Archive for December, 2004

Australiana: Bush Week

I’ve just discovered the definition and history of a famous Australianism:
Whaddya think this is? Bush Week!?
Bush Week: “A fictitious festive week when country people come to town and are easy targets for con men.”
The ABC’s Kel Richards sheds light on other terms and phrases here. (Note: Since they re-did their site, Bush Week no longer […]

Memory Problems in Flash MX 2004

I’ve just encountered an annoying problem / bug / feature with Flash MX 2004 in its handling of FLA files with large libraries. Under Windows XP, this problem rears its ugly head with the somewhat mistifying error message of:
“There is not enough memory to open this scene. Your document is not damaged and may safely […]

Back…

Am back now from a refreshing trip to Vic. Two huge weekends in Melbourne and Daylesford with a relaxing detox week in quiet Paynesville in between. Back to the rat-race…