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Reviewing the Slate

Posted by Shawn Olson on Feb 26, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 5, 2011

Review of Steven Pinker's book The Blank Slate and the common notion that we are all born without predispositions.

blank slate, human nature, steven pinker, cultural relativism, feminism, brain, psychology

PHP Traits for Implementing Interfaces

Posted by Andrew Penry on Aug 13, 2013 | Last Updated Aug 13, 2013

PHP 5.4 introduced traits. Traits are in many ways like code-assisted copy and paste. They are ways to mix code into a class without inheritance. But what are they good for? When should they be used?

PHP 5.4, trait, interface, abstract, oop

Information Overload

An Over-Abundance of Information in the Information Age

Posted by Shawn Olson on Apr 4, 2010 | Last Updated Nov 12, 2011

An essay on the trends on the Internet that cause an explosion of information that is often antithetical to the ideals of democracy and progress. This essay cautions parents, teachers and community leaders to be wary of every emerging media outlet.

internet, society, media, information, data, knowledge