AppFog OpenStack Birthday Contest

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Create an app on AppFog that outputs plain text Happy Birthday OpenStack and win some great prizes!

The more obfuscated the code used to generate the text, the better. Contest ends Thu Jul 19 @ Midnight, winners announced Mon Jul 23

Contest Closed!

We have announced the winners and runner ups!

prizes

Prizes

  1. Grand Prize: New MacBook Pro 15" Retina Display
  2. Runner Up: New iPad 3 Retina Display
  3. All contestants: 2GB free RAM for your apps on any infrastructure

Rules

  1. Create an app on AppFog (any technology, any infrastructure, must be an AppFog subdomain)
  2. From http://your-app.rs.af.cm/ your app should output this in plain text: Happy Birthday OpenStack (no HTML, nothing)
  3. http://your-app.rs.af.cm/src should output the code for how your app generated “Happy Birthday OpenStack”. The more obfuscated the better.
  4. (Optional) Brownie points: Tweet http://openstack.appfog.com/
  5. Official Legal Rules Terms and Conditions

Selection Process

    Criteria

    Originality, creativity, difficulty, and does-it-run.

    Grand Prize

    Judges will pick the best obfuscated example solely based on /src code, then the author will be determined from the app's URL and contacted.

    Runner-Up

    Judges will select the entry that makes them laugh most.

    Timing

    Contest ends Thu Jul 19 @ Midnight, winners announced Mon Jul 23.

Distinguished Judges

Last 10 Entries
http://happy-birthday.ap01.aws.af.cm - http://happy-birthday.ap01.aws.af.cm/src
http://kcatsnepoyadhtribyppah.ap01.aws.af.cm - http://kcatsnepoyadhtribyppah.ap01.aws.af.cm/src
http://bhosacedhiknprty.aws.af.cm/ - http://bhosacedhiknprty.aws.af.cm/src
http://irgeek.eu01.aws.af.cm - http://irgeek.eu01.aws.af.cm/src
http://reversecodegolf.aws.af.cm/ - http://reversecodegolf.aws.af.cm/src
http://adrianrf-openstack-contest.aws.af.cm/ - http://adrianrf-openstack-contest.aws.af.cm/src
http://soheil.aws.af.cm/ - http://soheil.aws.af.cm/src
http://zanbdayentry.aws.af.cm/ - http://zanbdayentry.aws.af.cm/src
http://sandbox.eu01.aws.af.cm/ - http://sandbox.eu01.aws.af.cm/src
http://happy-b-day-openstack.eu01.aws.af.cm - http://happy-b-day-openstack.eu01.aws.af.cm/src