Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2009

18 Feb 2009, 0:47 a.m.

Half-Truths

Tonight I heard from DC-area sysadmin types that the area has plentiful IT jobs (which I'm willing to believe) and that Python and Ruby are fads on their way out (uh, no). Also I learned …

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17 Feb 2009, 9:01 a.m.

Distractions

Tonight I see a staged reading at Woolly Mammoth costarring a friend of mine. I wonder what "Pay What You Can" brings in these days. My life is better in some ways when I visit …

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13 Feb 2009, 14:18 p.m.

Friday Entertainments

Evidently tonight I could see the Nerdcore Rising documentary on the big screen and see whether Adi, John, Adam and I made it into the final cut. But instead I may go celebrate Unix time …

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10 Feb 2009, 9:52 a.m.

The Next Pursuit

I'm back in New York City, nursing a scratchy throat and catching up on Thoughtcrime Experiments submissions to keep my average response time down. The long-dormant Vista machine that PCF lent me is installing update …

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03 Feb 2009, 1:59 a.m.

Metonymy, New York

When I was in high school, I overheard a couple of English teachers mentioning how they always confuse metonymy and synecdoche and laughing their heads off. Now Leonard is ahead of the game.

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03 Feb 2009, 1:52 a.m.

That's Webtertainment

I'm in Boston this week, probably till Sunday the 8th or so. When I couchsurf, I want to entertain my hosts. Evidently I do this by foisting fun web videos that haven't really made the …

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03 Feb 2009, 1:23 a.m.

The Blog Host Market

I'm thinking of starting another blog for a little writing project of mine. I'd rather it have a more professional look-n-feel than the NewsBruiser blogs' built-in templates allow, and possibly an automatic audience if I …

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29 Jan 2009, 22:48 p.m.

Surprise, Surprise

Having a publicly viewable stats aggregator displaying how quickly I read Thoughtcrime Experiments slush makes me want to work more and faster. If only I could have responded to most Salon Premium tech support questions …

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28 Jan 2009, 19:45 p.m.

A Secular Catechism

A More Perfect Union from Andrew Sloat on Vimeo.

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28 Jan 2009, 17:41 p.m.

Make It No

Martin, newborn pub brawler, finds that the ST:TNG episode "Tapestry" speaks to him. He calls the theme among these episodes obvious. I'm guessing he saw that they are about leadership/organizational behavior. And thus if I …

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