Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2002

05 Mar 2002, 16:24 p.m.

Wow. I bought an ad at Kuro5hin and already…

Wow. I bought an ad at Kuro5hin and already more than a hundred people have clicked through to my journal. Is 9.5% clickthrough good? Tell me, Anirvan. I should buy a K5 ad once I …

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05 Mar 2002, 8:53 a.m.

Months ago I noted that my personal space here in my…

Months ago I noted that my personal space here in my new apartment is smaller than the personal space I had at my old apartment. I now realize that this is far outweighed by the …

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05 Mar 2002, 8:29 a.m.

From Seth, on my Forty Days and Forty Nights review: The…

From Seth, on my Forty Days and Forty Nights review: The joke in Peacefire was that censorware vendors paid the Forty Days producers to depict a character as a site reviewer, as a sort of …

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05 Mar 2002, 8:20 a.m.

I'm trying to learn to follow the 20-20-20 rule my…

I'm trying to learn to follow the 20-20-20 rule my optometrist taught me. When I work at the computer, every twenty minutes I should take twenty seconds to focus on something twenty feet away. I …

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05 Mar 2002, 0:00 a.m.

Too late I learned mnemonics for singing intervals on the…

Too late I learned mnemonics for singing intervals on the major scale. The first two notes of "Here Comes the Bride [The Wedding March]" form a perfect fourth, and the first two notes of "My …

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04 Mar 2002, 15:47 p.m.

I passed the CBEST. …

I passed the CBEST.

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04 Mar 2002, 12:31 p.m.

Leonard gave me two terrific compliments recently. He said…

Leonard gave me two terrific compliments recently. He said that my website is "content-rich," and he said I'm "intellectually honest." Thanks, Leonard! *hug*

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04 Mar 2002, 12:23 p.m.

The middle two panels of This Modern World amuse me.…

The middle two panels of This Modern World amuse me. They remind me of the first drive to Bakersfield that Leonard and I ever made together, during which he explained the Liar's Paradox and different …

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04 Mar 2002, 12:23 p.m.

Also from IMDB: "NATO Chief Says Theaters Are Recovering." …

Also from IMDB: "NATO Chief Says Theaters Are Recovering." Ah, that wacky National Association of Theater Owners. This is exactly the sort of thing that would confuse ignorant anti-American extremists. Especially right under a story …

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04 Mar 2002, 12:22 p.m.

So I saw Forty Days and Forty Nights (sparse IMDB…

So I saw Forty Days and Forty Nights (sparse IMDB listing) on Thursday night. Blech! I'm glad I saw it for free. I wonder if I'd rationalize its flaws away if I'd paid money to …

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