If you are looking for a new neighborhood in your existing area or are moving to an area with which you are unfamiliar, look no further for the perfect tool to help you in your search for that perfect place to live. Neighborhood Scout a service by Woonsocket, RI, based Location Inc. just launched a complete revamp of their already popular neighborhood search service.

The new launch includes a much-improved user interface, some very unique nationally-comparable school district ratings, and crime statistics at the neighborhood level. Worth checking out.

Rentometer has just launched a free flash widget for folks who would like to add a Rentometer to their own website. In addition to the standard user search, the Rentometer widget also includes the ability to present local rent data for several locales. Colors are also configurable to match your site’s color scheme. It took me about 2 minutes to configure, including sign up time.

Well, I finally made it through Ray Kurzweil’s latest book, “The Singularity is Near When Humans Transcend Biology”. It was a good, dense read that raises and supports a very interesting future we’re heading into. Definitely worth the read.

Looks like the folks over at Humanized have brought the command line back to Windows in an exquisitely elegant way with a product called Enso.

Enso has beautiful interaction and visual design, as does the Humanized website. Easy to install and easy to use, especially for folks familiar with command line environments, Enso returns a feeling of control and productivity to the Windows desktop. I expect the Enso model will translate well to any computer system with a windowing user interface paradigm.

I’d like to extend my sincerest thanks to the Humanized team, I’ve been waiting years for someone to do a great implementation of this concept. My only request at this time: a ‘locate’ concept so I can eliminate the need to use Window’s clunky search tools.

I was recently referred to a new site that claims to help you maintain and expand your brain power. BrainReady produces a podcast that contains diet recommendations and brain exercises one can do while exercising, eating, sitting in traffic, etc. Not sure about the diet recommendations, but the exercises seem like ones that everyone should do to maintain their basic mental capabilities.