HackMIT 2014

Highlights Met Alexis Ohanian (again) and Stephen Wolfram! Hack: Yo to your coffee machine to start brewing your coffee, and receive a Yo back when it’s done. Hosted by Pi Lambda Phiย for a night. “What exactly are you going to hack into?” โ€” Immigration officer

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YHack 2014 (Yale)

Highlights Beautiful university. Met Betsy, a humble person and a student at Yale who showed us around and was really helpful! Hard to find people like her. Met Edric Tam, a student at John Hopkins. Dare to beat his intelligence. Slept in a Yale residence lounge. Read up on Bitcoins and cryptocurrencies. Unfortunately couldn’t come… Continue reading YHack 2014 (Yale)

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Trip to Googleplex No. 2!

Hey there! As you might have read on my blog, I got another chance to visit the Googleplex as a part of my Google Code-in achievement. But this time, I went with both my parents and to the east coast as well! Google was kind enough to give us an option to make our trips… Continue reading Trip to Googleplex No. 2!

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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

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Capturing the Lightning!

The Big One

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!

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