Monthly Archives: March 2007

3D Face Recognition

In a recent press release, Bioscrypt Inc released a new product called the VisionAccess 3D DeskCam, which allows users to secure their computers through 3D face recognition. The DeskCam, which is basically a glorified webcam is able to look for 40,000 identification points on your face to verify authenticity.
It is claimed that this device can [...]

15 Minutes, Or Else

I came across an interesting puzzle game a little while ago. The idea is this: you’ve just opened a package and inside is a letter telling you that it’s a bomb. If you try to run away, it will be detonated remotely. You have 15 minutes to solve the puzzle, or else. I managed to [...]

Friday Footprint: Eat Less Beef

One of the things I love about life is food. Just like some have a love for sweet chocolate, I have a love for a good home-cooked meal. Eating is something that all of us do, but how often to we stop to think about our food’s impact on the environment. Specifically, I would like [...]

Poll: Green Friday vs. Friday Footprint

Two weeks ago I started what will become weekly posts enlightening my readers on ways they can help the environment by reducing their global footprint. I originally called this series “Green Friday” as a play on “Black Friday,” but I’m now thinking it should be called “Footprint Friday.” What do you think?

Upgrade to WordPress 2.1.2

Well, I finally made the leap to version 2.1.2 from 2.0.4. This is a major upgrade and will allow the site to expand its capabilities. I am always nervous performing major updates like this because most of the time something goes wrong. Also, since my WordPress blog and Gallery2 photo gallery are integrated through the [...]

Your Guide Through the Bloggosphere

Since the creation of PBriscoe.com, I have learned a tremendous amount of information about the blogging community. I don’t think it is an exaggeration when I say that for many people, blogging is a way of life. The community is unbelievably expansive and owns a large chunk of this place we call the internet.
One site [...]

London Bridges Folding Up

I don’t think these designers like the kids’ song London Bridges Falling Down too much, so they decided to create a bridge that did the opposite–fold up! This contemporary 12-metre-long bridge, made of wood and steel, folds right into a big ball to let boat traffic through. This is much cooler than traditional bridges that [...]

Low Riding

I know that quite a few people who read PBriscoe.com love cars and anything that has to do with them. Well, just for you, I am writing about a couple blogs that I came across that have to do with low riders. The first is called Low Rider Car, and the second is Low Rider [...]

Increase Your Search Engine Visibility

No matter how good an individual or company thinks their website is, one of the most important parts of getting noticed is showing up where it matters—in the search engine. Without a doubt, a web site’s popularity and overall success has a lot to do with how often it appears in search engine results from [...]

What’s in Your Health Care Products?

With the numerous creams, lotions, paints, chemicals, and crayon-like utensils that are used to help make us look “better” and “younger,” does anyone ever stop to wonder what these things are doing to our bodies? The people over at Wired did and they came across some pretty scary findings.
In particular, I’ll talk quickly about “healthy [...]

Big News at Pay Per Post

As you know, I have recently joined Pay Per Post, a fantastic advertising opportunity site that helps bloggers like myself and increase site traffic for advertisers. Well, the administrators over at PPP seem to be a pretty cool bunch and are currently teasing their members by announcing that big changes are on the way within [...]

Proud to be a Wii Baby

It seems like Microsoft is getting a little nervous at the extreme popularity of the Wii. To mask this envy, the big bully is claiming that Wii owners are just a bunch of babies.
John Rodman, Microsoft Group Product Manager for the Xbox:
“We don’t feel like the Wii customer and the Xbox customer are the same [...]