My name is Steven Joseph Erik Matthews. I go by Steve, am 19 years old from Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, and enjoy long walks on the beach. I am a member of the Cornell Concert Commission, the student assembly (hey anyone in CALS, let me know if you have any questions/comments/concerns, as I am the CALS rep), and Llenroc. I love being outside and on the water and spent virtually every hour I wasn't working or sleeping this summer on my boat or at Robert Moses (my favorite LI beach). My job was pretty miserable because I had to commute to NYC everyday and I learned very little. I can now photocopy like a pro. I love music of all varieties and listen to it constantly. I consider myself a man of leisure and enjoy being laid back at a school that generally isn't. I'm double majoring in AEM and Communication but have a fascination with computers and technology. A long time Mac-hater, I took the plunge into the white side at the beginning of my freshman year and have concluded they are indeed far shinier than most PCs, and thus far superior. I'm fascinated by the self imposed segregation that exists in the digital community. It seems that for just about every online space, there is an equal but more hated online space. Whether the Mac fan-boys knock their windows loving brethren for the infinite similarities between Vista and OSX or when MySpace hates on facebook for being too haughty (what ever that means), it seems that there is a lot of self-created animosity among the tech savvy. This seems to exist in all online spaces, whether its social networking, corporate loyalty, or search engine preference, even email (Yahoo vs Google), people like to find their niche, and than express unnecessary price and ultimate hatred for the opposing niche. I find myself caught in the crossfire between the Mac and Windows world, as I use and enjoy both. My friends, who rank on both sides of this divide, are convinced I'm a poser, and that only their respective operating system can be considered useful. Perhaps I should just switch to Linux (I hear its great for super villains), or perhaps we should just learn to put our differences aside and all get along.
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