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		<title>Google Android could have been much better</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The comments below explain why I don&#8217;t like Android quite well. It&#8217;s got this thing about being open and open source when, in spirit, it really isn&#8217;t. I can&#8217;t auto-reply to SMSes depending on attributes like sender, date/time; I can&#8217;t put my own system which plays a voice saying &#34;Hey, I&#8217;m very busy right now; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vedant.lath.in/blog/2010/07/google-android-could-have-been-much-better/</link>
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		<title>A sunset in my hometown</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Other pictures in the set Rourkela Jan &#8217;10]]></description>
		<link>http://vedant.lath.in/blog/2010/01/a-sunset-from-my-new-camera/</link>
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		<title>Loss of privacy in Google Maps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One could use My Maps and the Distance Measurement Tools, etc. in Google Maps without logging in with a Google Account earlier. Now they can&#8217;t. Pathetic, both in amount of time and bandwidth wasted and the loss of privacy.]]></description>
		<link>http://vedant.lath.in/blog/2009/11/loss-of-privacy-in-google-maps/</link>
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		<title>Programming mobile phones</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wish I could program my mobile phone for specific events, so it could, say, remind me to charge my phone if the battery level is low and I&#8217;m in my home, use cell-id to detect if I&#8217;m in/near my home, record routes with cell-id/GPS easily, have different behaviours ranging from different beeps/vibrations to their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vedant.lath.in/blog/2009/11/programming-mobile-phones/</link>
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		<title>Gmail&#8217;s spam filter is awful</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s amazing how many legitimate email is marked as spam by Gmail. It is now placing every email from the lath.in domain into it&#8217;s spam folders. It does not even see that the sender is in the contacts list of the Gmail mailbox since ages. This is just awful for me, as it means I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vedant.lath.in/blog/2009/07/gmails-spam-filter-is-awful/</link>
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		<title>Human psychology</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago somebody asked me a straight question. I replied with a logical and comprehensive answer. Now I realise that she just might have wanted a short answer which was appreciative, and my long answer might have been overkill. This is weird. It was a simple question, there was a simple answer. But [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vedant.lath.in/blog/2009/07/human-psychology/</link>
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		<title>Social beings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Slashdotters aren&#8217;t human, you insensitive clod. Humans are social animals, we on the other hand, are not. Not true. We&#8217;re social, but only with our own kind. I tried to be social sometimes, but never succeeded. Society dictated that I had to go some wedding parties with parents, and I would often find myself alone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vedant.lath.in/blog/2009/05/social-beings/</link>
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		<title>Walk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I went for a walk in the morning alone all by myself for the first time. There were a lot of things I wished I could photograph. Moon visible in clear daylight. Yellow flowers all around a tree. Various aunties in the park, some walking, some resting. There were also a few lessons learnt. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vedant.lath.in/blog/2009/05/walk/</link>
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		<title>A major blunder without any consequences</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Caution: This is a draft. TLDR: I mistook a neutral wire for a line one in the *mains* power distribution unit, fixed a small electrical problem, and went for a walk at 5 in the morning. First version: May 10, 6:14 am. Second verson: circa May 11. Third version: May 15, 6:15 am. Phew. It&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vedant.lath.in/blog/2009/05/a-major-blunder-without-any-consequences/</link>
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		<title>Laptop screens and tea</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Phew. 6 out of 9 exams are over now. Two full days before another exam. Relief. But not quite. Today, many drops of tea fell into the screen of my laptop. Some tea has gone inside the screen. The extreme bottom left part is strange. It seems there is tea in some parts and that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vedant.lath.in/blog/2009/05/laptop-screens-and-tea/</link>
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