Archive for June, 2008

Killing Off Antivirus

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

After reading this post questioning whether antivirus software was a virus in itself, I was prompted to let you know my experience. A few weeks ago, a guy at work came into the office and asked me to help him speed up his computer. This first thing I did was try ...

Easy Mozy Off-Site Back-Ups

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

I've spent the last six months worrying about getting a proper off-site backup solution for my photographs. It's all very well backing up to an external hard-drive, but what I the house goes on fire or an electrical surge blew the lot? Until now I have relied upon Flickr and ...

Thomas Hawk has Vision

Monday, June 16th, 2008

While I think the photography of Thomas Hawk is great, I think this is his secondary skill. He is a man with vision. Thomas first hit my radar when I bought a Tivo back in 2001(?). I went online looking for more information about the more unofficial things that could be ...

First Professional Shoot

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

This morning I'm heading off for my first professional photo job. A corporate highland games. Nothing too stressful; a few group shots, then an afternoon of candid shots. One of my team at work does a lot of these things and needed an extra pair of hand, so decided that ...

That’s What I Said : May 2008

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

May was another month of change here on NixonByName. I think the site is coming together nicely. Please let me know if you think otherwise. Anyway. Here is the top ten posts of the month, based on visitors to the site. It's a pretty arbitrary way to measure it, but ...