DairyCo is a non-profit organization in the UK trying to educate the public in understanding more about the dairy industry. Farmer Andrew Gilman, aware of how technology is a critical part of modern day farming, relies a lot on his cellphone (or mobile as they call it over there). One day he had the idea to use his phone to record his cows mooing. It was challenging because the cows being well cared for by farmer Gilman are usually quietly content. They do get noisy around eating time when they are excited about getting their food. (Me too.) DairyCo thought it would be a great way to promote public awareness of dairy farming by creating some Christmas tunes using farmer Gilman’s recordings of his cows aided by the expertise of computer technicians.
Have you herd the one about the festive farmer with the moo-sical dairy cows?
A HERD of cows at a farm in Tamworth have been making moo-sic – and a host of festive ring-tone downloads for mobile phones.
Farmer Andrew Gilman used his smart-phone to record his 140-strong herd of Holstein-Freisians which computer experts then used to create well-known festive classics.
“Most people who visit our farm are surprised about how high-tech dairy farming is,” Andrew said.
“I use my phone for anything from recording milk deliveries to keeping up to date with Facebook, so I thought it would be fun to see how a recording of my cows would turn out.”
Mr Gilman adds: “They’re not exactly Beethoven, but make really unusual ring or alarm tones.”
Or alarming ringtones.
Prepare yourselves, it is moo-sic not music. Appreciate the effort put into the project. Be happy it features our friends the cows. Enjoy the special bond we have with farmer Gilman and his herd who live in a place called TAMworth.
Merry Christmas!
Cow Tales Update: Yvonne the Cow to Become Hollywood Star
Yvonne made international headlines this year by escaping slaughter and eluding her pursuers for three months. Now the adventures of this unusually temperamental cow, who outwitted expert trackers equipped with a helicopter and heat-seeking equipment, are to be turned into an animated film, the Gut Aiderbichl animal sanctuary, where she is currently living in the lap of bovine luxury, told SPIEGEL ONLINE.
Forgive me, I’m going off topic. You’ve heard the report about the underlying cost of the Chevy Dolt being $250,000, with the taxpayers picking up the tab? For the record, see my post from July, Why the Volt?.
Along similar lines, there’s the battery-powered Nissan Leaf. The Leaf, like the Volt, gets a $7500 price break courtesy of Uncle Sugar (that is to say, money borrowed from China to be paid back by your kids), and Nissan is selling dozens and dozens of cars. Not satisfied with that amount of damage, Obama is borrowing more money to pay Nissan to build Leafs in America. From Wikipedia:
So we borrow money from China to give it to Japan to build cars we don’t need and won’t buy. As with everything else Obama does, this is good for cronies and bad for America. Our government is cutting our throat, every day in every way.
Joke of the day:
Q: How do you starve an Obama supporter?
A: Hide his food stamps under his work shoes.