Nintendo's PR firm visited the office today to demo their soon-to-be-released game Brain Age for the DS portable game console. Based on a book of brain training games by Dr. Ryuta Kawashima, this is the first U.S. version of the runaway best selling game in Japan. Here is one person's photos and descriptions of the game screens.

We won't have to wait until the game's release because the reps left several copies of the game and cartridges for us to keep. Nintendo is marketing the game to baby boomers, which is why they're interested in schmoozing our organization.

I also finally got my new blue gunmetal-colored Blackberry 7290 today from our IT group because our company switched to T-mobile recently. That explains why the signal to my Sidekick got dramatically better throughout our building about a month ago. I also ordered a copy of O'Reilly's Blackberry Hacks.

- mike lee - washington, dc