End of Summer 09 Playlist

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.

End of Summer '09

Fire Fly with Beat Detection

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.

Song is "We are your friends" from Justice.

Geometry Vizualization

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:

Then today I thought of a couple other tweaks to make and it turned into this.

Once I come up with a satisfying final product I'll run it in HD and upload it.

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.

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.

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.