Non-tech first. Tech later. Nothing brings me more joy than visiting a new place or doing something new or breaking a fear. I also like to help people find new places/things to explore. If you are in a community that values that, sign me up. Outside work, I’d be more interested if someone talked about their passions, hobbies, interests, dreams instead of the latest tech. I do mostly backend dev, plus Ops. Tools no bar as long as it solves problem.
COVID-19: End of year update
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Some fun with IMDB data and plotly
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It's always DNS: Episode #3416
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Using a RedBear IoT pHAT for BLE with Raspberry Pi 1 B+
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COVID-19 and our lives
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New blog, powered by Ghost, built by Terraform and Ansible
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Fixing Immediate Resume of System after Suspend, on Linux Mint/Ubuntu
I recently bought a new (used) laptop, a Lenovo Thinkpad T430, and decided to install Linux Mint with KDE on it. I used to use Cinnamon but decided to give KDE a chance because I’ve used KDE apps before and they’re the finest.
It’s been running fine since then except, I’ve had this problem where once in a month or so, when I close the lid, the laptop sleeps for a second and then wakes up instantly.…
Read more ⟶Remembering 2016
Happy new year 2017! As we celebrate the beginning of this new year, I’d like to jot down what all I did in 2016.
January Got married!
Everything was decided in the last quarter of 2015. And finally on 29th January, Ayanti and I got married on a not-so-cold winter evening. The journey that started 5 years ago at an Anime club meetup (Yeah!), evolved to it’s next stage. Got some photos on Flickr to share with you all.…
Read more ⟶Graphic novels on travel
I love graphic novels. They are a visual treat, the best way to tell stories. And I also like to travel and reading about travel stories. I’ve come across some graphic novels on travel that tells you about real places and real people. So thought of mentioning them here. I’ve read some of them, and plan to read the others soon.
Japan Ai: A Tall Girl’s Adventures in Japan Author: Aimee Major-Steinberger…
Read more ⟶Free Basics by Facebook is a Nightmare on the Internet
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