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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/1341/a-perspective-on-patriotism.html Essay about patriotism, nationalism and America. Sociology Shawn Olson 2007-01-26-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1333/observation-on-trust-in-society.html Essay about trust in personal lives, culture and global civilization. Sociology Shawn Olson 2006-12-11-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1330/worry-warts.html Essay about worry, stress and humanity. Sociology Shawn Olson 2006-12-01-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1322/pursuit-of-happiness.html Essay on natural rights with a focus on the Pursuit of Happiness. PhilosophyPoliticsSociology Shawn Olson 2006-10-27-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1296/steam-and-internet-explorer-7.html There is a bug in IE7 that sometimes won't let you connect to your favorite servers in Steam games like Counter-Strike. Counter-Strike Shawn Olson 2006-07-04-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1284/the-myspace-generation.html Thoughts on the MySpace.com phenomenon and its effect on the current young generation. Sociology Shawn Olson 2006-05-24-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1256/new-wall-worm-game-server.html We finally have a full-fledged game server for the Wall Worm Clan at 65.24.133.80:27015. Counter-Strike Shawn Olson 2006-03-26-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1250/counter-strike-maps-preview.html New site for the Counter-Strike Community is now preparing to launch. Counter-Strike Shawn Olson 2006-02-28-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1236/shawn-olson-maps-featured-on-cs-nation.html CS Nation, a leading Counter-Strike community, has featured information about some of my maps. Counter-StrikeSMO News Shawn Olson 2006-01-19-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1234/de_sacrelige-custom-counter-strike-map.html de_sacrelige is a small bomb map for Counter-Strike that was featured on CS-Nation and has become my most popular map. ]]> Counter-Strike Shawn Olson 2006-01-12-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1230/cs_interrogation-custom-counter-strike-map.html cs_interrogation is a new custom Counter-Strike map set in an inner-city area. ]]> Counter-Strike Shawn Olson 2006-01-03-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1227/the-fairness-mentality.html Essay about our skewed perspective on fairness. Sociology Shawn Olson 2006-01-02-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1226/online-vs-print.html Essay on the values of web publishing over printed media relating to marketing. General InternetJournalismMiscellaneousSociology Shawn Olson 2005-12-31-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1225/fy_close_quarters-counter-strike-map.html A small speed frag map by Shawn Olson for Counter-Strike. ]]> Counter-Strike Shawn Olson 2005-12-31-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1222/the-cheating-mentality.html Essay about cheating in online games, using hacks in multiplayer games. Counter-StrikeSociology Shawn Olson 2005-12-15-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1219/de_mayan_stonehenge-custom-counter-strike-map.html Enlarged version of de_stonehenge, a custom CS map by Shawn Olson. ]]> Counter-Strike Shawn Olson 2005-12-08-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1218/de_stonehenge-custom-counter-strike-map.html New small Counter-Strike map based off the Stonehenge theme. ]]> Counter-Strike Shawn Olson 2005-12-08-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1217/de_tension-counter-strike-map.html De_Tension is a remake of the custom hybrid Counter-Strike map csde_tension. ]]> Counter-Strike Shawn Olson 2005-12-08-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1205/problems-with-journalism.html Some of the problems and misconceptions surrounding modern journalism. JournalismSociology Shawn Olson 2005-11-22-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1190/the-black-white-and-red-of-the-colorblind-society.html An essay noting the state of the civil rights movement in the wake of Rosa Park's death. Sociology Shawn Olson 2005-10-26-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1174/my-swing-against-the-anti-spanking-movement.html Essay on corporal punishment, parenting and American society. Sociology Shawn Olson 2005-10-05-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1169/a-world-without-pain.html An essay in reaction to the New Orleans disaster following hurricane Katrina. PhilosophySociology Shawn Olson 2005-09-03-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1159/privacy-policy-another-look.html An essay on our right to privacy and government spying. PoliticsSociology Shawn Olson 2005-08-23-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1154/counter-strike-psychostats.html We now have a stats pages for all our Counter-Strike players. Counter-Strike Shawn