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so much better than yesterday
That was very amusing!! I enjoyed both the stories and the virtual host!
hahaha I love the donkey baseball!
as usual, thank you Andrew and the RB staff.
Man, I’d be ashamed if I was in any way related to today’s show.
I don’t quite get why people wouldn’t love it. I really enjoyed all the stuff, and of course - I’ve got to get an avatar. Nice hole, nice cats, and good to see the donkeys getting the best of the humans.
Milt
Brilliant - the whole thing - well done.
Enjoy the variety - nice avatars and Joanne would make a sexy pirate - an idea for a future show perhaps!
And for those naysayers, I’d suggest they go watch grass grow … ;-)
So you posed the question of whether the water thing would have much application… but in the article they list the most likely application: amusement parks and such. They’ll be able to make cool displays that integrate water, light, and sound effects.
That’s cool, right?
Sorry, but it was boring. I couldn’t get through the whole thing.
No one has mentioned that the avatar did the eyebrow raise! Fantastic.
I, too, loved JC the French privateer. Great pirate voice.
This episode made me laugh out loud three times! Not easy. Well done.
I’m glad JC explained the lack of internet access in the south of France. Some American netnerds don’t realize that some parts of the world have a life outside the internet. Don’t expect JC to “e-mail a video file” (see yesterday’s comments).
This also shows how hard Drew is working. Great job.
http://wantarevolution.blogspot.com/
uh huh. it’s a miss as far as I’m concerned. :-/
Using that virtual hostess was a brilliant idea, I love it!
Great episode, nicely done. Every day she is getting better (at least the avatar) way to go RB.
I loved it…lot’s of good bits here.
From Hitler, writing on water, jackasses and baseball, spam…I wish I had a hole that big!
Keep it up. I loved it.
GREAT SHOW! What is with the negative people? Get a life and go away and annoy someone else. Great job today, Drew.
GREAT SHOW! What is with the negative people? Get a life and go away and annoy someone else. Great job today, Drew.
Hey, that was fun. I think you missed the boat on the boat on the Joanne/Laura Croft creation. Since she was virtual, she could have been doing ANYTHING (well, within the realm of English propriety, of course).
The lack of Joanne in these pieces has proven to me that you need a good looking female host to hold my attention in the realm of vblogs…as pathetic as that is…an avatar is a paltry substitute for the sexy British kitten. Stories were interesting, sure, but intermittent shots back to a live version of the saucy Joanne put rocketboom above the average vblog. Without them, I feel unsatisfied.
How long’s her holiday gonna last?
Clicked the “Hole” link and my computer went crazy and started downloading viruses and spyware.
Don’t you test your links Drew?
Now I have a lot of fixit work to do. No Thanks.
Interesting way to host the show, but I wouldn’t want to see that too much. In person host conveys much more personality than avatar. I liked the stories, too. I, too, had annoying trouble w/ that Russian hole link. Please do check your links before posting!
Better than yesterday, but a bit annoying with the phone and the avatars.
GREAT SHOW! What is with the negative people? Get a life and go away and annoy someone else. Great job today, Drew.
GREAT SHOW! What is with the negative people? Get a life and go away and annoy someone else. Great job today, Drew.
loved it… well done…
“Have the (old) viewers gone yet?”
Interesting stories, though I’d kind of like if you went into a little more depth. What’s the point of letting us know Russia has the biggest hole when you don’t tell us anything about it, really?
By the way, helping to confirm my theory that New Yorkers know next to nothing about American geography, especially when you venture away from the coasts, you have “Minnesota” misspelled in the story links.
When living in NYC I once had a New Yorker try to tell me that Ohio was between Indiana and Illinois. No, it’s not.
Keep up the good work…
dedums:
GREAT SHOW! What is with the negative people? Get a life and go away and annoy someone else. Great job today, Drew.
July 26, 2006 12:09 PM
dedums:
GREAT SHOW! What is with the negative people? Get a life and go away and annoy someone else. Great job today, Drew.
July 26, 2006 12:10 PM
dedums:
GREAT SHOW! What is with the negative people? Get a life and go away and annoy someone else. Great job today, Drew.
July 26, 2006 12:41 PM
dedums:
GREAT SHOW! What is with the negative people? Get a life and go away and annoy someone else. Great job today, Drew.
July 26, 2006 12:41 PM
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Nice way to post the same thing four times. And you say people who offer honest criticism because they want RB to be its best are annoying? Do you think that if you scream it loudly enough that will make you right? Can you not bear to hear an opinion other than you own?
My cat isn’t a fascist. He’s a communist. All he ever talks about is Mao.
Mao Mao Mao!
Nab said (referring to Chris):
“Mind if we call you ChrisCo?”
Sorry but Christopher Columbus is already using this nickname. Keep thinking, pal, history perhaps will credit you ;)
Danielle said:
“Danielle:
Soo…Rocketboom can still function with Joanne in the south of France yet it couldn’t function if Amanda ever moved to L.A….interesting.”
