Brown Thoughts

Security systems are getting more complicated as companies research and develop more reliable user identification systems. Panasonic’s BM-ET200 is a new entry to the security field. The upcoming scanner uses biometric technology for iris recognition which is supposedly able to identify users within 0.3 seconds.
Users can stand up to 20 inches away while the scanner […]

Olive Riley who was born in 1899 in Broken Hill Australia, is the world’s oldest blogger. Her blog, The Life Of Riley, is currently celebrating her upcoming birthday. Riley’s blog, which was started on February of this year (Brown Thoughts started at the same time), contain stories of her life and her conversations with her […]

This is a reprint of a guest post I did over at Life In The Country for my good friend Snoskred.
Bloggers who decide to become serious with their writing and promoting their blog often experience stress usually found in an office environment. Whether it be practicing good SEO, dealing with blogger’s block, or simply feeling […]

Most of you have probably read about Apple partnering with Orange to be the exclusive iPhone carrier in France. What’s interesting about this, is that France has a law that requires companies to sell unlocked versions of handsets that are sold as part of a subscription package.
What this means is the possibility of Orange selling […]

Andy Bailey’s CommentLuv Plugin is another way of giving love to your commenters. The plugin visits the feeds of your commenters if they have a blog and attempt to scrape the last post they made and display it under their comment.
If you’re looking to encourage more people to comment on your blog or just want […]

Apple has finally announced that the launch of Mac OS X Leopard is scheduled for October 26. Apple has promised that Leopard comes with 300+ new features. Now that’s how you release a new OS, unlike others (cough Vista). Don’t get me wrong, I’m a happy XP user heh.
The first thing you’ll notice is Leopard’s […]

Here’s another utility for YouTube regulars. The YouTube Batch Downloader is a nice tool for anyone who downloads lots of videos from YouTube. The application will let you download your videos and convert them to mp4, wmv, or mov files.

You can also use the program to merge videos. YouTube Batch Downloader supports User / Channel […]

Tired of seeing the same cars on the road when you’re driving? Maybe you have a design for a sweet new car. If you like looking at cool and weird things, take a look at some of the newest concept cars from the Tokyo Motor Show.
Honda Puyo - Fuel-celled, with a joystick in place of […]