‘Meme Week’ Day Three: the third most favorite Know Your Meme episode of 2009 was Auto Tune. 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 [...]

• 12/24/09
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‘Meme Week’ Day Two, a look back at the favorite Know Your Meme episodes of 2009. Jamie Dubs of the Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies investigates the Yo Dawg/Sup Dawg meme. For more on the history of internet memes and internet phenomena, visit KnowYourMeme.com. Pimp My Ride, Yo Dawg entry in the MemeDB, Yo Dawg [...]

• 12/23/09
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The Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies explains the phenomenon of om nom nom. Assets: Om Nom Montage, Nom Cake, cat bite dog, bizarre Nom, dog nom, caturday2, caturday3, caturday4, caturday53, omnom1, omnom2, omnom3, omnom4, omnom6, omnom5, omnom7, omnom bird, omnom8, Seasame Street Book Cover, Sesame Street Gang, Sesame Street Gang on the street

• 12/18/09
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Rocketboom’s Ella Morton meets up with Surprise Industries in NYC to learn about the business of crafting surprises.

• 12/17/09
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Molly reports on William Moulton Marston, creator of the lie detector test and of the comic book character Wonder Woman. Story links: Wonder Woman Jiggles Past In Slow Motion, Wonder Woman throws a karate guy, Wonder Woman Opening Theme Season 1, Assets: Polygraph , “Emotions of Normal People” cover 2 (DISC SYSTEM), Sensation Comics number [...]

• 12/15/09
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Molly reports on uncontacted tribes. Story links: Helicopter Rescure, Bauxite, Amazon, Ayoreo, Ayoreo, Dongria, Dongria Kondh, Sentinelese, Sentinelese2, Last Pre Neolithic Tribe, Uncontacted Tribes, The Waiting Is the Hardest Part, John Frum, Tanna: John Frum, Cargo Cults of Tanna

• 12/14/09
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Rocketboom’s Ella Morton interviews several 2010 Winter Olympic hopefuls to learn about their journey to earn a place in Vancouver. Extended interviews with each athlete available on our YouTube channel.

• 12/12/09
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Molly interviews director Terry Gilliam and actress Lily Cole at the NYC premiere of The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus.

• 12/11/09
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Rocketboom Tech’s Ellie Rountree speaks with Alvaro Fernandez, Founder of SharpBrains, to learn more about the neurology of our brains and cognitive training. Story links: Hippocampus, brain training, drivesharp Assets: transcranial magnetic stimulation, TMS, TMS 2, , Frontal Lobe This episode was created in collaboration with Intel!

• 12/9/09
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Molly explains how Ricky Gervais launched the career of Karl Pilkington. Story links: Ricky on Letterman, Ricky Gervais and the Karl Pilkington Experiment, This Side of the Truth, Meet Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais Podcast - Sock Packing, Chimpanzee Karl, Monkey News: Cosmetic Monkey, Monkey News: The Fire Monkey, Monkey News: Monkey Business, Ricky gervais Fame [...]

• 12/8/09
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Molly informs us about various national food days. Story links: Cotton Candy : Collecting Cotton Candy, Chinese Cotton Candy, Cotton Candy Bot, Cotton candy extra Guinness - vattacukorextra Ungarn, cotton candy machine, Cotton Candy: The History of this Tasty Treat , Who Invented National Brownie Day?, The Nibble - December Food Holidays, American Holidays, [...]

• 12/7/09
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Paradox Week continues with Molly and the TV Show Paradox. Story links: Math - Bunker style,Shirley Meets Ritchy For the 1st Time, Mork Meets The Fonz, The Return Of The Six-Million-Dollar-Man & The Bionic Woman, Melrose Place - Crossover Kelly, New York and Queens S2:24, Crossovers and Spin Offs, LUCY and SUPERMAN, Lucy Meets Superman [...]

• 12/4/09
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It’s Paradox Week on Rocketboom. Today, Molly creates and explains Galileo’s Paradox.

• 12/3/09
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It’s Paradox Week on Rocketboom. Today, Molly presents the Liar Paradox.

• 12/3/09
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It’s Paradox Week on Rocketboom. Watch today’s episode on our YouTube channel to help Molly navigate through the Crocodile Paradox.

• 12/2/09
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It’s Paradox Week on Rocketboom. Today, Molly explains the ontological paradox. Story links: Ontological Paradox, Quantum Leap: Thou Shalt Not, McFly & The Starlighters “Johnny B. Goode, Quantum Leap (TV Series), Slacker Assets: calendars, three iphones, nokia production 1&2, nokia 6800, forehead smack, wink, pondering, approval, macworld crowd, Chuck Berry Video, planet earth, nokia logo, [...]

• 12/1/09
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Molly explains Magma.

• 11/28/09
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Rocketboom’s Ella Morton meets up with Vendr.tv host Dan Delaney to get a few tips on street eats in New York City. Assets: Kliman, Mud, Shnitzel Truck, Street Sweets NY Truck, 53rd and 6th, Wafles & Dinges of Belgium, The Best Delicious Halal Gyro and Chicken, shellysblogger, Mister Softee, Street Sweets NY, Streetweets, Vendr.TV

• 11/25/09
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Molly explains augmented reality. Story links: Thomas P. Caudell, Boeing, Boeing 737, calibration and evaluation, Man Showing Neo Geo Collection, Webcam, Mememolly, Nearest Tube Iphone App, Layar, Bionic Eye, Topps, Smart Grid, Augmented Reality Subway App, TAT Augmented Reality, 3D experience by Dassault Systems, Hand From Above, Augmented Reality Could be Coming to Your Contact Lens, [...]

• 11/25/09
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Molly informs you about the not so successful success rate of art heists. Story links: Rare Works Stolen, Van Gogh Museum Assets: Miro, jail cell, The Scream, wall, boat, callonphone, sofa fort, couch fort, footprints, spike strip, mansion, Munich Art Museum, Security Car Crash, British Sting, Van Gogh Museum, The View, Congregation, ladder, Bowler, Amtrak [...]

• 11/23/09
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Molly explains the sweater curse. Story links: Rachel John, Extreme Knitting, 1000 Strand Knit, Art student knits life-size Ferrari, Mirian Tegels - the faster knitter in the world?, How to knit a sweater : Knitting a sweater: Increases in pattern, The Last Knit, Never Knit Your Man a Sweater (Unless You’ve Got the Ring), Polls [...]

• 11/21/09
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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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