I’m quite distressed with the quality of logos being posted.

Have a look at this one i created.

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This is not just another proposed logo. In fact I think its good not(only) because I made it, but because ….. it is appealing and exun-type. Check it out.

Now ofcourse the logo will not be in black and white. I want you to suggest the color of the logo.

Note: If you like it, comment on it. If you dont, suggest changes, I can also give you the .psd file. And if you think that you can do a better job – DO IT.

just forget the old logo, i dont think its a good idea anymore.

the chinese-take-away thing really put me off 😛

heres the new one, plain simple and “professional”

~R

Technologists (“computer people”) like to use this word ‘powerful’ in peculiar ways. Compared to BASIC, C++ is more powerful and compared to a 266 MHz computer, a 2.66 GHz computer is more powerful. Today, I say: PHP is not simply powerful, PHP is Power (with a capital P that is).

Mukul used to talk about PHP a lot, how he loved programming in PHP and how it was so generally fantastic. I never really understood. After all, I said to myself, it’s a programming language… what can be so great about a programming language? Today I found out. PHP is the most flexible language I have ever seen (I have not seen much, but still). ‘Flexible’ is just the right word, because you will find the same power in C++ as well. Of course then C++ is not used as a Server Side Scripting language, so you can’t make a fair comparison. I won’t explain here how it’s flexible because that’s what the Session@Exun was about.

Mukul was disappointed that he did not get much done, and didn’t really go into the ‘good stuff’, but we all (me and some friends) expected this, especially because not everyone there knew C++ (which would have meant easily skipping about half the topics we went through). The small gathering was an enthusiastic one, many doubts were asked and all were answered. It could be easily seen that everyone thoroughly enjoyed the Session as a) no one wanted to leave and b) those who had to leave 20 minutes early begged to stop the class and continue it some other time.

If Mukul finds free time next week, we can arrange a second Session in which perhaps we can apply some of the power of PHP. However, if there is to be a next Session, Mukul has advised that everyone should know about PHP syntax, so that that does not have to be explained [again]. If there is another Session, information will be posted on this blog.

–Karan

It’s no secret that a lot of people have been trying to get into Exun these past few days because of an unexplained surge in publicity. We’ve decided that we will state in a lucid manner what we are looking for and what we are not looking for. This log entry shall get a permanent link on the sidebar so that we can easily point people to it. Let me get to the point now.

We want members in the following categories:

• Senior Quizzing (Class X to XII)
• Debating, Declamation & Group Discussion (Public Speaking – Class IX to XII)
• Software Display (Programmers in VC++, VB who have made some kind of software)
• Junior Programming (Class VI to VIII, knowledge of QBASIC)

Senior Programming (Class X to XII) applicants please read:

We have many good senior programmers in Exun already and quite frankly we’re saturated at the moment. Our priority right now is to send the existing programmers for events and competitions. Taking new programmers at this stage will do nobody any good. You may still apply for Senior Programming but be assured that unless you’re really brilliant, your chances of getting in are low.

Junior Programming

Since QBASIC is no longer taught at Class VIII level (instead Visual Basic is taught), the Programming Department of Exun is planning to conduct a Logic Test for Class VIII very soon, from which promising students will be trained in QBASIC.

Software Display

Students who have made software in Visual Basic or Visual C++ (any software with a GUI) are invited to come and show their software to us (see below). We’re looking for good software that can be sent for Software Display competitions.

Senior Quizzing

The toughest amongst them all. Hop along if you think you know about computers and we’ll test you (see below).

Other categories are:

• Digital Imaging
• Flash Animation
• Web Designing

For these three, students are expected to bring a piece (or pieces) of original work and show it to us. We can judge you then. Again, see below.

See belows

Wherever See Below has been mentioned: Exun members are present in the eGurucool Lab (F-Block) during Break time everyday. Look for the Presidents (Maanick Nangia or Karan Misra) and if you can’t find them, try to locate Mr. Mukesh Kumar. You can also email at exunclan@gmail.com or comment on this post if you have any queries (or if I forgot to mention something).

–Karan

Hello,

This is to let people know of an artificial intelligent bot that runs on MSN, and talks to people.

OSI (initially) meant – Online Status Indicator. I undertook the project about a week ago, when something Aurojit Panda said, sparked my interest in making this bot. It has gone beyond reporting status for people who have added OSI to their contact lists.

It now uses the ALICE engine to generate AI responses over the MSN network. Feel free to add her to your list.

The MSN id is “osibot@hotmail.com”, minus the quotes ofcourse. You can enjoy OSI’s benefits as soon as you add it to your contact list!

Enjoy.

linux has tux

pixar has luxo

GNU has a gnome

exun should have something too!!!

i mean, i think its a cool idea to have a little exun mascot , doesnt has to be something real .. could be anything, uhmm.. nice!

i stumbled upon the idea while collecting some fonts from www.1001fonts.com the font is called creatures , though it has been discussed earlier in my batch with the very obvious conclusion that exun mascot HAS to be a panda…*ahem*

anyways coming back to the font, it has a collection of cartoon-type-little-critters for every alphabet…kinda cute..maybe we could have one of em … otherwise there’s always the mystical legendary drooling panda 😉

Ah! The final battle. Competition was fierce and we even got our first female participant for Unreal Tournament. Where there is a battle, there is a victor and this victor scored exactly 100 frags in 20 minutes (with only 18 deaths):

    Arnab Deb (XII-I)

This is me, signing off from Domain Square… forever.

–Karan

Hello,

This is to point you to the Sessions@Exun website. It’s got some information regarding the PHP session I’m conducting day after tomorrow, and links, etc. etc.

Have a look : http://sessions.exunclan.com

The competition took place on 2nd August 2004 and 27 people took part.

The winner, with any ado, was:

    Varun Vasudevan (X-B)

Since Gursartaj has already detailed on the topic, I shall say not much. There were two Preliminary Rounds and one Final Round. A few Class X Exun Members also took part, but they weren’t much good at gaming, to be honest. Hence the need for these competitions.

–Karan