Well, interesting is your post. Many people are critizicing that RocketBoom needs to have a life face, so in their opinion, it is not functioning (I’d disagree, but they are having some difficulties, as Drew said), however, the situation is not the same, whilst Amanda’s departure is not temporal, Joanne’s is.
joe said:
“well…virtual hostesses never leave in an egotistical huff, right ?”
Amanda had her virtual stuff. Not exactly the same, but virtual nonetheless. Dig into the archives…
Changing subjects the cats were a bit scary (just kidding), and finally the word “Watermark” got a proper meaning.
If anyone made me work (even for 10 miutes a day) while I was on “vacation” I’d tell them to go “FU%%K” themselves.
And here I thought the previous host of RB was the biggest hole. My mistake.
I haven’t been this erect since Soledad O’Brien used to banter with virtual Dev Null on “The Site” a decade ago.
But one does have to admire Drew’s industriousness on some level.
After losing one host who didn’t simply want to be “the face” of RB, and losing a second who apparently needed a Holiday after two weeks on the job, Drew has apparently decided it’s simply easier to create a face rather than keep a real one around.
Now that the head of the Philip K. Dick android remains missing, may I suggest Drew buy the “body” and simply have a new head constructed, perhaps an “if they mated” hybrid of Joanne and Amanda.
No one to talk back or make annoying requests of Drew, plus all the various fan bases should be satiated. May I suggest you christen her Jomanda (sorry Chris).
Yeahy, Creative solution. Love Joanne’s pirate voice. Talk about a Full Mast…..
It stinks!
its not the same without someone in the “studio”. Still beggers can’t be choosers
Very clever, and I am sure technically difficult. I loved it! Great job!
Very clever, and I am sure technically difficult. I loved it! Great job!
Since Joanne Colan took over, Rocketboom sucks. Here I was a new viewer … starting to tune in everyday. Not anymore. No more RB on my daily agenda. Blah. Thanks for nothing.
Talk about phoning one in!!! Good Show!!
What an interesting episode. It would be so much better if you would just pull the camera back a bit and have the avatar wear a nice tight t-shirt.
And another thing. How can we be sure that JoCo is not really French with a really good English accent? I know! We could hand her a rifle and see if she drops it.
The mutant killet tomatoes are here!
Check out: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080391/
They are really here! RUN!
**** I just got a trojan by clicking on “the biggest hole” link. Now reading the comments i see someone else did too. do i have to read all the comments before veiwing / reading a video and links from here?
DREW:
SORRY TO BE YELLING, BUT I’M TICKED! THE “HOLE” LINK WILL INSTALL SEVERAL TROJANS IF IT IS CLICKED. I LEFT A COMMENT 6 1/2 HOURS AGO REGARDING THIS. I CLICKED THE LINK AND MY COMPUTER GOT INFECTED. BECAUSE SEVERAL TROJANS WERE INSTALLED I DETERMINED THAT THE WISEST COURSE OF ACTION WOULD BE TO RELOAD MY HARD DRIVE.
I WOULD HOPE THAT ROCKETBOOM WOULD TEST LINKS BEFORE RELEASING THEM TO THEIR AUDIENCE OF 300,000. OBVIOUSLY THIS WAS NOT DONE.
WHAT IS TRULY UNFORGIVABLE IS TO LEAVE THE LINK STILL ON THE SITE AFTER SO MANY HOURS.
DREW, YOU ARE TREATING ROCKETBOOM AS IF IT IS A LITTLE HOBBY WEBSITE. IT HAS GROWN FAR BEYOND THAT POINT, AND YOU NEED TO BE RESPONSIBLE TO YOUR VIEWERS.
I HAVE BEEN A LOYAL VIEWER FOR A LONG TIME AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO BE ONE, BUT MY CONFIDENCE IN YOU AND YOUR SITE IS SHATTERED WHEN YOUR NEGLECT LEADS TO THIS KIND OF CRAP.
PLEASE DO BETTER.
Drew, today’s hostess was more appealing. Thanks for the improvement.
A holiday after only 2 weeks on the job? Is she actually working a second job? Today’s articles were interesting, and it appears Drew is spending some of that advertising revenue to help keep the site going (avatars). The telephone voice is a tad bit annoying.
In ref to the Trojan problem Drew said:
“I use an Apple and surfed the page again just now with both Safari and Firefox and had no problems.”
Ummm, maybe that’s why you had no problem, because you use an Apple. I’m sure most of the viewers visiting here use Windows, which is more susceptable to these kinds of things.
Great show.
Seriously, when are we going to get back to normal?
If Joanne is in France, why aren’t we getting some cool news from France?
I liked today….virtual host was a great idea, although I agree it’s hard to compete with real.
Suggestion:
can you turn off autoplay when accessing your website?
This will a) save you a bit of bandwidth and b) make it easier on the F5 gang
just a thought.
thanks!
Bingham Mine just west of Salt Lake City, Utah might give Dubya something to brag about.
http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2005/10/bingham-pit-utah.html
Miss. Sorta a Catch 20 here.
One hand : Put up a show that may not be the best but the essence is there somewhere.
Other hand: don’t put up a show and have the world throw a fit because there’s not a show.
