story links: german field correspondent stefan m. seydel/sms captures strandbeest by theo jansen at ars electronica, wired articles (1, 2)

story links: talk like a pirate day, [music], post secret [music], chris hardwick’s rubik’s cube page, horse jumping bareback by Cincoc Dakota, most distant explosion detected, americans frusterated with high gas prices steal from station, london soup kitchens full of lazy cooks

story links: world trade center memorial, flight 93 red crescent memorial, alvaro’s katrina photo gallery, impeach bush coalition, john roberts chief justice hearings, the finger tracker, nomadic yooff (via)

extra: 中国翻译 / today’s episode translated into chinese

story links: bob denver from gilligan’s island dies at age 70, abe and preston from alien loves predator get stuck at starbucks, another apple ipod model, apple itunes phone, get fireant rss media aggregator, minneapolis field correspondent chuck olsen covers katrina from the minnesota state fair [extended interview], los angeles field correspondent zadi diaz covers katrina from beverly hills [extended interview], minnesota stories

story links: jigsaw small publishing shop (e.g. mini-comics, self-published novels, cds, zines, lounge) by ben jones (thanks, warren!)

story links: nasa on katrina [animation, season predictions, image of new orleans], mainstream media fair-use clips, new york times reports white house plan to erase political damage, houston field correspondent tyson root covers the george r. brown convention center

katrina disaster relief funds: red cross, katrina aftermath homepage, now public missing persons board, noahs wish animal rescue

story links: german field correspondent stefan m. seydel/sms interviews michael breidenbruecker at the ars electronica festival about music in the sky by balloon man martin music, filmed by wolfi reutz.

story links: introducing rocketboom houston, texas field correspondent tyson root, katrina disaster relief funds: red cross, katrina aftermath homepage, now public missing persons board, noahs wish animal rescue

long file: 92megs / 10min
more versions: small quicktime (65megs) | extra large quicktime (160megs)

story links: katrina storm images: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, music: sea spirits by jesse manno, disaster relief funds: red cross, katrina aftermath homepage, now public missing persons board, noahs wish animal rescue

**Update Sep. 3, 2005: While we stand by this episode, we realize that it has upset many people in our audience. And while we may not agree, we feel it is important to listen. The nature of Rocketboom is to experiment and push boundaries, but our intent is never to cause anyone pain. For that reason, and that reason only, we have chosen to move this episode to another location. Having read this, if you decide to watch it, you can do so by clicking the link below. It will remain part of our history. Link.

story links: john bolton demands 750 amendments to pre-established u.n. world vision (thanks, matt!), historical punk venue cbgb in danger of closing (extended interview by missing kitten tv ) [save cbgb], music: flop-eared mule by the blue ridge highballers, business week article on rocketboom by heather green, mars reconnoissance orbiter making headway through space, register for the free converge south conference, (image of john bolton) got milk?

** katrina storm updates

story links: clark ov saturn [sic] interviews todd polenburg of dance dance revolution hack, bush bush revolution

story links: dumpster diving, the high line: [instructions/images, overview, news], delaortofadown (thanks, nick!) [music by system of a down (thanks, rahul!)]

story links: space elevator [image, video], boing boing offers $1 million prize for proof jesus is not the son of the flying spaghetti monster, japanese prime minister attacked by robot (thanks, kenyatta!), eggzakt sends in an audio fix for rb current tv interview, university of wisconsin top party school, bush ratings sink to 36%, robert moog dies at 71 [video]

story links: back in the u.s.s.r., elvis the robocat by carlo, hunter s. thompson fired from cannon, c.b.s. evening news covers rocketboom and vlogging (qt video), christopher walken for president is a hoax, the urban ninja, karate master, apollo pony

story links: opentopia webcams, equiflor corp, boston field correspondent steve garfield covers a cindy sheehan vigil, music by david rovics

story links: los angeles field correspondent zadi interviews amy hattemer from the chain camera documentary by kirby dick

story link: introducing prague, czech republic rocketboom field correspondent graham walker on tibet

story links: 2005 freestyle frisbee world championship sent in by aaron the truck driver, bone ring biojewelry, man dies playing videogames (thanks, sean!), kennedy music video titled ‘your momma’ (via), muslim kids play beheading (via), public service announcement to prevent confusion, original gene kelly singing in the rain from reel classics

story links: brooklyn botanical gardens, footage, nagasaki 60 year atom bombing commemoration, nagasaki today

story links: special effects in radarwoman, nike free via cool tools blog, hug over distance, yell at a blender, space shuttle discovery lands safely in california, podcast from space?

story links: re-enactment of classic video-game paperboy by mega64, sony’s bunch of bouncy balls, participatory culture to launch DTV, abc anchor peter jennings passes away, scientists clone a dog, u.k. bot saves russian sub, novak walks from cnn set, bush takes a month long vacation, peter jennings (video)

story links: field correspondent zadi interviews host laura ling from current.tv [extended interview], amanda checks in with field correspondent stefan /sms ;-) on lake constance

**update: 08/06 **
RB’s famous viewer Eggzakt is working on improving the sound quality here is an example of the improved version (beginning of file) and the original (half way through).

update ** 08/23 **
Eggzakt full fix (audio update applied to entire video):
rb_05_aug_03_fixed_eggzakt.mov

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