The Big Insurance Scam
A scathing reaction to the realities of the insurance industry and the insurance scam that makes the entire American public a victim.
Bruce Lee's Philosophy
A review of Bruce Lee's philosophical outlook.
My Experience at Westland High School
How an honor-roll student can lose heart and drop out
An overview of Shawn Olson's experience at Westland High School.
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.
Longnose Gar Photos
Photos of my longnose gar after it has grown over a foot in length.
Ban the Plan-O-Gram
Humorous call for the downfall of the Plan-O-Gram.
Ambush Bugs
Photos of Ambush Bugs waiting for prey in the pedals of plants.
Reviewing the Slate
Review of Steven Pinker's book The Blank Slate and the common notion that we are all born without predispositions.
My failed faith
The evolution of Shawn Olson's views on faith, religion and ethics.
Compare Values with Arbitrary Comparison Operator
JavaScript for comparing values when the operator to use is variable.
JavaScript function and sample code to dynamically compare two values. Accepts numeric and/or alphanumeric values and does a comparison on them based on a comparison parameter.