Solution:
Field piece would have fit nicely here.
regarding the TROJANS IN THE HOLE LINK post:
…so now I see that Andrew and Rocketboom is resposible for installing/running protections on your own computer???
I clicked on the link and my Norton Antivirus blocked it right in it’s track.
You know better! It’s the internet. It’s your responsibility to protect your computer. You would be a fool not to do so.
People like you are fucking disgusting. Suing McDonalds because their coffee is hot!
Use Skype! Sounds alot better than phone. I know there is a internet(s) somewhere around there.
I hope Aaron is correct about the cross over the UK. I looked closely and I think it may still be there but not visible from a distance.
I look forward to the Thursday update to verify!
I hope Aaron is correct about the cross over the UK. I looked closely and I think it may still be there but not visible from a distance.
I look forward to the Thursday update to verify!
Genius…
What’s killing RB is not as much the content (although sometimes it doesn’t help) but the inconsistent frequency of the broadcasts. What’s with being “late” all the time?
That’s annoying. MobuzzTV doesn’t do that…
MobuzzTV 1 - RB 0
I Second that! Who wants to have to check back two or three times to see if a eposode has loaded????? Not Me! I gotta ask this you have a new host take off to France a week after she starts her new job with out a camera or without pre taping a few days worth of stuff for you to air in her absence and why is is she even in France? Like are you and Rocketboom playing second fiddle to some other job? You call this control wow 100% ownership & less control than when you had 51%! Andrew what are you doing?? Do you know where your show popularaty sits right now??
Ironic that you have no issue with holding Symantec Corporation and their imperfect products responsible to protect you from internet nasties, yet you won’t hold Drew responsible to test what he is linking to.
I have a firewall, an antivirus, and a spyware filter, and one of the trojans got my computer anyhow. No sure things in life.
I see Rocketboom as an important force in the future of the internet. If Microsoft posted a link with that much garbage attached to it there would be all hell for them to pay.
Rocketboom is the cutting edge of vbolgging. I realize that there are risks to using the internet. I expect the big players on the web to test what they are passing out to those who visit their web sites.
My main purpose in commenting was to get Drew to wake up and smell the coffee. If he wants to play with the big boys, he has to protect his assets the same way they do. To do otherwise will lead to the demise of Rocketboom.
That is someting that I don’t want to see happening, and I don’t think you do either Porkchop.
As for the remark about McDonalds, ridiculous.
Hey rocketboom editors, in the first few seconds of the show instead of showing an empty desk with the Map behind it and no host… How about a big red arrow on the map to where our host is reporting from?What do you think?
Oldcypher said:
” Who wants to have to check back two or three times to see if a eposode has loaded????? Not Me!”
Well, that’s one reason RSS Feeds were created. Automation of tasks (checking contents in this cases) is one big advantage of using computers. Rocketboom is RSS enabled, just for your information.
First Post Joe offered:
“virtual hostesses never leave in an egotistical huff, right?”
Are you sure about that, Joe?
Rocketbust?
I think all of you people
that are upset about the current state of Rocketboom are absolutly right and, if I were you, I’d ask for my money back. (Get a life)
Upset? Absolutly (sic) not. More like amused. Isn’t that what RB is all about? Besides, all the hubbub is good for business. (Is RB a business, yet?)
The lack of a “pending” message is making me feel like I’m not going to get my rocketboom.
It’s funny that anyone posting on RB would advise anyone else to “get a life.” Anyone with a life doesn’t even know this site exists.
So, am I the only one wondering how a host without internet access used an avatar requiring a web cam?
I have to say that if Drew rushed out the episode, critics about how bad it was were going to fly over the comment sections. If he is taking time to air the episode, not rushing it, critics are flying anyway.So, no matter what he’s doing, people seems not to be ever satisfied. There are many ‘wait’ situations in life, I wonder how they will act in everyone of them…
Why don’t we wait until today’s RB episode is online. Then, you can free the bulls, if you wish so…
Lighten up guys, everyone gets a day off once in a while!
I had (and am having) no problems with that big hole link. I am using Windows XP with all latest updates. Browsers IE 6 and Firefox 5. My Norton Antivirus did not report anything suspicious. I am behind a firewall at work. Is there an official way of “testing” sites, even when there does not seem to be problems?
As usual, another good show on 26-July. In the past, RB 1.0 had some missing episodes, so I can forgive RB 2.0 if it cannot produce a new episode for 27-July. It’s crazy to complain about good stuff that is also free and done from the heart. I will check in later.
Good thought Egregious. BTW-If everyone really needs something to watch, check out nae’s link above.
Thx Egregious for the update,
Wonder if Rocketboom.org will be the new home page (now if someone is visiting Rocketboom.com, is redirected there)
Chris, in Rocketboom.org it says:
“*** Today we are upgrading the site, adding new features, and filling in the archives with “the lost episodes” (see Joanne’s first field report for instance (up later this eve!).”
This is the explanation
No probs, Chris!
Are the Big Hole trojans, like, extra extra large?
Yay! That was great stuff. Very entertaining!