Some recent posts on "Cogito, Ergo Sumana"

I usually post at my NewsBruiser-based blog. There's a a syndicated LiveJournal feed you could subscribe to if you wanted. But, for purposes of alerting the Dreamwidth Latest Posts folks of reasons to subscribe to said feed, here I'll mention a few recent entries of interest.

"This got me thinking about other advantages I got by dint of being born in the US to South Asian immigrants (educated middle-class ones, to be sure). That is, where did I get a leg up on children born to US-born white parents?"

Sewing, Debian Packaging, DIY Electronics, And My Love Of Old Systems:

Over and over, I was astonished to see the system of the thing resolve before my eyes; millions of people have worked through fiber arts issues before I ever arrived, and have developed tools and practices that make sense. Every button and lever and outcropping on the face of a sewing machine has a function. Starch spray, hot iron, water, pins, spool, bobbin, rotary trimmer, foot pedal to leave both hands free to guide the fabric, and different stitch types for different purposes (like backstitching or stabilizing initial knot) just make me feel so glad to be arriving in a well-explored problem space, in a millenia-old community of practice.

Making The Hard Look Easy, Feminism, and The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

My search for a sweatshop-free Linux laptop ended with a comprehensive and thoughtful letter from ZaReason.

Fanvid and fanfic recommendations (Colbert, Calvin & Hobbes, Stargate, Psych, Star Trek, Dollhouse, Doctor Who, James Bond, & multifandom).

I live in New York City, and am thinking of watching some old TV or listening to radio at the Paley Center. Tell me what to research.

A selective biography of the last eleven years of my life, in links, jobs, and my late mother-in-law.