Webonizer 142 18 http://www.shawnolson.net http://www.shawnolson.net/sitemedia/shawnolsoncreativearts.gif http://www.shawnolson.net/ Creative Art, Writing, Photography and More http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1454/november-18-2009-newsletter.html November 18, 2009 Newsletter with a discussion on social networking sites like Facebook. Links to latest projects. ]]> Newsletter Shawn Olson 2009-11-18T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1453/new-cssource-map-de_tension.html My return to mapping is official with the remake of de_tension for CS:Source. This new map includes a novel mapping technique developed by Andrew Penry and myself called Dynamic Mapping. ]]> Counter-Strike Shawn Olson 2009-11-17T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1452/software-activation-licensing-and-piracy.html The problem with software activation systems in the Internet Age and the inflated claims that piracy costs billions of dollars a year. General Internet Shawn Olson 2009-11-11T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1451/fixing-extra-clicks-on-a-razer-copperhead-mouse.html Many people are complaining that thier Razer Copperhead mouse will click more times than one with each button press. Here's how to repair one possible cause. General Internet Andrew Penry 2009-11-05T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1450/well-shark.html A cartoon about the infamous well shark--a creature that is not as benign as is commonly thought. ]]> Cartoons Shawn Olson 2009-11-03T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1449/filter-xml-data-based-on-dates-in-actionscript.html You can filter your XML data based on dates in ActionScript to limit results in a component's data provider to one that is relevant to the given task. ActionScriptFlex Shawn Olson 2009-10-13T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1448/dragon-maze.html A maze challenge featuring dragon art. Try to sneak past the dragon and escape the maze. ]]> Mazes Shawn Olson 2009-10-04T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1447/obamas-health-care-reform.html 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. Politics Shawn Olson 2009-10-02T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1446/change-html-styles-with-javascript.html Video and source files on using getElementById, getElementsByTagName and object oriented methods to dynamically change HTML element styles in JavaScript. CSS and StyleJavaScriptVideo TutorialsXHTML and HTML Shawn Olson 2009-07-24T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1445/ambush-bugs.html Photos of ambush bugs waiting for prey, posing oddly and eating bees. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2009-07-23T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1444/green-and-orange-jumping-spider.html These are photos of a large multi-colored jumping spider eating a bug. The spider has distinctive orange, brown and green patterns. Shot in Ohio. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2009-07-14T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1443/hayden-turns-two.html Hayden found a praying mantis on his second birthday. Watch out David Ireland! ]]> Family Photos Shawn Olson 2009-07-14T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1442/apache-mod-rewrite-and-php.html How to check if Apache's mod_rewrite module is installed on your server directly inside your PHP script. PHP Shawn Olson 2009-07-09T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1441/get-a-form-elements-label-with-javascript.html This JavaScript finds the label for a form element, which is helpful for dynamically highlighting or changing a label based on user input. JavaScript Shawn Olson 2009-07-08T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1440/making-a-collision-model.html A brief tutorial on making a collision model (aka collision mesh) for Valve Source games. The tutorial is for making models in 3D Studio Max. 3D Design Tips Shawn Olson 2009-07-04T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1439/right-click-problem-in-3ds-max-when-using-camtasia.html Here is a solution for the right-click quad menu flickering and disappearing in 3D Studio Max when recording with Camtasia. 3D Design Tips Shawn Olson 2009-07-04T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1438/flash-bgcolor-and-allowfullscreen-parameters-not-working.html 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 Shawn Olson 2009-07-01T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1437/change-css-in-javascript-in-multiple-browsers.html I have updated the popular changecss() JavaScript function to be compatible with most common browsers. JavaScriptSMO News Shawn Olson 2009-06-23T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1436/june-15-2009-newsletter.html Newsletter including the retirement of Jack Buckingham. Discussion on teachers. ]]> Newsletter Shawn Olson 2009-06-15T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1435/strauss-shader-bug-in-render-to-texture.html You cannot use a material using the Strauss Shader when trying to output to the diffuse map with Render To Texture in 3DS Max 2010. 3D Design Tips Shawn Olson 2009-06-08T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1434/jack-buckingham-retires-after-31-years-in-swcs.html Jack Buckingham was one of my teachers at Westland High School. This is a short feature on Buck. ]]> BiographyEducationJournalismNews Shawn Olson 2009-05-31T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1433/smd-collision-mesh-tool.html Download the SMD Collision Mesh Prep Tool for 3D Studio Max and learn how to use it. 3D Design Tips Shawn Olson 2009-05-13T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1432/viewport-canvas.html A video tutorial on using the Viewport Canvas tool in 3D Studio Max 2010. The video demonstrates painting directly onto geometry as well as using 3rd party paint applications such as Photoshop and Corel PHOTO-PAINT. 3D Design TipsVideo Tutorials Shawn Olson 2009-04-21T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1431/web-statistics.html A brief introduction to understanding website statistics, including a discussion of visits, hits and other topics to be aware of. General Internet Shawn Olson 2009-03-31T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1430/march-28-2009-newsletter.html Here are some updates about the work of Shawn Olson in the first quarter of 2009. ]]> Newsletter Shawn Olson 2009-03-28T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1429/animal-house.html 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. ]]> Pet Photos Shawn Olson 2009-03-28T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1428/mouse-navigation-in-valve-hammer-editor.html Using the mouse to navigate while in texture editing mode can still be accomplished in Valve's Hammer Editor. 3D Design TipsGame ResourcesVideo Tutorials Shawn Olson 2009-03-11T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1426/sleepy-baby.html Photos of baby Hayden, tired from watching some Doctor Who and Backyardigans with Dad. ]]> Family Photos Shawn Olson 2009-02-01T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1425/dab-attributes.html Video tutorial demonstrating the usage of dab attributes to control the look of brush strokes in Corel PHOTO-PAINT. Corel SupportDesign and LayoutVideo Tutorials Shawn Olson 2009-01-26T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1424/link-updates.html I have been updating many of the links / URLs and file addresses on the site. SMO News Shawn Olson 2009-01-26T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1423/custom-nibs-in-corel-photo-paint.html 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. Corel SupportDesign and LayoutVideo Tutorials Shawn Olson 2009-01-13T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1422/mp4-files-in-flex-videodisplay.html 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. ActionScriptFlashFlex Shawn Olson 2009-01-09T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1421/dynamically-change-a-forms-action-with-javascript.html JavaScript allows you to dynamically change a form's action. To make the function work in the new Google Chrome browser, you need to reference the action differently than you could in other browsers. JavaScript Shawn Olson 2008-12-12T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1420/design-updates.html New updates to the site include heavier reliance on CSS, less JavaScript and a little Flash. SMO News Shawn Olson 2008-11-26T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1419/swfobject-javascript-error-in-ie7.html IE7 has a JavaScript Error when using the swfobject.js method if you do not give the containing object element an ID. JavaScript Shawn Olson 2008-11-26T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1418/overly-dark-render-problem-in-3ds-max-2009.html Fix to dark render problem in 3D Studio Max 2009 where render looks fine in preview render window but not the final output file. ]]> 3D Design Tips Shawn Olson 2008-11-22T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1417/the-barack-obama-presidency.html Some observations on American politics and culture in the wake of the election of Barack Obama to the presidency of the United States of America. PoliticsSociology Shawn Olson 2008-11-16T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1416/infection-of-the-heart.html Poem about despair and the false questions that can lead us into the darkest areas of the human heart. Poetry Shawn Olson 2008-11-10T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1415/bf2142-black-screen-fix.html After updating your nVidia graphics driver to Forceware 178.24 you may have experienced black screen problems in the game Battlefield 2142. Here is the fix. ]]> Game Resources Shawn Olson 2008-11-03T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1414/october-30-2008-newsletter.html October 30, 2008 Newsletter with information about Wild Mercy and Filk. ]]> Newsletter Shawn Olson 2008-10-30T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1413/wild-mercy.html Photos of a contemporary Celtic rock musicians Wild Mercy. ]]> Band Photos Shawn Olson 2008-09-28T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1412/promoting-interest-in-the-classroom.html An essay about the role teachers play in making subjects interesting, valuable and relevant to students. Prompted by an Open-House visit to Westland High School. Education Shawn Olson 2008-09-23T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1411/the-phantom-dollar.html Essay on American debt, credit abuse and the lies of economicists and politicians. PoliticsSociology Shawn Olson 2008-09-22T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1410/molting-cicada.html Photos of a nymph dog day cicada molting. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2008-08-13T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1409/fly-in-the-sky.html Photos of bee flies, scorpion flies and other odd flies. