Cultural Cataracts
Posted on Nov 12, 2007 | Last Updated Nov 12, 2011
A personal conversation about the challenges facing educational and cultural progress in the face of overwhelming ignorance and myopia.
parenting, education, society, culture
Moments with Ethan
Posted on Jun 2, 2014 | Last Updated Jun 2, 2014
Photos of my son Ethan Olson over the last few years.
ethan olson, photos
Using an Object Id with JavaScript
Posted on Aug 24, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 7, 2011
Referencing objects in JavaScript using the ID attribute.
javascript object reference, ids, id, document.getElementById(), change image size
Unicode Data with PHP 5 and MySQL 4.1
Posted on Nov 11, 2004 | Last Updated Jun 7, 2020
Internationalization is simple with a litlle advanced preparation.
Unicode, PHP, MySQL
The Public Disdain for Science
Posted on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011
An essay about common public opinion towards science.
science in the public
Autodesk Moving to Rental-Only for Software
How a company made for artists is pushing a policy that promotes more starving artists instead of thriving artists
Posted on Oct 13, 2014 | Last Updated Oct 13, 2014
Autodesk is now making plans to stop selling perpetual licenses and move all future business to a rental-only model.
software, sales, consumer, license, perpetual, rental
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
The idea of love
Posted on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 26, 2011
A philosophical look at the human emotion of love, originally printed in the Messenger.
love, self respect, relationships
