Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder
I think one reason I yearn for watching Star Trek: The Next Generation regularly is that it was something I was enthusiastic about, and I need something to be enthusiastic about. My own life sure …
I'm siiiiiiiick! Well, maybe it'll lend some pathos to my last Russian final, today.
I listened to Billy Joel's album River of Dreams a hundred times when I was younger. I listened again today while driving Nandini and me back to Berkeley. Some of the devices I liked now …
A year ago I was visiting Bakersfield for the first time. Right now I'm in Stockton. The heat is the same. A year ago Douglas Adams died, and Rachel went to the prom, and I …
Google is better than IMDB.* Leonard and I spent about 20 cumulative minutes futilely searching IMDB. One Google search for "french film lost cat" got me this reference to When the Cat's Away. Finally! *Okay, …
I like listening to choral music, especially faster-moving and non-religious stuff. I've known for a long time that I like a cappella of the doo-wop and arrangement-of-pop-tunes varieties, but I also like a bit of …
Reading In Code by Sarah Flannery. Amateurish and annoying with too many puzzles. But I'll finish it. Even though she, at 16, made a much more efficient algorithm than the RSA's or whatever, at least …
If you live around Berkeley and have twenty minutes to spare, I recommend that you take part in Lily Liaw's linguistics experiment involving answering machine messages. She can make an appointment with you anytime during …
Wow, the last Wednesday of classes of my college career! The home stretch in Logic: the iota operator, a descriptor. "iota x" = "the x such that blah blah blah." Examples: "The large elephant is …
Hand-carry your film when you fly.