thursday may 31, 2007 : daily
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google maps 360 photo view, geo commons map mashups, rocketboom photoshop entries, hole on mars, bento challenge, top 10 useless limbs, map of united federation of planets, skim milk cows, aerogel, ferrofluid sculptures, largest kite in the world, kam pictures, bolivian puss caterpillar


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  1. Elspeth says:
    May 31, 2007 at 10:04 am

    First!

    And ewwww, puss caterpillar. It looks like a cross between a very hairy tarantula and who knows what else.

    Okay, off to explore the United Federation of Planets!

  2. Billdozer says:
    May 31, 2007 at 10:15 am

    I for one welcome our new Hairy Catepillar overlords…
    I want one of those supersized so i can walk it around on a leash, and play fetch.

    Okay, off to play with GeoCommons!

  4. Smacktle says:
    May 31, 2007 at 11:05 am

    I wonder how many people it took to hold that kite? I imagine a big gust of wind coming along and lifting them up in a jackass movie sort of way.

    • B-man says:
      May 31, 2007 at 6:09 pm

      Martha2: \”Hey Martha3, the hole can speak!\”

      Martha3: \”Yeah, well tell it to shuddup or I\’ll stuff it with cheese!\”

      • Mike Dixon says:
        May 31, 2007 at 8:06 pm

        Martha4: \”With what, er, Swiss cheese, the extra holey kind? HA-ha-ha-ha-he-he, Ho-ho, hole, hole,… GULP!\”
        Martha2: \”Hey! What happened to Martha4?\”

  9. leron says:
    May 31, 2007 at 5:45 pm

    “I really can’t tell you very much, officer. He was wearing a baseball cap and shades and up-market sneakers and he looked a little wasted….”

  10. leron says:
    May 31, 2007 at 6:08 pm

    OK, the Google pix are cool as hell. I was able to “walk” right past the block I grew up on, and to note that the little post-mounted mailbox I remember so vividly from childhood has been replaced by your standard boring blue mail receptable. Pretty amazing.

    But seriously, and without trying to be snarky, what is this good for besides making people like me go “wow”? I can’t think of a real-world application that even begins to approach the utility of, say, being able to call up street-level maps of the entire country, and even look at the sat photos to spot landmarks.

    It must cost a fortune to send the camera vehicles chugging down all those streets. Any real purpose to it?

    And: via reddit, here’s a guy who probably thinks Google should just mind its own damn business:

    “I swear I was at the library!”

  11. B-man says:
    May 31, 2007 at 6:18 pm

    Drew, why do everyone\’s links open inside the comments window whereas my links open up an entirely new window? Did I miss something in this month\’s issue of \”How to Post Comments on Rocketboom?\”

    • Nab says:
      June 1, 2007 at 2:08 pm

      Auto-link adds target=\”_blank\” to the <a ..> tag. So you just type the tag yourself and leave it out. Duh!

  13. arena says:
    May 31, 2007 at 6:22 pm

    il se fait tard mais celle ci je n’ai pas pu m’en empecher.

    Mille excuses Joanne

    hope you’ll catch it … (the joke of course…)

  15. Kam says:
    May 31, 2007 at 8:39 pm

    I don’t think I can top arenas image of Joanne as a Playboy bunny but if anyone is interested, you can see more of my Rocketboom chalk art here just scroll down to the bottom of the page.
    Thanks Drew, for showing them.
    My friends tell me I have entirely too much time on my hands. Idiots!
    later people

  20. Mike Dixon says:
    June 1, 2007 at 9:12 am

    Mr. Kam, sir, I hope that you won’t mind: I could not resist stealing some of your original art work (from the link that you posted above) to make yet another “hole” montage-like ‘creation’…

    • Kam says:
      June 1, 2007 at 12:56 pm

      I am flattered, honored & a little embarrassed but you can cut & paste all you want!
      Apparently you have more time on your hands than I do. ;^) & please, it’s just Kam to my friends, friend.
      Nab, you’re fired, Mike is my new hero!

  24. Drew says:
    June 1, 2007 at 12:16 pm

    Hey all, wanted to let you know Casual Friday will arrive this eve. We are also working on a major new sponsorship program that releases Monday. This weekend, I’ll give yall a heads up as to what to expect so we can discuss it here.

    Knowing that we’re more sensitive than most of you on this issue, I’m pretty sure yall will agree its a pretty unique & awesome solution.

    Thanks to all of you who helped us figure this out over the last several months!

  26. C-C says:
    June 1, 2007 at 8:50 pm

    Glad to see I didn\’t miss the show today but it does look like I missed a rather fun \’commenting\’ day – sniff, I feel so lonely now …

  31. chris cole says:
    June 1, 2007 at 9:45 pm

    While creating this mashup above, I came across some interesting history about the Mars Attacks cards that led to Tim Burton\’s movie. You can find it at http://www.marsattacksfan.com/homepage.htm

    From the site: \”The cards, which sold for 5 cents a pack in 1962, were quickly denounced by parents who were shocked by the bloody, gory, graphic (cool!) pictures, and were pulled off the market after a very short time.\” Now a complete set is worth more than $2000.

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