Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2002

18 Jan 2002, 10:58 a.m.

Time to clean. …

Time to clean.

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17 Jan 2002, 15:10 p.m.

Get this: I'm actually avoiding Slate, Salon, and Slashdot because…

Get this: I'm actually avoiding Slate, Salon, and Slashdot because I didn't really get to read them regularly while I was in Stockton and I'll feel as though I have to catch up. What a …

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17 Jan 2002, 15:05 p.m.

John comforted me with his own driver's test experience: Driver's tests…

John comforted me with his own driver's test experience: Driver's tests are scary, but they're pretty slackass about it in Maryland. I parallel parked beautifully, waited for the guy to fill out some boxes, then …

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17 Jan 2002, 11:16 a.m.

Josh Brockman introduced me to Ben Folds Five by telling…

Josh Brockman introduced me to Ben Folds Five by telling me that he was sad that the group had broken up, and I have enjoyed their music for something like a year. This morning I …

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17 Jan 2002, 11:10 a.m.

Back in Berkeley. FOR NOW. My mother has blown up…

Back in Berkeley. FOR NOW. My mother has blown up at me and she's simmering with anger and I don't know what to do about it. Frustrating and saddening. On the up side, I'm back …

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17 Jan 2002, 7:54 a.m.

How did an Aaron Spelling television drama concentrating on the…

How did an Aaron Spelling television drama concentrating on the family of a Christian minister get so good? Oh, Seventh Heaven, the show that actually does didacticism relatively well, and one of my mass-media vices. …

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17 Jan 2002, 7:50 a.m.

Yesterday I went to a store (The Dollar Tree) to…

Yesterday I went to a store (The Dollar Tree) to try to buy blank videocassettes, and what happened? Nothing. Not even ice cream. Or, rather, I couldn't find any. (Have I complained here before about …

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17 Jan 2002, 7:29 a.m.

Steve's Adventures at Strada: ...she didn't have a feel for what…

Steve's Adventures at Strada: ...she didn't have a feel for what radiation is. That one sort of floored me, because radiation is one of my "basis concepts" that I use to explain other things. (Yes, …

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17 Jan 2002, 7:23 a.m.

Yee-ha! Jon Carroll uses "Google" as a verb! I very…

Yee-ha! Jon Carroll uses "Google" as a verb! I very well may get out the barn.

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17 Jan 2002, 7:21 a.m.

Mike Popovic's daughter, Zoe, responds to "let's roll!" Lacking directional control, she attempts…

Mike Popovic's daughter, Zoe, responds to "let's roll!" Lacking directional control, she attempts to compensate with distance - like some sort of brightly-colored tumbleweed, she stops only when she meets an immoveable object.

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