Joanne takes at look at Wavefunction and Less Than Three, two interactive sculptures by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer at the Bitforms Gallery in New York City. Music by Podington Bear.

Ellie Rountree visits the redesigned Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, Canada. Music by Podington Bear.

What will life be like in the Year 2008?, Steve Rubel: The End of Tangible Media is Clearly in Sight, Ji Lee’s Dead Bull, Space Shuttle Mission ST-126, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Steve Bowen and Shane Kimbrough to spacewalk, Finger Forks, Hands Help, Macbook Pros and Playstation Controllers in Windows Vista Ads, Your Weekly Address from the President-Elect

A coalition of artist-activists led by The Yes Men prank commuters and hack the media with fake copies of the New York Times. NYTimes Special Edition News Release, NY1 In The Papers 11/13/2008, Russia Today: ‘War in Iraq is over’, Gefälschte Zeitung erklärt Ende des Irak-Kriegs, Google News results for fake new york times,  The Anti-Advertising Agency, CODEPiNK, Not An Alternative, UFPJ, May First, Improv Everywhere, and Cultures of Resistance. Music: Storie di Mose by Arthur Cravan.

Heavy Metal-Eating “Superworms” Unearthed in U.K., death metal images 1, 2, Death Metal music streaming, One-of-a-kind Microorganism Lives All Alone, At 2.8 km down, a 1-of-a-kind microorganism lives all alone, Angry about economy? Smash some plates and move on, Man writes with tears, The Antarctic Sun: Bloodless Icefishes, Feds to use microchips to foil cactus thieves, Microchips Finger Antler, Cactus Thieves, Sticky Nanotape, geko

Rocketboom field correspondent Tim Brunsden of Liverpool Stories speaks with David Allin about ‘Joyful Trees‘, an architectural art installation created by Diller + Scofidio + Renfro for the 2008 Liverpool Biennial.

Tim O’Reilly, Web 2.0 Expo New York, Conflux: Vertical Bed, Office for the development of Substitute Materials*, Artificial Time Travel, Astrophysicists weigh galaxy’s most massive star, China to snap four shuttles together to build a space station, Zhai Zhigang, China names new crew for space launch, China prepares for third manned space flight, Concrete jet printers to build houses, moonbases in hours, Pie I Have Eaten and Pie I Have Not Eaten, Avril Lavigne’s Girlfriend hits 100M views, passes Evolution of Dance for alltime top spot on YouTube, Avril Lavigne’s Girlfriend

The Instant Grant Program by The Federation of Students and Nominally or Unemployed Artists

Rocketboom Spotlight: La Princesse, a giant mechanical spider documented by Tim Brunsden of Liverpool Stories.

Huge tribute to Lenin visible on Google Earth, Marshal Mcluhan, Cold War, Nazca Lines, Microminiature Art, more, a look at the 2008 Ars Electronica Festival from sms ;), the Muwi Mower by Yuli Sung

Michelangelo’s David, Spore Gets World’s Tiniest Billboard, Requires Telescope To See, Spore’s DRM is awesome, 9000!! NINE THOUSAAAAANDD!, Feature Film to be Released on MySpace, The Mannsfield 12, Michael Moore to release new film for free online, Michael Moore’s Slacker Uprising, Brilliant: HP Packages Laptop in its Own Bag, Koichi Toyama wants to be President of the United States, video of Koichi Toyama, Sporepedia, Preteen girl helps family escape crashed vehicle , GTA San Andreas, 2008 TechCrunch 50, DEMOfall 08, Probably Nano

Joanne speaks with James Powderly of Graffiti Research Lab upon his return to the United States after he was arrested and detained in Beijing last week while preparing to perform acts of civil disobedience by Students for a Free Tibet during the 2008 Summer Olympics. Related: Back from Beijing: Brian Conley

James Powderly of Graffiti Research Lab, Students for a Free Tibet, GRL L.A.S.E.R. Stencil, LED Throwies, LED Throwies II, L.A.S.E.R. Tag, Enter The Ghetto Matrix, A Timeline of Noel Hidalgo’s Arrest and Deportation from China, Journalist Deported after Filming Protest in Tiananmen Square , Alive in Baghdad, Brian Conley, Rocketboom Interview with Alive in Baghdad’s Brian Conley, 5 Americans Are Arrested for Protest in Beijing, China sentences 2 women to ‘re-education’ for seeking to protest, Beijing: Ethnic Park Protest - Aug. 13, 2008, Citizen Journalists, Videoblogger, Activists Detained, Beijing Police detain six foreigners for 10 days for upsetting public order

NASA, Campaign Reveals Just a Little Bit of Coke’s Secret Formula, $100,000,000,000 bill from Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Faces 50 Million Percent Inflation, Uses Gasoline Coupons For Currency, The Zimbabwe Situation, Man Successfully Undergoes Double Arm Transplant, Goro, The Unofficial Mortal Kombat 3 Movie Page, MontyMash, Bodies in Urban Spaces via SwissMiss, Ian Usher, the guy who sold his life on eBay, Ian Usher wants to reach 100 Goals in 100 Weeks, Ian Usher Travels to Dubai, Matt Harding Dances at Yahoo

David Byrne’s interactive art project Playing the Building at South Street Seaport in New York City.

Story Links: Artist Ben Wilson paints pictures on chewing-gum left on the streets of High Barnet, North London.

Interview with Austin artist, Steve Brudniak and his latest art work which will be carried to the the International Space Station by private citizen and game developer Richard Garriot.

story links: artist Brian Feldman celebrates Leap Year Day.

story links: the municator, popurls, scoty robot (via time), celebrity look-a-like (via steve garfield), coffee art, home theater (via techeblog), monty python coconut orchestra (thanks for the tip connie!)