tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24996377750111284122024-02-19T00:46:39.964-07:00Dean and Youdeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01349847768892368653noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499637775011128412.post-39823137236388644692010-03-05T10:23:00.001-07:002010-03-05T10:24:50.178-07:00New SiteI'm going to officially switch to a new site.<br /><br />I'll leave this one up for a while in case you want to check out some of the old stuff, but all future posts will be happening at:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://deancheesman.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">deancheesman.com</span></a></div>deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01349847768892368653noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499637775011128412.post-18937129279561403712010-01-23T16:34:00.002-07:002010-01-23T16:42:41.957-07:00New Provo Acoustic Sessions<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgafx5gYfbXPReEC7S_NgLGLwYtuGsrZd3vcAMZeabNDzcnL7dIyBwVj2qyrlhEiNhtLqrFGQCc3-BsPbQeYt9zoI8tUdoXHlljVWWdNA-20gAB97R7Svt2KxDPi5WpK7k8F1vx3AYVG5Lr/s1600-h/IMG_0167.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgafx5gYfbXPReEC7S_NgLGLwYtuGsrZd3vcAMZeabNDzcnL7dIyBwVj2qyrlhEiNhtLqrFGQCc3-BsPbQeYt9zoI8tUdoXHlljVWWdNA-20gAB97R7Svt2KxDPi5WpK7k8F1vx3AYVG5Lr/s400/IMG_0167.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430084860096497570" /></a><br />So after a bit of a break and a bit of a shift in our crew we have started releasing new Provo Acoustic Session videos. Check them out at <a href="http://provoacoustic.blogspot.com/">provoacoustic.com</a>!deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01349847768892368653noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499637775011128412.post-58709101637341917962010-01-21T11:58:00.004-07:002010-01-21T12:31:50.953-07:00First 3d Test in Blender<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCKIBWbTU_0mcKU60jJ03CfzzF21S9EQYmafyeD8mPtFZ-68JcADGCJp93ULts09GODLXgoNwR6-uNzRCXdVP7AMsrTOUaQ-VXs_yeK83EdGTaBMw89wjK0p2RRDvLo-nAL-dn3ykLRYgb/s1600-h/Blender+Test.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCKIBWbTU_0mcKU60jJ03CfzzF21S9EQYmafyeD8mPtFZ-68JcADGCJp93ULts09GODLXgoNwR6-uNzRCXdVP7AMsrTOUaQ-VXs_yeK83EdGTaBMw89wjK0p2RRDvLo-nAL-dn3ykLRYgb/s400/Blender+Test.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429270046576815874" /></a><br />I started messing around with <a href="http://blender.org/">Blender</a> last night. After having so much fun with Processing over the last year I thought I'd test out what some of the other open source development environments have to offer. I read through a couple of the tutorials last night and here was the little thing I ended up making. I sort of like it. <div><br /></div><div><br /></div>deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01349847768892368653noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499637775011128412.post-26473001498173413202009-12-26T18:43:00.002-07:002009-12-26T18:51:07.604-07:002009 Wrap-up: My List of RSS FeedsSo I went a bit overboard with my RSS feeds this year and have somehow collected 238 feeds. I'm planning a cut back for the new year, but here's the full list in alphabetical order.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://kaneischa.wordpress.com/feed/">...just dying for a subject change...</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/ChromewavesV75">.: chromewaves v7.5</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://antelopebrigade.com/feed/">.antelope brigade</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.freshcreation.nl/index.xml">[ FreshCreation.nl ]</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/index.rdf">[daily dose of imagery]</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.twentyfirstandivy.com/feeds/posts/default">21st & Ivy</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/gthing">A GThing Science Project</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://z.about.com/6/g/mensfashion/b/rss2.xml">About.com Men's Fashion / Grooming</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://abstrusegoose.com/feed">Abstruse Goose</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/AcceleratingFuture">Accelerating Future</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.flight404.com/blog/?feed=rss2">all manner of distractions</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://soyouknowmichelle.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">an inquiry of me</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://areallygoodname.com/feed/">AREALLYGOODNAME</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.as-found.net/feed/">As-Found</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/atheistmedia">Atheist Media Blog</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.atheistcartoons.com/?feed=rss2">atheistcartoons.com</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">BibliOdyssey</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/atom.xml">BLDGBLOG</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/bloggingthesingularity">Blogging the Singularity</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://justinhileman.info/blog/feed">bobthecow's blog</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.booooooom.com/feed/">BOOOOOOOM!</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/brainpickings/rss">Brain Pickings</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/wordpress/VwUd">Butterfly</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://byronstout.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">byronstout</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://newsnet.byu.edu/syndication/feed.cfm?section=home">BYU NewsNet : Home</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://calm-ut.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">C.A.L.M. Community After Leaving Mormonism</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.campaignforliberty.com/rss.php">Campaign For Liberty Blog</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/feed/">Cato @ Liberty</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://chadnkayla.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">Chad'n'Kayla</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://chartporn.org/feed/">Chart Porn</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.chrismerrittmusic.com/blog/?feed=rss2">Chris Merritt</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://clarkhoward.com/shownotes/index.xml">Clark Howard's Show Notes</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_travel.rss">CNN.com - Travel</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/atom.xml">Cognitive Daily</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.combustion-injun.com/?feed=rss2">Combustion Injun!</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.concierge.com/services/rss/feeds/travel_features.xml">CONCIERGE.COM: LATEST TRAVEL FEATURES</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/ch">Cool Hunting</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/CoolSiteOfTheDay">Cool Site of the Day</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.core.form-ula.com/feed/">core.form-ula</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://cosmicvariance.com/feed/">Cosmic Variance</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/createdigitalmotion">Create Digital Motion</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.heraldextra.com/feeds/RSS2.0/ourtowns.php">Daily Herald - Our Towns</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.dailylit.com/feeds/subs/5fe985131a088698f500ddbceb7b0dd8">DailyLit: Many Thoughts of Many Minds (Quotations)</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://dallindallindallin.com/?feed=rss2">dallin(x3)</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://deanandyou.