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	<title>Varun&#039;s Semi-Random Ramblings &#187; silliness</title>
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		<title>Wordle graphic of blog home page</title>
		<link>http://varun.net.in/blog/2008/09/07/wordle-graphic-of-blog-home-page/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Varun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feed a block of text or a URL to wordle.net, tweak a few options (words layout, font, colours etc.) and voila! you have a cool looking frequency-based cloud of the words in that block of text. Click on the thumbnail &#8230; <a href="http://varun.net.in/blog/2008/09/07/wordle-graphic-of-blog-home-page/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p>Feed a block of text or a URL to <a href="http://wordle.net/">wordle.net</a>, tweak a few options (words layout, font, colours etc.) and voila! you have a cool looking frequency-based cloud of the words in that block of text. Click on the thumbnail below to see it in action, the input being the URL to this blog. Cool, isn&#8217;t it? This is not just a good tool to play around with but can also be used to generate graphics for presentations, documents etc.</p>
<p style="text-align: center; "><a title="Wordle graphic of blog home page" href="http://wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/169744/Varun%27s_personal_blog"><img class="size-full wp-image-128 aligncenter" title="Wordle Image" src="http://www.varun.net.in/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/wordle-image.jpg" alt="Wordle Image" width="500" height="314" /></a></p>
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		<title>Surprising myself</title>
		<link>http://varun.net.in/blog/2008/08/06/surprising-myself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Varun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like surprising people. In a good way that is. I like calling them out of the blue, dropping them an email when they are least expecting it or doing something totally unanticipated. Right now it is 3:00 AM for &#8230; <a href="http://varun.net.in/blog/2008/08/06/surprising-myself/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p>I like surprising people. In a good way that is. I like calling them out of the blue, dropping them an email when they are least expecting it or doing something totally unanticipated.</p>
<p>Right now it is 3:00 AM for me and I had to get up to answer nature&#8217;s call. And I decided to surprise myself, take myself by shock and do something I have not been able to bring myself to do when fully awake &#8211; I decided to blog and so this post <img src='http://varun.net.in/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Did I tell you that my body is extra efficient at preserving water &#8211; as if I am perpetually stranded in the desert? Did I tell you that I love sipping water all the time &#8211; just plain cool water? Combine both of these, especially in a relatively cold country like the US, and you know why I have to go to the loo a zillion and 23 times in a day.</p>
<p>Back to sleep!</p>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s Orkut fortune</title>
		<link>http://varun.net.in/blog/2008/02/12/todays-orkut-fortune/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Varun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Orkut Today&#8217;s fortune: I wonder which &#8220;affairs&#8221; Orkut is talking about :-p]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p>My Orkut Today&#8217;s fortune:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.orkut.com/Profile.aspx?uid=658042094211040657" title="Orkut - Varun's profile"><img src="http://www.varun.net.in/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/orkut-screenshot1.png" alt="Orkut screenshot" style="border: thin dotted #0a0a0a" /></a></p>
<p>I wonder which &#8220;affairs&#8221; Orkut is talking about :-p</p>
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		<title>What kind of a blogger am I?</title>
		<link>http://varun.net.in/blog/2007/11/04/what-kind-of-a-blogger-am-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 09:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Varun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[fun]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><div id="attachment_479" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://quiz.blogactionday.org" class="broken_link" rel="nofollow"><img class="size-full wp-image-479 " title="Purist young upstart undiscovered" src="http://varun.net.in/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/purist-young-upstart-undiscovered.gif" alt="Type of blogger - Purist young upstart undiscovered" width="300" height="180" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Varun is Purist young upstart undiscovered</p></div>
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		<title>No Credit!</title>
		<link>http://varun.net.in/blog/2007/09/17/no-credit/</link>
		<comments>http://varun.net.in/blog/2007/09/17/no-credit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Varun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[daily diary]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kandivali]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nice way to say No! - I saw this notice behind the manager's counter at the Suruchi restaurant in Kandivali East area. At first glance I found it a bit weird but then I read the finer print in the brackets...

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/varun-v-nair/1395757744/" title="No credit"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1283/1395757744_dc549cac5f.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Nice way to say No" /></a></p> <a href="http://varun.net.in/blog/2007/09/17/no-credit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p>Nice way to say No! &#8211; I saw this notice behind the manager&#8217;s counter at the Suruchi restaurant in Kandivali East area. At first glance I found it a bit weird but then I read the finer print in the brackets&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/varun-v-nair/1395757744/" title="No credit"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1283/1395757744_dc549cac5f.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Nice way to say No" /></a></p>
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		<title>Time Machine &#8211; Ek Titli Anek Titliyan</title>
		<link>http://varun.net.in/blog/2007/05/18/time-machine-ek-titli-anek-titliyan/</link>
		<comments>http://varun.net.in/blog/2007/05/18/time-machine-ek-titli-anek-titliyan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Varun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<strong>Wanna go on a trip to the past? Check this out...</strong>

<embed style="width:400px; height:326px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=8606734917170227017&#038;hl=en" flashvars=""> </embed> <a href="http://varun.net.in/blog/2007/05/18/time-machine-ek-titli-anek-titliyan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p><strong>Wanna go on a trip to the past? Check this out&#8230;</strong></p>
<p><embed style="width:400px; height:326px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=8606734917170227017&#038;hl=en" flashvars=""> </embed><!--break--></p>
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		<title>Geek anguish: dPain over dt</title>
		<link>http://varun.net.in/blog/2007/05/16/geek-anguish-dpain-over-dt/</link>
		<comments>http://varun.net.in/blog/2007/05/16/geek-anguish-dpain-over-dt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 00:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Varun</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[calculus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://xkcd.com/c128.html" title="dPain over dt"><img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/dPain_over_dt.png" alt="dPain over dt" /></a> <a href="http://varun.net.in/blog/2007/05/16/geek-anguish-dpain-over-dt/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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