Thejesh GN

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.

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Technology

SmartTab – Why a cheap android tab?

I bought a new Karbonn SmartTab2. It was roughly INR 7K ($140). Many of my friends were surprised that I bought a cheap tablet (especially because I have plans of upgrading my Nexus One by year end). I have been exploring cheap tablets for a while and I settled down for SmartTab at...

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Life

Then they came for whistleblowers

Today’s Salman Kurshid incident reminds me First they came for the communists, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a communist. Then they came for the socialists, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t...

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Technology

Instgram for Crowdsourcing Postbox Locations

Update: Its become an all India postbox data collection project. Now we use the tag #openpostboxindia. The source code is open sourced and can be used for any type of photo and location based data collection using Instagram and Twitter. I have been using instagram a lot. If you follow me on instagram...

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Awesome weekend

I had an awesome weekend at Pondicherry. I don’t want to write anything about it other than saying it was my best birthday. Here are some pictures from instagram.

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Life

 

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Grand Parents

I didn’t get to spend time with my grandparents. I really don’t know how kids interact with their grand parents. Its fun too watch how my parents communicate with their grand kids (my sisters kids). Kind of very new experience for me.

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Technology

Securing your server using DenyHosts

Running an internet accessible server means you are opening yourself to crackers. Running the server in itself is a risk, so risk management is of top priority when you open up the ports for accessing the server. The standard ports are 80(http), 443(https) and mostly 22(for ssh). Port 22 is the most important...