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Shawn Olson

I am a photojournalist and web developer from Columbus, Ohio, USA. I developed this website after spending a few years building my personal website. More of my work can be found at shawnolson.net and wallworm.com. I have a family and a dog and way too many interests to finish all my goals in my lifetime.My interests/expertise:Poetry Journalism Cartooning Wildlife Photography Computer Art Concert Photography Game Design Philosophy Education Web DevelopmentEtc. I'm also a sports nut... basketball is just as important as art in my life.

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Shawn Olson

Posted by Shawn Olson on Jun 19, 2012 | Last Updated Aug 16, 2012

Shawn Olson is a photojournalist and Web Developer from Columbus, Ohio.

creative, artistic, inquisitive, competitive

Internet Explorer 6 problem with character sets

Posted by Shawn Olson on May 15, 2005 | Last Updated Jun 21, 2012

A recent update to Internet Explorer 6 created a bug where IE ignored character set encoding. ISO-8859-1 can crash form submissions and drop post input.

internet explorer form submission bug, missing post data, charset, iso-8859, utf-8, browser bugs

Building Your Artistic Website

Posted by Shawn Olson on Apr 26, 2005 | Last Updated Jun 21, 2012

Many artists sell themselves short on the web by ignoring some simple and important design tips when building their web pages.

artist websites, search engine optimization

Darwin's First Draft

Posted by Shawn Olson on Apr 13, 2005 | Last Updated Jun 21, 2012

darwin cartoon

Darwin penning the first draft of the Origin of Species... with a title that was suprisingly edited before it hit the presses.

darwin cartoon, origin species, charles, evolution

Erwin Schrödinger

Posted by Shawn Olson on Apr 13, 2005 | Last Updated Jun 21, 2012

Erwin Schrödinger Cartoon

A young Erwin Schrödinger tackles the age-old mystery of the refrigerator light.

Erwin Schrödinger cartoon, Schrödinger cat thought experiment

Historic Figures

Posted by Shawn Olson on Apr 10, 2005 | Last Updated Jun 21, 2012

Cartoons of famous figures and historical characters.

General Web Development Overview

Posted by Shawn Olson on Apr 10, 2005 | Last Updated Jun 21, 2012

Tips and advice on preparing to build and then constructing a website.

Seahorse Painting

Posted by Shawn Olson on Mar 29, 2005 | Last Updated Jun 21, 2012

seahorse painting

seahorse painting

seahorse painting

Oil painting of a seahorse in the sea.

seahorse oil painting, underwater art, wildlife

He Whom I Know

Posted by Shawn Olson on Mar 24, 2005 | Last Updated Jun 21, 2012

Poem on self degradation.

poem, poetry, self doubt

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