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Entries from July 2006

Search Engine Rankings

by Matthew Smith · July 27th, 2006 · 7 Comments

Google is a fun toy for bored afternoons. For example, I’ve been Googling a few key phrases:

Matthew Smith: digivation.net is on page 7 – not bad, considering that there are some 75 million results. Funny thing is, my Upcoming.org profile (which I rarely use) shows up on the first page!
Matthew A Smith: While Google still [...]

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Categories: Musings

A Blast from the Past: The Search Engine Game

by Matthew Smith · July 27th, 2006 · No Comments

I was recently surfing the web, when, for no reason at all, I wondered if I could find a copy of my very first website. Over the years, I have been through numerous sites, designs, platforms, topics, you name it, I’ve probably tried it. In fact, I can’t even remember all the places that I [...]

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Categories: General

Moving (back) to Linux?

by Matthew Smith · July 25th, 2006 · No Comments

Over the past few weeks, I have once again turned my thoughts towards that “other” operating system loved by some, loathed by others. No, I’m not talking about the Mac OS, I’m talking about Linux. While I did use it extensively last summer (learning tricks, jumping through hoops, and trying to get my system to [...]

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Categories: Journal · Linux

Server Trouble

by Matthew Smith · July 22nd, 2006 · No Comments

I apologize if you were unable to reach the site yesterday – it seems that my server was having a bit of trouble, apparently caused by a faulty motherboard. I’m up and running on fresh hardware, so all should be good now!

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Categories: Asides · Site Updates

How To Claim Your Flickr Account on Technorati and Feel Better About Yourself

by Matthew Smith · July 20th, 2006 · No Comments

With such a long and auspicious title, this post has a lot to live up to; therefore, let us begin! First things first – why would you actually want to claim your Flickr pages on Technorati? I have no idea (but I’m going to find out), other than putting another link on the “blogs you [...]

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Categories: General

The Summer of “I want…”

by Matthew Smith · July 20th, 2006 · 3 Comments

Since I am spending the summer amassing large sums of money, I have come up with some stuff I’d like to spend it on. Without further ado, I am proud to present my “Summer Toy List.”

iPod Video 60GB
My old iPod is a 10GB “iPod with Dock Connector” model, and has become a tad dated. While [...]

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Categories: Journal · Musings

Charles and Myself

by Matthew Smith · July 19th, 2006 · No Comments

Charles and Myself
Hosted on Zooomr

At a little gathering the other night, Charles decided to snap a few pictures. This is one of my favorites.
Edit: I was just thinking – Coke just got free advertising, right here on my blog…

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Categories: Asides · Journal

Filling Up My Zooomr

by Matthew Smith · July 19th, 2006 · No Comments

For those of you looking at Zooomr out of the corner of your eye (so to speak), let me invite you to check out my photo stream. I have been spent the evening uploading a few of the pictures on my laptop, but I won’t be able to upload the ones from my desktop, seeing [...]

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Categories: Asides · General