Blog posts

  • Busy busy busy!

    Just stopped by quickly to say that may not be able to post during this week… finishing projects at work, so, that means long hours and a tight schedule. But I’ll be fine. I sincerely hope there’s pizza for dinner. 🙂 baba

  • Difficult CodeJam problem and Free Software Documentary

    Well, it’s been a tough weekend. Many new things were installed at home, lots of drilling and weightlifting (oh my arms…) but feels nicer after all. 🙂 More places for the kittens to hide. That said, I’m evolving on Africa 2010 CodeJam D problem, but as soon as I get closer to solving, another challenge…

  • Code Jam 2010 Africa – Problem C

    Whoa, that was a tough problem. Ironically it’s called Qualification Round: You’ve just advanced from the Qualification Round of Google Code Jam Africa 2010, and you want to know how many of your fellow contestants advanced with you. To give yourself a challenge, you’ve decided only to look at how many people solved each problem.…

  • CodeJam Quickie: 2010 Africa – Problem B

    Howdy! This time, problems started getting more and more complex, and that’s good, because I like the challenge! The next problem is Get to Work: You work for a company that has E employees working in town T. There are N towns in the area where the employees live. You want to ensure that everyone will be able to make…

  • CodeJam Quickie: 2010 Africa – Problem A

    Hey there! So, another day, another problem! This time, it is called Odd Man Out, and it is quite simple to “get”: You are hosting a party with G guests and notice that there is an odd number of guests! When planning the party you deliberately invited only couples and gave each couple a unique number C on their invitation.…