Announcements

[Father]

TOG was invited to speak on the Game On show in Melbourne 2 weeks ago now, as part of this I got to know someone investigating the effects of gaming on the aged brain, if you are interested in helping with this research:
PM me for contact details
FYI:

My name is Tamara Simpson I am completing my Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology at Swinburne University. For my thesis I am investigating the effects of cognitive training on memory, attention and general health and well-being. I am seeking volunteers who are: between the ages of 55-75 years, non smokers, no previous or current diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease, Epilepsy, alcohol or drug dependency, not currently suffering from depression, free from stroke, have access to a PC not Macintosh computer connected to the internet to participate in the study.
You will be required to attend three testing sessions at Swinburne University’s Brain Sciences Institute in Hawthorn. You will be randomly selected to play solitaire or log into a web-based brain training program for 20minutes each day for 21 consecutive days. The total time commitment is over a 7/8 week period.
The last day we are conducting the initial screening and testing sessions is Friday 1 August 2008. Please register your interest as soon as possible so you do not miss out on this fun opportunity to be part of an innovative study.

[Father]

As some of you undoubtedly noticed the server was very slow today and also some total downtime was experienced.

Without going into much technical details we are getting closer and closer to the final new site and we have reached the stage where our current database is going to be adjusted to the new site. This means a fair bit of manipulation and every time we need a fresh database to test things out it means reimporting a 2 gig DB file. This process creates a significant load on the system.
Although we try most things out on a separate test server certain things simply need to be done on the live system.

There may be some slowdowns over the next few days but none of them should be of the same magnitude as today.

My apologies for the inconvenience.

Thank you.