I’m feeling a little bummed this afternoon. I got the following email from the GSoC people:

Dear Applicant,

First of all, Google and the open source organizations taking part in
Google Summer of Code would like to thank for applying to take part in
the program this year. Unfortunately, your application was not one of
those selected to take part in the program. Universally, the quality
of the submitted applications was very high, but we had a limited
number of slots available. This often difficult decision was made by
the organization you applied to, so any questions regarding
application selection should be directed at them.

We hope you'll consider applying next year.

Kind regards,
The Google Summer of Code Program Administration Team

The $4,500 stipend would have gone a long way towards a MacBook Pro and other fun toys. Oh well. I’ll just have to remain content with my employer issued Dell.

The good news is that I won’t have anything distracting me from getting my thesis done. If you can call that good news…