Autodesk Moving to Rental-Only for Software
How a company made for artists is pushing a policy that promotes more starving artists instead of thriving artists
Posted on Oct 13, 2014 | Last Updated Oct 13, 2014
Autodesk is now making plans to stop selling perpetual licenses and move all future business to a rental-only model.
software, sales, consumer, license, perpetual, rental
Do Not Call - Seriously
Posted on Oct 8, 2003 | Last Updated Nov 1, 2011
When the Do Not Call registry went into effect, telemarketing should have listened.
do not call registry, telemarketer, telemarketing, free speech
Going bald like a man
Posted on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 26, 2011
An amusing editorial by Shawn Olson, originally published as a Chalkboard column in the Messenger.
male pattern baldness, bald humor, hair loss
May 10, 2005 Newsletter
Posted on May 9, 2005 | Last Updated Nov 8, 2011
May 10, 2005 Newsletter.
May 10, 2005 Newsletter, donald olson sick
The other end of life
Posted on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 26, 2011
An emotional editorial by Shawn Olson about old age originally printed in the Messenger.
life and death, old age, nursing home, grandpa olson, grandpa himes, solitu
My Wife Likes it Hot
Posted on Dec 7, 2014 | Last Updated Dec 31, 2019
A little story about when my wife made things a little too hot.
The ephemeral soldier
Posted on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011
A poem about veterans. Dedicated to my grandfather Clarence Himes.
veterans poem, soldier poem
The Storm Within
Posted on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011
A poem sparked by an exceptionally reflective and intoxicated night.
internal turmoil poem, apostasy, self doubt poetry
Chapter 4: Faceless Clues
Posted on Jan 26, 2003 | Last Updated Oct 31, 2011
Investigators find a terrible scene on the wrecked Rogue 5... and a mystery threat is born.
mask of rogue seven 7, mystery murders, science fiction, story, shawn olson
