EA, HP, and user frustration
How misnomers and programming error can frustrate your users.
Reflections and Infections
An essay about the need for more philosophy (love of wisdom) in an age of growing xenophobia.
The mind and body
Why we need to exercise both mind and body.
Greg Oden, Buckeyes and Basketball
Commentary on collegiate basketball, American colleges and professional sports.
The Sunset and Spirits
A trip to a mountain top turns into a flight of irrational terror.
A Man and His Beast
Some pictures of Shawn and Dewey playing around.
Near and Nearer
Images of small things, and then closer looks at those things.
The black, white and red of the colorblind society
An essay noting the state of the civil rights movement in the wake of Rosa Park's death.
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.
Strip Character and Whitespace in JavaScript Function
Use this function to strip whitespace and any character from a string in JavaScript.