Weekly Notes 22/2026

This Saturday, we drove to Palakkad to meet Pradeep and Dhanya. It was a short morning walk and breakfast meet. We met at the fort, walked around, and chit-chatted while having breakfast at Indraprasta. The fort is well-maintained, and the walking path around the fort is good for a casual morning walk. Thanks to Pradeep for this. I have been coming to Thrissur quite regularly since 2013 (my first time was in 2010, during a motorcycle ride). At least twice a year, but in most years, three or four times. Each time I have spent at least two weeks. Given how much time I spend here, I should meet more folks here. I should take the initiative.

• So with these visits, I have also seen how Thrissur is changing. In the last few years, there have been lots of cafes (with coffee). Now you get good coffee, too. I am waiting for someone to start Bangalore Filter Coffee. This week, I tried Loaves and Muffins (again) and Tea Mill. Last time I was at L&M, it was very now. Now they are well established. The Tea Mill is very new. So new that they have not worked on their full menu yet. They are friendly, and I liked their burger. I added postboxes at Palakkad, Peringavu, and Ashtamichira to the OpenPostboxIndia collection.
• Work has been stable this week. I am on top of most of the things, so good.
• Uma watched Kathakali at Thiruvambady Sree Krishna Temple. It was her first time. She kind of liked it, but she was also impatient with the pace. May be in a couple of years she will sit through it.
• I continued with online P.T sessions this week. I didn’t carry weights this time (I should), but I did carry enough bands. The trainer did a great job organizing my workouts with what I had. And they were really good sessions. I also learned some from Fitbod; they have small but good video demonstrations. I have not played in three weeks. I hope to get back to it when I return to Bangalore.
• All fund transfers related to NMG/2026 are complete. IndiaFOSS 2026 is happening on September 26th and 27th at NIMHANS, Bengaluru. It is a Free and Open Source Software festival organized by the FOSS United community. It may sound more technical than it actually is. In practice, it is a festival of public-interest cultural, knowledge, technical, and community work in India. The community around it is open to many forms of participation and collaboration. I am also proposing a discussion session on “Microgranting in India” (confirmation and scheduling are still pending). You can read the proposal and send me feedback. There are also student discounts and diversity scholarships, so please do apply. Also propose talks, BOFs, and apply for a booth to showcase your FOSS projects.
• Domain name suspensions are always scary, especially if you have things attached to your domain name. Erin Brockovich (yes) has a map of AI data centers across the USA with their water consumption, power usage, etc. It would be great to have a similar one in India, especially given how short we are on potable water. I discovered The Primer, a quarterly periodical. A security report blog on the CBSE online marking app is a good read.