Udacity.com : CS101: Introduction to Computer Science done :-)

Got my CS101 completion certificate. Awesome learning and Prof.David Evans rocked the students for sure. 

Next will be start off my project (more later). 

Also, started the CS212: Design of Computer Programs by Dr.Peter Norvig.

Sad part is that Udacity is discontinuing the issue of certificates for the free courses :-(

CodeChef May 2014 Long challenge problems...

I have always regarded CodeChef very highly for the kind of problems they come up with and the tutorials after the contests. May 2014 has quite a few interesting problems of which I have solved 3: OJUMPS, RRSTONE and COMPILER. Attempting the Strange Matrix now (CHEFBM)

The name in CAPS are the problem codes.

Feels blissful to solve problems :-)

32 Most important algorithms...

Got to this link: 32 most important algorithms from Stefan Buettcher from Information retrieval: implementing and evaluating search engines and got here: wumpus-search.

Book: Elements of Programming Interviews

Elements of Programming Interviews (EPI) is an an amazing book. Here's the official link for the book. I tried solving one of the very first problems about maximizing the profit of buying and selling shares. A very interesting problem indeed. Strongly recommend this book for people interested to sharpen their algorithm skills.

I also have their previous version: AFI (Algorithms For Interviews).

A big thank you to the authors for a superb book.

How to visualize a nano second and a pico second!

Watch this video by Admiral Grace Hopper.
How did i get there? From the Udacity 'Introduction to Computer Science' class by Prof.David Evans.

Art of Guessing by Prof.George Polya - must watch http://vimeo.com/48768091 :-)

Reasonable guessing? Watch this video by Prof.George Polya and feel the bliss.

Book: How to solve it by Prof.George Polya

Bought the book 'How to solve it' by Prof.George Polya. Need to internalize the methods. Highly recommended for problem solvers :-)

UVa 10901 - Ferry Loading III

After 5 attempts, got this problem working. One key problem was in the problem statement: The arrival times for each test case are strictly increasing. 

Turns out that it should actually be: The arrival times for each test case are strictly non-decreasing.

Feels good to have solved this problem.

Book on Git internals on GitHub and the book Pro Git by Scott Chacon

Just saw this book on Git internals by Scott Chacon that I have always wanted to read: Git Internals PDF book. It is opensourced too :-)

Pro Git by Scott Chacon. Can be downloaded in different formats. Must read for people using Git/ want to use Git.

Highly recommended. Just pure awesomeness by Scott.

My ACM UVa source code on github

After a really long time, I committed my source code for the UVa problems here.
GitHub welcome email said - "We're pretty certain this is the start of something really special, so we wanted to take a moment to personally welcome you to GitHub."
Felt good seeing that.