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Subject: Re: March Madness Challenge - FUBARLabs to NYCR
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Just a reminder everyone - March Madness will begin on Monday! Get
ready to code and blog! I look forward to reading about your programs
on the NYCResistor blog.

On Feb 17, 6:47=A0pm, Jonathan Kaczynski <jmk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm in.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Ben Combee <ben.com...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Yeah, and we gotta blog it all on nycresistor.com.
>
> > ------------------------------
> > Zach 'Hoeken' Smith wrote:
>
> > awesome. =A0what a great idea. =A0lets do this!
>
> > On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 11:05 AM, HlfShell <kches...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> What's FUBAR Labs? We're your neighborhood recently-started NJ based
> >> hackerspace. This is a challenge we're giving to all of our members,
> >> and local hackerspaces for a fun productive March... Her'es the note I
> >> sent out to our members:
> >> ~~~
>
> >> I hereby challenge all of you.
>
> >> The challenge?
>
> >> One program. Every. Day.
>
> >> For all of March.
>
> >> The Language? Any. I don=92t care if you use a magnetic needle to flip
> >> bits on a hard drive. The Platform? Everything =96 hell if you can get
> >> your Dog to say hello world it=92ll count.
>
> >> The rules:
> >> 1. You need to write one program, every day. Duh. Any language. You
> >> can not duplicate functionality. This means a Hello World in Java is
> >> fine, but don=92t go and make a Hello World in Python afterward.
> >> 2. You need to post the code online. If it=92s an embedded project, po=
st
> >> a picture/video of it working. Post it online on your hackerspace site
> >> or on a personal blog! Share it with the world.
> >> 3. Deadlines for other hackerspaces doesn't matter that much, but try
> >> to post your stuff before midnight to count as "for that day".
>
> >> That=92s it for rules, but=85 challenge yourself. The =93complexity=94=
 of
> >> the code is difficult to judge. There is no rule saying you can=92t ju=
st
> >> be clever with LEDs every day. But do something new, challenge
> >> yourself. There=92s no way to regulate this.
>
> >> Who=92s gonna take this on with me?
>
> >> Let's roll,
>
> >> Keith Chester
> >> *hlfshell*
>
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