{"id":774,"date":"2008-01-15T14:59:25","date_gmt":"2008-01-15T14:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/01\/15\/celebrate-your-inner-nerd\/"},"modified":"2008-01-15T14:59:25","modified_gmt":"2008-01-15T14:59:25","slug":"celebrate-your-inner-nerd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/01\/15\/celebrate-your-inner-nerd\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate your inner nerd!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.topcoder.com\/tc?module=Static&#038;d1=tournaments&#038;d2=tco08&#038;d3=about\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.topcoder.com\/i\/home\/tco08registerBanner.png?w=840\" alt=\"TopCoder Open 2008 registration banner\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Registration for both the Algorithm and Marathon competitions in this year&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.topcoder.com\/tc?module=Static&#038;d1=tournaments&#038;d2=tco08&#038;d3=about\">TopCoder Open<\/a> close in the last week of January, so start sharpening your &#8230; uh &#8230; programming &#8230; thingies &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I was participating in TopCoder events a fair bit when we first got to Colchester.  I stopped, though, once the research really got up to speed, and I haven&#8217;t participated in TopCoder in several months.  I&#8217;m not entirely sure I&#8217;ll be able to participate in this year&#8217;s open (there may be an unavoidable scheduling conflict), but it would be nice to try to add another t-shirt to my collection. <\/p>\n<p>For those about to code, we salute you!<\/p>\n\n\t<div class=\"st-post-tags \">\n\tTags: <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/competition\/\" title=\"competition\">competition<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/contest\/\" title=\"contest\">contest<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/programming\/\" title=\"programming\">programming<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/topcoder\/\" title=\"TopCoder\">TopCoder<\/a><br \/><\/div>\n\n\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2009\/03\/06\/twin-cities-folks-poetry-out-loud-state-finals-on-monday\/\" title=\"Twin Cities folks: Poetry Out Loud state finals on Monday! (6 Mar 09)\">Twin Cities folks: Poetry Out Loud state finals on Monday!<\/a> (0)<\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2014\/02\/01\/thomass-play-house-of-atreus-takes-first-at-sub-sections\/\" title=\"Thomas&#8217;s play &#8220;House of Atreus&#8221; takes first at sub-sections! (1 Feb 14)\">Thomas&#8217;s play &#8220;House of Atreus&#8221; takes first at sub-sections!<\/a> (2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Registration for both the Algorithm and Marathon competitions in this year&#8217;s TopCoder Open close in the last week of January, so start sharpening your &#8230; uh &#8230; programming &#8230; thingies &#8230; I was participating in TopCoder events a fair bit when we first got to Colchester. I stopped, though, once the research really got up &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/01\/15\/celebrate-your-inner-nerd\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Celebrate your inner nerd!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[4,17],"tags":[213,214,82,215],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-cu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":218,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2005\/08\/20\/got-another-topcoder-open-t-shirt\/","url_meta":{"origin":774,"position":0},"title":"Got another TopCoder Open t-shirt!","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"20 Aug 05","format":false,"excerpt":"I've just managed to get my third TopCoder Open t-shirt in a row! 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