The blog of Matthew A. Smith and Michael Chappell, on topics from A to Z

Penisburg?

by Matthew Smith · September 12th, 2008 · No Comments

I saw this and couldn’t resist.

Read the whole story here. I guess we are literally about to get f’ed by global warming, eh?

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Categories: General

On the Road to LSU

by Matthew Smith · September 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments

This weekend I decided that since dangerous storms really don’t scare me, I would travel to Louisiana (yes, that is closer to Hurricane Ike than Georgia) and have a little mid-season football fun and celebration with the LSU crew.
I’m currently writing from Montgomery, Alabama, where I will be spending the night and morning with my [...]

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Categories: General · Journal

New Wheels on the BMW

by Matthew Smith · September 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Well, I finally managed to buy new wheels for the BMW and get rid of those plain hubcaps! The new wheels are 18×1.8″ O.Z. Racing Ultraleggeras in black, and I think they look pretty sharp on the car. Of course now I need new suspension stuff to make it look right, but all in good [...]

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Categories: General

Excerpts from Randomness

by Matthew Smith · August 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Beeeeep-beeeeep-beeeeep-beeep. The harsh consitient bleating of the alarm pierced through the haze of sleep, slowly reeling him into the cold florescent light. As consciousness returned, thoughts clouded his mind and a feeling of helplessness consumed him. Looking around the sterile slate gray walls, the endless gray floor tiles, and the dilapidated white ceiling stained from half a century of disrepair, a distinct [...]

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Categories: Musings

HD Video of September Hase Live in Macon

by Matthew Smith · August 25th, 2008 · No Comments

So I like to consider myself somewhat cultured (for short periods of time, at random intervals) so I attended an indie concert this past weekend. Of course the persuasion of one of my friends, who happens to be related to the lead singer, probably had something to do with this particular burst of “culture.”
Since I [...]

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Categories: Music

Upcoming Stuff and the Start of Another School Year

by Matthew Smith · August 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

So many days have slipped by since the last time I posted! I’ve been extremly busy over the past couple of weeks with some cool projects that I can’t wait to tell everyone about (of course, if you ever looked at my Facebook profile, you probably have an idea already). I kinda want to finish some of [...]

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Categories: General

This is Me, Now

by Matthew Smith · August 4th, 2008 · 5 Comments

My friends, let me start by once again offering my sincerest apologies for my severe writing deficit. It has been quite some time since I provided you with regular glimpses into my life or posted bits of random goodness for you to contemplate. For this I must apologize; everyone knows, that it is not due to a [...]

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Categories: Musings

Sync Google Calendar and the iPhone Calendar OTA for Free!

by Matthew Smith · August 3rd, 2008 · 40 Comments

Over the past few days, I’ve been enjoying my new iPhone 3G immensely. There are a few annoyances, such as buggy software, a little DRM issue I had with the app store, and various other things. However, one issue that was really bothering me was the inability to sync my iPhone calendar with my Google [...]

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Categories: iPhone · Products