Rangoli : Not meant for boys, really !

Posted March 27th, 2010 in Wheels by Ankit

So, we tried our hands on Rangoli for first time in Culrav 2010. Not really what we expected output to be. I am putting this under Re-invented wheel (you can see why) :P

Team Members : Initially 3 (Me, Aveek and Syed) and later on around 8 more from first year joined us.
Theme : “Dream”
What we’ve done : A incomplete-complete rangoli + lot of fun.
What we were trying to depict : no you won’t get it in first go and I am not telling you either. Its quite deep to get. Scratch your head, and find out. Continue Reading »

Designed T-Shirts of our Department

Posted March 20th, 2010 in Wheels by Ankit

Its the first time that a T-Shirt for our Department (MCA) here at NIT, Allahabad is made. From the very beginning, we were trying to do the things bit differently. And I am happy to say that, the final design that came out is good. :)

The Team :

We started up with a team from both 1st and 2nd year students. Lot of good ideas came in, and what you can see today is aggregation of all of them.

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Moving away from Boring Studies

Posted February 4th, 2010 in Padai Likhai, Wheels by Ankit

Its a saturation point for me in studies. Some subjects I’ve studied thrice and still my so called Concepts in them are not clear. :P

Few months back we started up with the idea that there should be some better way to learn Computers. When I talked to some of my friends, they don’t even have explanation on why they are here. Only thing that comes out is “I am in for a good Job”. And as such people are increasing day by day, the value of being a Computer Professional is going down. Its kind of a too common thing being related to IT as a profession.
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B-oxmail : Wordpress Plugin – Sidebar E-mail Form

Posted August 2nd, 2009 in Wheels by Ankit

This small widget will add a form to sidebar, which will allow visitors to send an e-mail/feedback directly from any page without visiting the contact page. The widget came into existence out of personal need, when some of the visitor on my blog where posting general queries in comments instead of mailing me.

Some Features :

  • AJAX based to prevent page reload. (0.1+)
  • CAPTCHA verification to prevent spams. (0.1+)
  • Most of the Settings can be Changed from Admin Panel.(0.1+)

If you find the widget helpful, I would encourage you to send me a feedback for improvement.

Version 0.2 (1/August/2009) : First release of Widget B-oxmail.
known bugs : CAPTCHA not working on some of the servers. Fixed with version 0.2.2.

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