Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2006

30 Jul 2006, 15:03 p.m.

Surprise

A white guy dances to a Bollywood song (remember, Lagaan also used this to humorous effect). Why is this funny? Is it funny? I ask you. Snopes confirms that the US Postal Service will give …

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30 Jul 2006, 9:22 a.m.

MC Masala Column on Work Tips For Life

In which I bet a shiny quarter, paraphrase Kevin Drum, hype Workrave, and name-check Lincoln and the strength of weak ties. Here's a bit I wanted to get into the article, but that got edited …

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28 Jul 2006, 18:39 p.m.

Disturbing Comp Sci Porn Title

The Mythical Month-Man

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28 Jul 2006, 17:02 p.m.

Parties

The EFF-NYC Meetup turned into four people swapping gossip and politics in a lounge in the Fat Black Pussycat bar. Last night's Fog Creek open house turned into me playing host and connecting people who …

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26 Jul 2006, 17:58 p.m.

Activism Activity

I'll probably be at the New York City EFF Meetup tonight, dragging a Fog Creek colleague or two.

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26 Jul 2006, 13:43 p.m.

Daring To Eat A Peach

Evidently comedian Will Franken is doing a podcast, and a very entertaining one at that. Man, I hope I get to see a show of his sometime soon. His audio/video sample page includes "We Are …

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26 Jul 2006, 11:56 a.m.

Ruby Cookbook is Out!

Amazon has it for sale, as does Powell's Books (although Powell's only lists coauthor Lucas Carlson as the author) and the publisher (O'Reilly has a buy-two-get-one-free deal). I am so proud of my husband. People …

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25 Jul 2006, 18:31 p.m.

1995

Jagged Little Pill (including "Ironic" and "Hand in my Pocket") came out eleven years ago. One colleague of mine responded, "Oh yeah, I was in middle school." Another responded, "What have I been doing with …

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24 Jul 2006, 21:04 p.m.

As Cute As Chandler

The many faces of Scott Rosenberg.

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24 Jul 2006, 11:41 a.m.

Downtime Update

Leonard did a complete summary of our weekend except for the bit where I wrote half a column and reread Le Guin's The Dispossessed. We're waiting for the Ruby Cookbook to come out. A local …

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