Smatters

Matters of the Smith-Atwood family

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January 2013

  • MOVING TO WORDPRESS.COM

    Starting today, I’m moving my posts to a site hosted at WordPress.com. The site is named “b.smat.us” which allows old links to still retrieve old contents. However, anyone typing in the regular URL, or…

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  • Time for Linux?

    With international abuse being poured upon Windows 8 – experienced Windows users can’t even figure it out – perhaps it’s time for the General Public to start using Linux. The “desktop friendly” versions like…

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  • Debt and Culture

    I just read an interesting book review (posted on Salon, but originally from the LA Review of Books) about the role of debt in civilization and history. The book, Debt: The First 5,000 Years,…

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