Major Directory Changes at ShawnOlson.Net
Topics pages now only list articles by Shawn Olson and very close friends and family.
Information Overload
An Over-Abundance of Information in the Information Age
An essay on the trends on the Internet that cause an explosion of information that is often antithetical to the ideals of democracy and progress. This essay cautions parents, teachers and community leaders to be wary of every emerging media outlet.
2013 in Review
Newsletter about 2013, including various losses in our family and other news.
The Value of Art
An essay on the value of art.
April 14, 2005 Newsletter
April 14, 2005 Newsletter. Global Artistic Network Launches.
Dynamically change a form's action with JavaScript
JavaScript allows you to dynamically change a form's action. To make the function work in the new Google Chrome browser, you need to reference the action differently than you could in other browsers.
Who is she
A poem about a father who abandoned his daughter almost 30 years ago.
A Call for Reason
An essay rebutting infantile attitudes of the anti-science movement.
Writing Samples
Writing samples on the Shawn Olson Artistic Network
Sprite Tools
Sprite Tools is a free MAXScript for working with Sprites in 3ds Max. It can create sprite cards from animated textures or convert sprite sheets into animated textures.