June 18th at 7:30PM and runs every Sunday night through August. If you want to come and see me, you'll need to get off your butt because I won't be around for much of the season! I'm playing this Sunday at 7:30PM in More Or Less, a fast-paced format where players take turns directing scenes and the audience controls how long each scene goes on. Come and see me make mayhem! Starting July 2nd, The Impro Cave starts earlier at 6:30PM with a brand new format called Tangents created by the up-and-comers within the Impro Melbourne company, including yours truly! More on this closer to opening night... The Impro Cave
   7:30-9:30PM Sundays through August
   $10 at the door The Impro Cave: Tangents
   6:30-7:30PM every Sunday in July
   $5 at the door Location:
   Don't Tell Tom Bar & Café
   420 Sydney Road, Brunswick
   

2. Jun 11, 2006 Windows Vista Beta 2 64-bit Installation Attempt Failed

   Like a good nerd, I spent my Saturday installing the latest pre-release operating system on my computer. Having bought a 64-bit processor several years ago, now, I figured it was about time to try running a 64-bit operating system on it, so I downloaded the 64-bit version of Windows Vista Beta 2.

3. Jun 9, 2006 Huge Google Earth Update

   With this update, the southeast of Melbourne is now in high-resolution, as is Jess's home town of Hamilton!

4. May 28, 2006 Boo Hoyts, Yay Hoyts!

   Jess and I went to see Mission: Impossible III a couple of weeks ago. (Some spoilers indicated below.) To beat the crowds, we picked a Monday evening and avoided the city centre theatres, heading out to the Hoyts cinemas at nearby Victoria Gardens. Not only did we beat the crowds, but when we arrived the place felt abandoned. Not exactly paying attention, I absently zig-zagged through the empty cordoned queue area while Jessica watched ruefully, shaking her head, and joined me at the ticket counter. There we met with a young woman holding a walkie-talkie, who looked very unsure of herself as she sold us our tickets, then radioed ahead to ask a member of staff to go man the ticket taker's position for a few minutes as we made our way there. Sure enough, he appeared just as we got to the little podium, where he ripped our tickets and directed us to the third door on the left. As we entered the cinema, we were surprised to find the lights were down and there was already something playing on the screen. It was 8:40pm and the movie wasn't scheduled to start until 8:45pm, so I figured the projectionist must have decided nobody was showing up for that session and started the pre-show advertisement reel ahead of schedule, hoping to make an early night of it. As we made our way to our seats, however, I couldn't help but notice Tom Cruise's unmistakable grin on the screen---the film was already in progress!

5. May 25, 2006 Web Standards Group tonight

   I'm speaking at the Melbourne Web Standards Group tonight about techniques for producing rounded corners on the Web. Come along if you're in town---free pizza for all!