Andy Carvin's Waste of BandwidthOccasional Musings on Internet Culture, the Media and Countless Unrelated TopicsA Camel Eating Cantaloupe- May 25, 2008 Watch the Video An animal trainer feeds a cantaloupe to a camel at the Leesburg Animal Park in Leesburg, VA. Formats available: mp4http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2008/05/a_camel_eating_cantaloupe.html Jane Goodall Autographs a Busted Fender- May 24, 2008 Jane Goodall! I Did Not Do This!!, originally uploaded by andycarvin. Today in the parking lot at the Ikea in College Park, MD, we spotted a car that appeared to be autographed by Jane Goodall just above a busted fender. The signature includes the line "I did not do this!!" At first I thought it was a joke, but then when I got home I found a couple of Jane Goodall autographs online, and the letters J and G are eerily similar to the signature on the car: What do you think..http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2008/05/jane_goodall_autographs_a_busted_fender.html Vic Chesnutt Live at NPR- May 23, 2008 It's a good thing I had to work from home today, because otherwise I would have seen Vic Chesnutt play at NPR today. Okay, that sounds strange, so lemme explain. I'm a big fan of Vic's, ever since helping organize a free concert with him and Bob Mould at Northwestern 15 years ago. Today, though, I got an email just as I arrived home that he'd be playing a few songs at NPR, at Bob Boilen's desk. I was really bummed about missing it, and Jon Foreman twittered that it was a shame he didn't have...http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2008/05/vic_chesnutt_live_at_npr.html Impromptu Interview with Jacob Soboroff of Why Tuesday- May 23, 2008 So I was working at my desk yesterday when Weekend Edition Sunday producer Davar Ardalan suddenly appeared with Jacob Soboroff of Why Tuesday, a nonpartisan group that produces a fascinating video blog about electoral reform. (In case you're wondering about the name, it's based on the question of why on earth U.S. elections are held on a Tuesday, when most people are stuck at work.) Jacob has been participating in Weekend Edition's Sunday Soapbox blog, which features political commentaries from.http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2008/05/impromptu_interview_with_jacob_soboroff.html Union Station, West Hall- May 16, 2008 Low-res version of a giant panorama photo I took at DC's Union Station. View the high-res version.http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2008/05/union_station_west_hall.html Almost Arrested for Taking Photos at Union Station- May 13, 2008 As some of you may know, I've been testing out a Gigapan panorama photo system over the last week, after I received a loaner of their robotic camera mount from Carnegie Mellon's robotics lab. I brought it in to NPR to demonstrate it to colleagues and go on a photo safari to photograph the architecture at Union Station. Apparently, as far as Union Station's security operations are concerned, that's a criminal offense, since we nearly got arrested. Here's a low-res version of the photo. Click...http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2008/05/almost_arrested_for_taking_photos_at_uni.html Dizzy vs the Gigapan- May 9, 2008 Dizzy vs the Gigapan, originally uploaded by andycarvin. I just got my hands on a Gigapan, a robotic camera mount developed by Carnegie Mellon University's robotics lab that allows you to take gigapixel-resolution pictures. And what does Dizzy try to do Take over the photo shoot. Typical. -andyhttp://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2008/05/dizzy_vs_the_gigapan.html |