story links: hackers take revenge for war in middle east (via), world map of comparative happiness (via), the biggest thing, most challenging soccer field?, virtual reality rollerball shoes (via) [video by newscientist], wash-me car dust art (via), how to make a bright wig out of yarn (via), coin stacking penny bridges, new sony bravia ad bombardment, tie your shoes in dutch!

story links: logitech video effects (via make), russia has biggest hole, u.s. is spammed the most, cats that look like hitler (thanks. jason!), red rooster and duck hook up (via boingboing), minnesota donkey baseball (thanks, chuck!), ram for real pirates, printing designs on water (via smatmobs), mutant super-growing radiation tomatoes

story links: rb field correspondent zadi diaz covers comic-con 2006, chuck d., rich koslowski, kyle baker, adam wallenta, steve rude | related: exclusive chuck d interview on jetsetshow.com, zadi covers comic-con 2005

story links: bush on a stick, toast artist maurice bennett (thanks, wb!), mark jenkins street installation, the busycle(thanks, adam!), dog tail forms radio antenna, mouse cursor pointer kite, (thanks, steve!), rb field correspondent stefan sms ;) on schwarzenegger

story links: the amazing new way to tie your shoes, how-to you-tube video by rb’s sherng-lee huang (thanks, velcro man!) [director's cut: mov | wmv]

story link: sauma - finnish design as cultural interface

story links: the art gallery of ontario, frank gehry, david cronenberg

story links: car powered meat grinder, traffic calming, porta telebooth (thanks, luiz!), people pixel stop motion space invaders and pong (via eyebeam), send comments, suggestions & story ideas to joanne at rocketboom.com, beyond good and evil

story links: world war III, air terminal guidance system trailor, war fallout disaster survival bomb shelter, space invaders war rug, internet bench, daniel fahernheight, sts 121 discovery space shuttle landing, apollo-soyuz test project, world war III chatter

story: tiki music and bar casual friday with tiki bar tv

story links: buffalo largo by s.dakota field correspondent milt lee (music)

story links: thank you joanne colan for stepping in to save rb for the interim, best wishes amanda, one red paper clip trade-up

rb correspondent graham walker covers the world cup from berlin with we all speak football

RB’s Sherng-Lee Huang interviews Robert Mackey of the NYTimes World Cup Blog.

story links: joanne colan covers nathans famous hot dog eating contest at coney island