Rocketboom
Rocketboom
Rocketboom is a three daily videoblog hosted by Joanne Colan and based in New York City. We cover and create a wide range of information and commentary from top news stories to quirky internet culture.
Balloon Boy (Know Your Meme)
The Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies recounts the realtime web experience that was Balloon Boy. Story links: , Twitter/9NEWS KUSA: Larimer CO Sheriff Deputies, !!SAUCER-SHAPE BALLOON LANDS AFTER HOURS IN FLIGHT, NO SIGN OF 6 YEAR OLD BALLOON ...
Know Your Meme: Auto-Tune featuring Professor "Weird Al" Yankovic
The Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies examines the phenomenon of Auto-Tune with help from special guest Professor "Weird Al" Yankovic! Antares Auto Tune, T-Pain: Can't Believe It, NPR.org: Auto Tune in Action (audio), Cher: Believe, T-Pain, ...
Know Your Meme: Where the Hell is Matt?
The Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies explains the who, what, when, and why of 'Where The Hell is Matt'. Story links: Destroy All Humans - ps2 - Mission 01 Destination Earth!, Where The Hell is Matt -- Interview with Matt Harding, Where the Hell ...
Robots in the House
Rocketboom Tech correspondent Ellie Rountree talks about the advancement of home robots from 1982 to today. Story links: NYT: Planning Domesticated Robots, Android Amusement Corp, Boys and Robots Will Be Boys, Tomy Omnibot 5402 From 1984 in Action!, ...
Tsunamis and Earthquakes Hit Pacific Islands
story links: Typhoon Ondoy, Markina River Raging By, Typhoon Ondoy September 26, 2009, MODIS Rapid Response System, Quake, tsunami near American Samoa kills at least 22, LA lifeguards clear beaches, Indonesians shaken and struggling after devastating ...
The Tao of Pooh and Space
Expedition 21/Space Flight Participant Soyuz Docking to International Space Station, NASA's LCROSS CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite, Human Population Calculator, List of countries by population, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Unfair Robot Fight, ...
Know Your Meme: Geddan Get Down
The Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies gets down. Geddan quartet, Nico Nico Douga, Volume chaos GoldenEye 007, Goldeneye 007 - Gets down, strange mario 64 shindou edition glitch otherwise known as cartridge tilting, Super Mario Clouds, Carnival ...
Library on a Donkey
Humanwire correspondent Valentina Canavesio reports on Luis Soriano Bohorquez who created the Biblioburro, or Library Donkey, in an effort to bring books and the gift of reading to the children in his community of La Gloria, Colombia.
Confronting the Climate Apocalypse
Rocketboom's Ella Morton meets up with Oxfam's Human Countdown, President Obama, and the Yes Men during Climate Week NYC. Yes Men arrest footage provided by Brandon Jourdan.
Lunar Ice and Everything Nice
story links: India's mission to moon, India’s lunar mission finds evidence of water on the Moon, Moon Mineralogy Mapper...Reveal Water Molecules on Lunar Surface, Moon Water Found, Raises Questions About Origin Theory, Ice on Moon, No duh: Surgery ...
Escape From The Internet
You can't get away from the internet.
Futura vs Verdana IKEA Smackdown
Molly is ringside for the Futura vs Verdana IKEA Smackdown. story links: The Font War: Ikea Fans Fume over Verdana, IKEA 2009 Catalog, IKEA 2010 Catalog, Twitter Rants 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, IKEA Petition, Stop IKEA going Verdana FB Group, Futura, ...
Kenyan Children Receive Their OLPC Laptops
Humanwire correspondent Ruud Elmendorp reports on the adaptation of the XO laptop in Kenya.
Flares and Glitches
Report: 35 million-plus worldwide have dementia, NASA launches rocket, dozens report strange lights, Rocket launch prompts calls of strange lights in sky, Black Brant, Milan Happy Clouds by Stuart Semple, Is Condensed Water the Salvation for Developing ...
Lies, Pie and the Unanswered
Things Salesmen Hear, Most Likely Side for a Piece of Toast to Land, Pie I've Eaten, Jay Z, Scripting a PC, Planck First Light Yields Promising Results, Space Doesn't Really Look Like That, Google Releases a Nuke, Google to Apple: You Lie, Apple ...
Molly Returns
Molly is officially back at Rocketboom and is excited to report the daily news starting Monday! Send us your interesting and cool news stories at news@rocketboom.com
Senegal: Illegal Immigration
Rocketboom's Humanwire correspondent Cheikh Seck reports on illegal immigration from Senegal to Spain. Story links: VOA, IOM
Half Moon
Rocketboom's Ella Morton jumps aboard the "Half Moon", a replica of the Dutch ship sailed by Henry Hudson in 1609. story links: New Netherlands, Henry Hudson, Half Moon 1, 2, 3, Amsterdam, Delaware Indians, Hudson River, music from Gounod.
NYC Twestival 2009 For Camp Interactive
Rocketboom's Ellie Rountree checks out New York City's Twestival held at Brooklyn Bowl, which raised money for local charity Camp Interactive. story links: Sound effects, Twestival screen captures 1, 2