Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2009

07 Dec 2009, 14:25 p.m.

Der Lulzening (or, LOL)

Happy-making web fun: that Mario Don't Stop Me Now video, absurd hip-hop lyrics and videos, that OK Go video, and B-roll.

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03 Dec 2009, 15:19 p.m.

Spare Ticket to Vienna Teng Tonight

I have two tickets to Vienna Teng's sold-out 7:30pm concert tonight at Joe's Pub near NYU. I found out today that my companion can't come. If you are free tonight, let me know ASAP and …

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30 Nov 2009, 8:09 a.m.

Sci-Fi Awards & Best-Of

I've been finding Jed Hartman's Year's Best SF Info site very useful in my Thoughtcrime Experiments publicity/submissions work: This site is primarily intended for editors of science fiction, fantasy, and horror magazines and original anthologies …

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25 Nov 2009, 10:57 a.m.

I'd Buy An Album Of Costello Covers By Colbert

From the Thursday, 19 Nov 2009 episode of the Colbert Report: Elvis Costello showed up for an interview and a song. But he'd lost his voice, so he had Colbert sing. Just wow. (Link that …

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25 Nov 2009, 1:02 a.m.

Pick

I recently read Linda Gordon's The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction (Harvard University Press, 1999). It's an edifying and engrossing read. Let me quote the publisher's blurb: In 1904, New York nuns brought 40 Irish orphans …

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23 Nov 2009, 17:03 p.m.

Can't Play Tour Guide Without A Map

GNOME Journal just published my Telepathy overview, and my colleague Danielle Madeley's "Telepathy, Empathy and Mission Control 5 in GNOME 2.28". I'm not a developer, but I can at least help create accessible documentation. Telepathy …

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22 Nov 2009, 21:29 p.m.

Career Analysis Stuff

You might be interested in my analysis of my career history in a longish Crooked Timber comment. I'm very glad that I had so many different work experiences before making irrevocable choices, and that I …

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17 Nov 2009, 20:07 p.m.

Removal

The one-way tickets are bought; December 8th is our date of departure. We'll return to the States in 2011 or 2012. Now: estimates from movers, giving away and selling belongings, I haven't even started address …

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16 Nov 2009, 13:03 p.m.

Of Course I've Fallen Ill

Well, getting sick when I had nothing urgent to do just wouldn't have any drama to it.

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10 Nov 2009, 12:26 p.m.

Here It Comes

The Queen has approved Leonard's dependent partner's visa, so it's now official: in about a month, we'll be moving to Cambridge, England, so I can work side-by-side with colleagues at Collabora headquarters. Many more details …

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