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Entries from March 2006

The Toils of Life

by Matthew Smith · March 28th, 2006 · No Comments

My sincerest apologies to everyone for the tremendous lack of updates. Life has been rather hurried over the past few days, hindering my attempts at an update, redesign, or any other web related task. I hope to refocus and get these things completed .. eventually. As always, stay tuned!

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Categories: General

That’s Why You Don’t Fuck Around

by Matthew Smith · March 15th, 2006 · 2 Comments

I always hate it when mother is right. “Cursing is something trashy people do,” “You should date around - you’re still in highschool,” “Don’t speed, you’ll get a ticket,” and countless other tid-bits of advice come to mind (all brushed off to be regretted later). It’s painful when I do something, then stop short as [...]

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Categories: Journal · Musings

French to Possibly Make Smart Move

by Matthew Smith · March 14th, 2006 · No Comments

As many of you may know, I (among many others) am not a fan of DRM, a technology commonly employed to remove users’ fair use rights as related to digital media. In recent news [via], the French (of all people) have proposed a new law that could potentially make it legal for users to circumvent [...]

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Categories: General

LifeBlog?

by Matthew Smith · March 9th, 2006 · 2 Comments

It would seem that lunch break serves as a playground for mental stimulation. Revelation of the day: I can use the voice memo feature of my phone to hash out new ideas on the run, then return to my desk in the evening to editorialize them here. I don’t know why I didn’t think of [...]

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Categories: Musings

Information Overload

by Matthew Smith · March 8th, 2006 · No Comments

So I’ve spent the better part of the afternoon surfing some of the high profile blogs out there, such as PhotoMatt and Warpspire, in search of design inspiration. Of course these travels involved many side trips into other cool upcoming services. Some of the more wonderful ones out there include 30boxes (calandaring) and Upcoming.org (event [...]

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Categories: General

New Layout?

by Matthew Smith · March 8th, 2006 · No Comments

Ok folks, I am beginning the process of designing a spiffy new layout for digivation. Let me tell you, its not as easy as it looks - but stay tuned to see what turns out…

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Categories: Site Updates

First Ride of the Year

by Matthew Smith · March 6th, 2006 · No Comments

Ladies and gentlemen, it is now March. Time to don your wetsuit and head out to the lake for a little pre-season wakeboarding action. Yesterday I hopped in the jeep and rode out to the lake for a little warm up run before the weather gets warm enough to bring ladies. I was surprised at [...]

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Categories: Journal

Spring Break

by Matthew Smith · March 4th, 2006 · No Comments

It’s more like “Spring Brake.” While the majority of my friends and Mercer’s campus have skipped town in search of more exotic entertainment, I (along with a few others) am remaining in town. I will be focusing on slowing down and relaxing, letting my mind catch up with my body (or body with mind), and just enjoying the mental nothingness of a week without classes. In addition to the aforementioned benefits, the weather looks pretty nice.

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Categories: Journal