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Europe Dance Video (Testing PubSubHubbub)

// March 3rd, 2010 // View Comments // Uncategorized, Videos

I added PubSubHubbub support and am using this post as a test to see if it’s workingproperly. If you clicked a link to this looking for something more exciting, here’s a cool video of my friend Jordan doing a little dance across Europe that you may or may not have seen:

Packers/Vikings Game Photo Experiment

// October 5th, 2009 // View Comments // Photos

I’ll be at the Packers/Vikings game tonight in Minneapolis. It should be fun lots of fun! Based on the info I’ve read I think I’ll be able to bring my Nikon DSLR camera in and hope to take some sweet photos. I’m going to try a little experiment where some of the photos I take will actually be uploaded to the internet during the game.

If you want to check out my photos I’ll be uploading them to the photo sharing site Flickr. This will let people view them at better quality. I’ll still be shooting these photos at a much lower quality for faster uploads, but they’ll be much better than a camera phone, plus I’ve got a telephoto lens so you might actually be able to make out the individual players on the field (we’ll be in the second deck). To see the photos just check out my Flickr Photostream.

The way I’m uploading the photos will also automatically post a tweet on Twitter. Some of you already follow me, but if you’re not into the whole Twitter thing that’s cool. The links will automatically show up on my Twitter feed/page/[whatever you want to call it] and you can even be notified if you set it up to do so. You can follow me on Twitter @BjornHanson. If you look on Twitter or Flickr you’ll see I already posted a couple test photos that were uploaded from my phone, so it should work.

There’s a very small chance something could go wrong, so I apologize in advance if you look for photos and see nothing. There is a chance my camera or bag will be denied as being too “professional” (but I’ve seen photos of games at the Metrodome from others with cameras like mine, so hopefully that shouldn’t be a problem) or my cell phone won’t get very good reception in the dome…or my phone battery will die. Unfortunately my phone battery isn’t lasting very long anymore, and though I ordered a new battery it won’t be here today…so this will probably be the biggest factor limiting the number of photos I am able to upload.

Hope you enjoy the game if you watch. Go Packers!

Resting Fawn Photo

// October 3rd, 2009 // View Comments // Photos

Resting Fawn, originally uploaded by Bjorn Hanson.

I’m starting to utilize my Flickr account more and just uploaded this photo of a newborn fawn resting after getting tired of walking. Right now this photo ranks up there as one of the coolest photos I’ve taken – at least in my opinion.

Evil Chipmunks

// September 6th, 2009 // View Comments // Videos

I was organizing my computer files a couple weeks ago and ran across this short (and very random) video that a friend and I made in high school. We had played in the pep band during a basketball game and were waiting in the van for my mom after the game was over. While waiting, we happened to see a chipmunk mascot walking outside and this video shows what we thought of him. We had seen him during the game, but neither team was the Chipmunks, so we don’t know where he came from…or where he went. This video is from January 6, 2004.

LEGO Mindstorms Sudoku Solver

// August 27th, 2009 // View Comments // Robotics, Videos

Check out this video of a sudoku solver made with LEGO Mindstorms:

Breaking Up a Traffic Jam – One person CAN make a difference

// August 26th, 2009 // View Comments // Videos

B&W Portrait

// August 23rd, 2009 // View Comments // Photos

Black and White Portrait 2, originally uploaded by Bjorn Hanson.

This is probably one of my favorite black and white portraits at the moment, especially in the black and white category. It’s part of a series, so check out the other photos that go with it.

John Schmidt – Love Story meets Viva La Vida

// June 16th, 2009 // View Comments // Videos

Check out this sweet video of Jon Schmidt’s “Love Story meets Viva La Vida”: