{"id":2847,"date":"2011-08-09T20:58:04","date_gmt":"2011-08-09T20:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/?p=2847"},"modified":"2011-08-11T15:56:20","modified_gmt":"2011-08-11T15:56:20","slug":"shawn-ahern-%e2%80%9910-dances-for-google-chrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/2011\/08\/09\/shawn-ahern-%e2%80%9910-dances-for-google-chrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Shawn Ahern \u201910 Dances for Google Chrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was just a year ago that newly minted alum <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/2010\/06\/11\/enter-to-learn-go-forth-to-dance\/\"><strong>Shawn Ahern \u201910<\/strong><\/a> tucked his diploma and his contract with the world-renowned dance troupe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pilobolus.com\/home.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">Pilobolus<\/a> into his suitcase and leapt into the world of professional dance.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2848\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2848\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/files\/2011\/08\/SeanAhern.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2848\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/files\/2011\/08\/SeanAhern.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"458\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/files\/2011\/08\/SeanAhern.jpg 458w, https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/files\/2011\/08\/SeanAhern-300x91.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2848\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">That&#039;s Shawn Ahern \u201910 in the middle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Talk about opportunity knocking! A year later, internet giant Google searches for the perfect medium to showcase the cutting-edge technology in its new web browser, Chrome, and guess what they come up with? You got it\u2014a video of Pilobolus&#8217; latest edgy visual brilliance, featuring KSC&#8217;s own Shawn Ahern.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">You can watch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ur-y7oOto14&amp;feature=player_embedded\" target=\"_blank\">the video on YouTube<\/a> (including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xmT5i8hS2Pw\" target=\"_blank\">a fun look behind the scenes<\/a>, where you&#8217;ll see more of Shawn), but, since Google is using it to highlight its latest browser technology, you&#8217;ll need to watch it on Google Chrome for the maximum experience (download <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/chrome\" target=\"_blank\">Google Chrome<\/a>, and then, from Chrome, visit this link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allisnotlo.st\/index_en.html\" target=\"_blank\">www.allisnotlo.st\/index_en.html<\/a>). That includes inviting you to type in a message, which the Pilobolus gang will spell out at the end of the video. Something like this:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/files\/2011\/08\/ShawnAhernText1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2904\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/files\/2011\/08\/ShawnAhernText1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/files\/2011\/08\/ShawnAhernText1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/files\/2011\/08\/ShawnAhernText1-300x140.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>Those are the bottoms of the dancers&#8217; feet you&#8217;re seeing. Be prepared to be amazed\u2014and send Shawn a comment.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to know more about Google Chrome and the Pilobolus project, <a href=\"http:\/\/chrome.blogspot.com\/2011\/07\/ok-go-play-with-chrome.html\" target=\"_blank\">visit the company&#8217;s blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was just a year ago that newly minted alum Shawn Ahern \u201910 tucked his diploma and his contract with the world-renowned dance troupe Pilobolus into his suitcase and leapt into the world of professional dance. Talk about opportunity knocking! A year later, internet giant Google searches for the perfect medium to showcase the cutting-edge &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/2011\/08\/09\/shawn-ahern-%e2%80%9910-dances-for-google-chrome\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Shawn Ahern \u201910 Dances for Google Chrome<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":2848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[27,438,437],"class_list":["post-2847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-alumni","tag-alumni-achievers","tag-dance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2847"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2856,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2847\/revisions\/2856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}