Archives 2008

The Idling Camel Man of Mombasa

Life? on Mars?

Word Play and Reasoning

Know Your Meme: tinaecmusic

Interactive Toys with Anastasia Ward

Rocketboom field correspondent Chuck Olsen of mnstories covers interactive toy sculpture artist Anastasia Ward

Jetpacks, FriendFeed, and a Fear of Flutes

Checking In With The Netroots Nation

Rocketboom field correspondent Chuck Olsen covers the 3rd Annual Netroots Nation progressive politics conference in Austin, TX. Interviews with Markos Moulitsas of Daily Kos, NYU Journalism professor Jay Rosen, Karl Frisch of Media Matters, and Irwin Tang author of Gook. For more coverage, visit TheUptake.org, Rocketboom coverage of last year’s conference.

Comic-Con 2008

Rocketboom special field correspondent Sarah Austin visits Comic-Con 2008 in San Diego, CA. Interviews with JJ Kirby and Michael Lopez of Wildstorm Comics, cosplayers, Shonen Jump, Bill Plympton, Ghostbusters, Rocketboy

David Byrne’s ‘Playing the Building’

David Byrne’s interactive art project Playing the Building at South Street Seaport in New York City.

Fingers For Eating Fish and Fish Eating Feet

A Refugee In His Own Country

The Toughest President of All Time?

Flying Cars, Flying Space Stations, and Mosques for Flying Birds

NYC Waterfalls

Joanne takes a look at The New York City Waterfalls, a public art installation by Danish artist Olafur Eliasson

We’ve Got Our Eyes on You

Village Phones in Uganda

Rocketboom field correspondent Ruud Elmendorp investigates the village phone project bringing affordable telecommunication service to rural areas in central Uganda.

To the End of Earth and Beyond

Daily News for Monday July 14th, 2008

iPhone Supercut

Story Links: Joanne contributes to the madness, er, excitement!..surrounding the release of the second generation Apple 3g iPhone. Bill Gates responds, says uh. List of more Supercuts from Waxy.

Understanding The Rising Cost of Food

Green Computing in Uganda

Future McFlys, Past Videos, & Current Happiness

World Record iPhone Line

A week before the release of the new 3G iPhone, several people have formed a line outside of the Apple 5th Avenue cube store in New York City in hopes of obtaining a World Record for the most time spent waiting in line for a purchase.

Largest Fireworks Display in US

Forth of July, Independence Day Fireworks, New York City 2008 (more explosives than any other display in America), Star Spangled Banner by Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians

How To Make Do With What You Have