Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2002

08 Jan 2002, 18:44 p.m.

If I may defend myself/state my beliefs more precisely with…

If I may defend myself/state my beliefs more precisely with regards to Hindu-Muslim tensions (cf. Zack's reference): I must have misstated my views on the roles of the different actors in the Partition. I do …

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08 Jan 2002, 18:27 p.m.

It just struck me that I'm moving. I was…

It just struck me that I'm moving. I was sitting on my futon in my comfortable living room and I realized that, in a few weeks, this will no longer be my home. I will …

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08 Jan 2002, 16:52 p.m.

I have begun to refer to Zachary Weinberg as the…

I have begun to refer to Zachary Weinberg as the Good Zack of the East.

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08 Jan 2002, 13:05 p.m.

Sometimes it takes a lot to get started on a…

Sometimes it takes a lot to get started on a task, but it's important just to start. It's okay that it's hard. It's not just me. Joel Spolsky reminds me that "We just have to …

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08 Jan 2002, 8:10 a.m.

Jon Carroll, like me, will soon clean up his papers. I…

Jon Carroll, like me, will soon clean up his papers. I need to save some of the notes from classes long gone just so I'll have something tangible over which to reminisce. Right?

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07 Jan 2002, 13:18 p.m.

Leonard alerted me to "Hack On, Jeeves": I didn't need Sherlock…

Leonard alerted me to "Hack On, Jeeves": I didn't need Sherlock Holmes to explain Jeeves' icy manner. It was the Samsung video monitor I'd brought home the other day for my computer.

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07 Jan 2002, 10:51 a.m.

When I was but a lass, in my senior year…

When I was but a lass, in my senior year of high school, I took Advanced Placement World Literature with Lynda Nahigian, and we had to perform a graduation requirement called the Senior Project. Each …

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07 Jan 2002, 10:51 a.m.

In the preface or epilogue to paperback editions of best-selling…

In the preface or epilogue to paperback editions of best-selling books (e.g., Ender's Game, Iacocca, The Gift of Fear), authors oft say something like, "I never expected that I would get thousands of letters from …

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07 Jan 2002, 10:50 a.m.

Gavin de Becker can't stand local TV news. In…

Gavin de Becker can't stand local TV news. In The Gift of Fear, he rails against its sensationalism and fearmongering and faddiness and generally low standard of reporting on about three separate instances in the …

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07 Jan 2002, 10:49 a.m.

Thanks to a very pleasant and helpful DMV employee named…

Thanks to a very pleasant and helpful DMV employee named "Dan," I have made an appointment to take my driver's license behind-the-wheel exam this Thursday afternoon. Observation: I could have gotten an appointment for the …

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