iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 21/01/2026

I did some Vibe Cutting today. Asked Gemini Pro to plan cutouts of ACP panels from a large sheet. They wouldn't all fit, so after only eighteen rounds I had a usable plan with the most important panels (rest later). Gemini khush hua. I have been a good worker for the AI master.

Gemini acknowledging my effort and learning.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 12/12/2025

Maybe @bookshop.org should let me visit their website.

Sorry, you've been blocked. You are unable to access bookshop.org.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 01/12/2025

That's my vehicle number and I've driven 400 km in the past week, more than my average quarter, so this got my attention – but really? With an APK attachment? We've normalised sideloading this much? Govt innovation in coercion 🤝 Fraudsters

WhatsApp message claiming a traffic violation, with evidence available through the attached app APK.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 14/10/2025

This drip feed of deliveries is draining the enthusiasm from my project. Twenty days! Someone disrupt Misumi, please!

Misumi shipping schedule in 14 installments between October 8 and 28.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 10/10/2025

Making another thing. A table with no top.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 10/08/2025

Every interaction I have with an LLP feels like I'm interviewing an intern with trick questions. Confidently wrong answer, gotcha moment, then fervent apology because they don't want to lose the opportunity. When are we getting the flying car delivery of an LLM we can rely on?

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 01/08/2025

Dear Amazon, could you please slow down on your sales extravaganza so I can checkout once in a while?

Amazon checkout error message about too much traffic.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 31/07/2025

Amazed this exists. With every passing day one can feel the transition of the Western tech ecosystem turning downstream of Chinese tech. Everything in emerging hardware is Chinese-first. Sharp contrast with India, where the only thing we're exporting is KYC.

Screenshot from Project ImmortalWrt on GitHub, a China-focused fork of the OpenWrt project.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 26/07/2025

Huh, according to this block diagram I can indeed assign the two USB outs to the two line-in fader controls on the Flow 8, so all three digital inputs get separate controls. Now to find where this setting is hidden.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 26/07/2025

I have another unicorn product request. What's a DAC that's also a digital audio mixer with multiple simultaneous digital inputs (USB/HDMI/BT) and independent controls? Fosi Audio ZD3 has inputs but isn't a mixer. Behringer Flow 8 has 1xBT+1xUSB×2 but sharing one volume fader.

Behringer Flow 8 mixer app screenshot showing a single fader control for Bluetooth and USB inputs.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 25/07/2025

Music Assistant is the first genuinely great thing I've stumbled into this year. All my music from all my sources to all my household devices. Multi-source multi-room audio without ecosystem lockdown, and it actually works!

Settings screen with providers and players

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 16/07/2025

Instructions to make your own, if that’s your thing. github.com/jace/minirac...

Copper reflects like a mirror on a thermal camera.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 16/07/2025

<₹1000 total. Seems to be working.

Thermal camera showing a stable 33°C around the cooler for an extended duration.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 16/07/2025

New camera’s overheating. There are camera coolers, but THEY WANT HOW MUCH MONEY FOR A FAN IN A BOX? So I made my own with spare parts. 50x50 heatsink, 4010 12V fan, a USB-PD 12V trigger and a 3D printed case. Topped off with a copper plate cut to size because I had no spare thermal pad.

3D model for a camera cooler made in FreeCAD.

Underside with a copper plate over an aluminium heatsink and a USB-PD decoy trigger set to 12V, covered with Kapton tape.

Frontside with a 4010 fan blowing onto the heatsink, fins exposed to the sides, with a USB-C port on the bottom left.

Cooler mounted on the camera with a small strip of foam tape for grip tension.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 07/07/2025

One day I'd like to have this level of confidence in my footnotes.

Footnote 152 in Ambedkar's "Who Were The Shudras" reads "I am sorry, I have lost the reference."

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 04/07/2025

WTF is happening in Indian e-commerce? We’ve replaced AliExpress with this?

