Welcome to Dean Cheesman's Blog

So it turns out that I'm one of those people who only posts once or twice a month, but I do read a ton of blogs every day and I "share" the posts I like. So be sure to check out my "shared items" on the right side of the blog. Also, be sure to check out what music i'm listening to on my last.fm page and feel free to click the chat link to talk to me. 

Monday, July 6, 2009

Provo Acoustic Session with Drew Danburry

Just in case you guys didn't know. We did another acoustic session. This time with Drew Danburry. He was lots of fun and has some great new songs.

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Firefly Screen Shots



Here are some more detailed screen shots of the Firefly swarm program that I wrote. Click to see the full sized image.




Swarm of Fireflies

I was trying to figure out how to use buffers to create more optimized animation and this was what the end result of my tests were.

The red dot randomly moves around the screen as the swarm follows.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Michael Shermer on Being Skeptical

If we all lived by these rules then the world would be a much better place. Please take the time to watch this video. If you don't agree with what is said I would love to discuss it with you.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Particle/Smoke Effect in processing

This is from my latest test on processing. Best to watch the high quality version. My first swing at creating video from the animation.


Friday, May 15, 2009

New Processing Projects

I've been learning how to do some fun Processing stuff lately. Here's a sample of something I threw together tonight. It's inspired by this guy's stuff


Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Why Utah isn't so bad right now

When our current unemployment rate in Utah is as bad as the best unemployment rate of the national average it makes me feel a little better about this silly place.