Olson 2005-08-05-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1146/de_dizzy---counter-strike-map.html DE_DIZZY is a custom bomb map for Counter-Strike. ]]> Counter-Strike Shawn Olson 2005-07-19-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1144/fy_shatter.html A Counter-Strike map for lovers of destruction ]]> Counter-Strike Andrew Penry 2005-07-18-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1142/scams-to-make-you-feel-cool.html Scams I almost fell for... Poetry.com and Manchester Who's Who Personal AccountSociology Shawn Olson 2005-07-16-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1133/misconceptions-on-privacy-invasion.html An essay defending the government's right to spy on the public. PoliticsSociology Shawn Olson 2005-07-05-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1131/fy_confusion---counter-strike-map.html A new custom Counter-Strike speed frag map by Shawn Olson. ]]> Counter-Strike Shawn Olson 2005-07-05-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1130/wall-worm-counter-strike-game-server.html The official game server for our gaming group is 65.24.133.80:27015. Counter-Strike Shawn Olson 2005-07-01-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1126/csde_tension---counter-strike-map.html CDDE_TENSION is a custom Counter-Strike map by Shawn Olson... revision to csde_campside. ]]> Counter-Strike Shawn Olson 2005-06-23-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1124/de_concerthall_rc1.html Rock out while you play CS with this custom Counter-Strike map featuring the music of Noise Auction. ]]> Counter-Strike Andrew Penry 2005-06-22-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1122/csde_campside---counter-strike-map.html Custom Counter-Strike map by Shawn Olson. Small, fast map using hybrid objective of bomb and hostage ]]> Counter-Strike Shawn Olson 2005-06-09-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1121/de_ashtonpines---counter-strike-map.html Custom Counter-Strike map... remake of De_Weldonsquare. ]]> Counter-Strike Shawn Olson 2005-06-09-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1090/renaissance-man.html An essay on the extinction of the Renaissance Man or polymath in human history. PhilosophySociology Shawn Olson 2005-03-18-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1088/astrology-as-i-see-it.html A skeptical essay on astrology. ]]> Sociology Shawn Olson 2005-03-17-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1035/a-call-for-reason.html An essay rebutting infantile attitudes of the anti-science movement. Sociology Shawn Olson 2005-01-15-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1029/configure-half-life-2-to-use-madcatz-panther-xl-joystick.html Madcatz Panther XL resources for playing Counter-Strike and Half-Life 2 with Panther XL on Win XP.. Counter-StrikeGame Resources Shawn Olson 2005-01-10-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/881/the-animalism-of-our-species.html Response to the Eugene Armstrong beheading. Sociology Shawn Olson 2004-09-29-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/836/crazy-world.html Essay on the turmoil of our world today. ]]> Sociology Shawn Olson 2004-08-27-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/441/the-mtv-generation.html Media giants hook the public on self-gratifying entertainment all in the name of freedom of speech. Sociology Shawn Olson 2003-12-06-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/416/the-loving-neighborhood--for-residents-only.html Communites want to stop teenage crime, but continue to take away legitimate outlets for youthful activities. ]]> Sociology Shawn Olson 2003-11-06-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/394/do-not-call---seriously.html When the Do Not Call registry went into effect, telemarketing should have listened. Sociology Shawn Olson 2003-10-09-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/390/limbaugh-knows-football.html Rush Limbaugh can't keep his hot air inside... suddenly becomes a previous NFL expert. Sociology Shawn Olson 2003-10-02-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/317/notes-from-cali.html words from a friend absentia Sociology Chris Webb 2003-05-28-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/196/de_weldonsquare---counter-strike-map.html A custom Counter-Strike map by Shawn Olson. ]]> Counter-Strike Shawn Olson 2003-01-15-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/63/americas-new-war.html A reaction to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on America shortly after the attacks. Sociology Shawn Olson 2002-10-20-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/60/the-public-disdain-for-science.html An essay about common public opinion towards science. MiscellaneousPhilosophySociology Shawn Olson 2002-10-20-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/59/psychics-and-statistics.html What happens when a Carl Sagan fan meets with person with MiscellaneousSociology Shawn Olson 2002-10-20-05:00