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.
You don’t often get the chance to hear Nobel Laureates live. When the opportunity arose in the form of the Nobel Prize Dialogue, The Future We Want, I applied. I wasn’t expecting to receive an invitation. I had assumed that this would for young people and they would prefer folks under 30. The...
I started reading Demon-Haunted World : Sagan, Carl, Druyan, Ann. It’s about cultivating a scientific temper, promoting critical thinking, and fostering skepticism. One paragraph in the preface made me think about my parents and thousands of others as well. You don’t have to be a scientist to have a scientific temper or to...
Nagarathna Memorial Grant is a no strings attached grant of one lakh rupees (~$1400). It’s a micro-grant targeted at everyone. 2021 grant application is open.
As a teenager I was very curious about stars and galaxies. Only time we could get to see something related was an yearly school trip to Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bangalore. As I grew up my interest moved to technology from science. Mostly because technology gave me an opportunity to tinker with. When I...
For a long time I was scared to read Einstein. Most of my physics reading was Richard Feynman’s essays. I think its more to do with his life and character than the physics itself. If I remember properly I read A Brief History of Time when I was in college. That’s the closest...
I think first time I heard Kevin Warwick was in 2002 at a public event at IISc. I think I was still a student then. It kind of got me interested in robotics and artificial intelligence. I am sure that was the point of public lectures. Ten years later he was back in...
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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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