The Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies recounts the realtime web experience that was Balloon Boy. Story links:

• 11/19/09
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Rocketboom Tech’s Ellie Rountree talks about generative music and interviews “laptop musician” Luke DuBois about his work in this medium. Story links: Generative Art, Luke DuBois Assets: Mozart, Golan Levin. This episode was created in collaboration with Intel!

• 11/17/09
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Molly, Ellie, Ella, and Leah take a road trip to the New Jersey Pine Barrens in search of the Jersey Devil (with a special guest.) Music by The Discoghosts

• 11/14/09
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Story links: radiation symbol, radiation suit, moon, grains, department of environmental science, carl sagan, Luke Oman, Bakweri cocoyam farmer from Cameroon, Radiation Symbol, Level A Hazmat Suit, Arc Flash Suit Transformer, Moon Surface Craters, Pulses and Grains, Canned Goods, Canned Food, Bottled Water, Rutgers DES, Carl Sagan, man on fire, Alan Robock, we lost in [...]

• 11/14/09
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Bruawhahahahahahahaha!

• 11/14/09
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Molly reports on the latest in motorized chairs, polar ice caps, recycling, and more. Story links: La-Z-Boy, DWI in Motorized Chair, Motorized Lazyboy, Motorized La-Z-Boy, fun with motorized loveseat and recliner, Motorized Recliner, Aging to End in Manhattan, Life Extension Foundation, Run on Iceland McDonald’s as chain flips last burgers, Bottle Bank Arcade - TheFunTheory.com [...]

• 11/14/09
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Cookie Monster, Elmo, and Abby Cadabby teach Ella a few dances moves. Rocketboom’s field correspondent Ella Morton heads over to Sesame Street in celebration of their 40th season to talk with a few furry inhabitants. Music by Podington Bear.

• 11/14/09
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Molly raises awareness for recycling old technology. Story links: Computers, Electronics Recycling

• 11/14/09
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Abby Cadabby talks to Ella about being the new kid on the block and gives her some fairy advice. Rocketboom’s field correspondent Ella Morton heads over to Sesame Street in celebration of their 40th season to talk with a few furry inhabitants. Music by Podington Bear.

• 11/14/09
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Rocketboom field correspondent Ella Morton interviews Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales at Ad-Tech NYC.

• 11/14/09
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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, T-Pain: Chopped and Skrewed, T-Pain: Freeze, Auto-Tune:Why Pop Music Sounds Perfect, Perfect Pitch, Tone Deaf Stars Thrive on Digital [...]

• 11/14/09
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Molly uses Wikipedia to thread the story - keep it going by posting a video response! Story links: American Airlines Flight 587, Flight 587 Final Passenger List, Enrique Wilson, Gonzo’s Game Winning Hit, Luis Gonzalez, 2001 World Series, The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty, 2001 Arizona Diamonbacks Tribute, Arizona Diamondbacks, Topps, Mention of $10,000 [...]

• 11/14/09
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Molly reports on duck faces, space hotels and more. Story links: Rene Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy, Historic Tale Construction Site, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, China plans for humanoid Olympics, MANOI GO やるならやらねば！真打バージョン, Scientists ’cause’ Beijing snow, China Causes Snow Storm to Fight Drought, To ease drought, Chinese scientists make snowfall, Thirty-eight people make reservations for [...]

• 11/14/09
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Cookie Monster shows Ella the right way to eat a cookie - om nom nom nom nom! Rocketboom’s field correspondent Ella Morton heads over to Sesame Street in celebration of their 40th season to talk with a few furry inhabitants. Music by Podington Bear.

• 11/14/09
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Humanwire correspondent Ruud Elmendorp reports on the growing concern of malaria cases in Burkina Faso due to mosquitoes developing resistances to insecticides.

• 11/13/09
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The Claw by Mary C. Matthews, filmed at the NYC Halloween Parade

• 10/30/09
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Today is the 105th anniversary of the first subway line opening in NYC.

• 10/29/09
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Molly visits some of the most picturesque landmarks in New York City.

• 10/29/09
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Story links: Balloon Boy, Playing Dead, Shepard Fairey Lied, TSA Agents Took My Son, Response to “TSA Agents Took My Son”, Nasa: world will not end in 2012, Institute for Human Continuity

• 10/23/09
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Rocketbooms Humanwire correspondent Dr. Manjiri Prabhu reports on the difficult lives of left-handers and the association that promotes awareness in Pune, India.

• 10/23/09
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Story links: Jupiter, Water, Desktop Black Hole, Bad Memories Written with Lasers, Moby-Dick to be rewritten with emoticons, Emoji Dick, 2010 Olympic Medals to be made from old circuit boards, Turning Flyer Boxes into Planters, When skyscrapers signal a downturn, Twitter credit card iPhone app is a Squirrel, Leaving Iraq ends US mission veiled in [...]

• 10/23/09
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Molly explores the weird world of status updates.

• 10/23/09
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Rocketboom Tech correspondent Ellie Rountree recommends 5 tips for installing Windows 7. Story links: Five Reasons Windows XP Has About a Year to Live, Windows 7 Packaging, Explore the possibilities of Dell and Windows 7, Windows 7 Icons, Dropbox, Dropbox, 8 ways to make use of dropio, Mozy, Free Backups with Mozy, Windows Server 2008, [...]

• 10/23/09
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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 Countries?, DewPointe by AWS, Scanning Dead Salmon in fMRI Machine Highlights Risk of Red Herrings (via Slashdot), The [...]

• 10/19/09
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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 Contradicts Google, Letter to FCC, Google vs. Apple, Why Didn’t Google Throw [...]

• 10/19/09
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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 success is not linked to phases of the moon, Mark Jenkins’ “Sleepers” Photos 1, 2, 3, Wooster [...]

• 10/19/09
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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.

• 10/19/09
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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, Verdana, Paul Renner and Futura, Matthew Carter, Windows 95 Plus, [...]

• 10/19/09
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