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">Dean and You</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.designformankind.com/feed/">Design For Mankind</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://design-milk.com/feed/">Design Milk</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://blog.iphone-dev.org/rss">Dev-Team Blog</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/dezeen">dezeen</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/DiscoveryNewsTwistedPhysics">Discovery Space: Twisted Physics</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Diyhappy">DIY:happy</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://duckduckrevolution.com/feed/">Duck Duck Revolution</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/Dweebist">Dweebist</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/dwell/dailyblog">Dwell Blog - dwell.com</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/dwell/techblog">Dwell Tech Blog</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/essentials/feed">Essential Reads</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.etsy.com/rss_shop.php?user_id=6947449">Etsy Shop for markweaver</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/scienceblogs/evolutionblog">EvolutionBlog</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://failblog.org/feed/">FAIL Blog - Fail Pictures at Failblog.ORG</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://quotes.wordpress.com/feed/">Famous Quotes - Famous Sayings</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://rss.netflix.com/ListRSS?id=P4804801903161614093689221194251161&listID=-1">Favorites</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.fecalface.com/news/index.xml">FECAL NEWS, YO!</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/FlowingData">FlowingData</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://peteandlisaforsyth.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">Forsyth Fam</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.frommers.com/rss/deals_and_news.xml">Frommers.com Deals & News</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/FuelYourPhotography">Fuel Your Photography</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/FutilityCloset">Futility Closet</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.futuresalon.org/atom.xml">Future Salon : Neil Gershenfeld on C-Span: Internet Zero</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.futurepundit.com/index.rdf">FuturePundit</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/gelconference/1">Gel Videos</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/generatorx">Generator.x: Generative strategies in art &amp; design</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://gladwell.typepad.com/gladwellcom/atom.xml">gladwell.com</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://go-wave.net/feed/">Go Wave!</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://googlewavedev.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">Google Wave Developer Blog</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/GraphJam">GraphJam: Pop culture for people in cubicles. (AKA Song Chart Meme)</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.jetsongreen.com/atom.xml">Green Building : Jetson Green</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.gridskipper.com/index.xml">Gridskipper</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://grant-wallace.com/?feed=rss2">Hampered Humanity</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.hi-res.net/blog/atom.xml">Hi-ReS! Feed</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.topix.com/rss/news/sex">Human Sexuality News</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://iguessimfloating.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">i guess i'm floating</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.iconeye.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&format=feed&id=1&type=rss">Icon Magazine</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/feed/">Iconic Photos</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://improbable.com/feed/">Improbable Research</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://indiemuse.com/feed/">indiemuse.com</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.infosthetics.com/infosthetics">information aesthetics</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/feed/">Information Is Beautiful</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/urbanspy">JoshSpear.com</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog.feed?type=rss">JREF Swift Blog</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://juliegillrie.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">julies blog</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://junkcharts.typepad.com/junk_charts/atom.xml">Junk Charts</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/KevinDebraRollinsCenterForEbusiness">Kevin & Debra Rollins Center for eBusiness</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/krose">Kevin Rose</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://kwangar.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">Kristicity</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.kurzweilai.net/news/rss/">KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://lacisspace.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">Lace's Space</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://larryandcarol.blogspot.com/atom.xml">Larry and Carol Cheesman Family Blog</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/user/dcheesman/podcast.rss">Last.fm free recommended downloads for dcheesman's</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://images.apple.com/trailers/home/rss/newtrailers.rss">Latest Movie Trailers</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://stephanieanntaylor.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">lavender limes and oranges</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://lifetime-lessons.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">Lessons of a Lifetime</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://lifequotes.wordpress.com/feed/">Life Quotes - Quotes About Life</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.lifehacker.com/index.xml">Lifehacker</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://steveandmccall.com/mccall/?feed=rss2">MacAttack</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.macrumors.com/macrumors.xml">MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://blog.makezine.com/index.xml">MAKE: Blog</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/Mashable">Mashable!</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.ericson.net/content/feed/">Matthew Ericson - ericson.net</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user/18036230711589430386/state/com.google/broadcast">Matt's shared items</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/feed/">mental_floss Blog</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://minimalmac.com/rss">Minimal Mac</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/MyMint">Mint | Refreshing Money Management</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://mnmlist.com/feed/">mnmlist.com</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://modeboutique.