The Value of Art
An essay on the value of art.
Reviewing the Slate
Review of Steven Pinker's book The Blank Slate and the common notion that we are all born without predispositions.
The Cringe Phenomenon
Interview with Cringe that appeared in Now It's Dark Magazine.
The nature of apathy
To be apathetic is to invite entropy, says Olson. How do we deal with it?
August 27, 2010 Newsletter
August 27, 2010 Newsletter with a review of Convexity, a game level builder plug-in for 3D Studio Max.
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.
Education in Debt
The assumption that a diploma means educated is not well founded.
The Call for Religion in Schools
An unpublished editorial on religion in the classroom.
Moving to Montreal
I took a job in Montreal to work as a Product Owner for 3ds Max.
PHP Traits for Implementing Interfaces
PHP 5.4 introduced traits. Traits are in many ways like code-assisted copy and paste. They are ways to mix code into a class without inheritance. But what are they good for? When should they be used?
