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First!
But … ouch … real dull.
Would be better in times when there are no really exciting show plans to have Joanne expound on current events or read viewer emails… or put on that doggone “Where is Walter?” t-shirt.
The reallly tight one.
LOL.
Still love you all.
Bill the Solo PR Guy
Great job on not filming when there were thousands of glass pumpkins on the lawn! Who would have wanted to see that?
Otherwise, decent show.
Hey anonymous,
When I got there at 1:30 those were the only pumpkins that were left.
You had to get there really early to see the 1,500 pumpkins.
Seek first to understand.
–Steve
Yes, it would have been really cool to see all the glass pumpkins, not just the pricey ones that were hard to sell…
Cool. Making pumpkins for college credit, and selling the art for big bucks. Someone should set up a class for pumpkin-basket-weaving.
That was a solid show. Low key, but totally engaging.
I really enjoy the occasional extended down-to-earth, slice-of-life-you-may-never-have-been-aware-of pieces you do.
Geez, I thought it was neat. One of the few times I’ve actually called my wife over to watch something on the computer!
Keep up the good work…
Drew:
Yes. It was shot on a cellphone, the Nokia N93.
Nab:
The N93 has a stereo mic.
Ballgame and Dr. Mikey:
Thanks. I really appreciate your comments. That’s what’s so cool about doing stories for Rocketboom. Someone emailed in and suggested we cover it so I went over there for an hour. Shot some footage with the N93 and my Digital Rebel and sent it into Drew.
Your comments support what we are doing. Some won’t like it, but others will. That’s what’s so cool about not having to cater to the masses.
Thanks again,
–Steve
A bit off topic, but at the University of Arizona, you can take underwater basket weaving class. ;)
A glass pumpkin chucking contest would’ve been quite fun to see.
Drew, I for one enjoyed this episode. The students have obvious talent.
It would have helped the story to have film of the 1500+ pumpkins on the lawn. I understand that Steve arrived at this popular fundraiser by 01:30. I can’t imagine that other folks were at the sale earlier than that.
they were looking good the pumpkins but i would have expected from mit students more variety really, why don’t you ask the students to make you a vitraux map??? that would be great…..or a pumpkin shaped like joanne’s head and then she can recite hamlet perhaps with it on the hand hahahaha that would be cool, sorry if i sounded idiot, it’s my style and it’s the fault of joanne that looks so prettyyyyy today!!!!!!!!! *someone has to replace walter crespo* ahah
Take heart Steve G. and Drew! The fact that you covered the event with a phone is a totally redeeming bit of info …!
Seriously … it does completely round out the idea that basic, personal technology today makes us all potential reporters.
I’m just not really into static exhibits … but many people are … and i think glass blowing as an art form is very cool.
Keep Steve on RB stringer staff, Drew, and bring us more from MIT from time to time …
Love that RB!
Bill the Upbeat PR Guy
Alas, poor pumpkin, I knew him well…Ha,Ha,Ha I liked this episode. At least it wasn’t about other vloggers having a big meeting. And Steve did a good job with his new cell phone camera. The only way easier than that would be “RoboVlogger”!
With MIT’s tuition currently at $32,100 for two semesters, why would any club on campus be scrounging for money? This really speaks to the warped values and depraved greed of the people who run these schools, who are no doubt pulling down 7 digits.
Wow, can’t believe rocketboom is still around with some of the shit it’s been putting on recently.
Cell phone, schmell phone, it was still a yawner.
Soon they’ll have built-in photoshop cell phone editing so you can exaggerate the truth as many of today’s journalists and photographers do.
Will I ever see that t-shirt?
(casual Friday…hint, hint)
Leron, Thank you for making the point, Rocketboom took us someplace we didn’t know about! I don’t enjoy the show EVERYDAY, but I ALWAYS find a link to explore that I would never have found without RB. I log in everyday and watch and take away something. Good work RB!!
This was a great piece ! Its why I love Rocketboom ! I would ignore those that said this was boring. Relax. Learn something different, take a trip.
