Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2002

13 May 2002, 7:33 a.m.

I think one reason I yearn for watching Star Trek:…

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 …

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13 May 2002, 7:24 a.m.

I'm siiiiiiiick! Well, maybe it'll lend some pathos to…

I'm siiiiiiiick! Well, maybe it'll lend some pathos to my last Russian final, today.

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12 May 2002, 22:03 p.m.

I listened to Billy Joel's album River of Dreams a…

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 …

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12 May 2002, 11:27 a.m.

A year ago I was visiting Bakersfield for the first…

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 …

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11 May 2002, 2:11 a.m.

Google is better than IMDB.* Leonard and I spent…

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, …

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11 May 2002, 1:55 a.m.

I like listening to choral music, especially faster-moving and non-religious stuff.…

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 …

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10 May 2002, 9:34 a.m.

Reading In Code by Sarah Flannery. Amateurish and annoying with…

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 …

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09 May 2002, 17:43 p.m.

If you live around Berkeley and have twenty minutes to…

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 …

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08 May 2002, 15:55 p.m.

Wow, the last Wednesday of classes of my college career! The…

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 …

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08 May 2002, 15:27 p.m.

Hand-carry your film when you fly. …

Hand-carry your film when you fly.

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