story links: jed’s other poem: an unsolicited (yet approved!) music video for grandaddy by stewart smith, (thanks, graham and stewart!)

story links: rocketboom in uk guardian by jeff jarvis [publication, reprint, commentary], darpa motorcycle bot (via), google video 2.0 is a switch to flash [historical commentary], bittorrent receives 8.7 million [software, file-footage], prodigem api auto-seeds torrents, rocketboom torrent page, find-a-human ivr phone system chart [portable text version], converge south

story links: second life virtual world, kasi nafus a.k.a. nephilaine protagonist of pixel dolls, documentary footage by pierce portocarrero (thanks, jerry!)

stroy links: blue light special star disk nasa footage on spacetelescope.org (thanks, james), homespun hp photo commercial (thanks, luc), the way things go, honda cog commercial remake of the way things go, uk 118 commercial remake of the honda cog commercial remake of the way things go (via), fidel castro strohs commercial, public domain music: beep-beep, why do stars twinkle from space songs

story links: lobster arcade vending machine (via), japanese vending machines, zadi diaz [katrina mashup video with greenday, nytimes article, nytimes link generator, bugmenot ], the big pink bunny, warner brother loonitics contemporary cartoons, blue rice, (via), knife and fork kitchen combo gadget, the men of the internet (via), apple classic ii

story links: amanda held at gunpoint, 28 hours a day, frogger by adult swim via waxy, hurricane rita coverage

story links: custom dna portrait (thanks, steed), speed vlogging [1, 2] with bre pettis and josh leo, robert firestone on madness (thanks, frank!), harry g frankfurt on bullshit, new york police department (nypd) podcast (thanks again, steed), garavar correctly named richius vantran’s prized sword as jessicane and win’s john marco’s sword of angels, my fat kat (tigger, tyler, test1, dustbuster (thanks, rob!)

story links: hossein derakhshan (aka: hoder), photo blog, wired article; an interview in central park - part 1 of 3: nuclear stand-off with iran

extra: **update: part 2 of 3: hoder on censorship mov | wmv
part 3 of 3+: (look for several more parts throughout the day on wednesday)

**final update: Complete Archive of entire interview in .mp3 format

story links: luca mori near parma discovers ancient italian villa with google earth, tom cruise oprah attack, nasa southern aurora time lapse, burger king spinning whirl ice-cream spells allah sideways, steve ballmer claims he’ll “win the web”, bill gates said uh, the sword of angels by john marco

story links: moving canvas by frédéric eyl, gunnar green and richard the with the digital media class, music: icy demons

story links: the man who told dick cheney to go fuck himself (1,2 thanks, bhob!), george bush apology, impeach bush, french car that runs on compressed air (thanks, daniel!), google earth reveals sensitive korean war data (thanks, steed!), the pixel roller (thanks, bob!), a prairie ho companion: garrison keillor the liberal talkshow host attempts to sue rex the free-thinking blogger (thanks, chuck!), vlog europe, devo remake (thanks, kenyatta!)

extra: testrun new rocketboom bittorrent seeding at prodigem, 中国翻译 / today’s episode translated into chinese

story links: german field correspondent stefan m. seydel/sms captures strandbeest by theo jansen at ars electronica, wired articles (1, 2)

story links: talk like a pirate day, [music], post secret [music], chris hardwick’s rubik’s cube page, horse jumping bareback by Cincoc Dakota, most distant explosion detected, americans frusterated with high gas prices steal from station, london soup kitchens full of lazy cooks

story links: world trade center memorial, flight 93 red crescent memorial, alvaro’s katrina photo gallery, impeach bush coalition, john roberts chief justice hearings, the finger tracker, nomadic yooff (via)

extra: 中国翻译 / today’s episode translated into chinese

story links: national renewable energy laboratory, environmental protection agency, renewable energy network, hybridcars, oil problems, energy crisis

additonal suggested links: top 10 ways to equip your car for a greener planet (thanks, janine!), fuh2 (thanks, josh!), hydrogen now (thanks, bozobuss!) higher gas prices are exactly what we need (thanks, mike!)

story links: bob denver from gilligan’s island dies at age 70, abe and preston from alien loves predator get stuck at starbucks, another apple ipod model, apple itunes phone, get fireant rss media aggregator, minneapolis field correspondent chuck olsen covers katrina from the minnesota state fair [extended interview], los angeles field correspondent zadi diaz covers katrina from beverly hills [extended interview], minnesota stories

story links: jigsaw small publishing shop (e.g. mini-comics, self-published novels, cds, zines, lounge) by ben jones (thanks, warren!)

story links: nasa on katrina [animation, season predictions, image of new orleans], mainstream media fair-use clips, new york times reports white house plan to erase political damage, houston field correspondent tyson root covers the george r. brown convention center

katrina disaster relief funds: red cross, katrina aftermath homepage, now public missing persons board, noahs wish animal rescue

story links: german field correspondent stefan m. seydel/sms interviews michael breidenbruecker at the ars electronica festival about music in the sky by balloon man martin music, filmed by wolfi reutz.

story links: introducing rocketboom houston, texas field correspondent tyson root, katrina disaster relief funds: red cross, katrina aftermath homepage, now public missing persons board, noahs wish animal rescue

long file: 92megs / 10min
more versions: small quicktime (65megs) | extra large quicktime (160megs)

story links: katrina storm images: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, music: sea spirits by jesse manno, disaster relief funds: red cross, katrina aftermath homepage, now public missing persons board, noahs wish animal rescue

**Update Sep. 3, 2005: While we stand by this episode, we realize that it has upset many people in our audience. And while we may not agree, we feel it is important to listen. The nature of Rocketboom is to experiment and push boundaries, but our intent is never to cause anyone pain. For that reason, and that reason only, we have chosen to move this episode to another location. Having read this, if you decide to watch it, you can do so by clicking the link below. It will remain part of our history. Link.