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Eat Apes.

by Matthew Smith · October 17th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s late on a Friday afternoon and I’m watching the clock count down the last mintues of the day. Thankfully, I remembered my friends David and Jon keep their musings online (much like Chappie and myself, though Jon posts a lot more than Chappie). You should probably skip on over to this link and find [...]

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Financial Crisis or Opportunity?

by Matthew Smith · September 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past few months, you should be quite aware of the current financial situation creeping across the globe like a cancer. While many people are full of gloom and doom, and the talking heads on your TV keep telling you that the end of the world is [...]

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Back from LSU

by Matthew Smith · September 14th, 2008 · No Comments

I’m back from LSU, in one piece and just as dry as when I left Georgia. It was a great weekend. More to come later.

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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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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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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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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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Digivation Videos!

by Matthew Smith · July 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Just a quick blurb: I recently purchased a Canon HF10 HD video camera (which I love), and I’ve been putting bits and pieces of video online at Vimeo (which is totally awesome). You can watch them in HD from my profile page!
You should sign up for a Vimeo account and add me as a contact. [...]

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