Hello. I am Paul Kinlan.

I've fixed the download link for the Call Detail Record (CDR) Generator tool I created for my final year project. It's an MS Access 2003 application.

I've shared my Call Detail Record (CDR) Generator, a Microsoft Access 2003 application I developed for my final year project. This tool creates thousands of simulated phone calls, mimicking various customer profiles (e.g., high/low usage, fraudulent, national rate). It offers extensive customization options for call cost, duration, and user behavior patterns (e.g. business vs. home user calling time). The generated call data is designed for training neural networks. Feel free to download and experiment – it's easy to use.

I've finally uploaded my final year project, even amidst a house move and lack of internet! It explores how neural networks can detect telecom fraud. I've also built a related application, but I'll share more details later. Stay tuned for more insights from the project.

I'm revisiting my final year university project on telecoms fraud detection. I built a system that generated call records and used a MATLAB neural network to analyze them for fraud. It worked surprisingly well! Now, I'm planning to rebuild the neural network in C# as a learning exercise to understand the underlying algorithms better. I'll be blogging about the project, neural networks, and the C# development process.

Quick update: Things have been hectic with my house move, so blogging has taken a backseat. Not sure when I'll be back on a regular schedule.

I recently discussed the lack of retail web service APIs for major companies like Tesco, Dixon's, and HMV. I've since discovered an ASDA Soap API on maskell.uk.com. I'm impressed by this development, though I'm uncertain how it's implemented (possibly screen scraping). Check it out!

This post addresses the Google search query "c# convert date from uk to usa." It provides a C# code snippet using CultureInfo and DateTime to convert a date string formatted according to UK conventions into a US date format. The code takes the date string from a textbox, parses it using the UK culture settings (en-GB), and then formats the resulting DateTime object according to US culture settings (en-US) before outputting it to another textbox.

I've just upgraded to RSS Bandit 1.3.0.38 and I'm really pleased with it. This version successfully imported Robert Scoble's huge OPML file, has a refreshed UI, and seems to load large numbers of posts much faster (maybe due to disabling XSLT formatting).

I'm developing Ajax Tagger 2.0 and need ideas for displaying related blogs within the application and its output. I'm also searching for a good search engine (besides Technorati and Google) to find related blogs and feeds. Any suggestions? Please email me or leave a comment.

I've updated the AJAX Tagger and moved it to a new subdomain: ajaxtag.kinlan.co.uk. This should make it easier to access. The old location (www.kinlan.co.uk/AjaxExperiments/AjaxTag2) will still work and be updated alongside the new address.