Thejesh GN

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Category: Technology

Node red flow 2

Technology

 

Building Surveillance in Bangalore leaderboard using Node-Red and CouchDB

I wrote the Surveillance in Bangalore leaderboard using Budibase a while ago. However, I was not impressed with Budibase’s latest changes, so I replaced it with the good old Node-Red flow. Node-Red is already running at my home, so installing it was not required. Since the data was always stored on my instance of CouchDB, I didn’t have to do any migration there. I moved the automation to Node-Red And viewed it using HTML and CouchDB Views.

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Photography / Technology

Embedding 360 Degree Panorama Images with Pannellum

Recently, I wanted to embed a 360-degree panoramic image inside an HTML page. Many third-party viewers are available, but I wanted a simple, self-hosted version. This quest led me down a research rabbit hole, where I spent more time than necessary. This is what I learned, in simple words.

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Life / Technology

Linked List:  FOSS Apps for Tracking Baby Progress

I have been using apps to track my baby’s progress. I mostly use self-hostable web apps that I can host on my home server or Android apps that work offline. All of which are FOSS. Except for the Milestone tracking apps :( They are not FOSS, but they are taxpayer-funded and freely available.

OSM Tubro Query for Pet friendly places in Bengaluru 1

Technology

 

Mapping Pet Friendly Places in Bengaluru on OpenStreetMap

I have started mapping pet-friendly places in and around Bengaluru. I am considering the newer areas like Devanahalli, Hosakote, Nelamangala, Anekal, etc. Hence, the area I am mapping is bigger than the city of Bengaluru.  For mapping pet-friendly places, there are two competing tags. pets and pets_allowed. Given that Pets is used a lot, I am...

Watching Photo stream on Android/VLC 0

Technology

Streaming a Gallery of Images as Video

I have many family, friends, and pet pictures on my home server that I wanted to present as a gallery on various devices. All these display devices are connected to the network. However, some devices have a browser, and some have video players. So, I had to figure out how to stream images...

Calibre Web 3

Technology

Hosting Books at Home using Calibre Web 

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...