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A Call for Reason

Posted by Shawn Olson on Jan 14, 2005 | Last Updated Nov 8, 2011

An essay rebutting infantile attitudes of the anti-science movement.

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science, society, pseudoscience, media, politics, rush limbaugh

Search Engine Optimization

Posted by Shawn Olson on Jan 10, 2005 | Last Updated Nov 8, 2011

Search engine optimization that can be done in-house, as well as advice for higher rankings.

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search engine optimization, seo

Configure Half-Life 2 to use Madcatz Panther XL Joystick

Posted by Shawn Olson on Jan 9, 2005 | Last Updated Nov 8, 2011

Madcatz Panther XL resources for playing Counter-Strike and Half-Life 2 with Panther XL on Win XP..

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panther xl resource, windows xp, joystick, steam userconfig

What to Believe

Posted by Shawn Olson on Jun 6, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 5, 2011

A statement on how I approach Belief.

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beliefs, faith, skepticism, skeptic, science, religion, philosophy, metaphysics, pseudoscience

Unsharp Mask - Remove Blur from Digital Photos

Posted by Shawn Olson on Feb 22, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 5, 2011

Many high-end digital cameras soften images. Sometimes the photographer wants the detail back.

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unsharp mask, sharpen soft image, digital photo editing, photography tips

Tone Curve

Posted by Shawn Olson on Feb 22, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 5, 2011

Tone Curve tutorial: how to use the Tone Curve function to edit a photo or graphic to bring out the optimum color and brightness.

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tone curve, tonal values, image correction, corel photo-paint, photopaint, photo editing, brightness, tutorial

Some observations on smokers

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

You can't argue with people who are addicted to cigarettes.

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smokers, addiction, cigarettes, nicotein

Pet People

Posted by Shawn Olson on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 26, 2011

A Chalkboard column by Shawn Olson about regulars at a pet store.

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pet owner habits, peculiarities of pet owners, pet store, pet people, anima

Change HTML Styles with JavaScript

Posted by Shawn Olson on Jul 23, 2009 | Last Updated Aug 4, 2009

Video and source files on using getElementById, getElementsByTagName and object oriented methods to dynamically change HTML element styles in JavaScript.

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javascript, getElemebtById, getElementsByTagName, reference, explanation, video

Pocket Art

Posted by Shawn Olson on Jun 18, 2007 | Last Updated Nov 11, 2011

Digital Art created using Pocket Artist on a Pocket PC.

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mobile, art
Wall Worm plugins and scripts for 3ds Max