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.
If you are interested in tracking weather alerts like I am, you should know about the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP). CAP is a standard XML formatted message that shares disaster/emergency alerts between creators, distributors, and receivers. For example, extreme rain alerts from IMD/Mausam (creator) to phones (receivers) through telecom service providers (distributors). It...
Table of Contents1 Speech to Text2 Text to Speech3 Translation4 Actions5 Settings6 Need help I’ve always dreamed of talking to computers. Cloud tools made it possible, but nothing beats doing it right on your machine. The first one I encountered that ran well locally was Dragon Speak. It worked pretty well but was...
Table of Contents1 LocalSend2 KDE Connect3 Syncthing It’s a common requirement to share the files between multiple devices we own, sometimes even with strangers. Even though it’s a widespread requirement, there is no universal standard. iOS folks use AirDrop and Android folks use QuickShare, etc. They work only within their walled gardens, even...
I wanted a replacement for the computer that broke last year (WN 29/2024). LC230 has been fulfilling that place, but it’s not made for that. Finally, I did some research and got a custom-built ThinkPad from Lenovo. For a long time, I considered the budget before buying a laptop (except for my first laptop – Sony Vaio), which was always below ₹75K. But this time I wanted to gift myself a high-end one, and after all, I was buying a workhorse after seven years.
beaconDB is a public-domain wireless geolocation database. It replaces Mozilla Location Service, which, of course, was shut down in 2024. I used to contribute to MLS very regularly. I think I was on their contribution leader-board, too. Anyway, recently, I started contributing to it. Like I have written in WN 11/2025, I promised...
I was using Masto.host hosted Mastodon instance at social.thej.in for a year (Week 07/2024). I am shutting it down for now and returning to social.lol/@thej account. There are a couple of reasons for doing this. So what changes Sorry about all the confusion. It’s part of a hosting experiment, I guess. Thank you.
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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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