Antinormal

I’m still alive. FYI.

It's been over 3 months since I made a post on this blog and with good reason. I've been too lazy to make a post.

Actually, I've been mostly occupied with trying to qualify as a finalist for the component development track of the 2010 TopCoder Open. I'm currently placed 20 and they're only taking the top 15. It's not been very easy as I've been on a second-place streak. To put things in perspective, 1st place winners get a significantly greater amount of points. I actually managed to get two first place wins, but I was moved to second place for one of them because my score was tied with a developer who had a higher rating (you're interested in the DR points column). However, I remain the true winner for that component irrespective of what they say. I bet I currently hold the record for the most second places during a qualification period.

I went against my principles and purchased a Blackberry Bold 9700. Blackberry devices are overhyped. However, the unlimited (yes, it's truly unlimited) plan for always-on connectivity (at ~$33 a month) on MTN is actually very useful. Apart from the obvious Blackberry Messenger usage, you also get normal access to the Internet. I'm not sure if this works with tethering as I've never bothered to try it, but the mobile browser is good enough. I haven't tried downloading large files though. I'll see how that goes when I can get around to it. There's another side of the story as to why I got a Blackberry, but I'm not telling you.

Meanwhile, the Steam summer sales which ended yesterday were pretty awesome! I think I bought about 1000 games for ~$200. Okay, so maybe just about 62 games which include Just Cause 2 (which I hear is the funnest game ever), Batman: Arkham Asylum, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, Prototype, Dragon Age: Origins, Red Faction: Guerilla and Borderlands. Tell me that's not an awesome deal. All in all, I have a long list of games to play once I have plenty of free time.

Other important notes: The Nokia Qt SDK is pretty rad and vuvuzelas are officially the worst invention, ever. I'm not even going to say anything about Nigeria's performance at the World Cup. Just know this, there's a certain individual who missed a clear cut goal chance, he's the new poster child of epic fail.

Till next time.