Old New York, New New York
Rocketboom NYC Correspondent Ella Morton meets up with Manhattan Borough Historian, Michael Miscione, to talk about the changing landscapes of New York City.
Rocketboom NYC Correspondent Ella Morton meets up with Manhattan Borough Historian, Michael Miscione, to talk about the changing landscapes of New York City.
Rocketboom NYC Correspondent Ella Morton speaks with founder Patty Heffley and singer Elizabeth Soychak of the Renegade Cabaret on the High Line, a non-sanctioned musical performance that takes place nightly next to the High Line Park in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City.
The Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies presents their findings on the awkwardness that is Weegee. Mario is Missing, game footage from Mario is Missing, Software Toolworks, Super Mario Bros. (film), Mr T Ate My Balls, Creepy Chan, The Hasslehoff Image Database, Carlton Banks, Chuck Norris Facts, Jean Luc Picard, Woll Smoth, 4chan Thread on Weegee, moot, An interview with the founder of 4chan, DeviantArt, GameFAQs, Google Insight Search for Weegee, YouTube Poop, Mudkip: The Insane Edition, 9000!! NINE THOUSAAAAANDD!. For more on internet memes and phenomena visit The MemeDB at KnowYourMeme.com
Rocketboom NYC Correspondent Ella Morton interviews artist Josh Hadar about his hand sculpted custom bicycles.
Rocketboom Field Correspondent Ruud Elmendorp reports on the closing of the Fluorspar Mine in Kenya as a result of the global credit crisis.
Rocketboom Tech correspondent Ellie Rountree speaks with artist and programmer Zach Lieberman about his work on interactive art including openFrameworks, computer vision and the creation of the Toyota IQ font.
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This episode was created in collaboration with Intel!
Rocketboom NYC Correspondent Ella Morton interviews Ryan Mackey and Andrew Turteltaub of Break Out in Song, a series of flashmob musicals staged on the streets of New York City.
The Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies explores the couture sensation that is Three Wolf Moon. Three Wolf Moon T-Shirt, The Mountain, Antonia Neshev, Power Animals, Amazon.com: Profile for B. Govern, Three Wolf Moon (musical), T-Shirt Becomes Overnight Internet Sensation, Joke review boosts T-shirt sales, Three Keyboard Cat Moon, Tuscan Whole Milk Gallon, On Amazon, All of a Sudden Everyone’s a Milk Critic, best-of-craigslist, Bandwagon Effect. For more on internet memes visit The MemeDB at KnowYourMeme.com
Rocketboom NYC Correspondent Ella Morton visits the ConEd Steam Plant to find out more about the New York City Steam System.
Las Vegas, Nevada, Tour of Las Vegas (pdf), New York City Sees Slide in Tourism , Tourism mecca Orlando sweats sour economy, Pinching pennies in Hollywood, Mortgage defaults high in Nevada, Foreclosures jump 57% in March, Nevada’s jobless rate hits 11.3 percent, Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Summary, Harvey Perkins, As Boom Times Sour in Vegas, Upward Mobility Goes Bust , Stimulus Bill and Obama Disappoint Travel & Tourism, Reid and Ensign Discuss Bill to Promote Tourism, Tonight’s waiter, Can I Tempt You With Something Sir?, New Twenty Dollar bill, crunk before crunk was king, Crunk is F’N METAL, Las Vegas @ Night, Las Vegas Street Crowds, Construction 1, Construction 2, City Center Construction, Home of the $5 lap dance, Paul, the Assistant Waiter, Recession Special!, Wall Street Journal, PJ’s Birthday @ The Room, Store closing: half-off
World’s Second Largest Aquarium, Georgia Aquarium, Check This Out: Movie Monsters Size Comparison Chart, Dune (film), Shai Hulud, International Space Station Pass Chart, How Big Is the ISS Compared to Science Fiction Spaceships?, 50 Billion Suns! -The Biggest Single Object in the Universe -A Galaxy Insight, Giant “Blob” Is Largest Thing in Universe
The American Meteorological Society, Climate engineering research gets green light, Rich Harvard, Poor Harvard, Time.com Poll: Now that Walter Cronkite has passed on, who is America’s most trusted newscaster?, Online Poll: Jon Stewart Is America’s Most Trusted Newsman, Auto-Tune the News #5: lettuce regulation. American blessings., Face.com Brings Facial Recognition To Facebook Photos, Totally Looks Like.com, Architectural Craziness Redux: Meet Manhattan Airport!, (via Kottke)
Pair with same first, last name to wed, How to Go to Mars–Right Now!, China and Russia to Mars, $18M Being Spent to Redesign Recovery.gov website, NYPD spends neary $1M on Typewriters, July eclipse is best chance to look for gravity anomaly , The Sims 3, Gundam 30th Anniversary, Gundam RX-78-2 in Odaiba, Gundam in Odaiba, io9: 3 Futuristic PSAs Remind Us Not To Speak To Robots
Salem Witch Trials, Henry Allingham: World’s Oldest Man Dies At 113, Henry Allingham image, Family Tree 1, 2, Flag of the United Kingdom, Walter Breuning, Great Falls, Montana, The Fall Guy, Caught on Tape! Goo Invades Alaskan Waters , or WTF Is That!?: 12-Mile Biological Goo In Arctic, Unidentified Biological “Goo,” 15 Miles Long, Creeps Down Alaskan Coast, Caught on Tape! Goo Invades Alaskan Waters, Jumbo squid invade San Diego shores, spook divers, World Snail Racing Championships, Mars Science Laboratory: Send Your Name to Mars, Walter Cronkite, 92, Dies; Trusted Voice of TV News
A song for the last four telephone booths in Manhattan by Molly.
Rocketboom Tech correspondent Ellie Rountree interviews Scott Beale of Laughing Squid, one of the oldest independently owned and operated web hosts in San Francisco. Music by Podington Bear.
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This episode was created in collaboration with Intel!
Apollo 11, Mission Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene ‘Buzz’ Aldrin, Jr., Michael Collins, Command Module Pilot, Jethro Tull, Benefit (album), Beef Posters, Know Your Meme: Vince Shlomi (ShamWow, Slap Chop) (2008), My Sunshine by Nikola Uzunovski, Space Station Is Near Completion, Maybe the End, Save The Space Station dot com
Rocketboom NYC Correspondent Ella Morton talks to World Champion Competitive Eater Tim Janus, a.k.a. “Eater X” of the International Federation of Competitive Eating
July 12, 2009 Manhattanhenge, when the sun sets in alignment with the buildings of New York City. Manhattanhenge and the Real-Time Moment, Hayden Planetarium: Manhattanhenge
Stop motion animation using refrigerator magnets. Music: “Caprice in Groove” by David Rimelis