The Value of Art
An essay on the value of art.
Society's sentiment towards evolution
People argue against evolution all the time when they've never read about it.
A Call for Reason
An essay rebutting infantile attitudes of the anti-science movement.
The nature of apathy
To be apathetic is to invite entropy, says Olson. How do we deal with it?
Adults shoot kids with paintball gun
On Nov 10-11, 2002, adults fired paintballs at neighborhood kids from 237 Fremont Court.
Meteor Crater
![Meteor Crater](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3442_1_1260_1.jpg)
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Photos and links for Meteor Crater in Arizona.
Jack Buckingham Retires after 31 Years in SWCS
![Jack Buckingham](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3889_1_1434_1_jack-buckingham.jpg)
![Buck and Students](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3890_1_1434_2_buck-and-students.jpg)
![Buck Teaching](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3891_1_1434_3_buck-teaching.jpg)
![Buck's Chucks](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3892_1_1434_4_bucks-chucks.jpg)
Jack Buckingham was one of my teachers at Westland High School. This is a short feature on Buck.
New CS:Source Map de_tension
![de_tension wooden bridge](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3926_1_1453_1_de_tension-wooden-bridge.jpg)
![de_tension waterfall mist](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3927_1_1453_2_de_tension-waterfall-mist.jpg)
![de_tension campsite](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3928_1_1453_3_de_tension-campsite.jpg)
![de_tension crystal tunnels](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3929_1_1453_4_de_tension-crystal-tunnels.jpg)
![de_tension bombsite B](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3930_1_1453_5_de_tension-bombsite-b.jpg)
![de_tension campsite](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3931_1_1453_6_de_tension-campsite.jpg)
![de_tension wooden bridge](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3932_1_1453_7_de_tension-wooden-bridge.jpg)
![de_tension two bridges](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3933_1_1453_8_de_tension-two-bridges.jpg)
My return to mapping is official with the remake of de_tension for CS:Source. This new map includes a novel mapping technique developed by Andrew Penry and myself called Dynamic Mapping.
A Yahoo Speaks Out
An unpublished editorial where Shawn Olson responds to a crankpot reader.
Education in Debt
The assumption that a diploma means educated is not well founded.