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Dealing with Readblock Character Limit in MAXScript

Posted by Shawn Olson on May 29, 2014 | Last Updated May 29, 2014

MAXScript function to circumvent the limitations in MemStream.ReadBlock() that has a character limit of 5120 characters.

maxscript, MemStream.ReadBlock(), readblock, unknown system exception

The animalism of our species

Posted by Shawn Olson on Sep 28, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 7, 2011

Response to the Eugene Armstrong beheading. Humans are not as civilized as we presume; we are sometimes more barbaric than animals.

eugene armstrong, beheading, terrorists, terrorism, human nature, war, barbarism

Reflections on the precariousness of life

Posted by Shawn Olson on Aug 8, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 7, 2011

Philosophical essay on life and death sparked by a family trip where a pigeon collided with the car and we had a flat tire.

life, death, tragedy, rights

Quick Parent Link MAXScript

Pick a hierarchy a little faster

Posted by Shawn Olson on May 27, 2012 | Last Updated May 29, 2022

MAXScript function to quickly pick parent/child chains (hierarchies) of objects in 3ds Max. Works a little more efficiently than the native Select and Link function in 3ds Max.

quick link, maxscript, parent, child, hierarchy, maxscript, macroscript, macro, 3ds, 3ds max

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