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Using the Internet

Posted on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 26, 2011

This editorial on education was printed as a Chalkboard column in the Messenger.

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how people can use the internet, internet value

Return to Norton Middle School

Posted on Apr 4, 2007 | Last Updated Nov 11, 2011

Short essay recounting a day I spent at Norton Middle School with Gary Sigrist.

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school

What to Believe

Posted on Jun 6, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 5, 2011

A statement on how I approach Belief.

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beliefs, faith, skepticism, skeptic, science, religion, philosophy, metaphysics, pseudoscience

It all begins on a bad day

Posted on Mar 4, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 5, 2011

Chapter 1 of The Hermit Colony, a satirical story about a man named Jeremiah Williams.

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Hermit Colony, chapter 1, humor, satire, fiction

Hole in my Heel

Posted on Jan 27, 2005 | Last Updated Nov 8, 2011

The story of how I survived a wound that killed legendary Achilles.

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achilles heel, severed tendon

Brett Atherton

Posted on Jun 27, 2011 | Last Updated Jun 27, 2011

Brett Atherton is a longtime friend of Shawn Olson. He is a member of the Indestructible Robots and Nerd Table.

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brett atherton

July 24, 2004

Posted on Jul 27, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 7, 2011

July 24, 2004 Newsletter with a comment about testing new programs and my new interest in the ambush bug.

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july 24, 2004

Shane Christopher Webb

Posted on Dec 31, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011

Some words on my friend Chris Webb.

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shane christopher webb, chris webb

April 3, 2006 Newsletter

Posted on Apr 2, 2006 | Last Updated Nov 9, 2011
carrot-tePapago Mountains

April 3, 2006 Newsletter including information about my trip to Arizona.

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April 3, 2006 Newsletter, arizona photos

HALLOWEEN PARTY

Oct 30, 2004

HALLOWEEN PARTY

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