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Self-training software

March 30, 2006

I don’t normally comment on things on the news or products being developed. However, Brain Age for the Gameboy DS caught my attention.
The whole point of the game is to put yourself through a series of supposed “brain exercises” that have been designed to strengthen your Prefrontal Cortex, which is your brain’s “control tower”. [...]

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MS/Amazon WS Dev Contest - Honorable Mention

March 18, 2006

Remember the Microsoft/Amazon Web Services Developer Contest?
Build an innovative and entrepreneurial application using Visual Studio 2005 with Amazon Web Services and you can win the grand prize: $5,000! The first 100 entries will receive an Amazon Web Services t-shirt.
So I just got notified that I won a Xbox360 console for my entry. I packaged [...]

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Prosper - P2P loan marketplace

March 17, 2006

No I’m not dead — just busy with some new toys
Anyway, It has been a few weeks since I heard about Prosper.com. Prosper is an online community for person to person lending. Individuals borrow money from other individuals on a secure P2P loan marketplace.
This idea seems cool but of [...]