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.
Today, many apps across platforms (web, android, ios, car) use location (lat,lng) or address as the starting point. But there is no single source of truth for my PoIs shared across various apps. For example, I need to store “HOME” on Google Maps, Uber, Ola, and other apps. If you shift, then you will have to update everywhere. There is no way to sync.
I use Jinja2 in a variety of ways. Sometimes to create SVGs and other times to create reports. Recently there was a requirement to create PDF reports as part of a service. Since the app already uses Python and Jinja2, we used that to generate PDF reports. Using data and Jinja2, we created...
I set up an ntfy notification to warn me if the air in my bedroom is bad between 6 pm and 9 pm. It lets me turn on the air purifier in advance. Lately, I wasn’t receiving alerts, so I checked my systems, and the notifier and Home Assistant were fine. However, the AQI sensor showed a significant drop in early June, and it has remained low since then.
I have a need to run some cameras that need to be accessible only on LAN. One is just looking outside my window and taking a picture of the sky every hour; the other is just watching my pets.
Mapping CCTV cameras ( Surveillance ) is a community effort on OSM. You can credit OSM contributors as defined on this page when you use the data. But personally I wanted to see who are the folks who are contributing to this data. So I went to Overpass Turbo and ran this query to get...
I started writing online after joining Infosys (my first job) in 2003. So this year, I also completed 20 years of working. It’s not a surprise that my blogging origins coincide with my work at Infosys. I couldn’t afford a good internet connection or a decent computer before getting a job. That is only half part of the story.
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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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