Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2002

23 Feb 2002, 10:16 a.m.

The other day I woke up with a sentence in…

The other day I woke up with a sentence in my head, fully-formed: "I probably grew up in a town called Satellite that you've never heard of."

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23 Feb 2002, 10:14 a.m.

All of this is true. Jeana and I visited…

All of this is true. Jeana and I visited the oxygen bar and relaxed, but I don't know if the oxygen was the causative agent. I'd want to try an oxygen tent with no focus …

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22 Feb 2002, 23:55 p.m.

Paul Conrad on the difference between soft money and hard…

Paul Conrad on the difference between soft money and hard money.

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22 Feb 2002, 18:11 p.m.

Twice, now, I've had to turn down fellows on Sproul…

Twice, now, I've had to turn down fellows on Sproul Plaza who tried to give me information about some dating game ("Singled Out") to be held by some campus organization. I've had to explain that …

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22 Feb 2002, 8:22 a.m.

Have you ever asked yourself, "Why should I learn the…

Have you ever asked yourself, "Why should I learn the Unix way to do this when there's probably a web applet somewhere that can do it for me?" Case in point.

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21 Feb 2002, 14:53 p.m.

I try to loathe Friends, but Salon is right yet…

I try to loathe Friends, but Salon is right yet again (isn't it always?): I'll miss it when it's gone. No, really.

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21 Feb 2002, 14:46 p.m.

I am foursquare against ridiculous copyright extension. …

I am foursquare against ridiculous copyright extension.

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21 Feb 2002, 14:37 p.m.

I am almost in favor of open standards for vampire…

I am almost in favor of open standards for vampire movies but I wouldn't want people to construe me as some sort of, I don't know, prescriptivist or anything.

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21 Feb 2002, 12:14 p.m.

Tell ya what, I'll give you the rundown on my…

Tell ya what, I'll give you the rundown on my recent academic triumphs. Linguistics: I've been getting very good scores on the past few assignments. Some of this is me and some of this is …

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21 Feb 2002, 11:01 a.m.

Recent conversations with Seth, Adam, and Leonard (not to mention…

Recent conversations with Seth, Adam, and Leonard (not to mention Jade and Marisa, my friends in my Logic and Linguistics classes respectively) make me ponder topics in linguistics and ethics of rhetoric. More specifically, am …

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