Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder
I just realized that my previous entry reduces to "Please pull me aside and tell me if I'm making a fool of myself." Which is, in general, something I'd like my friends & well-wishers to …
So, two things I'd like to ask of my readers: Call me out on it if I'm saying something that's racist, or sexist, or transphobic, or dismissive of entire religious communities of practice, or ableist, …
Should have been catching up on work, reread bits of Anathem and wrote instead. Let's see if I can go to sleep once I've posted this: Erica Naone's infodumping links reminded me of an old …
I've joined Dreamwidth as "brainwane", in case you're there and want to give me access to your super-secret friends-only Colbert Report fanfic. Quiz: If you are attentive, you can probably find my two commonest usernames …
Let's see if I can make it to: lunch with a new friend, a blog meetup, a friend's concert, and a birthday party within about 10 consecutive Saturday hours.
Here is another narrative of my WisCon: something I learned from editing and publicizing Thoughtcrime Experiments, and what that makes me want to do next. It's long (the longer the post, the more I feel …
I had such a great time at WisCon that I'm now considering sneaking a weekend at a like-minded science fiction convention: Chicago's Think GalactiCon, two weekends from now (the end of June). This year's Think …
Seeing the trailer for "Surrogates" put me onto this escalator: I don't say "philosophical zombie" nearly enough In the future, a "horse of a different color" will be a "brain in a differently-colored jar" "Brain …
The scariest question is "What do you want?" The first time anyone seriously asked me, "What do you want?" it was a teacher, after I'd gibbered at her about a boy and asked for advice. …