The loving neighborhood – For Residents Only
Communites want to stop teenage crime, but continue to take away legitimate outlets for youthful activities.
Sprite Tools
Sprite Tools is a free MAXScript for working with Sprites in 3ds Max. It can create sprite cards from animated textures or convert sprite sheets into animated textures.
Quick Parent Link MAXScript
Pick a hierarchy a little faster
MAXScript function to quickly pick parent/child chains (hierarchies) of objects in 3ds Max. Works a little more efficiently than the native Select and Link function in 3ds Max.
The root of educational failure
The reason public education suffers is because the primary participants (students and parents), do not share a love for learning.
The nature of apathy
To be apathetic is to invite entropy, says Olson. How do we deal with it?
Psychics and Statistics
What happens when a Carl Sagan fan meets with person with psychic ability.
Houdini & Thurston
A short contrast of Howard Thurston and Harry Houdini
Comparing America magicians Harry Houdini and Howard Thurston.
The other end of life
An emotional editorial by Shawn Olson about old age originally printed in the Messenger.
Information Overload
An Over-Abundance of Information in the Information Age
An essay on the trends on the Internet that cause an explosion of information that is often antithetical to the ideals of democracy and progress. This essay cautions parents, teachers and community leaders to be wary of every emerging media outlet.