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">mode boutique</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.trendir.com/house-design/atom.xml">Modern House Designs | Trendir</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.quotationspage.com/data/mqotd.rss">Motivational Quotes of the Day</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.musiccognition.nl/blog/RSS-Music-Matters.xml">Music Matters</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://myoldkyhome.blogspot.com/atom.xml">My Old Kentucky Blog</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://myregisblog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">My Religious Blog</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/mlia">MyLifeIsAverage | MyLifeIsAverage</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Neatorama">Neatorama</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.netflix.com/NewWatchInstantlyRSS">Netflix - New choices to watch instantly</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://blog.netflix.com/feeds/posts/default">Netflix Community Blog</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://rss.netflix.com/RecommendationsRSS?id=P4804801903161614093689221194251161">Netflix Recommendations</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://rss.netflix.com/Top25RSS?gid=864">Netflix Top 25 in Documentary</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://rss.netflix.com/Top25RSS?gid=343">Netflix Top 25 in Independent</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?feed=rss2">NeuroLogica Blog</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.collisionmovie.com/news/atom.xml">News</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://digg.com/rss/kevinrose/index2.xml">News dugg by kevinrose</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Nicolasrappcom">nicolasrapp.com</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/Travel.xml">NYT > Travel</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://byunews.byu.edu/xml/rss/rssfeed.xml">Official BYU News Releases</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/atom.xml">Official Google Blog</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/OpenTheFuture">Open the Future</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/OptimnemBlog">Optimnem Blog: The Blog of Daniel Tammet</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/conferences/blog/index.xml">O'Reilly Conferences</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://complexidadeorganizada.wordpress.com/feed/">Organized Complexity / Complexidade Organizada</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/feed/">passive-aggressive (and just plain aggressive) notes</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://patdryburgh.com/feed/">Pat Dryburgh</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.photonics.com/RSS.aspx">Photonics.com: News and Features</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/picocool">PicoCool</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/PitchforkBestNewTracks">Pitchfork: Best New Tracks</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.junglecrazy.com/rss.php">Popular Bargains - JungleCrazy.com</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://postsecret.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">PostSecret</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=provo+acoustic">provo acoustic - Twitter Search</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.topix.com/rss/metro/provo-orem-ut">Provo Metro News</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://provomusic.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">Provo Music</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://provopulse.com/home/?q=rss.xml">ProvoPulse.com - The Students Voice for the Provo and Orem, Utah areas</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/QuestionSuggestions">Question Suggestions</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/regretsy">Regretsy</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://relativeobjection.com/feed/">Relative Objection</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.resisttoday.com/blog/?feed=rss2">Resist Today</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://crnano.typepad.com/crnblog/atom.xml">Responsible Nanotechnology</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.rhombusmag.com/feed/">Rhombus Magazine</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://richarddawkins.net/feed.php">RichardDawkins.net : The Latest Updates</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://rughsterdesign.com/blog/?feed=rss2">Rughster Design</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://rulesofthumb.org/rss/ruleofthumb.xml">Rules of Thumb</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://substancezine.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">S U B S T A N C E</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://sadsongsfordirtylovers.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.saidthegramophone.com/index.rdf">Said the Gramophone</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://saltcityskeptics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">Salt City Skeptics</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=PLKC7o943BGDA5mW2R2EvQ&_render=rss&youtubeid=gthing32">Sams YouTube Favorites</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://scc-photography.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">SCC Photography</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://secretforts.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">secret forts</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.secretstill.com/blog/feed/">Secret Still</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.seejackshop.com/feed/">See Jack Shop</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://selfmadebeast.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">Self Made Beast</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/index.rdf">Seth's Blog</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://shepizzle.com/?feed=rss2">Shepizzle</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/37signals/beMH">Signal vs. Noise</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/SimpleComplexity">Simple Complexity</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://kaytidan.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">sing your way home at the close of the day</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://skepticblog.org/feed/">Skepticblog</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://skeptico.blogs.com/skeptico/atom.xml">Skeptico</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://steveandmccall.com/steve/feed/">Skivinator</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot">Slashdot</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/SlickdealsnetFP">SlickDeals.net</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://sparkrestaurantlounge.