I was a glassblower for 4 years in college in the 80’s, as a stress release from an Industrial Design program. It was my sanctuary, and you just reminded me of that. Its great to see the youngsters doing it.
Cheers to the ‘Boom and Steve’s report.
what hurt was to know that only a few people out of all those interested that got a chance to take the course. I just lost SO much respect for MIT…
someone who knows glass and when one is half full or half empty…
‘Garfied’, great, even butchered his name…
Leron:
Thanks for your comments.
I could have done a voice over to explain why there were so few pumpkins there, but decided to let Peter tell the story in his own words.
All the video was shot with the Nokia N93. Nokia sent it to me to evaluate and the cool thing about it is that you don’t have to decide to take your video camera along with you anymore if it’s also your phone.
The color stills were taken with a Canon Digital Rebel and the black and white photos were from the MIT Glass Lab website. Those were taken by Andrea Silverman and Peter allowed their use for this piece.
andrewbirch:
Thank you for being one of the people who make this all worthwhile.
Great show as always.
I check out some of the other podcasts but something keeps me coming back to this one every day.
And it isn’t just Joanne.
Great work you guys.
Nice and mellow. Shot on a cellphone eh? I’m shooting a movie here in Paris on a Minox spy camera. You’d be amazed at what I’ve got so far.
Ah, the variety of Rocketboom. Which is why we watch. Something new everyday that you probably didn’t know about. Which is usually the whole purpose. Right? I bet that just before midnight there were 1,500 glass carraiges lined up that magically turned into glass pumpkins. Now there’s a conspiricy theory in the making for you!
The pumpkins? Gorgeous! Would I have preferred to see all 1,500? Sure! But Rocketboom isn’t just Drew, and Joanne, Steve, and the other reporters. It’s also the comments. The comments are an integral part of the Rocketboom experience.
So…
Reading Steve’s explanation (plus the techie stuff) and Leron’s comment makes it clear to me that I should be satisfied with the beauty I was able to view. Dayenu — it was enough. Thanks, Rocketboom!
Cooool.
S.
P.S
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It is Joanne who plays the guitar ? ;)
Enjoyed the story. Who is playing guitar on the soundtrack?
I didn’t realize I wanted a glass pumpkin until I saw this show.
You should have shown the field full of hundreds of glass pumpkins. Not having it was a miss.
I enjoyed the show, even though it was a little sloppy by the standards of professional journalism, as RB tends to be.
Considering the elasticity of standards in professional journalism, this is saying a lot.
Some questions I still had after watching:
What makes some of the pumpkins more expensive than others? The low-end pumpkins are about $35, but what is the top of the range?
I understand why they would sell a product with a harvest theme in the autumn, but the story doesn’t ask how they chose pumpkins. Or, at any rate, why pumpkins exclusively?
How did the pumpkin sale get started? How long have they been having it? How much money does it bring in? Has income from the sale been growing over the years? How fast? How do they spend it — on piles of sand, kilns, a trip to the big annual world glass pumpkin convention, dames and hootch?
What makes an excellent glass pumpkin, as contrasted with a failed glass pumpkin? How long does it take to learn how to make a really fine glass pumpkin? Do the students stay forever in their one station on the assembly line, or do they rotate stations so that everyone gains expertise in the whole process?
Great Show!
I love the fact that this is a program at MIT. The idea of blurring of the lines between art and science is great. Kind of like blurring the lines between cell phones and video cameras or news and entertainment or science and religon. I watch every episode Rocketboom because it’s fresh, it keeps evolving and it’s not perfect. Keep bluring the lines RB.
Lazy. To do a show that goes out Internationally, I would think it would have been worth one phone call to find out when to show up. Hell, I know you had the phone.
A really nice story idea…and a very intriguing subject…but too bad you didn’t show up much earlier. Seeing 1500 pumpkins would have been spectacular. Instead we only get to see a dozen or so. I missed opportunity, indeed.
Matt:
The guitar playing was made from a few loops in SoundTrack Pro on a Mac.