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Cultural Cataracts

Posted by Shawn Olson on Nov 12, 2007 | Last Updated Nov 12, 2011

A personal conversation about the challenges facing educational and cultural progress in the face of overwhelming ignorance and myopia.

parenting, education, society, culture

Problems with American Freedom

Posted by Shawn Olson on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 27, 2011

A reaction to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on America, shortly after the events.

paradox, american freedom, terrorist element

Worry Warts

Posted by Shawn Olson on Nov 30, 2006 | Last Updated Nov 11, 2011

Essay about worry, stress and humanity. Why you should stop stressing out. There's no need.

worry, worrying, worrisome, worries, stress

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

Flash bgcolor and allowFullScreen Parameters Not Working?

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

I spent half a day trying to figure out why a Flash project suddenly stopped honoring bgcolor and allowFullScreen in IE but not other browsers.

flash, actionscript, allowFullScreen, bgcolor

URL Fragment not Accessible to PHP

Posted by Shawn Olson on Dec 11, 2006 | Last Updated Nov 11, 2011

The fragment part of a URL or web address is not sent to servers to be accessible by scripting languages such as PHP.

url fragment, pound, hash, php

The MySpace Generation

Posted by Shawn Olson on May 23, 2006 | Last Updated Nov 9, 2011

Thoughts on the social media phenomenon and its effect on the current young generation. Originally written with MySpace in mind, but valid for other sites like Facebook.

myspace.com, myspace, facebook, social media, internet, online, parenting, education, web

Insurance

Posted by Shawn Olson on Jun 4, 2003 | Last Updated Nov 19, 2011

Skeptical essays about the insurance industry.

Obama's Health Care Reform

Posted by Shawn Olson on Oct 1, 2009 | Last Updated Nov 12, 2011

A skeptical view on the political debate on health care reform in America. This article questions the entire premise of forcing health care insurance on the public.

health care, reform, insurance