EA, HP, and user frustration
How misnomers and programming error can frustrate your users.
Season Finale
The one where one door closes and another opens.
Arizona Scorpion Photos
Photos of scorpions in the Arizona desert.
July 24, 2004
July 24, 2004 Newsletter with a comment about testing new programs and my new interest in the ambush bug.
Arizona Wildlife Photos
Photos of wild creatures in Arizona from the Sonoran Desert to the Grand Canyon.
Brett Atherton
Brett Atherton is a longtime friend of Shawn Olson. He is a member of the Indestructible Robots and Nerd Table.
Unavoidable Night
A poem on nihilism by Shawn Olson.
Orangebox Breaks Some Custom Maps
After Valve updated Counter-Strike Source to Orangebox, many custom maps have missing textures. Even worse, some maps now even crash CS. Here is what I did to fix de_tension.