16:[[3559533,{"by":"jrubinovitz","descendants":4,"id":3559533,"kids":[3559671,3560012,3574881,3559769],"score":4,"text":"Hi HN,

I'm giving a talk at a college with a NSF funded program to keep students pursuing STEM (science, math, computer science) majors. There are very few CS majors in the group, and I get the opportunity to lead an activity for an hour. Does anyone have any ideas for activities I can lead a group of 8-15 people that will get them more interested in CS? Or maybe a presentation or video I can show them?

Thanks guys.","time":1328567521,"title":"Ask HN: What group activity can I do to get students interested in CS?","type":"story","url":""}],[3559353,{"by":"anonhacker","descendants":15,"id":3559353,"kids":[3566095,3559674,3559629,3559798,3559414,3560474,3560498,3559379,3560189],"score":7,"text":"When was the last time you built one of your ideas?\nWhen was the last time you dumped an idea?(because it was already built or otherwise)\nHow long is your list right now?

Just curious...","time":1328565064,"title":"Ask HN: Who else keeps a secret diary of startup ideas?","type":"story"}],[3551207,{"by":"hnprototype","descendants":3,"id":3551207,"kids":[3555119,3553609,3551907],"score":2,"text":"Hey I am doing this offer again as I have been getting good results so far.

I have been doing ruby on rails for about 1.5+ years and I am looking to expand my portfolio with some projects and I currently have some time to do freelance work.

This could be your minimum viable product(MVP). This could be what you link to in incubator applications. Just a web application that closely matches your basic vision.

I would be able to do very basic design based on mockups you give me.(Mockups, sketches and any graphics and copy text you want me to include)

I am willing to work 1-2 weeks per project so that I can build out your basic idea/prototype.

Let me know if you have any questions/ideas or just message me @ hnprototype[at]gmail.com

Price range for projects $800 - $1500","time":1328369429,"title":"Tell HN: I will build a functioning prototype of your idea","type":"story","url":""}],[3554752,{"by":"holgersindbaek","descendants":10,"id":3554752,"kids":[3554774,3554804,3554988,3554954],"score":3,"text":"I created showwwdown.com and learned ruby on rails on the way.

I've really gotten hooked on RoR now, but I'm thinking, \"what's next\"? Should I just jump into a larger project and develop my RoR skills or is there more?

Should I start messing around with MongoDB and Coffeescript, or what would be the next logical step?","time":1328467123,"title":"Ask HN: I learned RoR... what next?","type":"story","url":""}],[3553025,{"by":"arturoogroo","descendants":13,"id":3553025,"kids":[3553761,3553930,3554031,3553284,3553570,3553097],"score":2,"text":"$17","time":1328406720,"title":"Why i can't make this app","type":"story","url":""}],[3552889,{"by":"oscar-the-horse","descendants":3,"id":3552889,"kids":[3553047,3552900,3552953],"score":3,"time":1328403013,"title":"Should Beginners, Today, Start With JavaScript?","type":"story","url":"http://www.horsesaysinternet.com/code/should-beginners-today-start-with-javascript/"}]]

user:	arturoogroo
created:	August 13, 2011
karma:	1
about:	I'm an aeronautical engineer, interested in internet startups..