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New MacBook Pro!

by Matthew Smith · April 3rd, 2008 · 5 Comments

Yea, I know… I’ve converted to the dark side.
If you’d told me two years ago that I’d be owning a Mac sometime in the future, I’d have laughed. However, over the past two years, I’ve used various Apple products at the computer store and helped friends with their Apple computers. I have become quite a [...]

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The Royalist Party?

by Matthew Smith · March 18th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Read this page and you might be a little confused. Apparently the author wishes to bring monarchy to the United States enough to write a web page (in some form of what appears to be Middle English) all about it. Go read and then bring me your thoughts (in the form of comments).
I hope one [...]

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Fourteen Days

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

Good heavens, the last post I made was two weeks ago! I suppose I have a little bit of explaining to do.
Over the past two weeks, I have had spring break, done a lot of maintenance on the BMW, DJ’d two parties, gone camping, had a job interview, and just plain grown older. Hopefully [...]

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Spring Break!

by Matthew Smith · March 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Yes, it’s now one day into my spring break. What am I doing? Why, staying in Macon and spending all my money on the BMW!! It’s time for the 100,000 mile overhaul, so I will be busy in the garage (once my parts arrive). If you’re in Macon, be sure to call!

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Working on the Gallery

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

Over the next few days I’ll be (finally) working on the gallery to get it in shipshape (if you haven’t noticed the complete mess that it has been since summer). You may notice the gallery link is missing. When it reappears, hopefully things will look much nicer!! Stay tuned…
In other news, my brother bought something [...]

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We’re (aka “Beat House”) DJ’ing First Friday @ the Rookery!

by Matthew Smith · January 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Just to throw out a little plug for Adam and myself, we’re “spinnin’ on the ones and twos” this Friday at the Rookery for downtown Macon’s monthly “First Friday” event. We’ll be playing a smooth blend of rock, rap, old(ish) stuff, and whatever else pleases our auditory palette.
It should go down like a smooth [...]

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I Want to Query Facebook

by Matthew Smith · January 30th, 2008 · 3 Comments

But I can’t. Let me explain.
Facebook offers a developer API that allows programmers to use the data stored by Facebook. One of the neat features is called “Facebook Query Language,” and allows you to execute queries on the data provided by Facebook, as if it were a giant database (oh, wait, it is). Earlier this [...]

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Family Picture Project

by Matthew Smith · January 5th, 2008 · 3 Comments

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My Grandmother on my mother’s side of the family has been suffering from Parkinson’s disease for several years and has been getting worse over time. For Christmas this year, my aunt decided to create a video montage of old family photographs honoring my Grandmother and give this to my relatives as [...]

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