Andy Carvin's Waste of Bandwidth

RIP, Jeanne-Claude: May the Pearly Gates be wrapped for you

andycarvin@yahoo.com (Andy Carvin) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:52:01 +0000

Posted via email from aka @acarvin

The Vasa

andycarvin@yahoo.com (Andy Carvin) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:49:10 +0000

Video of the Swedish royal ship Vasa, one of the best preserved 17th century ships in the world. The Vasa sunk on its maiden voyage in 1628. It was salvaged in 1961 and now resides in the Vasa Museum in Stockholm, Sweden.

NPR Holiday Road Race 2009

andycarvin@yahoo.com (Andy Carvin) — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:49:44 +0000

NPR Science Desk Flavor Tripping Party

andycarvin@yahoo.com (Andy Carvin) — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:46:17 +0000

Yesterday, the NPR Science Desk hosted a "flavor-tripping party," in which you suck on a West African berry known as miraclefruit and see how it affects your tastebuds. For example, lemons tasted like the sweetest lemonade you've ever tasted, while horseradish was extraordinarily sweet. Watch and see how we react to different foods.

Sean meets his mom

andycarvin@yahoo.com (Andy Carvin) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:30:43 +0000

- Taken at 1:47 PM on September 24, 2008 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu

Mariachi!

andycarvin@yahoo.com (Andy Carvin) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:48:59 +0000

- Taken at 11:12 AM on July 02, 2008 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu

A Camel Eating Canteloupe

andycarvin@yahoo.com (Andy Carvin) — Sun, 25 May 2008 18:57:49 +0000

An animal trainer feeds a canteloupe to a camel at the Leesburg Animal Park in Leesburg, VA.

NPR Jazz Jam: All Blues

andycarvin@yahoo.com (Andy Carvin) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:07:48 +0000

During lunch at NPR today, a group of people from around their companies brought in their instruments and participated in a jazz jam session. I had my Nokia n95 phone with me, and shot this video of them performing Miles Davis' All Blues.

ShoZu test

andycarvin@yahoo.com (Andy Carvin) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:41:29 +0000

I'm just testing the mobile upload service ShoZu.com with this clip, taken at the Salt Lick BBQ Pit in Texas.

Andy Broke His G-String

andycarvin@yahoo.com (Andy Carvin) — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:11:37 +0000

Billy Bob Thornton vs. the Studio

andycarvin@yahoo.com (Andy Carvin) — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:26:22 +0000

Actor Billy Bob Thornton, speaking at the 2008 SXSW festival in Austin, TX, describes the fight he had with a Hollywood studio over his creative independence while making the film All the Pretty Horses. -andy

Studio 4A: Inside NPR on Super Tuesday

andycarvin@yahoo.com (Andy Carvin) — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:54:16 +0000

On February 5, I spent the better part of the night working at NPR, helping out with online coverage of Super Tuesday 2008. One floor above us was Studio 4A, NPR's broadcast command center. Inside, dozens of NPR staff worked to bring live coverage of the voting results, including making projections for every primary and caucus that night.

I spent some time visiting Studio 4A observing the action. I'd only planned to take some still pictures, but ended up shooting this video as well. Because I didn't have a proper video camera with me, the audio is somewhat embarrassing, but at least the visuals will give you a sense of some of the things taking place behind the scenes. Included in the video are Featuring Beth Donovan, Ken Rudin, Ron Elving, Ellen Weiss, Robert Siegel, Michelle Norris, Mara Liasson, EJ Dionne, Scott Simon, David Folkenflik, Andrea Seabrook and Nina Totenberg, among others. -andy