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Watch Now – Internet’s Own Boy – Free CC Download

I am very happy that I came across this project and was able to contribute to it. Given the amount of data scraping I do, you can imagine how close this story is to my heart. Watch it on vimeo on demand if possible. You can download the cc licensed version using bittorrent...

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HappyTuesday Week 1 – Scraping the Web continues

Notes from my first ever HappyTuesdays. I couldn’t get to sit at HappyBelly Cafe, it seems they open only at 10am. Instead I went to french loaf. I sat outside under the green, I really liked it, weather was awesome. I continued my work on earlier scraping projects Fixed bugs and updated the...

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State of Political Conversations Online

I have blogged for a decade and been writing about politics for a while. But this year has been different, not just because more Indians are online and on social media. But also because there is more bullying (trolls) online this time. I have seen more of them on twitter than anywhere else....

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Locus the best Android Map App for Geek Travellers

I travel quite a bit for both business and pleasure. I enjoy driving, cycling and walking while I am traveling. I am also a data geek and blogger so its important for me to record things. In last few years I have tried multiple map applications while traveling both in cities where I...

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Running Bangalore Skyscraper Dash

I ran the first ever Bangalore SkyScraperDash today, thanks to Intuit. It was more tiring than I thought. I wish I had bigger lungs and more climbing practice. But it was fun. Some pictures from the run And the map. Map time includes the climb time but not the distance. The fastest was...

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Tiled Map Storage in SQLite

Locus App allows offline sqlite format maps. I was always curious about the self-contained maps specially because I love sqlite. So last evening I selected a small area on Locus and asked it to download in SQLite format. This GIF should show you how to download the maps on locus for offline usage....