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Winners on Wheels

Posted by Shawn Olson on Jan 7, 2003 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011

A feature about disabled students involved with sports. Originally from the Westside Messenger.

wheelchair basketball, handicap, sports

A Day at the Dentist

Posted by Shawn Olson on Nov 25, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011

A weird and horrific story about a trip to the dentist gone wrong.

day dentist, dentist horror, dentist fiction

MisCon 25

My Adventure with Onkel Sven.

Posted by Shawn Olson on Jun 5, 2011 | Last Updated Jun 15, 2017

I traveled to Missoula, Montana with John Dalmas to participate in MisCon 25. I met several interesting characters including William Warren Jr, James Burk, Jim Glass and others.

miscon, missoula, montana, sci-fi, scifi, science fiction convention, john dalmas

Web Statistics

Posted by Shawn Olson on Mar 30, 2009 | Last Updated Nov 12, 2011

A brief introduction to understanding website statistics, including a discussion of visits, hits and other topics to be aware of.

website, stats, statistics, logs, analyze, traffic, visits, hits

Animal House

Posted by Shawn Olson on Mar 27, 2009 | Last Updated Nov 12, 2011

Our home is the animal house. A golden retriever, a cat, a chinchilla, fish and several children roam the hallways of the house. And others live outside.

animal, animals, dogs, cats, fish, pets

Hole in my Heel

Posted by Shawn Olson on Jan 27, 2005 | Last Updated Nov 8, 2011

The story of how I survived a wound that killed legendary Achilles.

achilles heel, severed tendon

My feelings on God

Posted by Shawn Olson on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011

My personal views on God.

agnostic, agnosticism, atheism, god, religion debate

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 by Shawn Olson 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

Dots

Printable Dots Sheets for Children

Posted by Shawn Olson on Dec 6, 2012 | Last Updated Dec 6, 2012

Printable Dots game. Also includes instructions on playing this classic pen-and-paper game.

dots, game, printable, instructions

Desktops are not extinct

Posted by Shawn Olson on Mar 8, 2012 | Last Updated Mar 8, 2012

Editorial discussing the notion that the time of the desktop is over. I argue that the advent of smart phones, tablets and mobile devices do not preclude the value of the desktop.

computer, productivity, mobile device, ipad