Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2009

08 Sep 2009, 11:24 a.m.

Three Great Marketing Moves

Leonard and I attended a preview screening of the Coen Brothers' film The Man Who Wasn't There and got a promotional comb. We still have and use it, several moves later. I was chary of …

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07 Sep 2009, 11:58 a.m.

Not Too Much Food After All

Yesterday we had one of two 30th birthday parties for Leonard, months late. Thanks to all who came! I am sort of out of practice at nine-hour parties. I used to think that every gathering …

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05 Sep 2009, 3:27 a.m.

*collapse in a heap*

Back from Boston/Somerville/Cambridge. Thanks to Kirk, Andres, Mika and Mako, Randall and Derek, Jed, Julia and Moss for your socializing and hospitality! If I move to The Other Cambridge, I won't be able to go …

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03 Sep 2009, 17:30 p.m.

First

I'm in Boston for a couple of days, co-working with my colleague Andres Salomon, a.k.a. dilinger. He's been hacking on oFono on Collabora's dime, and last night's 0.4 release included work by Andres to add …

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01 Sep 2009, 15:24 p.m.

Silliness

While talking with Anne & Jane last night about that Buffy/Edward slash (sort of) video, we agreed: when you see a vampire, you stake him! Don't they teach that in health class anymore? Oh, no, …

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01 Sep 2009, 15:09 p.m.

The Other James Bond

Casino Royale is on Hulu to watch for free. Not the 21st century one, the Peter Sellers/Orson Welles/Woody Allen/Ursula Andress/David Niven/Joseph Heller/Billy Wilder/&c. 1967 version. Leonard & I are about two-thirds through and this is …

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01 Sep 2009, 12:51 p.m.

Jokes And The Unconscience

Misunderstanding number one: "You're it. You're me. You're what I've got. Like in that song." "I don't know that song." "What I've Got. I think that's the name of the song. Something about a microphone." …

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31 Aug 2009, 0:29 a.m.

Nostalgia And Consistent Pleasures

In my Epistemology and impostor syndrome post at Geek Feminism, I spoke a little about systematically dissecting praise to check for sincerity. There's a mess of connections here among my memories, hopes, and worldview; lemme …

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30 Aug 2009, 21:59 p.m.

Game

I got Leonard & Martin to read Michael Lewis's Moneyball recently. (By the way, Brendan, I think you'd like Martin's blog, if you're not already reading it.) I'll read anything by Lewis. In Liar's Poker, …

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30 Aug 2009, 14:33 p.m.

Look!

Every so often, Leonard and I watch several Colbert Report clips from his recurring segment Cheating Death With Dr. Stephen T. Colbert, D.F.A. Leonard loves the props, the silliness, and the variety of jokes within …

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