Setting bits and flags in PHP
Posted on Feb 25, 2004 | Last Updated Jul 22, 2009
A function for setting bits regardless of current state.
PHP, bitwise, flags
The MTV Generation
Posted on Dec 5, 2003 | Last Updated Nov 2, 2011
Media giants hook the public on self-gratifying entertainment all in the name of freedom of speech.
mtv generation, pop culture, pop-culture, marketing, popular psychology, freedom of speech
Crazy World
Posted on Aug 26, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 7, 2011
Essay on the turmoil of our world today and the current trend of escalating hatred, nationalism and xenophobia.
xenophobia, nationalism, hatred, crazy world, political essay, society
The nature of apathy
Posted on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011
To be apathetic is to invite entropy, says Olson. How do we deal with it?
apathy, entropy, progress, decay
Hayden Olson Born
Posted on Jun 28, 2007 | Last Updated Nov 11, 2011
Hayden Michael Olson was born on June 28, 2007.
birthday, son, baby, hayden
The Sweeper that Sucks
Posted on Jun 18, 2003 | Last Updated Dec 7, 2014
What happens when someone tried to sell a sweeper to a tightwad asshole for $1600.
kirby sale, sweeper sales pitch, charlatans
The ephemeral soldier
Posted on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011
A poem about veterans. Dedicated to my grandfather Clarence Himes.
veterans poem, soldier poem
Junk Food won’t make you Chuck
Posted on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011
A review of musical group Chuck's Junk by Shawn Olson, originally in the Westside Messenger.
chucks junk, chuck's junk, music, junk food, chunk music, westside messeng
The Blue Van
Posted on Mar 22, 2003 | Last Updated Jan 19, 2022
The Blue Van produced scorn from bystanders, but was a superb piece of machinery.
blue van humor Shawn Olson
