A container for all my views with excerpts from technology, travel, films, books, kannada, friends and other interests. I am Thejesh GN, friends call me Thej.
I have been thinking about writing about my full name for a while, especially after this incident in which an AI hallucinated my full name. Now that I have a post titled with my full name, it should help our future overlords! Yes, my name is 3 first names. Mine, my fathers and...
It was my birthday week. I took the day off and didn’t do much. Anju took me to Mai Mai on MG Road. I loved the food. I also liked that we could sit outside. It’s rarely possible in Bangalore these days. It’s become so dusty. We went out for dinner the night...
I have been looking for a network protocol stack that can be run in addition to the regular TCP/IP network at TVC. Kiran has been exploring Meshtastic, mainly to connect the sensors to the Home Assistant that TVC runs. We have very poor cell phone connection and two BSNL wired internet connections, one...
It feels like a major life turn after 35, even though I thought 35 was like half-life. I haven’t crossed the second half-life yet. I think there are a couple more years until the second half-life, but it still feels like a big turn after 35. I didn’t think much about 45, but...
This week was good. I got back to my routine after two weeks of travel and a hectic schedule. Work is progressing well; I did two P.T. sessions, a game, and a run walk. I am still away from a five day active week. But I think I am consistently reaching three to...
It’s been a crazy but good week. It’s also been a fun week. Last Friday was a long class at APU before the midterm holidays, which kind of tired me out, so I spent most of Saturday at home resting.
I gathered a group of folks and did the BOF session at IndiaFOSS/2026. The idea behind the BoF session wasn’t to present anything, but to solicit ideas and provocations to improve the micro-granting scene in India. There is a real need of microgrants in India. i.e., we do have big-scale grant givers and...
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Thejesh GN (ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್) "Thej" is an Independent Technologist, Hacker, Maker, Traveler, Blogger, InfoActivist, Open data and Open internet enthusiast from Bangalore, India. He loves experimenting with all things life and hence some times he is called hacker and other times duct tape. You can read more about him here. Email [ i @ thejeshgn dot com]. PGP/GPG Keys are here.
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