Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder
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Hi, reader. I wrote this in 2009 and it's now more than five years old. So it may be very out of date; the world, and I, have changed a lot since I wrote it! I'm keeping this up for historical archive purposes, but the me of today may 100% disagree with what I said then. I rarely edit posts after publishing them, but if I do, I usually leave a note in italics to mark the edit and the reason. If this post is particularly offensive or breaches someone's privacy, please contact me.
Should have been catching up on work, reread bits of Anathem and wrote instead. Let's see if I can go to sleep once I've posted this:
Erica Naone's infodumping links reminded me of an old MC Masala column of mine:
"So we just end up where we started, with cockamamie theories and broad generalizations.""Not true," Robin said. "We're on top of the Empire State Building."
"That's not what I meant," I said, idly watching Tom Hanks swat King Kong off a ledge.
Goats Enjoy Living In Their Own Tower. Leonard and I marveled at all the varied stresses and intonations we can use to infuse different meanings into that headline. Goats, not other animals! Living, not working! Their own tower, not a rental! On it, not around it!
BitBlinder looks interesting as a partial alternative to the Tor onion router.
All-purpose stalling questions, divided by industry/topic!
I'm chewing on Danny's interesting thoughts on agency and the ease of transitioning from watcher to participant.
Search expert Matt Cutts advises journalists on how to improve their careers in the age of search.
Until Xeni Jardin posted about it in BoingBoing, I didn't realize that Tiller's clinic was one of only three in the country serving women who learned of catastrophic health issues late in pregnancy. Just another reminder that Roe v. Wade is a dead letter if, in practice, women can't get the care we need.
