Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2007

08 Feb 2007, 7:12 a.m.

Better

Oh yeah, by the way, my group's presentation went okay, despite the fact that I was out of commission due to illness for four days preceding, so the other folks in my group had to …

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08 Feb 2007, 6:31 a.m.

Misc

From class yesterday, in "managing emerging technologies": "I believe that they originally went by Research Associates, or Internet Research Agency. [pause] But that information may be false." [during a presentation on solar energy in the …

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04 Feb 2007, 11:38 a.m.

Newest MC Masala Column

I'm not always right. Still sick.

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03 Feb 2007, 22:48 p.m.

London Mid-March

My sister and I will probably be visiting London for about three days in the middle of March. Would anyone there care to put us up? Barring that, could I buy anyone there a cup …

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03 Feb 2007, 20:48 p.m.

Mac-o! Mac-o!

I got interviewed by Gene Steinberg on The Tech Night Owl LIVE (although it was not LIVE or live). My interview starts around 48:20, but just before it is a highly entertaining ad for Attack …

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03 Feb 2007, 20:11 p.m.

To Optimize Response Speed On MySQL, Follow These Instructions

Just watched Jay Pipes's 45-minute Google TechTalk, "Performance Tuning Best Practices for MySQL". A few points I took to heart: Even if you're using InnoDB for all your tables, MySQL is still using MyISAM for …

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31 Jan 2007, 7:57 a.m.

Come On, People

Sometimes the subconscious just phones it in. Doing stand-up comedy about Battlestar Galactica? Sorry, not nearly inventive enough. The only creative element was a Cylon leader, played by Don Cheadle, whom I call "Kofi Cylan."

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30 Jan 2007, 10:10 a.m.

Historiography

From The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity, by Roy Porter: Writing this book has not only made me more aware than usual of my own ignorance; it has brought home the …

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28 Jan 2007, 15:26 p.m.

Law & Tech

Eating roasted carrots and reading case law make a good Sunday afternoon. PG&E v. Drayage has a funny smackdown (the "When the court interprets a contract on this basis" paragraph) and a citation of Black's …

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28 Jan 2007, 11:49 a.m.

MC Masala on Fallibility and Bug Tracking

My column this week remembers a tough bug to reactivate. Which bug tracker would God use? It is one of the sillier questions I've asked. In computer programming, we use special programs to keep track …

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