OS X 10.6.2 Update Failed

January 28th, 2010

While updating from 10.6.1 to 10.6.2 the update got to about 95% completed when it failed during a message like “Moving content…” and sat for about 40 minutes. After a forced hard reboot it would hang both on normal boot and single user boot (detecting drivers). I resolved this issue by attempting to boot to Safe Mode (Holding Shift) and it began to work.

Failing this I was going to archive and re-install, but I didn’t have to do this.

Rotating Sushi Camera

March 2nd, 2009

found via boingboing: Ella sez, “A friend of mine asked to put her camera on the conveyor belt at a local kaiten sushi restaurant. People’s reactions as they discover that they’re being filmed are fairly humorous.”

Yogogi Rockabilly Dancers: Peter Bjorn and John - Nothing to Worry About

February 18th, 2009

The dancing leather clad and hairspray stiffened pompadour come curitiously from the Tokyo Rockabilly Club which meets in Yoyogi Park in Tokyo every Sunday.  You can see them and other performers by taking the Yamanote line to Harajuku Station.  It is well worth it.