Here are a variety of articles and essays I've written over the years, in varying states of polish. Many of them were written to explain technical topics to a non-technical audience. On the other hand, many of them were written to explain non-technical topics to a technical audience :-).
Given the shape of the market, I've decided to organize a lot of this stuff, mostly to put the job- and career-related stuff in one spot, but while I'm at it...
A Short Programmer's Guide to Handling Uncertainty and Businesspeople
Ranting About The Internet Bubble
A Rant About The Columbine Shooting
A Rant About E-Business Platforms
Comments By Others On Contracting
A Map of the Programming Career Space
Advice to a College Student on Becoming a Technical Writer
A Guide for Technical Writers interested in Becoming Programmers
Why I Don't Work In The Defense Industry
On using the Lucene search engine API.
A Quick Tutorial on How To Code a Java RMI Application
A brief tutorial on how to manipulate images in Java
A Brief Clarification of Java Interfaces vs. Abstract Classes
Language Features I Wish Java Had
Using Javascript with Servlets
Logging APIs for Java Programming
Server-To-Server Web Authentication
General Advice on Securing Your Own Webserver
Rough Outline for a Book On Learning Unix System Administration
Tips on Learning to Program in C
Tips on Learning to Program in Java or Perl
Comments on using Perl CPAN Modules
Writing a CGI/Perl script to edit a file
Ideal Code Commenting Standards
Advice on Writing Functional Specs
What To Put In A Developer's Intranet Site
A tutorial on Searching for Something a AltaVista.com
A brief, non-technical explanation of how SSL works
A brief, general description of XML for non-programmers
A brief description for non-programmers of the difference between SAX and DOM
Commonsense Advice on avoiding Repetetive Stress Injury
Commonsense Advice on Getting Good Sleep
Buying A Used Car From a Used Car Dealer
Some thoughts on taking technical writing to the level of dialog
Advice on Running A Gaming Con