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Mom, You Win

by Matthew Smith · April 29th, 2007 · No Comments

Yesterday, my dear mother accused me of paying more attention to the sentiments of my fraternity brothers than to her own requests. I won’t bother to comment on the validity of this statement, but I am here to say that, in one aspect, I’m going to try to listen to you: the budget.
I have never [...]

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BrainDumpWiki

by Matthew Smith · April 24th, 2007 · No Comments

This is a random and intriguing idea that I came up with the other day.
I want to create a private wiki (and by private, I mean really, really (really) private). This wiki would be accessible only by me, and would contain all those bits of random knowledge that so easily slips your mind after a [...]

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Apathy and Procrastination

by Matthew Smith · April 24th, 2007 · No Comments

Welcome to the keywords of life… apathy and procrastination.
Let me tell you, these two are killers. They kill fun, grades, fraternities, marriages, jobs… and the list goes on. Apathy sucks. Procrastination… well it sucks too.
I’ve been dealing with both of these issues over the past year, not only with my class work, but also [...]

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Spring Break or Something Like It

by Matthew Smith · March 19th, 2007 · No Comments

Spring break - a time of collegiate debauchery, comradery, and sunburn-ery. For me, this year’s spring break was nothing more than another week working in Macon to replenish the bank account. I did manage to squeeze in a bit of hanging out and hot tubbing (I’m not the only broke college student in Macon), complete [...]

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The Church Bells are Ringing!

by Matthew Smith · March 6th, 2007 · No Comments

Its getting to be that time of year again, the time when flowers bloom, the grass turns green, and… my friends get married. The hitchings include (there were so many I had to make a list), but are not limited too:

Kenneth and Christina
David and Desiree
Will and Renee
Chris and Amanda
Justin and Nicole
Adam and Katie
Corbin and Melissa

Here [...]

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The Thanksgiving Post

by Matthew Smith · November 23rd, 2006 · No Comments

For those of us in the good ‘ole US of A, today is Thanksgiving, a celebration of our ancestors’ successful voyage across the Atlantic almost 400 years ago. Today, families from Georgia to Washington stuffed their faces with food and reminisced about the things for which they are thankful.
Myself being a member of a typical [...]

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This Whole Terror Thing is Getting Ridiculous

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

Ok, so now we call people terrorists and arrest them for buying a bunch of cell phones. Oh, and then talk about becoming more invasive of personal privacy [via]. Sheesh, what is the world coming too? Seeing as how terrorism is intended to create terror, and we’re becoming more paranoid every day… well - who’s [...]

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Why Telephones Use Negative Forty-Eight Volts DC

by Matthew Smith · August 11th, 2006 · 5 Comments

If you’ve been following the random stories throughout the site, you might just remember a mention of my summer co-op job at Emerson Network Power (if not, you can refer to this post). The summer has gone well; I’ve made some cash, learned some new tricks, and added a nice new section to my resume. [...]

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