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 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.
Adulting is the phase of life where you must do what needs to be done, regardless of your mental or physical state. This week was the week of adulting; even then, I am falling behind a bit. Adulting is hard :)
Uma met her another set of cousins this week/end. We visited the local temple to see the elephant with her on Saturday. Uma wanted to pet the elephant :) On Monday, we went to the beach to see the sunset. Uma loves water but has yet to figure out the ocean and waves...
Table of Contents1 Requirements2 Solution3 Things I like4 Things to improve5 Conclusion It started as a search for a good weekend backpack to replace my broken, decade-old Wildcraft backpack. Since I had also started riding, I thought a combo backpack and bike pannier would be great. Requirements Solution I had a positive experience...
I was at Fifth Elephant and met many people after a long time. I had great conversations with Kiran from Swetcha, Chaitanya, Yeswanth, Haripriya, Srinivas Kodali, Venkat of Scribble Data, Rasagy, Prashant, etc. I missed OpenDataCamp, which was my place for such things. Maybe in the summer of 2025, we will get to...
I paid the advance for the restoration and rework of Red (Yamaha). The total repair expense will be more than how much I spent to buy it. I think it’s worth it. I love that motorcycle. It’s with Salman of Delhi Garage. He has promised to deliver it in 25 days. Let’s see.
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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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