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Barry Childs-Helton

Pictures of a Minstrel-at-Arms
Posted by Shawn Olson on Nov 10, 2015 | Last Updated Nov 10, 2015

A short profile of Barry Childs-Helton from a fan.

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barry childs-helton, filk, album, wild mercy, the summers behind you

Moving to Montreal

Posted by Shawn Olson on Feb 29, 2020 | Last Updated Jan 25, 2024

I took a job in Montreal to work as a Product Owner for 3ds Max.

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montreal, 3ds max, moving

Filter XML Data Based on Dates in ActionScript

Posted by Shawn Olson on Oct 12, 2009 | Last Updated Nov 12, 2011

You can filter your XML data based on dates in ActionScript to limit results in a component's data provider to one that is relevant to the given task.

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flex, flash,xml, dates, e4x, as3, actionscript

The Phantom Dollar

Posted by Shawn Olson on Sep 21, 2008 | Last Updated Nov 12, 2011

Essay on American debt, credit abuse and the lies of economicists and politicians.

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debt, money, credit, banks, investors

Psychics and Statistics

Posted by Shawn Olson on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Sep 26, 2015

What happens when a Carl Sagan fan meets with person with psychic ability.

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paranormal ability, psychics, pseudoscience, statistics, logic

Cancer

Posted by Shawn Olson on Dec 14, 2019 | Last Updated Dec 15, 2019
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My fight against cancer.

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cancer, lymphoma, chemotherapy, hope

The Mask of Rogue 7 - Chapter 1

Posted by Shawn Olson on Dec 9, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011

Part one of the Mask of Rogue 7 science fiction series by Shawn Olson.

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mask rogue 7, rogue seven, science fiction

Strip Character and Whitespace in JavaScript Function

Posted by Shawn Olson on Jan 6, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 3, 2011

Use this function to strip whitespace and any character from a string in JavaScript.

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strip whitespace javascript, white space, function, free, strip character

Animal House

Posted by Shawn Olson on Mar 27, 2009 | Last Updated Nov 12, 2011
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Our home is the animal house. A golden retriever, a cat, a chinchilla, fish and several children roam the hallways of the house. And others live outside.

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animal, animals, dogs, cats, fish, pets

Making a Collision Model

Posted by Shawn Olson on Jul 3, 2009 | Last Updated Nov 12, 2011

A brief tutorial on making a collision model (aka collision mesh) for Valve Source games. The tutorial is for making models in 3D Studio Max.

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collision, model, collision mesh, 3ds
Wall Worm plugins and scripts for 3ds Max