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It Costs 59 Cents to Vote in Massachusetts
from Steve Garfield's Video Blog
August 27, 2008
It costs 59 cents to mail an absentee ballot into the City of Boston election department. There is no documentation in the absentee ballot mailing package or on the City Election Department website about postage cost. A call to the election department was inconclusive. Read more here: Blog Post - It...
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Bart Cheever
from MICHAEL VERDI
August 25, 2008
Flash QuickTime I ve been working at Millions of Us for the better part of a year now and I love it because I get to work on all kinds of crazy projects with all kinds of creative people. Bart Cheever, our VP of Production also happens to be Bart Blackstone the DJ. I beamed him into my virtual studi...
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Fusion Man, Wireless Power, & Virtual Gold
from Rocketboom (Quicktime)
August 25, 2008
Fusion Man!, Yves Rossy, Yves Rossy makes second jet-powered flight, World s oldest man dies in India, Habib Miyan, Intel brings wireless power closer to the mainstream, Nikola Tesla would be proud, Democratic National Convention in Denver, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, The Uptake, Political Lunch, Xbox ...
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Back from Beijing: Brian Conley
from Rocketboom (Quicktime)
August 26, 2008
Joanne speaks with Alive in Baghdad s Brian Conley upon his return to the United States after he was arrested and detained in Beijing last week for videotaping acts of civil disobedience by Students for a Free Tibet during the 2008 Summer Olympics....
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Barnett Vineyards
from Steve Garfield's Video Blog
August 21, 2008
Carol and I visited Barnett Vineyards on the recomendation of Gary Vaynerchuck of Wine Library TV. Excellent take in. It was quite an experience to drive up the mountain to the vineyard, but once we got there is was worth the trip. Say hi to Jacquelyn if you visit. Tours and tastings are private and...
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GRL’s James Powderly and AiB’s Brian Conley Arrested in Beijing
from Rocketboom (Quicktime)
August 21, 2008
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...
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Who is the Oldest in The World?
from Rocketboom (Quicktime)
August 19, 2008
Ivy Bean is the World s Oldest Facebooker at 102, Edna Parker is the Oldest Person Alive at 115, The World s Tallest Woman was Edna Parker s neighbor, Jeanne Calment lived 122 years and 164 days, Timothy a Greek Tortoise lived to 160, Greenland sharks can live up to 200 years, Cinachyra antarctica s...
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How To: Make a Blog Book with Blurb
from Steve Garfield's Video Blog
August 18, 2008
I made a hardcover book of 'My Mom's Blog' using Blurb.com. The book came out great and my mom loved it. I had two problems. The first is that you can't do a global search and replace on the text from within the Blurb booksmart software. The second problem is that once you edit your book with the bl...
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Bigfoot, Humane Apes, and Pirate Bono in 1/100th of the Time
from Rocketboom (Quicktime)
August 18, 2008
Fonzie Jumps The Shark, US hunters claim to have found Bigfoot, Spain to Grant Human Rights to Great Apes, Peter Fox: Alles Neu, Career Builder Ad With Monkeys, Gerald The Gorilla Sketch, Goatee Saver (via Curiobot), The Very Loud Fenstar Flying Military Robot, Bono Leaks U2 Tracks Online by Playing...
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Know Your Meme: All Your Base
from Rocketboom (Quicktime)
August 15, 2008
The Original All Your Base Cut Scene from Zero Wing, Engrish, Execution In Process, Not Feel Well, Get Drunk, Sexual Harassment Company, There Is A Possibility ., All Your Base Animated GIF, Zany Video Game Quotes, All Your Base Overdub by Overclocked.org, Something Awful Forums, AYB Photoshops, The...
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A Circus for Children in Kabul, Afghanistan
from Rocketboom (Quicktime)
August 14, 2008
Joanne interviews David Mason of the Mobile Mini Circus for Children of Kabul, Afghanistan. MMCC is a non-profit organization staffed by local Afghan artists who organize educational programs and performances for children in a war torn Afghanistan. More videos of AfghanMMCC performances....
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Aye to Zed.
from Rocketboom (Quicktime)
August 13, 2008
Allison Carrol is Lara Croft, World s Smallest Burger, World s Smallest Balloon, Bloody Serial Killer Shower Curtain , Styrofoam Dome Homes, eBay Slot Machines, The 10 Oddest City Names, GMail outage pours rain on Cloud Computing parade, Isaac Hayes - Shaft - live 1973 , Scientists Closer to Invisib...
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A Robot Army, A Telephone Piano, and a Black Hole That Never Was
from Rocketboom (Quicktime)
August 11, 2008
CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN in 3 minutes, Large Hadron Collider, Large Hadron Collider testing didn t cause a black hole, Large Hadron Rap (thx, Alphaxion!), The Global Warming Rug Will Last 1000 Years, The US Army Wants to be Nearly One-Third Robotic by 2020, Tetra Vaal ...
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The Idling Camel Man of Mombasa
from Rocketboom (Quicktime)
August 06, 2008
Rocketboom field correspondent Ruud Elmendorp profiles Sharif Osman, a Mombasa Camel Man or beach boy whose business has been hurt by tourists reluctance to visit Kenya after recent post-election violence. Previous Rocketboom coverage of the Kenyan election crisis: 1/8/08: Election Violence in Kenya...
