Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder
When Leonard and I lived in the Bay Area and drove south to Bakersfield to see his mom every few months, he got a satellite radio subscription. I'd navigate the music channels and look at …
I have the best spouse. I spent basically the entire afternoon and evening waylaid by an inexplicable short-term illness (I would blame food poisoning except I can't work out the causality). Leonard's super solicitousness extended …
After we watched The Ref and ate our Thai takeout, I web-sought a fire log video and started playing it. "It's amazing that people make these," I said. Beat. "I am sort of waiting for …
I've been sick for something like the last six weeks, so Leonard booked an appointment for me and I finally saw a doctor. It's such a nasty trick that illness leeches away the energy one …
This MetaFilter comment, plus not actually knowing how the song goes, caused my household to start chanting bringing in the sheaves; bringing in the sheaves as a sort of "la la la can't hear you!". …
Emoticons are pretty essential.
"You can look up [shop name] to get the address. They have a map and everything." "Oh I already did it." "I did it thirty-five minutes ago." "Well, I did it about five minutes ago." …
Rain on the air conditioning unit. The susurration of pills inside vials -- the few slow clicks of big gel capsules versus the quiet tumble of small solid tabs. Birdsong, far away. The laptop fan, …
I get sick more often than I'd like. Part of this is because of travel, no doubt -- the stress of travel and my inevitable sleep deprivation lower my immune system's defenses, and new exciting …
Yesterday in my weekly one-on-one with my boss, we talked about matters ranging from recruiting and hiring to Firefox OS to Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning. I got to introduce him to the management …