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HabitShaper My name is Adriano Ferrari, a Physics Ph.D. student, and the founder of HabitShaper.com.

In this blog, you'll find research on shaping habits, product updates, and random articles on self-improvement.

25 December 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Site Back Up

Not entirely sure what the problem was, but it’s fixed now. I believe it had to do with the compression my site was using to load faster. In any case, all fixed, and I didn’t have to be late for Christmas dinner

25 December 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Website Down on Christmas Day

Not sure why, but I’ll get it back up and running ASAP. Even if I have to be late for Christmas Dinner.

22 December 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Update available – 2.0.1.6

I added a long overlooked feature: time-based goals. If you want to: study for 3 hours every day Practice French for 1 hour and a half, every M/W/F Reduce watching TV to 1 hour per day… … now you can! To create goals like these, just type in the format “hours:mins” for your starting and [...]

11 December 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Installer now working on version 2.0.1.5

I completely rewrote the installer, meticulously. I tested it on a few machines, and will test more as soon as I have access to more (it’s 6:30 in the morning). Later that day: Alright, it is fixed. During the installation of .NET, the progress bar isn’t very responsive though. I’ll get to fixing that next.

10 December 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Install not working on latest update – (2.0.1.5)

I am aware that recent downloaders may be having problems with the HabitShaper installer. I am working hard to track down and fix this problem. Will update you soon. UPDATE: I figured out where the problem is. As a temporary fix, if you go to this site and it says that you have anything less [...]

30 November 2009 ~ 4 Comments

Writing a Novel – Done!

Final official word count: 51,480 words! It was harder than expected towards the end, especially since I slacked a on the 18th-20th, and on the penultimate weekend. However, it was definitely within the realm of possibility. Especially now that it has helped me realize some important improvements to the ‘Project’ target calculations. Before I started [...]