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Monday July 7, 2008 : World Record iPhone Line

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:48:39 -0700

A week before the release of the new 3G iPhone, several people have formed a line outside of the Apple 5th Avenue cube store in New York City in hopes of obtaining a World Record for the most time spent waiting in line for a purchase.

4th of July, 2008 : Largest Fireworks Display in America

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:37:29 -0700

Forth of July, Independence Day Fireworks, New York City 2008 (more explosives than any other display in America), Star Spangled Banner by Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians

Thursday, July 3, 2008: How To Make Do With What You Have

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:00:00 -0700

Milky Way Loses Two Arms, Jim Abbott, Lt. Dan, Galileo, Copernicus, Copernicanism, Fixed Earth Believers, Keanu Reeves at Thespian Net, There's A Bomb On The Bus What Do You Do What Do You Do?, Knit Yarn Spock Ears, Explosion containment net Patent, Half RV, Half Houseboat, Cool Amphibious Manufacturers International, Ian Usher Sold His Life On eBay for Three Hundred and Ninety Nine Thousand Dollars, Ian Usher on Ustream, Instant Origami

Wednesday, July 2, 2008: The Man Behind The (Podington) Bear

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:00:00 -0700

Joanne interviews the creator and composer behind Podington Bear, artist and musician Chad Crouch. additional story links: Hush Records, The Decemberists, This American Life, Esperanza Spalding, Daytrotter

Tuesday July 1, 2008: Total Chaos

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:00:00 -0700

story links: chaos theory (via), gaston julia, julia set, benoit mandelbrot, madelbrot set, fractals, earthquake predictions chaos, darpa security chaos, artificial intelligence chaos, pathology chaos, cardiology chaos, invader set

Monday, June 30, 2008: Bots, Mods, and Secret Cheat Codes by Michelangelo

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:00:00 -0700

Spore Creature Creator Sporepedia, Japanese Water Powered Car Mod, The Genepax Water to Hydrogen Fuel System, Amphibious snake-like robot ACM-R5, via GeekAlerts, 'Lost' Amazon Tribe Wasn't Lost, Original Rocketboom Blog Post on the 'Uncontacted' Tribe, Michelangelo 'hid secret code in Sistine Chapel frescoes, , University of Texas at Austin, Air hockey playing robot, Simpsons Map Mod for Quake III, US will remove 'terror' tag on North Korea, Ads on Wedding Cards and Selling Twitter Backgrounds, The Image Fulgurator, Rocketboom Wiki Page on Barack Obama, Rocketboom Wiki Page on John McCain

Friday, June 27, 2008: The Coney Island Mermaid Parade

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:00:00 -0700

Visiting the 2008 Coney Island Mermaid Parade at Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY

Thursday, June 26, 2008: Throat Toast

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:00:00 -0700

Story Links: Les Androides street performers, Highest Popping Toaster In World, Spinout on an escalator, El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro Missile Silos For Rent or Lease, Asimo the Robot Dances, Tay Zonday Discusses Peak Oil, Inside John McCain's Head, Rocketboom Wiki Page on Barack Obama, Rocketboom Wiki Page on John McCain, Inuit Throat Singers, of Cape Dorset, Nunuvut, Canada, Classic Rocketboom episode on Throat Singers by field correspondent Milt Lee

Wednesday June 25, 2008 : Woden Hump Day Robot Sale

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:21:59 -0700

Story Links: Wednesday hump day of Woden and Mercury, 25 is the smallest square that can be written as the sum of two squares, Magibon, Ian Usher is selling his whole life on ebay, Aucution:, Onion Ring Peace sign, Smiling French Fry, Jesus Figure in a ptoato chip, Evil Satanic Long John Silvers Crumb, Jesus Image on a Rock, Bullwinkle in a pickle, Yellow Seek and Find Yellow Drum Machine Bot, The Trons, Instruments made out of cardboard, Leave it to Roll-Oh

Tuesday June 24, 2008 : Pharmaceutical Drug Abuse in Nairobi

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:57:49 -0700

Story Links: Rocketboom field correspondent Ruud Elmendorp covers pharmaceutical drug abuse in Nairobi, Kenya. For more reports from Kenya, see the Rocketboom Wiki on Kenya