This time when I went home to Kerala, I noticed that the ceiling fan in my room had been replaced with a BLDC fan. I’m not against energy-efficient tech, but I absolutely hate these new fans. The Fan Let me explain. We used to have a simple regulator. The newer ones were electronic step regulators - speed 1 to 5, all smooth. With BLDC fans, that whole system goes out the window....
This is my entry on the topic “Affirmations” for February’s IndieWeb Carnival hosted by Joe Crawford . If you have written something similar for this month’s IndieWeb Carnival, please send it to me as well. When I came across the IndieWeb Carnival on VH Belvadi’s website, I was excited. I had written last month’s theme with so much clarity, the words flowing effortlessly. But when February’s theme by Joe Crawford— ‘Affirmations’ was announced, I had no idea what to write....
Yesterday, I randomly came to know about the Wall of Entropy at Cloudflare’s(CF) San Francisco office. You might wonder what’s so special about a bunch of lava lamps in a tech company’s lobby. Well, TL;DR: Cloudflare uses them for cryptography. If you want the full details, CF’s blog post on the same is an excellent read, but in a nutshell, encryption needs a random seed, and computers—being deterministic— can’t generate truly random numbers on their own....
This is my entry on the topic “Importance of Friction” for January’s IndieWeb Carnival hosted by V.H. Belvadi . If you have written something similar for this month’s IndieWeb Carnival, please send it to me as well. Before I moved to a Hugo blog, I had a WordPress blog. To be honest, it was super easy to use. I could log in, type, edit directly within the browser on any device, and publish with just a few clicks....
I’m not sure where I heard about it, but I had read about the 12 hour walk sometime last year and had noted it down in my journal. I had forgotten about it, but happened to read it again last weekend while browsing Reddit. With weather being super nice here in Abu Dhabi, I thought why not take this challenge! Unlike Dubai where I had lived earlier, Abu Dhabi felt more pedestrian friendly with the whole network of cycling and jogging tracks (Do you know that Abu Dhabi is the first city in Asia to be awarded ‘UCI Bike City’?...
2024 was a year of surprises and challenges. Moving to Dubai at the start of the year, and later to Abu Dhabi, brought a lot of excitement, but it also came with its fair share of struggles—particularly in my career. Despite my background in renewable energy and months of searching, I couldn’t find the kind of employment opportunities I was hoping for. Those months were tough, filled with frustration, self-doubt, and extreme anxiety....
Following the trend on the internet, I published 27 lessons when I turned 27 and 28 lessons when I turned 28. I missed out last year, but as I recently turned 30, I decided to share a few lessons this time. These are insights I jotted down in Obsidian throughout the year, which I’ve polished and edited into this post to mark my birthday. Number 30 by Jackson Pollock It doesn’t matter who you were; all that matters is who you are now....
When I moved this blog from WordPress to Hugo, I added a version number to the footer. While it served no practical purpose at the time, it made the blog feel more polished, more deliberate—an aesthetic touch, rather than utilitarian. I used to update it occasionally, but often used to forget about it and it was never automated. A few months later, during a casual conversation, a friend asked, “You seem to tweak your blog a lot....
I recently spoke to a reader on the blog during unoffice hours , and we got into a discussion about Notion. While I agree that Notion’s UI is sleek and feature-rich, I had my concerns. I used Notion for a while in early 2021 but eventually switched to Obsidian. This isn’t a promotion for Obsidian—nor am I affiliated—but I made the switch because I wanted a tool that’s local-first, fast, and lets me export files that can outlast any app....
I will admit it—I often look at my blog’s analytics now and then. I can see which posts are popular, and I find a sense of joy looking at it. But when I sit down to write, SEO, algorithms, click-baity titles, or pageviews are the last things on my mind. Usually, I just have an idea, like this one while I was high on coffee with racing thoughts. When an idea hits me, I jot it down in my Obsidian notes without worrying about spelling or grammar—just capturing the raw thought....
