Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2001

26 Oct 2001, 21:04 p.m.

Leonard done fixed up a heap of stuff for me.…

Leonard done fixed up a heap of stuff for me. So real soon now you'll be seeing bits of the diary on my homepage or something really convenient like that. Also, he discovered some weirdness …

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26 Oct 2001, 15:27 p.m.

It's Sunday. Yes, it's always Sunday here at Sumana's…

It's Sunday. Yes, it's always Sunday here at Sumana's Journal. Even when it's Friday, as it is today. I don't know why NewsBruiser is stamping every message with "Sunday" when all the rest of the …

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26 Oct 2001, 15:18 p.m.

It's easier to trace the mental map to my next…

It's easier to trace the mental map to my next reference. Russia in this period had serfdom, autocracy, all sorts of arbitrariness in its political system. "I am not a Know-Nothing. That is certain. How …

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26 Oct 2001, 15:10 p.m.

I'm not certain what in my Russian Imperial History class…

I'm not certain what in my Russian Imperial History class reminded me of Shirin Bakhshay and a song by Cake, "Going the Distance", that she liked back when we were in French class together in …

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26 Oct 2001, 13:17 p.m.

I used to do tech writing for money during the…

I used to do tech writing for money during the summers. If I'd had fun stuff to write, like this, maybe I wouldn't have gotten sick of it.

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26 Oct 2001, 12:50 p.m.

I'm tired and blue and I misspelled "brag" as "vrag"…

I'm tired and blue and I misspelled "brag" as "vrag" a few days ago and I spend this weekend without most of my friends. But I received a substantial injection of cheer this morning in …

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26 Oct 2001, 12:19 p.m.

"But doctor, why? Why did you create a bomb…

"But doctor, why? Why did you create a bomb to destroy all of pop culture?""People have become obsessed with the nonsense that the mass media tell them is important! People never talk about anything real …

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26 Oct 2001, 10:28 a.m.

Last night, boarding the 43, I think I might have…

Last night, boarding the 43, I think I might have seen Eve, the pseudonymic administrator of InPassing.org. A nice-looking girl holding an O'Reilly book was a bit exasperated when some other woman accused her of …

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26 Oct 2001, 10:21 a.m.

I am assuming that, if one searches for "sumana" via…

I am assuming that, if one searches for "sumana" via any relevant search engine, one of the last URLs that will actually refer to me is the alt.fan.dave_barry FAQ. That list is how I met …

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26 Oct 2001, 9:47 a.m.

Oi! Five messages in my inbox when I wake…

Oi! Five messages in my inbox when I wake up, and four of them are from actual people I know, including Susanna wishing to see a picture of my haircut (perhaps next time I see …

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