friday august 11, 2006 : casual friday field report
story links: we b*girlz breakdancing event at lincoln center [flyer]
story links: we b*girlz breakdancing event at lincoln center [flyer]
story links: takeru kobayashi sets world record at bratwurst eating championships, hot dogs field report on cony island, rocketboom comments, genetically engineered golf-course super grass, joe liberman’s website hosted on $15 package (via daily kos), call to the future, aol searcher no. 4417749 comes forward, world beard championship coming again, all time high: 40% world warcraft players addicted
story links: that girl emily blog, nytimes article on emily, courttv
story links: race walking, thanks stella cashman and leo romero of park race walkers
story link: alive in baghdad - a blog of content from iraqis extra: lost archive releases a) joanne’s first correspondent piece [archive] b) rb’s sherng-lee huang interviews robert mackey of the nytimes worldcup blog [archive] c) rb correspondent graham walker covers the world cup from berlin with we all speak football [archive]
story links: how to make incredible pictures, isaac ii angelus declares his son alexius iv angelus co-emperor from the forces of the fourth crusade, panormafrigo, men act like dogs to determine dominance, rb boston correspondent steve garfield on a matthew hinchman bench [extended version], clever stop motion escapade, help replace the map
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: tiki music and bar casual friday with tiki bar tv
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
story links: the william hung cooking show chocolate cake bake