Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder
One of my classes has me reading The World Is Flat by Thomas "Airmiles" Friedman. I can skim it quickly because Friedman isn't talking to me, he's talking to the average American (specifically a non-techie …
I've had some recent success in using spam as a source for recommendations, but more useful by far were Crooked Timber and Ask Metafilter. Speaking of CT, title ideas for your blog posts and a …
Surprisingly unappealing: The Good Husband of Zebra Drive. Sort of predictable. Surprisingly rewarding: Psych, Harvard Business Essentials: Strategy.
Turns out that my pal Hal just read the diabolical poetry/playwriting parody The Holy Tango of Literature, which includes some of my favorite Modern Humorist bits. I loved "I WILL ALARM ISLAMIC OWLS" when I …
In this week's MC Masala column, Leonard talks about making pesto, and I talk about the Indian tulsi plant. Leonard used the garden as a trick to get himself to exercise. His hours of plantings, …
Today I visit the 2007 MoCCA Art Festival. Comics to get, or get autographed, include:Ryan North's stuff Raina Telgemeier's stuff Alison Bechdel's stuff Action Philosophers! David Malki!'s stuff Nothing Better And stuff I haven't heard …
An inadequate excerpt from Sarah Brown of Cringe, on hopes laid bare in a teenager's diary: You want someone you like to come into your room and ask you if you've read all those books …
A May 20th column on coffee rituals (citing Neal Stephenson) and a nice little column from yesterday, on my sister's graduation, dancing, food, and an old album. It could be that the main reason I …
I've finished Quicksilver and gone straight into The Confusion. Boy, I'd appreciate that now-defunct Baroque Cycle wiki right about now. As an alternative I would also accept a decent tenth-grade World History course that, as …
The Elephantmen comic is okay. My mom is visiting us. Last night we watched Altman's The Company. I fell asleep. Is there a plot in there? I've read a couple of reviews now and evidently …