http://www.benseese.com Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:03:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en All apologies to the precious few of you that were expecting wonderful pictures & videos from last night's shindig. As it turned out, the grilling & drinking & kickballing got in the way of the documenting. Maybe next year I'll try to have less fun & take more ... http://www.benseese.com/2008/07/05/fourth-of-july-in-pilsen/ http://www.benseese.com/2008/06/19/ambers-new-redline/ Spent the day updating BenSeese.com's behind-the-scenes blogging software to the modern era, and then decided it was time for a new paint job at the same time. I do plan to switch out the bus photo; it was the first one I stumbled across that worked in super-wide black&white. ... http://www.benseese.com/2008/04/14/new-wordpress-new-layout/ I've been getting a kick out of the latest oddball camera to hit the shelves. The Casio EX-F1 is an ultra-high-speed video camera that can slow down action to the point of absurdity. Hard to convey with words; just check out the results: www.flickr.com/photos/benseese/tags/slowmotion/ http://www.benseese.com/2008/04/10/life-in-slow-motion/ A lot of my best friends from college came into Chicago for the holidays. Here is one fun night (of many to come). It's broken into two ~10 minute installments. Watch them in their full high-definition glory over on Vimeo by clicking here & here, or below: http://www.benseese.com/2008/01/22/piece-on-earth/ We're happy to welcome Jen S. to our place as a semi-temporary houseguest. She's already got a piece of her snazzy artwork up on the wall, with (hopefully) more to come. This morning after moving her in, we had brunch over at the Jumping Bean. Here are ... http://www.benseese.com/2008/01/13/welcome-to-the-neighborhood/ Here is the high-def video I shot on Christmas Eve & Christmas Day: (lots more HD video from the holidays is forthcoming) http://www.benseese.com/2008/01/13/christmas-vacation-in-delphi/ Sad day in Pilsen. This house was a real cultural landmark. When I came out to my car this morning, I noticed some smoke coming out of the eaves. Took about a minute for me to realize that it wasn't just a smoky fireplace. Called 911, pounded on the doors & ... http://www.benseese.com/2007/11/03/art-house-burns/ Nikon & Flickr have been commingling more & more the last year (nikonstunninggallery.com, flickr.com/nikon). Now the last couple Nikon wireless cameras make the claim that they can upload pictures to Flickr. Finally, right?! This seems great, because while several wireless cameras have had the ability to transfer ... http://www.benseese.com/2007/10/15/nikon-s51c-flickr-sharing-deconstructed/ Animoto is a wild new website that creates music-video slideshows. Here's one made from my photos from the Murphy Hill Gallery: http://animoto.com/play/3f9ff... http://www.benseese.com/2007/09/25/animoto/