Final Cut !Pro
posted 2012.01.17 at 14:48 in technical | comment
Ars Technica : Why the video pros are moving away from Apple. (src = ejp)
The new version of Final Cut Pro was controversial--there were significant changes to the Final Cut interface, a plethora of editing features were taken away, and worst of all, Final Cut Pro X was rendered unable to import projects from previous versions of the software."If we are taking the time to retrain people for a brand new software--which is what FCPX is--then we might as well use tools that are more industry standards here in L.A. like Avid and, now, Premiere Pro," Hancock told Ars. "There are too many choices and options for better, more professional options that keep us working and employable here in L.A. What's sad is that Apple was destroying Avid and really cutting into their revenue and market share. Now Avid, by default, is going to revert back the to industry standard."
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Better Now, Stronger Now
posted 2012.01.10 at 04:14 in noise | comment
Reading through old (way, way old) blog entries, it's clear that I used to be overflowing with hate, spite, hate, negative emotions, hate, negativity and general badness.
At some point (I'm guessing it was late Q4 2009 or later) that hate dissipated at speed. I'm now much more what I'd describe as "a bit of a grump," with a view of the universe that bears more of a resemblance to a pulled muscle than the bedsore hemorrhoid of the aughts.
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Liberty, Pennsylvania
posted 2011.12.29 at 21:07 in technical | 4 comments
Tioga County is VZW territory. Attempt no landings there.
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This announcement is open to all qualified U.S. citizens.
posted 2011.12.22 at 16:06 in entertainment | 2 comments
/noise/ filtering
posted 2011.12.22 at 02:33 in technical | comment
I've applied the current dcr.org flavoring to my old blog. This is in keeping with the updates to PPAC and the DCR strip archive. Same basic formatting for all of them, each with its own trick or quirk or think-through separate from the challenges of loc.dcr and old.loc.
I'm really getting to know Movable Type. Given that my day job involves a good amount of WordPress, it's been a nice change of pace.
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PISSPOWERASSCHRIST : Reloaded
posted 2011.12.17 at 20:49 in entertainment | comment
Along with the DCR strip archive, the PISSPOWERASSCHRIST website has been given the 90% treatment. Basic content has been loaded in and templated, bugs have been ironed out, all of the CMS OCD has been worked through.
As with the DCRSA, I still have some work do to before the site's completely complete - in the case of the DCRSA it's a matter of documentation. In the case of PPAC, it's a matter of documentation and weeding through the discography to figure out what, if any, MP3s can be loaded into the site.
So. It's not done - but for the moment, it's done enough.
2011.12.18, 14:15 - Actually, it's done enougher. Both PPAC and the DCRSA have had their extenuating paperwork taken care of, and the strip archive has been linked to from dcr.atc.
The DCR Strip Archive : Reformatted
posted 2011.12.16 at 20:52 in technical | comment
Dead City Radio - the webcomic that got this domain started - has been wholly ATC resident since the beginning of Chapter Three. The first two chapters of the story were posted to this domain in draft comic strip form over the course of five years.
The DCR strip archive has been overhauled.
Ultimately an excuse to play around with MT 3.x exports and mass comment re-enabling. This consisted of exporting the blog from the old CMS, then finding ALLOW COMMENTS: 0 (comments disabled) and ALLOW COMMENTS: 2, (comments closed), replacing those bits with ALLOW COMMENTS: 1 (comments enabled). While I don't expect this functionality to be used, it was a convenient means of playing around with comment reconfiguring to see how it'll eventually work out for ATC.
The basic data model is the same - now with less tables and more CSS.
I thought about installing AssHAT, but the functionality was ultimately unnecessary for this project. That doesn't mean I won't find a use for it in the future, though!
Get Out Of Here, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
posted 2011.12.10 at 14:31 in entertainment | comment
Joystiq - GSC Game World shut down.
RPS - GSC Closure "Confirmed.", Leaked STALKER 2 concept art, On The Importance of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
GSC hasn't updated their english language site in awhile.
Time as a measure of excellence:
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. : Shadow of Chernobyl with the STALKER Complete 2009 mod is my favorite game.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is loosely based on (read: inspired by) Tarkovsky's 1979 film Stalker, which is in turn based on the 1972 Strugatsky brothers novel Roadside Picnic.
See also: CNPP Exclusion Zone, the Chernobyl disaster, Touring the Exclusion Zone (Gallery).
The unofficial website of the city of Pripyat, founded by former residents.
With GSC shuttered and the future of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 uncertain (and bleak), I suppose it's time to get back to work.
Update, 20120112 : Apparently GSC is still open.
