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 don’t buy DRMed books anymore. I stopped buying books on Kindle and also stopped using Audible. I have been buying only DRM-free eBooks or physical books. I use the FBReader App to read the books. It integrates well with FBReader Book Network to provide sync and backup features using OPDS. FBReader Book Network indirectly uses Google...
Kuvempu, who is known for Sri Ramayana Darshanam, is a much more revolutionary poet and writer than known for creating a liberal Rama. When he was alive, his Ramayana Darshanam and other writings came under heavy fire from the right wing. Now I understand how. Today, Kuvempu would have been criticized more than...
Below is the gallery of featured images from my 2023 weekly notes. It represents the year pictorially. It’s an exciting way to look at the year. At some point, I want to make a yearly flip book using these pictures, with locations and characters involved. It will be a good yearbook. Also, I...
We are back in Bangalore. This drive took a bit longer. We took two 45-minute breaks each for baby and pet-related work. Otherwise, it was a comfortable drive. We left at 3:20 AM and reached by about 1:30 PM. It makes a lot of difference if you start early. It’s primarily long-distance truck traffic early in the morning, and they are much more professional Than others on the road. So it’s much easier to drive alongside them.
I have a set of static web apps that I like. They have no backend or server-side components. Some of them have a piece of storage; for example, they can store the data back to the user’s CouchDB, browser’s localStorage, URL, or remoteStorage. They all run in the browser. They are also called Unhosted apps....
This year, 2024, will be the seventh year of the grant. I am pleased that I was able to sustain it. I am grateful to friends (Nemo, Gangadhar, Shweta) and other anonymous folks who have joined me on this journey with additional grant support. I am also thankful to all the applicants and grantees who have been part of this journey in one way or another. It’s one of those things I do every year that makes me very happy.
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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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