Archive for April 5th, 2009

This burr coffee grinder is many notches up from other grinder

Most people looking for burr coffee grinder wants a fresh cup of coffee. To achieve that, they go for burr instead of blade grinder because they know that the latter produces more consistent grind. And this is what most people would look for in a coffee grinder, but does all burr grinder really gives an [...]

Why I started a local London guide

I have lived in London all of my life and my husband and I had been living in the same area for a number of years. We decided to move a couple of years ago into a completely different part of London and for the first time I had no real idea of where to [...]

White Balance for Beginners in Digital Photography

The purpose of white balance adjustments are to compensate for the color cast of the “white light” which illuminates your subject. Human perception of white automatically adjusts for very subtle color casts of different “white light” sources. “White light” sources vary in their exact color slightly toward green-blue or yellow-red ends of the visible spectrum. [...]

Reaching your academic potential

I have always been bright and intelligent, but I am also one of those who simply have to work flat out to get the best results academically. Some people sail through school, college and university with flying colours, having barely broken sweat on an essay. But I have to work at it, and although I [...]