Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder
A Slate writer slams Bill McKibben's Enough, and in passing mentions the Copernican Principle: You Are Not Special. "More precisely, the principle says that, as a matter of statistical necessity, most observers must be 'typical.' …
How do you reference Britney Spears if you don't know how to spell her name? One spam refers to her as "B. Spears."
I am so proud of this gal! She got on the phone and busted her fiance for shaking down her dad for more dowry -- on the wedding day. Props especially to the relevant law …
Yesterday I had two or three social occasions. Zed and I talked at lunch, Leonard came by after work, and a bunch of celebrants invaded the Swiss enclave of Fondue Fred's in Adam-graduating merriment. Only …
Googling "city" (results): the first actual city is Kansas City.
How's it going? "Going great. Playing music. Doesn't get any better. I thought you were going to ask me about the war or something." "Working hard. Children are grown. Pretty good shape. In a forward …
Some entity or other, I hear, will put on a free showing of the fun Seattle grunge history documentary Hype! tomorrow evening (Wednesday 14 May) at the United Artists theatre in Berkeley. I enjoyed it …
I see no Google text ads for the keyword "soothing". A customer recently asked for "McLure's book, The Medium Is the Massage." He's not the first. I mix up the author's name all the time, …
A very full weekend. Steve Schultz and I had food and watched the X-Men sequel (enjoyable, but I preferred the multiple allegories of the first film) and generally conversed for about five hours. I got …
[NEVER MIND; see update.] "Position Available: Interpreter, must be fluent in Klingon." Portland, Oregon. "There are some cases where we've had mental health patients where this was all they would speak." There has got to …