Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder
When I finally sleep enough after sleep deprivation I have awesome dreams. Last night: Leonard surprised me by writing and starring in a musical with many elementary-school children. Evidently the software for the musical included …
Leonard redesigns replicators. "Captain Picard never orders anything else from the replicator, yet either there's no way for him to get the replicator to know that when he wants tea he wants hot Earl Grey; …
Sarah and I today ate lunch at "Clouds," near the Metreon, and enjoyed our false consciousness. As Sarah attests, today I also DDR'd on the 4th floor of the Metreon and about 20 people were …
I do hope Brendan wasn't too influenced by my disparaging comment on Microserfs (context). Microserfs felt epic and seldom annoying. I liked it a lot, and should reread it.
I got to borrow my new landlord's van to move furniture between Berkeley and my new place this weekend. If you can help, especially on Saturday (lifting of unwieldy things, mostly), please e-mail me or …
Today "dignitaries" got to ride from Colma to the new BART stations before the proles, which is yet another reason to become a high-level ABAG functionary like Adam. But more importantly, I'm entertaining fantasies of …
Kevin Drum on family -- he's lost track of his brother. I believe that will never happen to Nandini and me.
Square One TV. Mathnet. Detectives Monday and Frankly receive a ransom note for a ridiculously nonround amount, such as $27,854.49. Monday: This is so strange. Why didn't they ask for more? Frankly: Or less?
A line from "Go" by The Apples in Stereo that's been stuck in my head: "She don't like the way you look, so she treats you like a crook." I'm imagining Nixon in there somewhere. …
Mel Gibson uses his clout for something I find interesting: "Gibson is the director of The Passion, which stars The Thin Red Line's Jim Caviezel as Christ and Monica Bellucci as Mary Magdalene. It features …