Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2003

12 Apr 2003, 22:18 p.m.

"I fled the wraps"

While I have been muddling through taxes, Leonard (who has already done his taxes) wrote and put up his side of the DC story, which to him was mostly a "PyCon Adventure".

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12 Apr 2003, 21:34 p.m.

Death And Praxis

Michael points out that it's not that doing taxes is time-consuming, it's that doing them optimally is time-consuming. After all, in many cases you could just do the EZ or the A (abbreviated) form and …

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12 Apr 2003, 19:25 p.m.

Trying to do my taxes. I'm relatively low-income, so…

Trying to do my taxes. I'm relatively low-income, so I should be able to use the EZ (easy, simple, "I'm poor") forms instead of the scarier full-size forms. I want to go to the Mango …

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10 Apr 2003, 23:04 p.m.

Sumana Actually Gets It Into Her Head That She's In A Dead-End Job

I'm now looking for a job somewhere in the San Francisco Bay Area where I could write or edit, or possibly sell things to people and institutions that could possibly need them. Massive rocking of …

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10 Apr 2003, 14:58 p.m.

Office Follies

"Have any of you been to Japan? I mean, I guess I'd know if you had, but still." "I've never been there, but I know things about it." "Anyway, do you know anything about their …

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09 Apr 2003, 8:15 a.m.

The Torch Has Been Passed To Another Poor Schlump

I haven't been remembering my dreams lately, except for a vague theme of "going back to school" (high school and college, that is). On the other hand, Joe has been having pretty darn fascinating ones.

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09 Apr 2003, 8:11 a.m.

Y'all who enjoy really sarcastic foulmouthed weblogs will like stereolabrat.…

Y'all who enjoy really sarcastic foulmouthed weblogs will like stereolabrat. Sample whining: if Philip Morris has such a huge army of lobbyists, how did the New York City bar smoking prohibition get passed? Also, Salon …

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08 Apr 2003, 21:59 p.m.

What Adam & I Ate Last Night

Apples. Plums. Dried sour cherries. Roasted almonds. Linguini and marinara sauce with olive oil and mockmeatballs. Whole wheat tortillas. Hummus. Soy ice cream pies. Orange juice. Water.

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08 Apr 2003, 9:02 a.m.

Father Blog Stories

I've been reading G.K. Chesterton; his Father Brown stories tickle my fondness for high-concept mysteries, and his style is great, but the preaching gets on my nerves. Here's a modern mystery tale of weblogs, secret …

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07 Apr 2003, 8:10 a.m.

I had worried about Nate Thayer of Slate and Salam…

I had worried about Nate Thayer of Slate and Salam Pax of "Where is Raed?". Well, I now hear that Iraqis no longer have internet access, but at least Thayer got out okay.

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