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Inflated Dollars, Reattached Limbs & Bodies in Spaces
from Rocketboom (Quicktime)
August 07, 2008
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 Mo...
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Word Play and Reasoning
from Rocketboom (Quicktime)
August 04, 2008
story links: evolution vs. peanut butter, evolution vs. banana, laraque vs ivanans, bush vs. all people, bush standing vs bush standing, don imus vs. black people, geraldo vs. oreilly, mother vs. son, rumsfield vs. evidence, newt vs. spanish people, list of logical fallacies from the art of reason, ...
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Life? on Mars?
from Rocketboom (Quicktime)
August 05, 2008
Water Ice on Mars Confirmed by the Phoenix Mars Lander, White House Briefed About Life on Mars, Slashdot comments on the White House being briefed about life on Mars, Montauk Monster, What s the Big Secret About Life on Mars?, Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer (MECA), Can MECA ...
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Know Your Meme: tinaecmusic
from Rocketboom (Quicktime)
August 01, 2008
Know Your Meme wiki, more Know Your Meme videos, Tina sings the Backstreet Boys, Tina Chen on PerezHilton.com, Tina strips [video removed], Tina on MySpace, Tina-SouljaBoy Remix, Tina-Angry German Kid Remix, Leave Kristina Alone, Kristina Chen on Stuff Ethnic People Like, Is This Tina in Jesus Camp...
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Jetpacks, Friendfeed, and a Fear of Flutes
from Rocketboom (Quicktime)
July 30, 2008
The Magic Number 30, The Airventure Airshow, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, The Martin Jetpack, Aulophobia on Wikirage, The Celtic Football Club, of Glasgow, Scotland, The Rangers Football Club, also of Glasgow, Scotland, Aulophobia on Wikitionary, The PetPocket Bird Carrier, FriendFeed, Andrew Baron on Fri...
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Comic-Con 2008
from Rocketboom (Quicktime)
July 28, 2008
Rocketboom special field correspondent Sarah Austin visits Comic-Con 2008 in San Diego, CA. Interviews with JJ Kirby and Michael Lopez of Wildstorm Comics, cosplayers, Shonen Jump, Bill Plympton, Ghostbusters, Rocketboy...
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Checking In With The Netroots Nation
from Rocketboom (Quicktime)
July 29, 2008
Rocketboom field correspondent Chuck Olsen covers the 3rd Annual Netroots Nation progressive politics conference in Austin, TX. Interviews with Markos Moulitsas of Daily Kos, NYU Journalism professor Jay Rosen, Karl Frisch of Media Matters, and Erwin Tang author of Gook. For more coverage, visit The...
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McCain Green Screen in Berlin
from Steve Garfield's Video Blog
July 25, 2008
No so exciting. Panorama by Michael Stoß: http://news360.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/barack-obama-fordert-gemeinsames-handeln-ein/Formats available: YouTube, Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)Tags: mccain, green, screen, berlin, michael, stoß, panorama...
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Fingers For Eating Fish and Fish Eating Feet
from Rocketboom (Quicktime)
July 24, 2008
Spammer literally walks out of prison, YouTomb tracks videos taken down for copyright violations, Deleutube is now defunct, Contact Deletube, The Real Deletube, Migaloo an albino humpback whale spotted in Australia, Migaloo s albino turtle cousin, Coral Grief, Coral Reefs Threatened by Bleaching , J...
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A Refugee In His Own Country
from Rocketboom (Quicktime)
July 23, 2008
Rocketboom field correspondent Ruud Elmendorp shares with us the story of John Otieno and the continuing plight of some 300,000 internally displaced persons in Kenya as a result of the disputed presidential elections this past December. Previous Rocketboom coverage of the Kenyan election crisis: 1/8...
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The Toughest President of All Time?
from Rocketboom (Quicktime)
July 22, 2008
McCain: There Will Be Other Wars, Smilin John McCain - Tough Talk - Fool or Fraud?, Ball Bounce, Obama Talks Tough, Biography of George Washington, A Brief Profile of the Continental Army, Dwight David Eisenhower At a Glance, World War II, The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses Grant, The Civil War Home Pa...
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Flying Cars, Flying Space Stations, and Mosques for Flying Birds
from Rocketboom (Quicktime)
July 21, 2008
The Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant, Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco to name the Sewage Plant after George W Bush, Real Flying Car, The Sky Cutter .40 V2, The Flying Lawn Mower, Gear Factor Marketing, The heads of the International Space Station meet in Paris, International...
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We’ve Got Our Eyes on You
from Rocketboom (Quicktime)
July 17, 2008
Dallas Building Demolition, Daruma-otoshi skyscraper demolition, Dancers Blinded By Lasers At Russian Rave, Principe de fonctionnement d un laser, St. Basil s Cathedral and Spasskaya Tower of Kremlin, Red Square, Moscow, Ophthalmic eyepatch, Inside John McCain s Head Again, Iran Sucks at Photoshop, ...
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