Testing Trams

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Although Metrolink had originally promised the new South Manchester Line was coming in Spring 2011 they were still testing it in July.

The latest delay is a computer communication problem.

The problem is that the new system is as advanced as the current system is old, so it’s a bit like connecting your modern PC to a Commodore 64 and making them work together at this higher level.

Of course being [wikipop]Amiga[/wikipop] and [wikipop]Macintosh[/wikipop] people we would not know anything about that stuff. 😉

Update: 5th July 2011

The horn works!

Update: 6th July 2011
Maybe opening tomorrow.

Final Cut iDiots

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Amongst the barrage of idiotic comments about the new version of Final Cut are asides such as in an App Store review:

It does have a export to facebook button, need I say more. (sic)

The old version provided sharing options with the likes of YouTube and MobileMe so you could publish your work straight to your account.

That such options have been expanded to include Vimeo and Facebook accounts is apparently a bad thing. Or is it just professional snobbery? Why buy software that is not suited to your needs? You still have the old version if needed.

Least we forget… ten years ago…

The program also seems downright counter-intuitive in some areas: the new Media Manager is found under the Sequence menu and not Tools, or even Window. And the preferences don’t reset themselves for the current project. All these inconsistencies should have been resolved before the program was rolled out… Not being OS X-compatible is a serious drawback though, and Final Cut Pro 2.0 still retains an unfinished feel in several areas.

Nine months after the release of Final Cut Pro 2 Final Cut Pro 3 arrived.

Bike lanes & cameras

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After recent observations about the state of local bike lanes it was amusing to watch the video by [wikipop search=”Neistat Brothers”]Casey Neistat[/wikipop] dealing with bike lane problems in New York:

Interestingly cycling with a camera is not a new idea:


From: The Cyclists’ Route Book for Great Britain and Ireland, Including the Isles of Man and Wight, etc. by William James Spurrier (1893). Found in the excellent [wikipop]British Library[/wikipop] History of Britain & Ireland app