I participated in Technothlon yesterday and the questions were amazing, the marking scheme too. Never thought of using Euler’s equation in such a way! For those who weren’t able to participate or their partners took the question papers, I have uploaded a scanned copy of it. It contains some signs, answers, wrong answers, drawings etc.… Continue reading Technothlon 2011 Question Papers
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Trip to Googleplex
Helloe folks! Did I tell you about my Google Code-in achievement? As a part of the prize, I also got a chance to visit the Googleplex in Mountain View, California! Yay! And I was there from June 5th to 11th and had loads of fun touring the Googleplex, talking to Googlers, getting Google Goodies including… Continue reading Trip to Googleplex
Google Code-in Grand Prize Winners Announced!
Google Gode-in 2010 Grand Prize Winners have been officially announced on the Google Open Source blog. You can view the list here (it is ordered by last name). ๐ Google is inviting 14 participants instead of the pre-announced 10 to their Google Headquarters in Mountain View, California. This would happen somewhere in May. Anybody whom… Continue reading Google Code-in Grand Prize Winners Announced!
Google Code-in Mentions
WPCandy has published a nice article on the bbPress plugin project seeing serious progress during the Google Code-in competition. The article talks about bbPress getting a lot of contributions in the Google Code-in competition in which I had participated. Devils’ Workshop has also published an article on me. It’s a blog for which I used… Continue reading Google Code-in Mentions
2011: A New Kind of Forum Software is Born
2011 has brought the creation of a new and creative bulletin board software with it – bbPress.ย It is one of the most simple and fast forum packages available out there. Until now there was a standalone version of it, but recently, efforts have been made to convert it into a WordPress plugin. Well, we can’t… Continue reading 2011: A New Kind of Forum Software is Born
Google Code-in – In the Top 5! Woot!
Hello all! I can, (unofficially*) announce that I’ve achieved the 5th rank out of the participating 360 students (view rankings) in the Google Code-in competition by acquiring 112 points from 34 tasks! I’ve tried to put all my thoughts into this single post, so you might find it a bit long, filled with a lot… Continue reading Google Code-in – In the Top 5! Woot!
Releasing bb Mystique v1.0 – Mystique Theme for bbPress!
You must have heard of the famous Mystique theme for WordPress, haven’t you? Well, I’ve ported it over to bbPress and it can be downloaded from here. As bbPress is not that much extensive as WordPress is (in features), there are some things which are missing from the port – like the widgetized sidebar, menus,… Continue reading Releasing bb Mystique v1.0 – Mystique Theme for bbPress!
Capturing the Lightning!
There were lightnings in front of my house (I live on eighth floor) and my Sony DSC-W320 was lying beside me, so I just took it, switched on the burst mode and started clicking. I don’t have a tripod so I just did it with my elbows resting on my desk and capturing through the… Continue reading Capturing the Lightning!