Rocketboom Field Correspondent Ruud Elmendorp reports on a local, Nairobi, Kenya-based effort to recycle plastic bags into fencing poles.

Did NASA shoop an image of the Space Shuttle? Does it really matter? NASA faked Shuttle picture!, Discover Blogs: NASA FAKED A SHUTTLE IMAGE!!!!!

There’s been only one US President to order an attack against pirates? Seriously?

Rocketboom Tech correspondent Ellie Rountree talks with Philip Rosedale, founder of Linden Lab and creator of Second Life.

This episode was created in collaboration with Intel!

The Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies presents its findings on Single Serving Sites — websites that serve a single purpose, presenting a single piece of information. Jason Kottke: Single Serving Sites, Ryan Greenberg, Is This Your Paper On Single Serving Sites dot com, Tired.com, Purple.com, Zombo.com, the very last page of the Internet, the Original Hamster Dance, Youre The Man Now Dog Dot Com, YTMND, What is My IP, What color is the Empire State Building?, Are We At War With Iran?, Is it christmas yet?, ColorFlip, Sometimes Red, Sometimes Blue, Jello Time, Defiant Dog, Barack Obama Is Your New Bicycle, Michelle Obama Is Your New Bicycle, Ron Paul Is your New Bicycle

Rocketboom Tech correspondent Ellie Rountree visits the Intel WiMax Labs in Hillsboro, Oregon to take a more in-depth look at the next generation of mobile high-speed internet connectivity. Related coverage: What Is WiMax?

This episode was created in collaboration with Intel!

Grounation Day, Haile Selassie (video), Hernan Cortes Arrives, LOL Jesus, God on Facebook, Facebook profile market, Crisscrossing the Earth with subterranean tunnels at ballistic missile speeds (via), The Deepest Hole, The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program

Welcome to Caitlin Hill, Caitlin on YouTube, Caitlin on Twitter. Pluto, Clyde Tombaugh, Harvard College Observatory, The girl who named a planet , Pluto (Disney Character) History, International Astronomical Union, Clearing the neighbourhood, Illinois: Pluto Is a Planet, New Mexico Legislature: Declaring Pluto a Planet.

Thank you, Joanne!

Does Big Corporate Media affect the lulz? The Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies presents a case study on the Christian Bale Rant/Freak Out. ‘Bale Went Ballistic’, Britney Rages, Kanye West’s Tirade, Rageguy, Angry German Kid, BaleOut Remix, Christian Bale vs Dora the Explorer, Christian Bale Rant Soundboard, Christian Bale Rant T-Shirt, Bale vs Bill O’Reilly, Bale vs Obama, Bale vs David After Dentist, Christian Bale Rant on Family Guy, Google Trends search for ‘Christian Bale’. Want to learn more about this and other memes? Visit the Meme Database at knowyourmeme.com

Jamie Dubs of the Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies investigates the Yo Dawg/Sup Dawg meme. For more on the history of internet memes and internet phenomena, visit KnowYourMeme.com. Pimp My Ride, Yo Dawg entry in the MemeDB, Yo Dawg Macros, Yo Dawg We Herd U Liek Tumblr, Let them eat cake, Marie Antionette, Droste Effect, Music by Javelin, Podington Bear

Rocketboom Field Correspondent Ruud Elmendorp reports on the distribution of bed nets in order to combat malaria in the Sudan. See also: Fighting Malaria in Kenya

Rocketboom Tech correspondent Ellie Rountree talks to Bre Pettis, and Zach Hoeken about their new company, MakerBot Industries, building open source robot kits that allow you to do rapid prototyping and 3D Printing at home. Music: Can Opener by The Discoghosts. Rocketboom Extra: Ellie and the Flaming Bunny. Music from the Extra: Dengue Fever. Related: Ellie visits the NYC Resistor hacker space.

This episode was created in collaboration with Intel!

Rocketboom Tech correspondent Ellie Rountree visits NYC Resistor, a hacker collective in Brooklyn, NY. Links: Bre Pettis, DIY Freaks Flock to ‘Hacker Spaces’ Worldwide, Hackerbot Labs, Chaos Computer Club, Hackerspaces.org

This episode was created in collaboration with Intel!

The 2009 NYC Pillow Fight held on Wall Street in New York City. Music: Revolve by hisboyelroy. Also see Rocketboom coverage of the 2008, 2007, and 2006 Pillow Fights.

If time was infinite and space was finite everything would repeat.

New York City 1911-Present, by Adam Quirk of Wreck and Salvage, NYPL Digital Gallery, video of the Empire State Building, music by Dosh

Story Links: Save the world from Magibon, Rocketboom, Felicia Day, Ze Frank, Revision3, Podshow, Bombay.tv