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Author: Fred Smith

is the senior video games editor and is our resident grammar and punctuation czar. He prefers to define his career choice as “pending”. His hobbies include basketball, writing, and video games. He is employed by a regional chain hardware store as a salesman/peon.

September 20, 2007 Finance, Fred Smith, News

Google is up, dollar is down, investers less then pleased.

Via USAGold.com. On February 1st of 2006 I bought one share of Google stock. I paid $400 for it. I planned to ask for the certificate and display it in my office. I wanted to be able to say that I bought Google at $400. Today Google closed at $555 and I am up a…

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September 20, 2007 Fred Smith, Linkage, News, Video Games

Penny Arcade creaters make fun of people, rake in cash.

Or so says the month old article I read in Wired. How much? If we had to guess, we’d say over a million a year. Mike and Jerry (or Gabe and Tycho as you might better know them) have their own clothing line, their own video game (to be released sometime in 2008), and their…

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September 19, 2007 Fred Smith, News, Random

Want pirates? I’ll give you pirates.

Do the words Malacca Strait ring a bell? How about lanun? Didn’t think so. Peter Gwin knows all about though, and he want around the world to write about it. Though his jailers remain unsure who he is, they know exactly what he is: lanun (pronounced la-noon). When asked for a direct English equivalent, an…

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September 19, 2007 Fred Smith, Linkage, News, Video Games

Think you’re already sick of Halo 3 hype?

With it’s own flavor of mountain dew, dedicated check-out lines in Wal-mart, and a million dollar diorama depicting a fake battle, you might be tired of Halo 3 hype by now. Or maybe we all should be thankful it hasn’t gone any further. From Reuters: Items that did not make the cut were a “Halo”-themed…

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September 19, 2007 Fred Smith, News, Random

Off-Topic: Career Choices

When I graduated high school, I wanted to be a journalist. I wanted to travel, write engaging articles to enthrall the public, the whole deal. You might even say I had a passion for writing. A couple years later I had a couple jobs, bills to pay, and very little desire to write, let alone…

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