Biking to Jinnah’s Mazaar with Critical Mass

The alarm went off at 5.20am. I gave my brother KO a wake up call, secretly hoping he’d say he wasn’t feeling well so I could go right back to sleep. “Oh, you’re up then? Ok, then.. let’s go!” Having fought off the early morning mind changer devil person, we grabbed our water bottles, our topis (hats), and with the camera and iphone firmly tied up on the back of the bicycle, we were finally on our way to Delawala in Clifton, where we were to meet up with the rest of the Critical Mass Karachi bicycling group at 6.15am. Continue reading “Biking to Jinnah’s Mazaar with Critical Mass”

Life cut short in the mangroves

Irfan Husain in DAWN:

IT would seem that all of Pakistan is in the grip of one frenzied land grab. From Khyber to Karachi, the rich, the powerful and the well-connected are squeezing out the vulnerable and the marginalised from their traditional lands to further enrich themselves.

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Final Cut Pro X Tutorials

I recently downloaded the all new Final Cut Pro X editing software from Apple’s app store and have been looking up tutorials to help make the switchover from Adobe Premiere Pro 7. Never having used the legacy Final Cut before, the new software is like a breath of fresh air. With its built from scratch architecture, the software has some really cool editing features. While there is a lot of controversy about it, Apple will be releasing updates soon enough. Here are some of the best tutorials: Continue reading “Final Cut Pro X Tutorials”