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">Spark Restaurant Lounge</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://content.stamen.com/node/feed">stamen design - big ideas worth pursuing—in blog form</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/feed/">Strange Maps</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/substudio">sub-studio design blog</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.supertouchblog.com/feed/">Supertouch</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.swanfungus.com/feed">Swan Fungus</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://talesofmereexistence.com/wp/?feed=rss2">Tales of Mere Existence</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://tech.nopho.be/feed">Technophobe</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://tedblog.typepad.com/tedblog/atom.xml">TED Blog</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://artofmanliness.com/feed/">The Art of Manliness</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.thebigbags.com/feed/">The Big Bags</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/category/stuff-you-should-know/feed/">The Blogs at HowStuffWorks » Stuff You Should Know</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://spencerstacy.blogspot.com/atom.xml">The Christian Crew</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.growprovo.com/?feed=rss2">The Downtown Provo Blog</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://thefabfranks.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">The Frank Family</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.gomediazine.com/feed/">The Go MediaZine - Exclusive insights for art, design, marketing and more.</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://theimpossiblecool.tumblr.com/rss">the impossible cool.</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.longtail.com/the_long_tail/atom.xml">The Long Tail</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://themusicscientist.wordpress.com/feed/">The Music Scientist's Blog</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://megthink.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">the new wave of the future</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.ornery.org/feed.xml">The Ornery American</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/personalmba">The Personal MBA</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.poptech.org/blog/index.php/feed/">The Pop!Tech Blog</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Theselby-PhotosInYourSpace">the selby - photos in your space</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/feed/">The Situationist</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.blog.speculist.com/atom.xml">The Speculist</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/rss.xml">The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.michaelshermer.com/feed/atom/">The Work of Michael Shermer</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.theworldforgot.com/feed/">The World Forgot</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://theworldinpolaroid.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">The World in Polaroid</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/thinkgeek.rss">ThinkGeek :: Stuff for Smart Masses</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://tidy-chaos.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">TidyChaos</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/feed/">Tim Ferriss's 4-Hour Workweek and Lifestyle Design Blog</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.todaywasawesome.com/feed/">Today Was Awesome</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/viralvideochart">Today's Top 10 Viral Videos</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/scienceblogs/uncertainprinciples">Uncertain Principles</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/unclutterer">Unclutterer</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/uncrate">Uncrate</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://unreasonablefaith.com/feed/">Unreasonable Faith</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/UpgradeTravelBetter">Upgrade: Travel Better</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://iamarealtor.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">Utah Real Estate</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.utahstories.com/feed3.xml">Utah Stories</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://apairofprices.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">Vintage Fox Chronicles</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/visualcomplexity">visualcomplexity.com</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.vvork.com/?feed=rss2">VVORK</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.wallstats.com/blog/feed/">WallStats.com The Art of Information</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://weburbanist.com/feed/">WebUrbanist</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/well-formed_data">Well-formed data</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.wired.com/news/feeds/rss2/0,2610,,00.xml">Wired News: Top Stories</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.wisdomquotes.com/index.xml">Wisdom Quotes</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.wisebread.com/feed">Wise Bread</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.woostercollective.com/rss/index.xml">Wooster Collective</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://woxy.lala.com/boards/external.php?type=RSS2&forumids=23">woxy.com > Boards - News Comments</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://xkcd.com/atom.xml">xkcd.com</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.yesbutnobutyes.com/index.xml">YesButNoButYes</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.youaintnopicasso.com/feed/">You Aint No Picasso</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://amazomeg.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">you can't dance and stay uptight</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://youcouldbarelytell.com/feed/">YOU COULD BARELY TELL</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/zenhabits">Zen Habits | Simple Productivity</a></div>deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01349847768892368653noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499637775011128412.post-56078081510098324722009-12-25T16:53:00.003-07:002009-12-25T16:59:41.373-07:002009 Wrap-up: Top Albums I listened to in '09<div>The following list comes from <a href="http://www.last.fm/user/dcheesman">my Last.fm profile</a>. I use <a href="http://www.eternalstorms.at/gimmesometune/GimmeSomeTune/GimmeSomeTune.html">GimmeSomeTune</a> to link my iTunes and iPhone to it. </div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNy3xvYRO5dBHE-Ztt_J4D0rpEpSJ22yMQgX-G5hhBJBEMNPaFejDKfI8LimV9HiyDhoRGuB8DHbwDjwqofVraGB-2hzCFFpHiE6BVI6pLWfQlIL5nvd55DGVCsoeS9h_l1waIXm4fN-v/s1600-h/Top+Albums.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 348px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNy3xvYRO5dBHE-Ztt_J4D0rpEpSJ22yMQgX-G5hhBJBEMNPaFejDKfI8LimV9HiyDhoRGuB8DHbwDjwqofVraGB-2hzCFFpHiE6BVI6pLWfQlIL5nvd55DGVCsoeS9h_l1waIXm4fN-v/s400/Top+Albums.