The Blue Van
The Blue Van produced scorn from bystanders, but was a superb piece of machinery.
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.
Flash bgcolor and allowFullScreen Parameters Not Working?
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.
Artists come a dime-a-dozen
The plight of artists trying to make a living in the 21st Century.
MP4 files in Flex VideoDisplay
Here is a solution to your problem if you are building an application in Flex 3 that uses the VideoDisplay component and the results fail to work in Internet Explorer and Chrome but mysteriously work in Firefox.
Thanks for Support
The Olson family appreciates all the support from our friends and family.
I Endorse This Message
Have you noticed that politicians no longer have ideas... but they sure endorse a lot of other peoples' messages.
Custom Nibs in Corel PHOTO-PAINT
This is a video tutorial on how to create custom nibs in Corel PHOTO-PAINT. This example uses Corel PHOTO-PAINT X4 but applies to older versions as well.
Pursuit of Happiness
Essay on natural rights with a focus on the Pursuit of Happiness.
My Work History
Humorous accounts of my work history as a jack-of-all-trades.