Mandi's Station

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Dom DeLuise, actor, comedian and chef, dies

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBIT_DELUISE?SITE=INEVA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

The roles I remember him most fondly for are "The Cannonball Run" and Tiger in "Fievel's American Tails". He had one of those voices that you could tell it was him right off...except until today, I didn't realize that he was Pizza the Hut in "Spaceballs". I should have known though, with it being a Mel Brooks film.

Monday, May 4, 2009

Happy Star Wars Day!

Happy Star Wars Day everybody! "May the 4th be with you"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Day

Friday, May 1, 2009

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/mowing-with-goats.html

From the article:
At our Mountain View headquarters, we have some fields that we need to mow occasionally to clear weeds and brush to reduce fire hazard. This spring we decided to take a low-carbon approach: Instead of using noisy mowers that run on gasoline and pollute the air, we've rented some goats from California Grazing to do the job for us (we're not "kidding"). A herder brings about 200 goats and they spend roughly a week with us at Google, eating the grass and fertilizing at the same time. The goats are herded with the help of Jen, a border collie. It costs us about the same as mowing, and goats are a lot cuter to watch than lawn mowers.

I think this is a great idea. As they mention, it helps with global warming and it helps the goat industry out too. Kudos Google.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Playing For Change | Song Around The World "Stand By Me"

http://gizmodo.com/5231112/best-video-ive-seen-today-will-make-you-smile

Really awesome video!

From the article above:
"This cover of Stand By Me was recorded by completely unknown artists in a street virtual studio all around the world. It all started with a base track—vocals and guitar—recorded on the streets of Santa Monica, California, by a street musician called Roger Ridley. The base track was then taken to New Orleans, Louisiana, where Grandpa Elliott—a blind singer from the French Quarter—added vocals and harmonica while listening to Ridley's base track on headphones. In the same city, Washboard Chaz's added some metal percussion to it.
And from there, it just gets rock 'n' rolling bananas: The producers took the resulting mix all through Europe, Africa, and South America, adding new tracks with multiple instruments and vocals that were assembled in the final version you are seeing in this video. All done with a simple laptop and some microphones."