Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2007

25 Jun 2007, 19:04 p.m.

Today's Firsts

I played Guitar Hero for the first time (wow, this is much harder to get the hang of than Dance Dance Revolution!) and the second time (wow, this is fun). And I heard, via Guitar …

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24 Jun 2007, 11:19 a.m.

Off to MoCCA

Today I visit the 2007 MoCCA Art Festival. Comics to get, or get autographed, include:Ryan North's stuff Raina Telgemeier's stuff Alison Bechdel's stuff Action Philosophers! David Malki!'s stuff Nothing Better And stuff I haven't heard …

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23 Jun 2007, 10:52 a.m.

Just Look Away

My first lolcat is one for Ron Paul, which logically makes it a RonLOL.

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22 Jun 2007, 15:55 p.m.

The Lensman, Focusing Elsewhere

By the way, Leonard "The Lens-man" Richardson, my husband, is at the digerati conference "Foo Camp" this weekend. No, spouses don't get to come along automatically. We are sadly parted, and cannot act as a …

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22 Jun 2007, 14:56 p.m.

Making Us Feel Old

People born in 1991 are now old enough to drive in California. Star Trek: The Next Generation debuted twenty years ago.

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22 Jun 2007, 0:26 a.m.

Up Late Writing Dox

Diagram of machines and their locations, or diagram of machines and their LOLcations?

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21 Jun 2007, 0:35 a.m.

John Gruber Talk on Mac UI Design

Tonight I watched Ten Things I Hate About You for the first time (TiVo thought I'd like it), and hoo boy did I ever go to high school in the 1990s. You could reduce me …

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19 Jun 2007, 23:53 p.m.

Old News Is Bad News Too

Somehow a little too weighty to go into the del.icio.us feed: in 1989, a guy in Montreal shot 28 people, almost all women, saying that he was "fighting feminism." I hadn't heard of this incident …

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19 Jun 2007, 13:05 p.m.

Notes On Attention And Shyness

An inadequate excerpt from Sarah Brown of Cringe, on hopes laid bare in a teenager's diary: You want someone you like to come into your room and ask you if you've read all those books …

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19 Jun 2007, 0:57 a.m.

MC Masala, Weekend, And A Mess of Miscellany

Well, this will get a bit crowded. Welcome to the social! This week's column is about Kannada, "Indian," and other languages. Did you know that my sister's brushing up her Hindi? Right now she can …

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