Stereo ¼” female to two mono ¼” male Y-cable priced about ₹1700 at multiple stores.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 25/06/2025

There are hallucinations in LLMs, and there are the ancients. Y’all realise today’s AI slop is going to be around forever as divine scripture?

Excerpt from the Taittiriya Brahmana, section ii.2.9.1.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 16/06/2025

I don't think I've ever seen a phone in my dreams. I've seen bicycles, trains and even clothes, which seem linked to emotional security, advancement and relationships, but no tools per se. Original post: mas.to/@carnage4lif...

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 09/06/2025

Took a train over the weekend. Had cravings and walked the entire platform, but everyone had the same product. No bhel puri for me. Settled for a pack of biscuits marked "Use By May 2025".

Vendor shop at a railway station with the slogan "One Station One Product".

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 18/05/2025

Three video cubes have returned from a tour of duty at Rootconf. Quality Control officer is concluding inspections. Certified non-edible.

Three cube racks with audio-video equipment.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 14/04/2025

Ubiquiti is great for site installations, but in this case I may be better served by an SBC with the appropriate ports, like this Radxa Rock 5 ITX – 2x 2.5G wired, 1x M.2 E key WiFi slot with a WiFi 6 module.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 20/03/2025

WTF, Airtel? You're sending popup notices now? With zero context?

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 15/03/2025

I don't understand the economics of this grift. How many gullible folks can there be who are this desperate for recognition, in a spam database that is not even targeted?

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 17/02/2025

WHAT? Double entendres are good for clarity? buff.ly/4kgdPYH

Quote: Sanskrit's unique feature of interpretability allows a single phrase to hold multiple meanings, making it an effective safeguard against misuse.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 02/02/2025

Overslept this morning. Opened the news feeling somewhat disoriented, hoping for an anchor. I think I'll crawl back into bed and resurface tomorrow.

The Times of India. Goodie morning, India: FM's 'detax diet' brings bonanza for middle class.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 20/01/2025

In the weekend's cantankerous "why can't I" mood, I got FreeCAD running on my phone. Of course I can't use CAD software without a three button mouse, so now I want one that doubles as a phone holder ring/stand. Who makes one?

FreeCAD in an Arch Linux proot container in Termux on Android

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 16/01/2025

I used GPay to make a transfer from ICICI to HDFC and got an acknowledgement from SBI. How? Did I accidentally use the wrong account? Checked carefully and nope, not my error. Some vendor to these banks used the wrong bank's SMS template! Data Protection Act? Haha!

SMS notifications from SBI showing an SBI account (correctly) and a HDFC account that's misrepresented as an SBI account.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 20/12/2024

After experiencing questionable performance on my high-end phone, I dug around in settings and discovered... It has an effing swapfile! 16 GB and it's hitting swap! My phone is already better specced than my laptop and it's not enough! 😵‍💫

Android memory expansion settings, buried under developer options.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 12/12/2024

Earlier this week I was annoyed at having to walk over to my laptop to throw a reference into Zotero so its plugins could fetch metadata and attachments. The mobile app doesn't have plugins. Now I have a full Linux desktop on my phone. What is this 🐇 ⛳ ❔

Zotero 7 running in Termux X11 on a folding phone

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 04/12/2024

Blazing sun at 6:57 AM the next morning in Bylakuppe.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 04/12/2024

Sunset on the highway from Mysore to Coorg. Same day.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 04/12/2024

On the Bangalore–Mysore highway, this day 20 years ago. 4 Dec 2004.

Trees over a highway with an Ambassador car below

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 02/12/2024

Went out with umbrella and pants in morning drizzle and then had to take off pants. Do I need a bigger EDC umbrella? Better angle strategy? Smart pants?

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 30/11/2024

That one time went LARPing as a woodsman.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack.ing · 22/11/2024

That just refreshes. No tabs. They used to show up on scroll to the very top, but no more.

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