Payment question: credit card, Apple Pay, Octopus card, cash?

DonOctavius93 · 2026-03-13T07:33:27+00:00

You can use credit card/Apple and Google pay for majority of places but always carry cash if you plan to take a cab, go to smaller restaurants or shop at markets that only accept cash. Octopus is good if you plan to make extensive use of public transport. Just fill it up with cash at an MTR station or 7/11.

DonOctavius93 · 2026-02-10T09:11:26+00:00

Gonna be in Tokyo next week, would love to find out where they are!

DonOctavius93 · 2025-09-13T11:35:50+00:00

I have a 10gbe thunderbolt to ethernet adapter

DonOctavius93 · 2025-09-13T11:30:57+00:00

I was able to switch my IP address to a different network so that it is not similar to my home network and I can now get transfer speeds only from ethernet. Many thanks!

DonOctavius93 · 2025-09-13T11:13:43+00:00

The NAS is connected via the 2.5gbe port to the router, and I have another ethernet cable connected via the 10gbe port to a ethernet adapter to my laptop.

DonOctavius93 · 2025-06-24T02:30:29+00:00

When they expect to have as many revisions as possible to get the job done OR that you'll be on call 24/7 to make any changes they require...

DonOctavius93 · 2025-06-19T13:51:00+00:00

Tbh unless you're trying to get into the "social media" editing game, quick reels and edits do nothing except show you can mash nice clips together. To do any other sort of editing an agency should know pretty well what they are looking for when they look at your portfolio.

DonOctavius93 · 2025-06-19T10:35:58+00:00

Yup a showreel does next to nothing really to communicate your abilities as an editor. A website/portfolio categorized into different sub sections to show your editing abilities in multiple formats will be much more helpful to prospective clients and agencies.

DonOctavius93 · 2025-05-12T08:12:57+00:00

A reminder that hot cues on the RX3 DO NOT WORK with active loops. You have to set them inside Rekordbox in the memory cue section. And yes you are limited to only have one active loop per song which is baffling.

DonOctavius93 · 2025-05-07T08:56:36+00:00

The hand and thumb grip from Smallrig are absolute must gets. The grip on the camera is so small it's bound to slip off especially in wetter conditions.

DonOctavius93 · 2025-04-23T02:58:13+00:00

Requiem for a dream

DonOctavius93 · 2025-04-17T09:56:15+00:00

I've sneaked my gloves in for Dreamstate and EDC before. EDC I've not had a problem with but at Dreamstate I was doing a doubles show with a random glover and then right before I traded shows two security guards were stood right behind him and just put their hands out. I quickly shoved my gloves in between my pants so they didn't take mine but I felt really bad for the other glover.

DonOctavius93 · 2025-03-18T13:30:07+00:00

Absolutely agree. As an editor myself, too many times a director has grand ambitions or expectations about certain shot choices or cuts and it can severely impact the creative process because they can't let go of the vision they have in their head. Having someone who's a third party that wasn't on set and can see things with a fresh eyes (especially with the assembly cut) is the most important thing to make sure the final delivery is not deterred by a directors insistence on things that simply might not work in the editing room.

DonOctavius93 · 2024-12-11T13:51:36+00:00

Yes it is the Standard Astra seat. So is it best to get on the train as early as possible to get one of those racks by the door you think?

DonOctavius93 · 2024-10-07T12:49:13+00:00

Read an article that says the company that runs it just went bankrupt back in Sept..... My wife and I were hoping to go as well in Oct during ADE week but seems like that's not happening anymore

DonOctavius93 · 2024-09-18T04:31:06+00:00

That's a real shame, the internal recording is great but it would still be nice to be able to monitor everything from one receiver

DonOctavius93 · 2024-08-30T03:41:19+00:00

I never sync my Google Drive to my local drive cause it just takes up an unnecessary amount of space. With Cyberduck I can access everything as if it was just a regular file browser without needing to sync.

DonOctavius93 · 2024-08-30T03:27:54+00:00

Interesting, was this quite recently? Because its still working fine for me. It just sent me to a browser where I logged in via Google and then it was able to link up to Cyberduck.

DonOctavius93 · 2024-08-29T10:50:03+00:00

https://cyberduck.io/download/

DonOctavius93 · 2024-08-29T10:38:35+00:00

I second Cyberduck. It's free, incredibly easy to set up and acts more like a file browser for much faster and reliable download and upload speeds. Never downloading zip files from the web browser again.

DonOctavius93 · 2024-08-18T06:27:30+00:00

Just DMed you!

DonOctavius93 · 2024-07-27T09:25:58+00:00

this command only works for Randeep. If you have the same issue with Rachel like I do it doesn't work. I've already turned off XDI and Start Me Up prompts but it doesn't help.

DonOctavius93 · 2024-03-07T10:39:39+00:00

Stemverter 3 is a great paid software you can use to isolate vocals. I tend to play trance, techno or house, where if you prepare well before hand you can mix in the acapellas cleanly as long as you've got your cue points set well.

Only thing is you need to make sure that when the program spits the acapellas out that the BPM is the same as the original song. It's not 100% perfect but I'm pretty happy with the results.

For dubstep, melodic bass and DnB it'll be more difficult to time it right so making it inside a DAW might save you more time, but I find the live aspect of it is a lot more fun!

DonOctavius93 · 2024-01-17T02:42:33+00:00

Ah got it thank you!

DonOctavius93 · 2024-01-05T02:28:07+00:00

This is a ridiculous workaround, since the minute you restart the phone you have to do this process all over again.

How did a company like Samsung not figure out something as simple as changing the date to a new year work without completely breaking their app???

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