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: 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: 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.
story links: john bolton demands 750 amendments to pre-established u.n. world vision (thanks, matt!), historical punk venue cbgb in danger of closing (extended interview by missing kitten tv ) [save cbgb], music: flop-eared mule by the blue ridge highballers, business week article on rocketboom by heather green, mars reconnoissance orbiter making headway through space, register for the free converge south conference, (image of john bolton) got milk?
story links: clark ov saturn [sic] interviews todd polenburg of dance dance revolution hack, bush bush revolution
story links: dumpster diving, the high line: [instructions/images, overview, news], delaortofadown (thanks, nick!) [music by system of a down (thanks, rahul!)]
story links: space elevator [image, video], boing boing offers $1 million prize for proof jesus is not the son of the flying spaghetti monster, japanese prime minister attacked by robot (thanks, kenyatta!), eggzakt sends in an audio fix for rb current tv interview, university of wisconsin top party school, bush ratings sink to 36%, robert moog dies at 71 [video]
where the hell is amanda? amanda has been gone all week (hence the correspondent special features). we just got this tape in yesterday via fed-ex. do you know where she is? can you name each location? updated video with location subtitles and music links tonight at 8pm e.d.t. [a continuation of where the hell is amanda in austin, inspired again by where the hell is matt]
**update**
1. p.i.e.: st. petersburg intl. airport, 2. rostra columns, 3. fields of mars, 4. the russian art museum, 5. gardens of peter the great, 6. peterhof fountains, 7. gulf of finland, 8. st. isaac’s cathedral, 9. peterhof canal, 11. chess board cascade, 12. neva river, 13. peter and paul cathedral, 14. peter the great at senate sq., 15. tatiana (tour guide) and resurrection cathedral, 16. peter the great at the peter and paul fortress, music: pidmanula by barynya
story links: opentopia webcams, equiflor corp, boston field correspondent steve garfield covers a cindy sheehan vigil, music by david rovics
story links: los angeles field correspondent zadi interviews amy hattemer from the chain camera documentary by kirby dick
story link: introducing prague, czech republic rocketboom field correspondent graham walker on tibet
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