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419327282215058066" /></a>deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01349847768892368653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499637775011128412.post-87087697778561461712009-12-24T23:07:00.002-07:002009-12-24T23:18:02.947-07:002009 Wrap-up: Top Movies I watched in '09This is the first installation in a series of year end wrap-ups for 2009. <div><br /></div><div>Here are some of the greatest movies and shows that I have seen all year:</div><div><ol><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1022603/">500 Days of Summer</a></li><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0488478/">12 (Razgnevannyh Muzhchin</a>)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Atheism-Tapes-Richard-Dawkins/dp/B00175GAIS">The Atheism Tapes</a></li><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0799862/">Caprica</a></li><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1152758/">Dear Zachary</a></li><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0773262/">Dexter</a></li><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1173494/">God on Trial</a></li><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0763852/">I Have Never Forgotten You</a></li><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361748/">Inglorious Basterds</a></li><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053946/">Inherit the Wind</a></li><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472027/">John Adams</a></li><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1442437/">Modern Family</a></li><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1182345/">Moon</a></li><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1097256/">Please Vote for Me</a></li><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363367/">Rough Science</a></li><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0814314/">Seven Pounds</a></li><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0796366/">Star Trek</a></li><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0862846/">Sunshine Cleaning</a></li><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0805978/">This American Life</a></li><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052520/">Twilight Zone: Season 1</a></li><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1185616/">Waltz with Bashir</a></li></ol><div>Did I miss any? Your feedback is encouraged. If you need any further endorsement of any of these let me know.</div></div>deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01349847768892368653noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499637775011128412.post-2111152578934267412009-12-03T21:23:00.004-07:002009-12-04T09:23:40.177-07:00Chill Music Mix<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-nERIYt1ZQlWMxGQhBK0Mt3gyja8kFaS2M1Dqb1f7VNuNWYkNDbUDciEOVqmbPhOixu0iRzhDvMw5kKy19VBlcS0z5LNZDGDkdm2w0KGyexXz_q4v2F6c7bI8eTINmm_SmE-mdHFu8nO/s1600-h/IMG_0964.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-nERIYt1ZQlWMxGQhBK0Mt3gyja8kFaS2M1Dqb1f7VNuNWYkNDbUDciEOVqmbPhOixu0iRzhDvMw5kKy19VBlcS0z5LNZDGDkdm2w0KGyexXz_q4v2F6c7bI8eTINmm_SmE-mdHFu8nO/s400/IMG_0964.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411232655525656178" /></a><br />A little collection of songs that I like to listen to when trying to relax. It might be tough to make it through this without falling asleep. Good songs though... just good chill songs.<div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Download the mix <a href="http://ifile.it/1qs9a4g/ChillPlaylist.zip">here</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01349847768892368653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499637775011128412.post-25164049193644420502009-11-25T15:02:00.006-07:002009-11-25T15:23:35.445-07:00Diamond Illusion Backgrounds<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xl1lLze5ZpM&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xl1lLze5ZpM&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div><br /><div style="text-align: center; ">Saw this video today on google reader. It inspired me to make these backgrounds. Each grey diamond is exactly the same. Works best in full-screen mode.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">320x480 (iPhone)</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGevj5buEOSLoSgIp8fWxfjoLshVapnpV1z79j6xlqcUuVOczSFqIU46HHqh4dggs41vjQLsTD8JLQ4foU6mWOGa0BTrSRZKM-yLbE_37qcRQZPGS2m2q4XcxIA3KJWY2Gv8gAyyzI4qRQ/s1600/Diamond320x480.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGevj5buEOSLoSgIp8fWxfjoLshVapnpV1z79j6xlqcUuVOczSFqIU46HHqh4dggs41vjQLsTD8JLQ4foU6mWOGa0BTrSRZKM-yLbE_37qcRQZPGS2m2q4XcxIA3KJWY2Gv8gAyyzI4qRQ/s400/Diamond320x480.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408168861834547378" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">1280x1024</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4QcZBo4pO2I3rTae4_d_tB-wzAkm0UU-jyeYP_7dwvC8x8qWn_7tNScvnqyKJe9jPNFFH2eUXfDrkFa8vvWLkSb-5UqbdHRCHSnyQASKjI8xU5XnyP97NqXbz13aaR1YBMjOZCitgX-R6/s1600/Diamond1280x1024.png"></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4QcZBo4pO2I3rTae4_d_tB-wzAkm0UU-jyeYP_7dwvC8x8qWn_7tNScvnqyKJe9jPNFFH2eUXfDrkFa8vvWLkSb-5UqbdHRCHSnyQASKjI8xU5XnyP97NqXbz13aaR1YBMjOZCitgX-R6/s1600/Diamond1280x1024.png" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4QcZBo4pO2I3rTae4_d_tB-wzAkm0UU-jyeYP_7dwvC8x8qWn_7tNScvnqyKJe9jPNFFH2eUXfDrkFa8vvWLkSb-5UqbdHRCHSnyQASKjI8xU5XnyP97NqXbz13aaR1YBMjOZCitgX-R6/s400/Diamond1280x1024.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408168857180531170" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">1440x852</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMOAyd2BAi4LPmwwEV3NiJS8Zgh0iKL9ijcLZuWg_HyoVfKTZcHKAmrwhH0EXo4r42nbuZFiIqD6gfYcpeF0r8WcEzBO8wUkvSr1eyr57aAFidYffvfIc6RFcKDbhEhadVuHEGf0xi02jT/s1600/Diamond1440x852.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMOAyd2BAi4LPmwwEV3NiJS8Zgh0iKL9ijcLZuWg_HyoVfKTZcHKAmrwhH0EXo4r42nbuZFiIqD6gfYcpeF0r8WcEzBO8wUkvSr1eyr57aAFidYffvfIc6RFcKDbhEhadVuHEGf0xi02jT/s400/Diamond1440x852.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408168853481193410" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">1680x1050</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCe-1I3zmcKcur4y8KhD-hoLLkENCtY-7fO687S7PPvbbXtjeXATJDGMmynVNel3V2ikwp6aGzli8hxwSEOHFGJSWVBGJiXPLEIGmgnZktzSZ02vQLA1fnejua-wq0pWzyBpsKS7FhidtZ/s1600/Diamond1680x1050.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCe-1I3zmcKcur4y8KhD-hoLLkENCtY-7fO687S7PPvbbXtjeXATJDGMmynVNel3V2ikwp6aGzli8hxwSEOHFGJSWVBGJiXPLEIGmgnZktzSZ02vQLA1fnejua-wq0pWzyBpsKS7FhidtZ/s400/Diamond1680x1050.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408168845786568834" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01349847768892368653noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499637775011128412.post-18473385594392738472009-10-20T22:26:00.004-06:002009-10-22T13:32:05.236-06:00October Music Playlist<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have made another playlist of music I like. That is all.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/296523557/Deans_October_Mix.zip">Download it here</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/295796833/Deans_October_Mix.zip.html"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Q206NiOmfS71Xrunb2Zm_ajXn6tNGygFWIQGCdAmHcbHZ3UcjPoyxGmaeJ9Le90jnaKsY_YByzDFCsGwdrXPPGGhTt3HERMqgD8mOVbp57LV8EM03KYjA4UapICbZ_hhiDpsIeZ33cp7/s400/Sexagenary195.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394905468535957986" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01349847768892368653noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499637775011128412.post-11128245358142466592009-09-16T18:31:00.003-06:002009-09-16T18:38:09.554-06:00Kaleidoscope Animation<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><object width="853" height="505"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SyV08b1gIkM&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SyV08b1gIkM&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="853" height="505"></embed></object></p><p>Here is the animated Kaleidoscope. Really happy with how it turned out. I added the fade-in/fade-out along with the audio in iMovie. Be sure that you watch this on in HD.