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2008-07-26T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1408/changes-for-wallworm.html The WallWorm Counter-Strike Server is soon moving to a new server and IP address. Counter-Strike Shawn Olson 2008-07-26T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1407/3d-designs.html Samples of graphics that encorporate 3D renders. ]]> Computer Art Shawn Olson 2008-07-25T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1406/spiders-in-pursuit-of-prey.html Photos of spiders stalking, hunting and eating prey. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2008-07-25T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1405/grapevine-beetle.html Photos of the Grapevine Beetle, a large orange beetle with black dots on its wings. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2008-07-04T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1404/fishing-spider.html Photos of large fishing spiders that hunt on the surface of ponds and creeks. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2008-06-25T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1403/june-22-2008-newsletter.html June 22, 2008 Newsletter with photos of Hayden, Harvestmen and a physics cartoon. ]]> Newsletter Shawn Olson 2008-06-22T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1402/the-daddy-long-legs-harvestman-myth.html Photos of the Harvestman, also known as the Daddy Long Legs Spider. This creature is not a spider and is not venomous. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2008-06-21T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1401/working-towards-interactivity.html I have been involved in various projects that include Flash applications and speed optimizations. SMO News Shawn Olson 2008-06-11T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1400/googles-dewey-update.html Some thoughts on the latest upheaval to the search engine world and the so-called Dewey Update. General Internet Shawn Olson 2008-06-10T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1399/ambitions-and-weekends.html Essay on being self-aware and realizing that the human psyche has some hardwired contradictions and paradoxes. Sociology Shawn Olson 2008-06-10T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1398/nuclear-fission.html A cartoon depicting a couple fishermen discussing the marvels of modern technology and nuclear fission. ]]> Cartoons Shawn Olson 2008-05-18T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1396/photos-of-little-hayden.html Baby photos of Hayden Olson. Shots with Dewey, at the Air Force Museum and his first Christmas. ]]> Family Photos Shawn Olson 2008-04-13T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1395/usemaps-crash-ie-when-changed.html Dynamically changing an image's usemap property can cause Internet Explorer to crash completely. Here is a solution to changing usemaps with JavaScript. JavaScript Shawn Olson 2008-03-31T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1394/streaming-video-using-asx-files-on-internet-explorer-not-working-in-windows-vista.html A solution to getting streaming video to play in Internet Explorer 7 on Windows Vista. The solution is to turn off UAC. General Internet Shawn Olson 2008-03-26T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1393/march-7-2008-newsletter.html March 7, 2008 Newsletter, including information about recent web development by Shawn Olson. Links to projects and friend sites. ]]> Newsletter Shawn Olson 2008-03-07T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1392/add-google-translation-links.html Use this free custom JavaScript functions to add links to translate your web pages with the Google translation tools. JavaScript Shawn Olson 2008-01-11T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1391/misty-morning.html Misty Morning is a computer painted scene of a large lake with islands and distant mountains along the horizon. ]]> Computer Art Shawn Olson 2008-01-10T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1390/amazing-challenge-v.html The fifth maze in the amazing challenge series. ]]> Mazes Shawn Olson 2007-12-11-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1389/bullet-jones-at-skullys.html Bullet Jones finished off the night for the Philo CD Release Party ]]> Band Photos Shawn Olson 2007-12-04-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1388/philo-releases-its-first-cd.html Rock band Philo released their first album (Self Destructive in Dark) on December 1, 2007 at the Skully's Music Diner in Columbus. ]]> Band Photos Shawn Olson 2007-12-03-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1387/bands-opening-for-the-philo-cd-release.html Bands opening for the Philo CD Release on December 1, 2007 included Pets or Meat, Cordova and For The Drive. ]]> Band Photos Shawn Olson 2007-12-03-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1386/november-23-2007-newsletter.html November 23, 2007 Newsletter ]]> Newsletter Shawn Olson 2007-11-23-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1385/cultural-cataracts.html A personal conversation about the challenges facing educational and cultural progress in the face of overwhelming ignorance and myopia. Sociology Shawn Olson 2007-11-13-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1384/google-page-rank-dilemma.html A solution to the dilemma of a loss in page rank according to the Google Toolbar. General Internet Shawn Olson 2007-11-02-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1383/google-page-rank-woes.html Google has sliced and diced the page rank of many websites, including this one. General Internet Shawn Olson 2007-10-28-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1382/wildlife-photos.html Intriguing photos of wildlife and nature. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2007-10-28-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1381/corel-training-partner.html Corel has invited me to be an official training partner. ]]> Design and Layout Shawn Olson 2007-10-04-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1380/funny-animals.html Photos of animals being silly at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2007-09-27-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1379/rearranging-firefox-toolbars.html Firefox lacks the ability to rearrange your toolbars. This will show you how. General Internet Andrew Penry 2007-09-23-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1378/ohio-caverns.html Photos of the stalactites and stalagmites of the Ohio Caverns. ]]> Landscape Photos Shawn Olson 2007-08-29-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1377/select-radio-inputs-javascript.html A free javascript function to choose radio inputs with a given value. JavaScript Shawn Olson 2007-08-17-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1376/what-are-meta-tags-anyway.html Discussion on meta tags, including their legitimate usage, abuse and misunderstanding. General Internet Shawn Olson 2007-08-13-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1375/august-12-2007-newsletter.html August 12, 2007 Newsletter including a new Hidden Map and wildlife photos. Newsletter Shawn Olson 2007-08-12-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1374/hdn_sacrelige.html Custom map hdn_sacrelige is now available for testing. This is a custom map for the Hidden:Source Half-Life 2 mod. Beta 4 version. ]]> Hidden Source Shawn Olson 2007-08-06-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1373/walking-stick-insect.html Photos and video footage of a Walking Stick (Stick Insect). ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2007-08-02-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1372/ruby-throated-hummingbird.html Photos and video of the Ruby-Throated Hummingbird. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2007-08-01-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1371/five-million-visitors.html My site surpassed five million visitors. SMO News Shawn Olson 2007-07-27-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1370/july-20-2007-newsletter.html July 20, 2007 Newsletter with news about the birth of my son Hayden. ]]> Newsletter Shawn Olson 2007-07-20-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1369/a-trip-down-hoopty-lane.html An American Hoopty adventure to fix a van that turns into a car hater's nightmare. HumorPersonal Account Shawn Olson 2007-07-19-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1368/beetles.html Photos of beetles as well as informative links. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2007-07-07-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1367/young-praying-mantis.html Photos of some young praying mantises. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2007-07-06-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1366/hayden-olson-born.html Hayden Michael Olson was born on June 28, 2007. ]]> Family PhotosNews Shawn Olson 2007-06-29-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1365/pocket-art.html Digital Art created using Pocket Artist on a Pocket PC. ]]> Computer Art Shawn Olson 2007-06-19-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1364/website-goes-mobile.html You can now browse this site and view art, photos with mobile devices. SMO News Shawn Olson 2007-06-15-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1362/may-24-2007-newsletter.html May 24, 2007 Newsletter ]]> Newsletter Shawn Olson 2007-05-24-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1361/digital-picture-frame-image-errors.html Solution to displaying Invalid JPEG files on digital photo frames. Photography Tips Shawn Olson 2007-05-12-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1360/april-2007-print-newsletter.html The April 2007 Newsletter includes two articles by Shawn Olson and one essay by John Dalmas. Also some cartoons. Printed Newsletter Shawn Olson 2007-04-24-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1359/columbus-locales.html Word search of cities in the Columbus, Ohio area. Word Search Shawn Olson 2007-04-23-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1358/mountain-lion.html Photos and video of the Mountain Lion, also known as the cougar, puma and panther. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2007-04-19-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1357/greg-oden-buckeyes-and-basketball.html Commentary on collegiate basketball, American colleges and professional sports. Miscellaneous Shawn Olson 2007-04-17-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1356/return-to-norton-middle-school.html Short essay recounting a day I spent at Norton Middle School with Gary Sigrist. Education Shawn Olson 2007-04-05-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1350/webonizer-acquires-ssl.html Webonizer now has an SSL Security Certificate as well as a new IP address. SMO News Shawn Olson 2007-03-21-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1349/ranked-battlefield-2142-server.html WallWorm now has a ranked Battlefield 2142 server. Game Resources Shawn Olson 2007-03-13-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1348/new-counter-strike-maps.html New custom CS maps are here -- de_stonerhenge and de_welfare_square. ]]> Counter-Strike Shawn Olson 2007-03-01-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1347/face-of-phantom-memories.html Computer art of a face that reminded me of a strange dream. ]]> Computer Art Shawn Olson 2007-02-28-05:00