Decompiling

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An attempt to turn ideas into words. Writing about art, travel, history, technology, and the fuzzy lines that connect these topics.

About Gary Smith

A web developer by vocation, a writer and painter by aspiration. Based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, but my head is often in Europe.

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