story links: rb field correspondents alive in baghdad profile workers of the facilities protection service at the ibn al-nafees hospital in baghdad, iraq (help support alive in baghdad)

story links: social network geographical map, Rocketboom on MySpace, Rupert Murdock purchased MySpace for $580 Million, Rocketboom on YouTube, Joanne on Facebook, Microsoft buys Facebook crumb for $240 Million, Facebook worth $15Billion?, Google vs Microsoft over Facebook, Microsoft lands Facebook ad deal, Steve Balmer going crazy over developers, Social Graph problem, Google’s Open Social, cookie tracking profile ad sales

story links: tokyo dance trooper 1 & 2, will don come back?, echoes from the moon, the WGA goes on strike, breaking news in the diet pepsi and mentos meme, the politics of parsing, google open social hacked, facebook valuation, myspace comeback, fictional wwii light transport vehicles

Joanne goes for a bicycle ride through Manhattan.

2007 Annual New York City Halloween Parade

Story Links: bonfire, Chinese lanterns, dinner, Stonehenge, Day of the Dead, French graveyard, pentacle, Egypt, Hell, Pope, voodoo, Baron Samedi laughing on train, Baron Semedi commercial, Special Thanks to Abracadabra for generously loaning the costumes to Rocketboom | Additional Credits: Co-written by Hal MacDermot

Story Link: Joanne interviews Shakespeare Company Theater Artistic Director Michael Kahn on the new Harmon Center for the Arts theater in Washington D.C. [music by Two Violins

Story Links: Lungfish, Lungfish thought to see in color, (image 1, image 2), Human race will split into two different species according to Oliver Curry, New York City Zombie Walk, NASA expands International Space Station, iPhone Costume Halloween 2007, Fox News links Al Queda to the California Wildfires?, Turkey Webcam, Best eBay feedback ever

Rocketboom Enters 4th Year (Episode #775), Archives.

story links: Robot Monster, B-Movies Archive, Indian Michael Jackson Thriller Chiru, World Record attempt for most simultaneous Michael Jackson Thriller dances, Maker Faire Video Set, The Knitting Drummer, Ron Paul mention on Rocketboom, China in Orbit on way to Moon, No mention of China Moon launch at NASA, Hardees New Breakfast Burrito containing 1g of fat less the US Recommended Daily Allowance, 9000 ytmnd calories, over 9000 the new at least 100?, 4chan, Exoskeleton, Log Rider (thanks, iDrifter), Rosie O’Donnell Videoblog

story links: rocketboom field correspondent juliette powell attends the legal defense fundraiser for graffiti artist 2ESAE at eyebeam in new york city.

story links: Liquid Bendy, Log Riding Championship of the World, Ippon Nori is a ride on a log, The Ladder Climb, South Korean Fans, Bogsnorklers, Jump Rope Champions, 2007 French Downhill Championship, Beatbox Battle, 2007 Folding bike Brompton World Championship, Nordic Champion of The Flip, 2007 KNPV Championship, European Haidong Gumdo Sword Battle Championship 2007, Flip-side USA Hip Hop Champions , Jalan Besar Champ Taiwan 2007 Asian Luminous Dragon Dance, Lefteris Sarafis, 2007 HBA flartending Champion of the World, The 2007 Vintage Military Rifle Championship, 2007 Old-Time Piano Championship

story links: Rocketboom and Sarah Meyers covers Maker Faire 2007 Austin, Texas (Extra/Extended Video Set)

story links: ‘devil-angel 1′ created by chris cole and joanne colan

story links: Blackwater, Representative Waxman on Blackwater, DynCorp, KBR private contractor job listings, Army Pay 2007, Additional figures on security contractors, Council on Foreign Relations, memo to Oversight Committee October 1st 2007 | Additional Credits: Co-written by Hal MacDermot

Story Links: Rocketboom field correspondent Steve Garfield checks out the Chevy Volt next-generation electric car.

Story Link: Joanne interviews Matthew Danzico of Around America in 2.0 about his free travels across the country.

story links: Radiohead pay-what-you-wish record sales, Star Wars trumpet girl, Allen Telescope Array, Techno Viking with captions, Superman reverse Moon transit, Hitler Banned From iSketch, Myriam Laplante’s Lupus in Fabula (via), Planet Hiltron, El Patito Feo -The Ugly Duckling

story links: William Wegman and Roxy Paine at Shake Shack in Madison Square Park

story links: 1582 missing records, 2007 Rubix Cube champion Yu Nakajima, one handed Rubix Cube champion Dan Dzoan, blindfolded Rubix Cube champion Chris Kruger, how to cube blindfolded, wall-mart spread (via), baby moving inside belly videos, Porridge making champion of the world Maria Soep, Hello Kitty Hell Glass Slipper, Jaiku bought by Google, Rocketboom on Jaiku, Rocketboom on Twitter, Rocketboom in Flash, Rocketboom in Closed Caption and multiple languages, Rocketboom on YouTube, Rocketboom for the iPhone, Rocketboom Blog, Motion Abbey, Rocketboom Store, system for destroying intruder astroids, demotivational posters

story links: Avatar Man, invisible cloak, motion capture, 3D facial animation with expression detail mapping, color based object tracking, Eyesweb tracking software, motion tracking home test, Tony Hawk motion capture for skateboarding game, motion capture suit, Wayne Rooney captured for EA Sports, Flo control

story links: Rocketboom field correspondent Ruud Elmendorp covers the Kitale Nature Conservancy for handicapped and genetically mutated animals in Kenya

story links: First person shooter Avatar Man (via pixelsumo, see also: First Person Shooter by Blake Fall-Conroy), French urban Olympic training, 13-year student Johnny Lechner live cam, Appendix with a purpose, Instant Baby Machine, Human creation of life announcement expected from Craig Venter, Second Earth in the making

story link: rocketboom nyc field report by davidjr

story links: boingboing tv, the plastic infinite, burble, burble london, wiimbledon on rocketboom, retiree wii bowling tournament, wii bowling championship match, retirement living tv, walter cronkite the comeback kid, transparent frogs, a real invisibility cloak, a fake invisibility cloak, sputnik, nekomimi lisa