If you haven't read it, esr had an interesting take on qualia a while back http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=1192#more-1192 http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=1192#more-1192 .

If you haven't read it, esr had an interesting take on qualia a while back http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=1192#more-1192 http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=1192#more-1192 . His take is that qualia is the internal feeling of having a particular sensation. That is that the qualia of redness is the feeling that is internally associated with seeing red.