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.
Last few days 1 I was in a conversation with someone. In most cases he would end the argument with “It’s common sense”. I agreed to disagree with him on “common sense”. “common sense” is a starting point to any debate. It’s not how one ends the debate. Most people including him end...
Table of Contents1 PINs for both your phone and SIM2 Full disk encryption3 Public Wifi and VPN4 Apps, software maintenance5 Mobile browser, add-ons6 Password managers7 2FA or two factor authentication8 Messaging Like every geek, I have been asked to set up computers for family and friends. These days I get asked about mobiles/web...
Table of Contents1 Communication conundrum2 Butchering the bugs3 Speed thrills, and leaves companies open to breaches4 When process is boring5 Ignoring internal security threats6 Struggling with system maintenance7 Tackling external threats In mid-August, news reports on the Scorpène leak — over 22,000 pages of sensitive data related to India’s Scorpène-class submarines was compromised...
Day 8th was probably the longest drive in this trip. Roughly around 600 Kms. But the roads were great so we didn’t feel much. We left Lucknow quite late by 9am. We had half tank fuel, so I didn’t think much. Ecosport gives at least around 350 Kms for that much fuel. Only...
Varanasi to Lucknow is not very far. Its about 300KMs. But road isn’t great. It took us more than 7 hours to cover. But its all worth it. Lucknow is a beauty or at least the area we saw. Traffic is so much better than Allahabad or Varanasi. We reached around 2pm, so...
Sarnath is one of the four holy places for Buddhists. This is where Gautama Buddha gave his first public lecture including Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta. Otherwise Sarnath also has one of pillars of Ashoka. Its broken and the Lion Capital of Ashoka is for display inside museum. Lion Capital is also the state emblem of...
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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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