</p><p>Music is "Empty Us" by Boots to the Moon</p></div>deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01349847768892368653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499637775011128412.post-84967308420138258082009-09-16T00:40:00.005-06:002009-09-16T00:52:25.749-06:00Kaleidescope Generator<div>I wanted to try making a program that grabbed random images from a folder and used them in an image. I had a bunch of black and white clip art from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ready-Use-Oriental-Designs-Copyright-Free/dp/0486402762/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1253083289&sr=8-1">this book</a> so I used them. These images were all made procedurally with random colors and radius distances from the middle. I have made some video animations from this too which are promising, but they are small. I hope to create some large HD videos before I share that with the world. I'm considering creating some really large images with this to make prints of and put up on the wall at my house.</div><div><br /></div><div>Click on each image for the full sized goodness.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3jYafN8U-71KrFjhZ9zevmclhGL8WA5BkaCBSlCuxqXwztJWZQ61_GWxNfzgNz0Ayrffs4Y9ArOwcb3xMvaWzf5Rw0pPKgRDLDcHNzSmde2LRqrFi51TtnPD7_l-1gdJUbuT5IlBWmZi/s1600-h/kaleidescope5204.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 119px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3jYafN8U-71KrFjhZ9zevmclhGL8WA5BkaCBSlCuxqXwztJWZQ61_GWxNfzgNz0Ayrffs4Y9ArOwcb3xMvaWzf5Rw0pPKgRDLDcHNzSmde2LRqrFi51TtnPD7_l-1gdJUbuT5IlBWmZi/s400/kaleidescope5204.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381952719526521154" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0EhSVKFDNrE1jZ_IIQpBDgtLdCe40zFsMf9aqmzKdZ-sA9aeZd_x6BbB2IqlH4j1qhCSctotMoH0T_AkenzxKjCJPMDWUaO6uEjQXtK1FWREhJ_76hLPcVN8e6g_m2DLJ1QEU6vxfTiLx/s1600-h/kaleidescope4273.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 119px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0EhSVKFDNrE1jZ_IIQpBDgtLdCe40zFsMf9aqmzKdZ-sA9aeZd_x6BbB2IqlH4j1qhCSctotMoH0T_AkenzxKjCJPMDWUaO6uEjQXtK1FWREhJ_76hLPcVN8e6g_m2DLJ1QEU6vxfTiLx/s400/kaleidescope4273.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381952696594171874" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-VJzCwxfujeCiLyHaNTyUSkfxIuVZd3zSx-qbcD4N_ApZYJtNReerqSw6DbrwKJaUdk2r9tAG4y7gtW6FPPa-B_Z9YlQ0dwXfMc_p7BWZCFDnayG_qB9PI4ls5SbDtGnS1w2x5yfGY7co/s1600-h/kaleidescope9822.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 119px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-VJzCwxfujeCiLyHaNTyUSkfxIuVZd3zSx-qbcD4N_ApZYJtNReerqSw6DbrwKJaUdk2r9tAG4y7gtW6FPPa-B_Z9YlQ0dwXfMc_p7BWZCFDnayG_qB9PI4ls5SbDtGnS1w2x5yfGY7co/s400/kaleidescope9822.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381952676746563698" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif818QACXQ6-8mUvpMSUPIp3u9WhzfonnSzRLZTDQQVSUka6USb8ZqYV2TN_6XCvIuW3VmzSsgUcMxGo4Par1gENL3N_Zfo5CS6XyokW2HIemcjG_J10dg89Gx_vg_I41iFrTEoxllepqL/s1600-h/kaleidescope3370.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 119px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif818QACXQ6-8mUvpMSUPIp3u9WhzfonnSzRLZTDQQVSUka6USb8ZqYV2TN_6XCvIuW3VmzSsgUcMxGo4Par1gENL3N_Zfo5CS6XyokW2HIemcjG_J10dg89Gx_vg_I41iFrTEoxllepqL/s400/kaleidescope3370.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381952442902391682" /></a><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01349847768892368653noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499637775011128412.post-42183215340668914842009-09-11T13:43:00.005-06:002009-09-11T13:52:11.549-06:00My try at some retro-modern art<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_pOzKmwVGau_v-crvVTEkCDcwqdvkfp-yEWeoLJPpBOiiRxqGe6ea_Nxyjgj5xN5nQW6sxOyVEtj57jgyNvxO-Zw4JVNjT1ZAuTzTv05_z-sQMOQ5_GE9k14ICnfb_Ep-xQQJc_6o76Z/s1600-h/deerNebula87.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_pOzKmwVGau_v-crvVTEkCDcwqdvkfp-yEWeoLJPpBOiiRxqGe6ea_Nxyjgj5xN5nQW6sxOyVEtj57jgyNvxO-Zw4JVNjT1ZAuTzTv05_z-sQMOQ5_GE9k14ICnfb_Ep-xQQJc_6o76Z/s400/deerNebula87.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380299694394364866" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiWW4sHsut5p3CNIRUoFEEGeS7BaE_kodBXBpjTg5DvjJ9fugevgAiZkGxrKp6Fc_PAplJuzLRRlv6tfT-jFKF5arIqU3BSU23EUkzbdShkZoaC68L5zL1FpA5qTzFlswmCNRyAa3tx3_P/s1600-h/deerNebula22.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiWW4sHsut5p3CNIRUoFEEGeS7BaE_kodBXBpjTg5DvjJ9fugevgAiZkGxrKp6Fc_PAplJuzLRRlv6tfT-jFKF5arIqU3BSU23EUkzbdShkZoaC68L5zL1FpA5qTzFlswmCNRyAa3tx3_P/s400/deerNebula22.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380299674899498370" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrOQg2u58HSA6qjKuw_VBGA86Grp4yo-fM3NJrgTOWFwxis5KfIlXBoj5Ash8LVSckqUPjuo6QkvCP7hx0szUsPqeXB1QS-_d84jLCdg2RdC2QIZAA0khE8XNDJhrKQk7qH84SKC8ORAJ/s1600-h/TriangleStarStream.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrOQg2u58HSA6qjKuw_VBGA86Grp4yo-fM3NJrgTOWFwxis5KfIlXBoj5Ash8LVSckqUPjuo6QkvCP7hx0szUsPqeXB1QS-_d84jLCdg2RdC2QIZAA0khE8XNDJhrKQk7qH84SKC8ORAJ/s400/TriangleStarStream.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380298169053991202" /></a><br />I'm not sure if retro-modern is what you'd call it, but it's inspired by <a href="http://www.justusdesigncollective.com/justuscontent/drewturnerspage.html">this dude</a>. I created the design procedurally in Processing and did some post-production in Preview.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div>deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01349847768892368653noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499637775011128412.post-87160194604338365662009-09-01T18:14:00.004-06:002009-09-01T18:38:54.794-06:004 Steps to discovering new music using Firefox, iTunes, and Last.FM<div style="text-align: left;">I can't stand the thought of trolling through hundreds of myspace pages or iTunes directories to sample music from everyone possible to discover something new. I want to have music brought to me that has already been tailored to my taste. None of this live streaming from the internet crap, I want something that can look at what I actually listen to and give me actual music files to download.</div><div><br /></div><div>Over the past couple years I have developed a simple method to do this which combines online services, browser plugins, and iTunes.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic84ihYJ9O0-vMGz4BReEOL5V9iFUC6SeoQmC1SvltpFA-MakCxR-vlXCbtEST43lYdK1NYkY7IKWI3uv_IJHcsfRuhTcCDK-pea3JhCuqfYQJnfJsJZkYjYqe51NOwHQNkcVgEtcXsG7V/s400/Picture+1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376659016428194338" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 164px; " /><div style="text-align: center; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVrlDmVmMrP-qE1YO7Zef2bP9gLR4QpNo67pGu9x28GVsuGSEsRA1cPq5W9QSoD9XtCbZ5QcGC8yBOp7aFn2Tc8hsaLxbXe4rhLRG1qDm7g2wYye9ey19OYWeN24Douy41-1xle85xG5aI/s1600-h/Picture+4.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVrlDmVmMrP-qE1YO7Zef2bP9gLR4QpNo67pGu9x28GVsuGSEsRA1cPq5W9QSoD9XtCbZ5QcGC8yBOp7aFn2Tc8hsaLxbXe4rhLRG1qDm7g2wYye9ey19OYWeN24Douy41-1xle85xG5aI/s400/Picture+4.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376659030924714866" style="text-align: left; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 293px; height: 304px; " /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Step 1.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Find music blogs that cater to your taste and add them to an online feed reader.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Use services like <a href="http://hypem.com/">hype machine</a> or <a href="http://blogsearch.google.com/">google blog search</a> to find blogs that have covered your favorite bands. I would suggest searching with bands you like who you feel are lesser known. This helps avoid blogs that cover wide ranges of music types. Another important note is to find blogs that post .mp3 files directly on their blog posts.