Monthly Archive for March, 2008

Bye, GoDaddy!

Published on March 29, 2008 in General. 0 Comments

Finally, I am free of the constraints that I experienced whilst being hosted under GoDaddy, they are great for a low maintenance, basic website but if you try to do more advanced things, you are restricted in terms of up to date packages and easy access to such things as PHPMyAdmin. MintHost Logo

I am now, happily hosted by MintHost, I had a bit of teething problems getting the WordPress blog transferred over, intact to Mint, I was doing the right thing but not doing it right! In the end, I got a friend, Fr3d, to sort it out for me, he got it sorted faster than I expected and here I am!

MintHost was recommended to me by a friend (William) who had also moved away from another hosting company that he wasn’t completly happy with. I managed to sign up to the hosting on the pre-release, however, the site is now up and accepting sign ups, they are really quick to respond and I am more than happy so far!

Canon Powershot G9

Published on March 10, 2008 in General. 2 Comments

After coming to the conclusion that I need my own camera I have come across a camera made by Canon, the PowerShot G9. This camera is currently available for just shy of £300. This would be a fair price for a DSLR, of which this isn’t. This is a standard, “point and shoot” camera, this means that the price is a small fortune for such a camera that you would expect for under £200. This however, is almost as good as a DSLR.

The PowerShot G9 is what professional photographers use when they don’t want to carry around all their kit to take a decent photo. This camera has 12.1MP which is more than enough for almost anyone, a huge 3″ LCD to view the breathtaking images that this camera will produce, image stabilising (great for me as I don’t have the most steadiest hands), 6x optical zoom and surprisingly, can shoot photos in RAW and change the lens to wide angle lenses etc. The amount of features this camera has are incredible, I just hope I can learn them all.

On the pictures it doesn’t appear to be the best looking camera but it looks well made, strong and looks up to the job, I don’t doubt that it will look better when I actually get my hands on it. Now I just need to find out what each mode and setting does so I can attempt some good looking photos

I would go for a DSLR but the fact that you pay the price for the body and a medium end lens then have to pay for the more advanced lenses and so on. Also I go biking and such where a chunky DSLR isn’t ideal to carry around.

I will be purchasing this once I get paid and find out if my College course has been funded yet or if I have to fork out myself for it!