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 am disappointed by my generation (or maybe just by myself) of Indian engineers. We got the best opportunities, with the world opening to us in the 90s, and we made the most of it. Yet we watched riots, communalization, discriminating laws, and inequality; grow daily, as though it’s a fictional series running...
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...
Echo has been shedding a lot these days. So manual sweeping and mopping once a day has not been enough. So we got an iRobot/Roomba j7 combo this week, mainly to clean up after him. We think vacuuming some parts of the house once a day will do good. Currently, it’s still mapping the place....
It’s been a busy week with lots of stuff getting done. It’s not a hectic week. Just busy enough to keep me active in my personal and professional life. We are in the last week of the first half of 2023; I am still waiting to realize half the year is over.
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.
I have read at least two messages this week about folks who want to start their microgrant. It’s an incredible thing to read about first thing in the morning. NMG began in 2018 and is in its sixth year. I am more than happy to share any details you want. Do email me. That’s the best way...
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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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