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Add these blog feeds to a browser-based feed reader. I have been using <a href="http://reader.google.com/">Google Reader</a> for quite a while and love it. (If you don't know what a feed reader is check out <a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/googlereader/tour.html">this tour</a> or Google Reader)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyhxePnU-em8J1wh4B1snfdz_y511UBD4EvP7EGEKpIlPXHg9jvgCErWmHqxbxbfBZH6DyG3drRekMXSqup75_UAYBzrtfV3KpxXF2b2JyAAhyphenhyphenehMwqxWYzoX2T3seS6el8WkGkdhxUqPu/s1600-h/Picture+6.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyhxePnU-em8J1wh4B1snfdz_y511UBD4EvP7EGEKpIlPXHg9jvgCErWmHqxbxbfBZH6DyG3drRekMXSqup75_UAYBzrtfV3KpxXF2b2JyAAhyphenhyphenehMwqxWYzoX2T3seS6el8WkGkdhxUqPu/s400/Picture+6.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376659043060195138" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 167px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Step 2.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Sign up for a </b><a href="http://www.last.fm/"><b>Last.fm</b></a><b> account and download </b><a href="http://www.eternalstorms.at/gimmesometune/"><b>GimmeSomeTune</b></a><b> or similar app.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">An app like GimmeSomeTune will upload your listening data from your iTunes library to Last.fm's database.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Not only does last.fm store your listening data, but it will also suggest music for you to listen to. I don't particularly enjoy listening to music through my browser so I don't use much of this. Instead there is also a section that has recommended songs that are free to download. Instead of going to check this all the time I add the RSS feed for this page to my Google Reader as well. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYdqa5yhx2q0Ji_TbLQAkf4_rhpj6ZzDSDrsT8nNQFJoH1xBYrh_c-YvHYTjA3N3O-9ccALlunYCjXkNd9eHGJunijnoDRSwEv_iQKZX94N9HtxErGS3lP121TXpUP3KhTssYfS3GB81Gb/s1600-h/Picture+5.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYdqa5yhx2q0Ji_TbLQAkf4_rhpj6ZzDSDrsT8nNQFJoH1xBYrh_c-YvHYTjA3N3O-9ccALlunYCjXkNd9eHGJunijnoDRSwEv_iQKZX94N9HtxErGS3lP121TXpUP3KhTssYfS3GB81Gb/s400/Picture+5.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376659036724617666" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 255px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Step 3.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Use the </b><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/201"><b>Downloadthemall</b></a><b> plugin for Firefox to get all songs from the blogs/feeds.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Since the Last.FM free .mp3 feed and most music bloggers' articles will link directly to .mp3 files I can use the DownloadThemAll plugin in Firefox to download every music file linked on a page. This works great when using google reader. I open up my music section and scroll through a couple weeks of time to load all the info into the browser and then run DownLoadThem all to grab all the music from the page.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiciwZBxkIhrAoedzKMUmbTMjWowDQDVz3ODQPORISXrHFWczZCf5bjASt3RsNMi_emKdp4dS9NzfMk8FvK_D-gH_QTSj-2gtdy-dryuI6KcNDnNRYPR8sFY1Wko_BMbqdoVecM3SGN83Th/s1600-h/Picture+3.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiciwZBxkIhrAoedzKMUmbTMjWowDQDVz3ODQPORISXrHFWczZCf5bjASt3RsNMi_emKdp4dS9NzfMk8FvK_D-gH_QTSj-2gtdy-dryuI6KcNDnNRYPR8sFY1Wko_BMbqdoVecM3SGN83Th/s400/Picture+3.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376662908666583698" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 339px; height: 128px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Step 4. </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Import files to Itunes and use Smart Playlists to filter out the best downloads</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">After importing all of the music into iTunes I refine the music using Genius playlist. For more on how I do this read <a href="http://deanandyou.blogspot.com/2008/09/creating-great-discovery-playlist-in.html">my previous article</a> on making a Genius Discovery Playlist. </div></div>deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01349847768892368653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499637775011128412.post-33992635779968186802009-08-18T10:10:00.003-06:002009-08-18T11:00:15.211-06:00End of Summer 09 Playlist<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSelsrLoPMrCXpIGwrUB6JpGEJRgdlQm6RQtyVVTINMrVdP5-Qivy9wvgukaAEbEfI33dJqu8tip0rP6z7VrS4UAnJFcEH89WLIHWOrLCmv_Ta9OdxsL6LTzckIzbGe034pjRh6duODdOK/s400/IMG_0017.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371337329625260018" /><br />I wore a hoodie yesterday. That signals the end of summer for me. It inspired me to create a playlist of music that reflects this change in season. Please download and enjoy.<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/268806535/End_of_Summer_09.zip">End of Summer '09</a><br /><br /></div>deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01349847768892368653noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499637775011128412.post-85050076837892150522009-07-28T18:24:00.001-06:002009-07-28T18:24:51.078-06:00Fire Fly with Beat Detection<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/TXf6TVtaKDI' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/TXf6TVtaKDI'/></object></p><p>I figured out how to render the sound visualizations so that they sync with the audio. I threw it on to this fire fly program I did previously and here's the result.<br /><br />Song is "We are your friends" from Justice.</p></div>deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01349847768892368653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499637775011128412.post-12548994725415237122009-07-20T21:47:00.004-06:002009-07-20T21:59:44.895-06:00Geometry Vizualization<div style="text-align: center;">I went to the Tool concert last night and was thoroughly impressed by the video and light show that accompanied it. I noticed that a lot of the video used was built on complex geometric shapes. I saw this and took it as a challenge. After I got home I dabbled around with it a bit and came up with this:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/If6snDYsm7M&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/If6snDYsm7M&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then today I thought of a couple other tweaks to make and it turned into this.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KrIO9Hf-T0E&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KrIO9Hf-T0E&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Once I come up with a satisfying final product I'll run it in HD and upload it.</div><div><br /><br /></div>deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01349847768892368653noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499637775011128412.post-81002363193397884192009-07-06T12:08:00.001-06:002009-07-06T12:08:29.854-06:00Provo Acoustic Session with Drew Danburry<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/PvsB_Bkg6gA' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/PvsB_Bkg6gA'/></object></p><p>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.