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| READ MORE | https://blog.matthewrease.net/post/202501181315 |
| READ MORE | https://blog.matthewrease.net/post/202410241643 |
| READ MORE | https://blog.matthewrease.net/post/202002231038 |
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| READ MORE | https://blog.matthewrease.net/post/202002101957 |
| my profile | https://matthewrease.net/about/ |
| Christian, Live for Christ, Without FOMO Enjoy God's creation and the various (non-sinful) recreations of this earth, but don't worry about not experiencing them all. | https://blog.matthewrease.net/post/202504081306 |
| Confidentiality in the Digital Age A primer on message and file encryption, using common, open, and secure standards. | https://blog.matthewrease.net/post/202410241643 |
| Skills Exist Apart From Tools Leonardo da Vinci didn't need a brush to make art. My take on "Vibe Coding". | https://blog.matthewrease.net/post/202503271236 |
| Christian, Live for Christ, Without FOMO Enjoy God's creation and the various (non-sinful) recreations of this earth, but don't worry about not experiencing them all. | https://blog.matthewrease.net/post/202504081306 |
| Skills Exist Apart From Tools Leonardo da Vinci didn't need a brush to make art. My take on "Vibe Coding". | https://blog.matthewrease.net/post/202503271236 |
| A Journey Through Some Rough Lenovo Firmware How I diagnosed a bad NVMe drive on a laptop over several hours. | https://blog.matthewrease.net/post/202501181315 |
| Confidentiality in the Digital Age A primer on message and file encryption, using common, open, and secure standards. | https://blog.matthewrease.net/post/202410241643 |
| On Homosexuality and God's Word A response to the mistranslation argument. | https://blog.matthewrease.net/post/202205221553 |
| Happy Birthday, Me... This last year has been... | https://blog.matthewrease.net/post/202106092318 |
| Why political party affiliation is stupid. Here we are, my first political post. Signs of what is to come? I don't know. But this is something I've been thinking about for a while now. | https://blog.matthewrease.net/post/202008030135 |
| Why Are Mousepads Still Useful? If you're looking at the title, and wondering if I've gone crazy, trust me I'm going somewhere with this! | https://blog.matthewrease.net/post/202006021941 |
| Coronavirus am I right? Ha, what kind of idiot would start a blog, then go over a month without posting... heh... yeah what kind? | https://blog.matthewrease.net/post/202004161413 |
| The Attic of Unfinished Projects It makes me kinda sad to think about all of the projects I've started that are "on the backburner", "unfinished", or otherwise in some form of purgatory. | https://blog.matthewrease.net/post/202002261145 |
| Homework Obviously homework sucks, but why is it so hard to do? | https://blog.matthewrease.net/post/202002231038 |
| Content From Other Authors This blog may see an increase in content soon, so I'm here to explain why. | https://blog.matthewrease.net/post/202002200925 |
| Not Knowing What To Call Something Hey man, you know when you have to like... do that thing? "What do you mean?" I dont know, like, that thing we do. "Do you speak English?" | https://blog.matthewrease.net/post/202002192026 |
| Teachers Get No Respect *Insert Rodney Dangerfield reference* - but seriously, the way some teachers get treated is absolutely despicable. | https://blog.matthewrease.net/post/202002172204 |
| Blu-Ray - The Future? A supposed legendary technological evolution of the DVD, the future of optical entertainment. So where are they? | https://blog.matthewrease.net/post/202002141443 |
| Work That No One Will Ever See Old Code pt.2 A ton of hardwork, yet the result remains the same, at least to an outsider looking in. | https://blog.matthewrease.net/post/202002130928 |
| Old Code Ever look at your old code, and think: what the actual ****? | https://blog.matthewrease.net/post/202002101957 |
| STEAM BACKLOG Come on, you now you have one too... | https://blog.matthewrease.net/post/202002080941 |
| BACK PAIN And right at the launch of the site... | https://blog.matthewrease.net/post/202002050804 |
| WELCOME Welcome to my blog | https://blog.matthewrease.net/post/202002041308 |
| Test Post Testing website functionality | https://blog.matthewrease.net/post/202002041144 |
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