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Tuesday night was my first night of testing on the Waratah train. We ran between Penrith and Springwood. It was a VERY great night and I thoroughly enjoyed it. A few things happened and I learnt alot from the other drivers and crew on board. Tonight (Wednesday) is my first night solo. Can't wait! A02 in Penrith Yard during Testing

Monday seen the beginning of a new chapter in my career at my employer. I have commenced working in my new position as a Driver Trainer/Test Crew on the Waratah Train Project. This is an exciting time and something that I have wanted to do since the project was announced a few years ago. I am currently undergoing training and learning all about the new trains, which means working day work. This is normally a bad thing for me as I am not a big fan, but so far it's not been to bad. I am very excited as to what the future hold for me in this position. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

As mentioned in my previous post below about the Camera plus iPhone app, Photos that have the miniaturize effect done to them are best take from above. IT gives the effect of a Model. As I don't get many chances to go into high rise buildings, I was searching for pics from friends that I may be able to use as one more example of how the effect works. Thanks to Neil Gardiner for use of the pic. (Photo of NSW Police Force Officers Lining up on George Street, Sydney for a march to commemorate Police Remembrance day.) The pic on the left is the original and the one on the right has the effect applied.

Original After using Camera Plus It looks like a model, but its not. Its a pretty cool feature of an iPhone app called Camera Plus. It works really well on shots taken looking down from a great height. It also works on shots taken close up but not as well. It also depends on what is in the image as to how good it works. Here is another example. My train at Clyde

Over the past few weeks I have been attending sessions and interviews for a job I have applied for at work. It is a trainer/test crew position on the new Waratah trains.  I can happily say I was successful in achieving the position and at this stage a start date is TBC. Thanks to all my friends for their support and kind references during this process.

I recently purchased a Mini GPS recorder from eBay on the advice of some friends that it would make geo-tagging my photos easier. This I do not doubt but the problem is, is it does not work. The item purchased is a photoMate mini GPS Recorder 887 Lite. It was pretty much DOA. It does not save any data when it is tracking. To rectify this situation I must now send it back to Taiwan, and await the seller to send it back to the manufacturer, then receive the verdict. I am quite sure it is broken as I also had a friend who has the exact same device test it out for me, and it failed. To add to the hurt the seller (navi-world) is a piss poor communicator and it takes days for them to respond to any communication. I should just start a case with eBay and let them deal with it. It is going to cost $20 to send it back. The unit is only worth $30. Question is: Do I cut my losses and buy a new one or follow this through?