</p></div>deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01349847768892368653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499637775011128412.post-20934149147887819002009-06-27T20:43:00.002-06:002009-06-27T20:58:55.643-06:00Firefly Screen Shots<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQSyi7BQ1TGNPoyzKBcA1CGXaUaYR4EG3gBZpea2lI0jf_paIZcybJSDfjx7RTDr3fG0BfTu8wpJH4fTDP6WIJlxB7alZi32TLN6BGw9X3RtdlNsf2QVGEPMvQerxBFKx1W97KkjfQ3SbA/s1600-h/firefly-0652.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 125px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQSyi7BQ1TGNPoyzKBcA1CGXaUaYR4EG3gBZpea2lI0jf_paIZcybJSDfjx7RTDr3fG0BfTu8wpJH4fTDP6WIJlxB7alZi32TLN6BGw9X3RtdlNsf2QVGEPMvQerxBFKx1W97KkjfQ3SbA/s400/firefly-0652.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352207485666084594" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEMJI-y8FvpnKjNQPMdhhAMnbjePtouWbaS14fNR6bAU5KhVqr2vMNfL_KiSDRfIM-YTkklUHR8E0WTDuyhB_zr5rn-z5urzznY-6ngomG5SeWUg73YtRzbZuF5K9HQAI-daLtd6B7x3R_/s1600-h/firefly-0230.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 125px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEMJI-y8FvpnKjNQPMdhhAMnbjePtouWbaS14fNR6bAU5KhVqr2vMNfL_KiSDRfIM-YTkklUHR8E0WTDuyhB_zr5rn-z5urzznY-6ngomG5SeWUg73YtRzbZuF5K9HQAI-daLtd6B7x3R_/s400/firefly-0230.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352207483819705202" /></a><br />Here are some more detailed screen shots of the Firefly swarm program that I wrote. Click to see the full sized image.<div><br /></div><div><br /><table style="text-align: center;width: auto; "><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;font-size:16px;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div>deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01349847768892368653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499637775011128412.post-57554472970077951662009-06-27T20:30:00.001-06:002009-06-27T20:30:06.469-06:00Swarm of Fireflies<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/uCGPj6jnprw' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/uCGPj6jnprw'/></object></p><p>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. <br /><br />The red dot randomly moves around the screen as the swarm follows.</p></div>deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01349847768892368653noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499637775011128412.post-2196056663194752002009-06-25T12:37:00.001-06:002009-06-25T12:37:32.561-06:00Michael Shermer on Being Skeptical<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/eUB4j0n2UDU' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/eUB4j0n2UDU'/></object></p><p>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.</p></div>deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01349847768892368653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499637775011128412.post-86568416663167854542009-05-21T16:09:00.001-06:002009-05-21T16:10:36.179-06:00Particle/Smoke Effect in processingThis is from my latest test on processing. Best to watch the high quality version. My first swing at creating video from the animation.<div><br /></div><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4bgA_qMBAu0&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4bgA_qMBAu0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><div><br /></div>deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01349847768892368653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499637775011128412.post-72376582222826808132009-05-15T00:46:00.002-06:002009-05-15T00:47:59.093-06:00New Processing ProjectsI've been learning how to do some fun <a href="http://processing.org/">Processing</a> stuff lately. Here's a sample of something I threw together tonight. It's inspired by <a href="http://www.flight404.com/blog/">this guy's</a> stuff<div><br /></div><iframe width="628" height="680" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" src="http://www.openprocessing.org/visuals/iframe.php?visualID=2064&width=600&height=600"></iframe><div><br /></div>deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01349847768892368653noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499637775011128412.post-28573569751411657062009-04-28T15:41:00.003-06:002009-04-28T15:46:39.131-06:00Why Utah isn't so bad right now<div>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. </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgLGxgAv7Yoto9z0fwIMzdrnGC9zb7L_Fl6SXlXBDc_dvCnN4ZlDRPvDOkdRvwlaui4wSgZ8X_AsPqgw6h6pqaaY29zW9wlmay_mEwE8o8Nbo9UbsfNVTqQXvwThyxkMolZFpamK2w6_iC/s1600-h/Picture+1.png" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgLGxgAv7Yoto9z0fwIMzdrnGC9zb7L_Fl6SXlXBDc_dvCnN4ZlDRPvDOkdRvwlaui4wSgZ8X_AsPqgw6h6pqaaY29zW9wlmay_mEwE8o8Nbo9UbsfNVTqQXvwThyxkMolZFpamK2w6_iC/s400/Picture+1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329860837936035602" /></a><div>via:<a href="http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=usunemployment&met=unemployment_rate&idim=state:ST490000:ST060000&tdim=true"> google public data</a></div>deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01349847768892368653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499637775011128412.post-23024177548070245992009-04-23T15:28:00.004-06:002009-04-23T15:39:33.910-06:00What I Do: Satellite Dealer Software - Agemni CMS<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 111px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBvDISEiCkuOezCsVQTpm7wzr-7hwFyWXNWc58Ex74F8EW5wtnc6tnEfJQRwHZ-shdTYwZ6BhjFdk_zj2ILVbopRMps3IBowdOXrX3dicCQ8t6yBuSntbio17HiI3-RDcYrA2p6Z5gkNHZ/s400/SatelliteDealerSoftware.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328004423653655298" /><br />I've had a couple people ask what I do for my day job so I'd like to clarify. I work for a great software company called Agemni. We make crm software for satellite dealers, home security retailers, home theater installers, call centers, and pretty much anybody who needs to track their customers through a sale to install process. The software was previously called Dishstar, but when we started integrating more business models outside the satellite industry we changed the name. <div><br /></div><div>I started at the company as one of the software engineers working mostly on migrating customers existing data from other software into our system. After working a couple years for the company and leaving for a couple years to finish school and things I came back to do sales for Agemni. It's definitely one of the best sales jobs I've heard of. Practically all of my leads come from referrals from current clients or from people signing up for one of our 15 day free trials. I spend my day showing potential clients the different ways that the software could save them money. It really sells itself. </div><div><br /></div><div>Feel free to check out our site at <a href="http://www.agemni.com">www.agemni.com</a>. You can see my first and only real attempt at non-procedural Flash animation.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01349847768892368653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499637775011128412.post-71873182719179394642009-04-05T10:24:00.001-06:002009-04-05T10:24:02.306-06:00Open-mindedness<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/T69TOuqaqXI' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/T69TOuqaqXI'/></object></p><p>This is a perfect followup to my previous article on Evolution and a great supplement to a discussion I had with some friends and family this last week. It explains my stance on belief completely. Thanks Stephe for the share.</p></div>deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01349847768892368653noreply@blogger.com12