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Amidst all this travel, I finally got some time to install GrapheneOS on the refurbished Pixel 8 Pro that I bought last month. Boy, that was the easiest OS install I’ve done in a while. Barely took my 10 minutes from start to finish. And having spent a few weeks with GrapheneOS as my primary driver. It’s nothing short of amazing! I love that it’s so vanilla ! My main profile has…
Rishi’s most recent newsletter sent me down a rabbit-hole on the Palakkad Gap - the lowest and most significant mountain pass in the Western Ghats in India. It all makes sense now - The weather patterns, our ancestral migration, the language effect… And then the word Kerala was derived from Cheralam . The Cheras Dynasty ruled this part of India then and the Palakkad Gap was…
Sometime in 2021 I started jotting down my weight in Trilium. I wasn’t quite diligent about it but I did make that effort to log it down whenever I measured it. Looking back at it today, it’s interesting to see the consistent downward trend over the last five years. What’s more interesting is the sinusoidal peaks and troughs. I don’t think there’s much merit in…
After a failed attempt to install LineageOS on my primary phone, I spent a good many hours last week trying to revive as much as I could. After that misadventure, I’m several steps behind where I wanted to be - Instead of a fully functional LineageOS device, I now have a phone that is barely stable and doesn’t quite have a rear camera. Mistakes are all mine though and in hindsight, I…
Sometime around February last year, I setup my comments system using ntfy . I think it’s actually pretty neat how it works and I’ve barely received any spam. I’ve kept it bare-bones since people rarely comment these days. Unless there’s an edgy or controversial post; there’s barely any exchange. And that’s perfectly fine too, I think. For what I write here is…
At 0107 WAT it took me quite an effort to keep my eyes open. It’s been a while that I’ve stayed up late to watch something. But what a sensation of joy was it to see the capsule beautifully make it’s way into earth and splashdown into the Pacific Ocean. The amount of math, engineering and science to send 4 humans ~250,000 mi away from earth and bring them back safely, enduring…
What a fucking miserable day today’s been. Came home this evening to the Main breaker panel being down again. Called FAC. While we were figuring out the issue with the power, we heard OP was electrocuted while playing in his yard and didn’t make it. Such a freaking tragic loss. How do you even come to terms with shit like this? Rest in peace, little one. I’ll remember your…
JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC JAN We fit in a quick trip to Houston . Getting there and back was quite eventful! Hiked La Malinche with the ESC boys and had a good taste of frostbite. Work took me to Matamoros . Would be my last TDY while with ESC Mexico city! M’s offer got rescinded because of the ‘Hiring freeze’… FEB Hiked Pico de…