RK's Rambling

I have a thing for Hackathon. I am a procrastinator. A lazy and  procrastinator graduate student, not a nice combination to have. But still when I see hundreds of sharp minds in a room scrabbling over idea, hungry to build and prototype their idea. Bring it to life, it finally pushes me to activity, makes me productive.  That is why I love Hackathon, that is why I love HackRice, our resident Hackathon of Rice University. TL;DR: if you just want to try the extension, chrome version is here and Firefox version is here . I have been participating at HackRice since 2014, when I think for the first time it was open for non-rice students, and have been participating ever since. What a roller coaster ride it has been, but that is a story for another day. HackRice 7.5 being the last one I will be able to attend at Rice, it was somewhat special and emotional for me. Hackrice 7.5 starts now! HackRice 7.5 was a tad different form the other iterations. For starters it was