Weekly Notes 13/2026

We had a long weekend due to Yugadhi and Eid. I didn’t do much. Mostly spent time at home, sleeping. I feel rested after a long time.

• On Saturday, I was at IndieWebClub/BLR meetup. I could help some folks with WordPress. Other than that, it was just fun to see and listen to so many bloggers. Beautiful Bangalore flowers.
• It’s the season of birthdays; we celebrated a couple this week, and we will celebrate more next week. Sunday was Echos gotcha day. It’s already been five years. Time flies, and he is a senior now. Anju baked a cake for him and for Pathu.
• I also met some friends for coffee and dinner during the week, but we couldn’t play. I was able to do two days of training at Stairs. I am progressing well.
• Dave Winer and Kotke have blogrolls that might interest you. 404Media is one of the tech media I follow. I am not a paid subscriber yet, but one day I might. I use uv everyday. The company behind it, Astral, is joining OpenAI, which I think is not good news for uv users. But let’s see. If your kids are forced to be online for entertainment, then The Kid Should See This is a curated list of videos that you might find useful. In fact, even for adults. Nightingale looks like a great tool for creating karaoke songs. It’s FOSS as well. I have not tried it yet.
• I thought courts would take a strong stance on Sonam Wangchuk’s illegal detention for 170 days. But I think I failed to realize that the S.C. doesn’t work in isolation; they are just part of this society, and they fail citizens just as other institutions do.
• If I am forced to define what I like to do in three words, then it would be to learn, build, and teach.