Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2001

04 Dec 2001, 17:09 p.m.

Last night I realized one reason that Professor Reginald Zelnik…

Last night I realized one reason that Professor Reginald Zelnik completely impresses me. He gives every lecture without notes. If he has some text to quote verbatim, or tests or handouts to distribute, then he …

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04 Dec 2001, 13:46 p.m.

I will not find out until Thursday my status with…

I will not find out until Thursday my status with regard to the columnist position. Anticipation, bleah.

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04 Dec 2001, 13:38 p.m.

Tomorrow, and the next day, and the next, but not…

Tomorrow, and the next day, and the next, but not quite till the last syllable of recorded time, my Russian class will take tests. So, celebrating the last real day of Russian class, my instructor …

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04 Dec 2001, 13:16 p.m.

Last night, for the first time in months, I dreamt…

Last night, for the first time in months, I dreamt a particular sort of dream: I spoke to someone, realized that they didn't understand me, and had to switch to my stumbling Russian. This reminds …

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04 Dec 2001, 13:06 p.m.

I recorded my rendition of Krasnaya Shapochka (Little Red Riding…

I recorded my rendition of Krasnaya Shapochka (Little Red Riding Hood) this morning. If you knew me, you'd predict that I would use silly voices. But I didn't, really. Jeff and Sean, on the other …

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04 Dec 2001, 12:46 p.m.

Yesterday, Professor Filippenko showed a slide detailing possible splittings-off of…

Yesterday, Professor Filippenko showed a slide detailing possible splittings-off of forces (electromagnetic, strong nuclear, weak nuclear, gravity) during the earliest moments of the Big Bang. The complete lack of scale cracked me up. At the …

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04 Dec 2001, 9:24 a.m.

I just keep listening to "Michigan Militia" by Moxy Früvous…

I just keep listening to "Michigan Militia" by Moxy Früvous on the You Will Go to the Moon album. I like the lyrics, I like the melody, I like the faux country-and-western/hip-hop sensibility. I like …

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04 Dec 2001, 8:50 a.m.

Another thing that hasn't happened in a while: feeling my…

Another thing that hasn't happened in a while: feeling my heart speed up and my breath shorten as I go to dailycal.org. But the list of columnists for next semester will appear in Thursday's issue …

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04 Dec 2001, 8:47 a.m.

Last night was the first time in quite a while…

Last night was the first time in quite a while that I got an email from Dan. Funny how larger events percolate down to our daily lives. Excite/AT&T@Home stopped service, so Dan started using his …

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04 Dec 2001, 8:44 a.m.

When I see the Slashdot.org headline "Rent Music Over Net,"…

When I see the Slashdot.org headline "Rent Music Over Net," I think of my freshman year of college, when my roommate Michal played the Rent soundtrack over and over and over. Streaming audio is exactly …

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