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.
My favourite way of exploring a city is by walking. I would have walked to explore Dundee anyway. But Oor Wullie’s BIG Bucket Trail gave me an option to follow an interesting path. So I did and also captured as many Wullies as possible. Oor Wullie’s BIG Bucket Trail is the first ever nationwide public art trail in Scotland. Wullie is Scotland’s most loved cartoon character.
In the last five years I have seen how the technology has gotten used during the Mumbai Rains, Chennai Rains and Kerala Floods1. It’s been great to see that technology played a role in bringing some ease and swiftness to relief work. But it can do more if we are prepared. When I...
For last couple of months I have been driving quite a bit inside the city1. The biggest thing I noticed was the amount of public CCTV cameras across the city. I find them in every corner. We don’t know clearly how many of them are there, what’s the spread, who owns them and...
I love using sparklines. I use them everywhere from Google Sheets to web pages. Popularized by Edward Tufte. It’s usually a small line chart without axes or coordinates. Like this . I like them because they go very well with text, without disturbing the flow but significantly adding to the information display. Sparklines...
Are macros still useful? I think yes. Macros give the users ability to programmatically script the content. This can be really useful in many situations to automate the stuff. Of course there are many reasons not use them. Historically they have been proven very dangerous. Specifically the documents that you receive through email...
Finally its here. It took me a lot of time to decide this year. I received more applications than I expected and of very varied kind. That made it difficult. Like last year, this year too, I divided the grant between three of them. But from next year, I think I will limit...
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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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