Blog shifted
Posted by Shashank
My blog has shifted to
http://neothebrute.blogspot.com
which the old-timers would remember was my first blog. Yeah so I’m returning to that finally, and this blog is to be shut-down. There are a lot of irritating problems with this awardspace domain, and I simply don’t have the time to run around testing other hosts and dealing […]
The Mystery of the Number 7
Posted by Shashank
Note: This is an old post on an old blog. View the current version of this page on: http://neothebrute.blogspot.com/2008/04/mystery-of-number-7.html
One fine day I had simply no work in life, so I decided to calculate PI (22/7 = 3.142857…) to the millionth decimal place. Needless to say, I didn’t reach that mark, but I was astounded to […]
Google Product Prodigy Contest - The Saga
Posted by Shashank
Lots of folks have been asking me to put up a post regarding my “Google Experience”, lol. After several days of staring at the empty notepad screen (writers’ block strikes again!), I finally have managed to sit down, determined to finish this blog post. Okay, so here it is:
Chapter 1: What is our hotshot “Google […]
Chapter 2: GooglePlex Bangalore, India - Wow!
Posted by Shashank
“Finally, our code is working.”
- Famous Last Words.
Note: I’m under a strict Non-Disclosure Agreement signed at the Google Bangalore office, so anything I might say in the following paragraphs may be a figment of my deranged imagination and entirely fictitious bearing no resemblence to any person or event occuring in the real world. Sorry. […]
Chapter 1: What is our hotshot “Google Product Prodigy Project”
Posted by Shashank
“I love deadlines. I particularly love the sound of them whooshing by!”
- Douglas Adams
I (and my team) was one of the 12 finalists of the first Google India Product Prodigy Contest, which required us to submit a proposal for an awesome new product on an open-ended theme i.e. based on Google’s motto of making the […]
All I wish is “A Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down”…
Posted by Shashank
Note: This is an old post on an old blog. View the current version of this page on: http://neothebrute.blogspot.com/2007/12/all-i-wish-is-nice-cup-of-tea-and-sit.html
Ahh.. what a wish, I really wish I could do that for a couple of days more, like I’ve been doing for the past 12 days of my vacation.
I just hit upon this site (nicecupofteaandasitdown.com). I really […]
Basic “Google Suggest”-like script
Posted by Shashank
Note: This is an old post on an old blog. View the current version of this page on: http://neothebrute.blogspot.com/2008/01/basic-google-suggest-like-script.html
Recently while working on the Google Project, I was messing around with AJAX and figuring out how JSON works etc, so I decided to implement the much talked-about “Google Suggest” thing myself just to test my JSON […]
I love keyboards… I hate people
Posted by Shashank
Note: This is an old post on an old blog. View the current version of this page on: http://neothebrute.blogspot.com/2007/12/i-love-keyboards-i-hate-people.html
God bless keyboards, especially at times when the mice decide to go on a hunger strike. I’m sick and tired of wireless mice, and am half inclined to walk right tomorrow and purchase an ordinary optical mouse. […]
Looking back…
Posted by Shashank
Note: This is an old post on an old blog. View the current version of this page on: http://neothebrute.blogspot.com/2007/12/looking-back.html
DynamiX Clan (Dec 2006)
There was one time when I was at school you know.. and I met two interesting guys called Roshan Shariff & Rahul Seth (in different ways.. Roshan because of an Intel project we did […]
Don’t panic!
Posted by Shashank
Well, this blog is new, and often I’m tinkering around “under the hood”, i.e. messing around with the blog code, so if you see a red “Under maintainance” sign, and wierd stuff happening to your window, and Vogons announcing the demolition of this miserable little planet, please don’t panic: This means that I’m alive and […]
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