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 I'm Sami Samhuri, a software developer and general technology geek. Sometimes
 I write my thoughts and post my projects here. I moved to [Victoria, BC][vic]
 in 2003 to study computer science at the [University of Victoria][uvic], and
-drop out a couple of years later.
+then dropped out a couple of years later.
 
 [vic]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria,_British_Columbia
 [uvic]: http://uvic.ca