Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2001

15 Nov 2001, 23:40 p.m.

My current fun-book is Robert Kanigel's The One Best Way,…

My current fun-book is Robert Kanigel's The One Best Way, a biography of Frederick W. Taylor. An offhanded remark about transcendentalists seized me -- what's the name of the transcendentalist journal that Emerson started? Ah, …

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15 Nov 2001, 23:36 p.m.

I now have the address of Mr. Berkowitz, after some…

I now have the address of Mr. Berkowitz, after some rather desultory time at classmates.com. I'll send him a letter soon.

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15 Nov 2001, 15:56 p.m.

A week ago, whilst helping Jeana and her cooking partner…

A week ago, whilst helping Jeana and her cooking partner prepare dinner, I was listening to a commercial radio station. Quite rare, for me. I only burst out laughing a few times. One ad for …

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15 Nov 2001, 9:48 a.m.

George Orwell wrote in "Politics and the English Language" that incompatible…

George Orwell wrote in "Politics and the English Language" that incompatible metaphors are frequently mixed, a sure sign that the writer is not interested in what he is saying. Some metaphors now current have been …

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14 Nov 2001, 15:47 p.m.

I went to the Allston Way post office today and,…

I went to the Allston Way post office today and, after waiting several minutes and filling out a short form, received the $3.40 in first-class stamps that I tried to buy from a vending machine …

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14 Nov 2001, 8:42 a.m.

Even if I move outside of Northern California after I…

Even if I move outside of Northern California after I graduate, I'll still keep reading Jon Carroll's column in the San Francisco Chronicle.

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14 Nov 2001, 8:39 a.m.

I dreamt a long, complicated dream last night. I…

I dreamt a long, complicated dream last night. I participated in a snowball fight, saw Alexei in a line for a movie theater, saw my Political Psychology TA working a minimum-wage food-service job, and possibly …

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14 Nov 2001, 8:34 a.m.

Adam linked to Vannevar Bush's "As We May Think." …

Adam linked to Vannevar Bush's "As We May Think." I've never read it, but since I posit that Google helps us achieve memex-hood, I should. Once upon a time, Leonard impressed me by instantly recalling …

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13 Nov 2001, 23:42 p.m.

I cut myself today while removing the tough outer layers…

I cut myself today while removing the tough outer layers from blocks of tofu. Not nearly as dour as some medical news I could think of, but still annoying. Be careful when using sharp knives, …

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13 Nov 2001, 23:09 p.m.

Oh yeah, I actually did get quite a bit of…

Oh yeah, I actually did get quite a bit of Russian homework done this morning. I did not finish the ridiculously repetitive "rewrite this passage in three slightly different forms" portion, nor did I do …

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