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.
DigDag is a pretty simple tool to install and run. There are quite a few tips and tricks that you can use to make your interaction productive. Here are my favourite ones. Setup DigDag Config DigDag command takes quite a few parameters. Instead of remembering to enter them every time, one can create...
DigDag has been a tool of choice to run data workflows and some batch jobs at First Walkin Technologies. I liked DigDag from day one. Just like any Unix tool, It does a limited set of things but it does them quite well. One of the things I really missed is to trigger...
HOPCOMS Daily rate page moved to a new location last month. It’s not visible on Google search and hence I couldn’t find. But a good soul at HOPCOMS whom I got in touch with sent me this new link. It’s not just change of url. They have changed the structure of the data...
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...
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...
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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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