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The recent months I've been neglecting my  Cubing for charity  project. But a fter viewing a great   TED talk by Lisa Kristine  about modern day slavery  I've decided that the next   Cubing for charity   must go to  Free the Slaves .  Thanks to all users Rubik's Cube Algorithms who by their inherent nerdiness made this possible! 

Yesterday I released my third app which is called Simple Tracker. It's basically a calendar were you can enter data on different variables and then be able to plot the values over time. Obviously there are far more advanced fitness / health applications out there, but in my opinion they are too advanced. I don't know how many grams of cereals I eat for breakfast or how much cheese are on my pizza. What I do know are which days I workout and the measurements I make. And that is what I use the application for. ie. recording my weight a couple of times each week and annotate the days I workout with a color depending of the activity. Below are some of the screenshots from market, please note that this is sample data :) Calendar overview  Viewing data The app can be found on  Android Market  and is currently in beta and free but ad-supported. It will of course be a part of my  Cubing For Charity campain . 

Finally it's time for #2 in the series ' Cubing for charity '. Which is the concept that until the profit from ads in Rubik's Cube Algorithms (and other apps) reaches a substantial part of my income, it will be donated to charity. Also i tend to choose projects from the places a visited while i was traveling Asia. This time 54 USD goes to Cambodia Children's Painting Project in Sihanoukville Cambodia. The project is basically to let kids be kids. Unfortunately there are still a lot of kids selling bracelets on the beaches. We now provide so much more to the kids, including access to painting, craft and sports activities, a small snack and lunch everyday, access to medical and dental assistance and the most important thing, an opportunity to receive a proper education.

The last couple of months I've been traveling in Asia and come face to face with the extreme poverty here. Of course I've heard the news, seen the pictures and read the facts but it's not the same as actually seeing it with your own eyes. I felt like I had to do something. So I've decided that until the profit from the ads in Rubik's Cube Algorithms (and other apps) reaches a substantial part of my normal income, it will be donated to charity. I know this is kind of a feel-good-move on my part since the amount of money spent by me for the sole purpose of traveling is infinitely more than the profit from the ads. But at least it's something and I will continue with the donations on each payment from admob . The first donation goes to Hand in Hand whose objective is: Our objective is to eliminate poverty by creating jobs. We do this through our unique holistic approach that tackles the areas that matter the most to poor communities – microfinance, education, ...