Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2007

09 Oct 2007, 10:18 a.m.

Seen

Now that Leonard's starting his new job, we're waking up earlier and moving our daily handball games to the realm of 7:30 or 8am. This means that today we saw Astorians in suits walking to …

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08 Oct 2007, 11:45 a.m.

I'm Disappointed In...

Colson Whitehead and Justin Lin. I'd enjoyed John Henry Days and Better Luck Tomorrow, so I eagerly dove into Whitehead's new book, Apex Hides the Hurt, and Lin's new film, the mockumentary "Finishing The Game". …

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06 Oct 2007, 13:02 p.m.

Vintage MoCCA Report

Months ago, I went to MoCCA and, unlike Hal, didn't provide a roundup. Until now! I'd expected to meet, and did meet, Alison Bechdel again, Raina Telgemeier again, and Ryan North again. Various works by …

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06 Oct 2007, 1:51 a.m.

Investment In Education

I was the best scorer on my high school's Academic Decathlon team in the spring of 1997. So the county gave me a USD$100 savings bond. I believe someone told me it would mature in …

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05 Oct 2007, 14:05 p.m.

Plans

Planned for last night: a sprint of sorts, where I'd help a friend spec out and start writing an app he's writing for his job and I'd do a few chapters of How To Design …

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04 Oct 2007, 10:45 a.m.

Reasons To Mistrust Government(s)

A libertarian trifecta: people in governments abuse their powers to stalk their exes, arrest legal citizens in immigration raids, and murder hundreds of people and destroy villages when citizens peacefully ask for democracy. That last …

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01 Oct 2007, 14:33 p.m.

Copout Time!

When you have a short story due And you don't know what to do It's copout time! Walk a gunman in the door! Faint the protagonist to the floor! Copout time! [Copout time!] All the …

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29 Sep 2007, 12:37 p.m.

Upcoming Media Experiences

Sunday: I see my friend Michael Rehse in the closing performance of EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION!: THE MUSICAL. Monday: I exchange short stories with my friend and ex-colleague Michael Gorsuch. I have most of the plot for …

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25 Sep 2007, 21:01 p.m.

Notes From Classes

One of my classes has me reading The World Is Flat by Thomas "Airmiles" Friedman. I can skim it quickly because Friedman isn't talking to me, he's talking to the average American (specifically a non-techie …

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24 Sep 2007, 14:44 p.m.

Details

Today the leader of Iran speaks at Columbia. Tonight I have class at Columbia. Show ID, use a different gate, hope the rally noise is over by the time class starts. I'd gotten used to …

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