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.
Couple of weeks back I bought a few iTags. These are simple BLE buttons. They have a small led, a button and a buzzer. CR2032 – a 3v coin cell battery powers it. Since they are Bluetooth Low Energy devices, a single cell can power them for years. It’s easy to change batteries...
Something strange and worrisome is happening in Hyderabad. The police there want to collect records of every resident, regardless of whether or not the person is a suspect of any crime. And it doesn’t end there. They want to collect very specific details including phone numbers, relationships, voter identification numbers and Aadhaar numbers....
It’s not a news anymore. @jackerhack has written about this in detail. To which after a denial, the man behind the accounts has apologized. I have not met Sharad nor done any business with him. I have attended a product nation conclave couple of years back. Though I noticed a recent rise in...
I appeared on TV9, Public TV and News9 recently. In all three appearances I talked about WannaCry ransomware. There are not many technologists to explain tech on Kannada TV and hence it was important. Of all three I really loved talking to Ranganath on Public TV. The invitation was sudden and so I...
As part of its Digital India initiative, the central government has been readying its cyber warfare arsenal. Its latest weapon is a mobile and desktop security solution that will notify, enable cleaning and secure devices and systems of end-users. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) launched this solution — a botnet...
I am answering questions raised by Ritesh Dwivedy on YourStory in a blog post titled 5 questions for the anti-Aadhaar brigade. It’s also available on UIDAI website. Readers may want to read that post first. Also everyone is welcome to share or republish my answers under CCBYSA. Same or similar questions have been...
I have used MIT’s AppInventor in class rooms. All non-professional programmers appreciate how easy it is to use AppInventor to create apps. I have also seen lot of professionals using it to create one time use apps including me. It’s a great tool except you can’t generate an iOS app. On the side...
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.
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