Lumix. Review on the Panasonic DMC-ZS1

Is Panasonic Lumix an Under-rated Camera?

Panasonic Lumix DMC ZS1 Camera

I am now on my fifth digital camera and still have never owned a Canon, the world's proclaimed favorite and king of them all. Every time I look for a new camera, Canon's competition always offer me something with better features and bang for the buck. Whether it's higher megapixels, bigger optical zoom or improved video, there is always competitive brands with supposed inferior quality that offer more for less. Of course, features are meaningless if the quality is not at least comparable to the Canon. I don't think Canon Digital Cameras have quite the edge that they used to in camera technology. Read the rest of this entry

Does Light Roast Coffee have more flavor?

Light Roast Coffee

Presto 12-Cup Percolator vs. Westbend and Farberware

Presto Percolator

I'll have to admit that I sometimes get overly excited about products without giving them enough time to show me their quirks. I really thought the Westbend Percolator was a great percolator until it showed me it's dark side - and I don't mean, dark, as in coffee. The Westbend Percolator was the king of all java until it started exhibiting an annoying habit from time to time.  On a rare occasion, the Westbend Percolator would decide to take time some time off from it's duties, and just brew piping hot water instead of piping hot coffee.  Read the rest of this entry

What is the Best Free Website Analysis Program?

webstats software

Every once in a while I find a free product that is so useful to me that I strongly feel the urge to tell everybody about it. I know that there are at least as many web analytics programs as there are websites, so why are so many website designers still looking for them? Maybe it's because we all have different needs. A great many of these website analysis programs are completely free, but like anything else, we only have so much time and patience to learn and use them all. There's gotta be one program, either cheap or affordable, that does just about everything we need. I'll be honest, as a blog website creator, I do use a few free website stats programs to track the progress of my ratings site. Just to name a few of them: SubmitExpress, Website Grader, Reaction Database, Quarkbase, etc. The list is too great to mention them all. While each of them have some redeeming values, there is only one website analysis program that I keep coming back to on a regular basis:  Spydermate. Read the rest of this entry

Toro-Leaf-Blower

Don't Blow it with the Wrong Leaf Blower

If ever there was a ratings contest for the greatest lazy-man's inventions, the Leaf Blower has gotta rank right up there with the best. The leaf blower was obviously invented when some lazy guy with a sore back was raking and picking up leaves, and a major gust of wind came along and conveniently blew all of his debris into his neighbor's yard. Thinking that was a heckuva lot easier (and faster), then doing it the old fashioned way with a rake and a broom, he decided he'd like that gust of wind to be always available where and when he wanted it.  It's this kind of laziness that made America the great, inventive and industrialist nation that it is. Read the rest of this entry