Story Links: NYC Videoblogging Meetup featuring Jake and Amir

Alive In Baghdad reports on the formation of a citizen militia to fight al-Qaeda in the Adhamiya neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq.

U.S. declares war on Mexico, Mexican-American War, General Ulysses Grant, Stephen Colbert's Birthday, Stephen Colbert for President 2008!, , Democrats revive Internet Freedom and Non-discrimination Act, David Lynch's Daily Weather Report, Foreclosure auction on Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch canceled, Sail-bot to cross the Atlantic, The Emergency Party Button, John McCain’s hiding in your news open, God Sends His Only Severe Thunderstorm To Jenna Bush's Crawford Wedding, Terrafugia's Drivable Airplane, おおっと！

JFK Air Guitar fetches $5000 on Ebay, The End of Everything, Phoenix to Land on Mars, The National Center for Remote Sensing, Air and Space Law, via Space.com, Red Giants, Kitts Peak National Observatory, Astronomers begin search for 'vanishing' stars, Shuttle Astronauts Rehearse Launch Day, Extra Joanne's Best Alternate Take

Story Links: Bathtime in Clerkenwell animation by Alex Budovsky, Music: The Real Tuesday Weld with Stephen Coates based on "Sweeter Then Shugar" by the Mills Brothers

Story: International Day of Numbers, Music: Airliner

Rocketboom Kenya field correspondent Ruud Elmendorp investigates malaria prevention in Kenya.

Final ROFLCon video for 2008, Kyle Macdonald of One Red Paperclip talks with Sarah Meyers of Pop17 about his book. Also, help Kyle find out who these guys are at who are these guys dot com. Music from Podington Bear. SEE ROFLCON VIDEO POOL.

Story Links: History of Cinco de Mayo, When Johnny Comes Marching Home by Bonnie Hamilton and The Harmoneion Singers, Ma Petite Biote by Sylvain Piron, El Relicario / Bolero (1927) by The Gonzalez' Orchestra

Joanne meets up with davidjr.com in Union Square, NYC