Rocketboom is a daily international news program based in New York City. We cover and create a wide range of information and commentary from top news stories to contemporary internet culture.Tumblr (3.0; @rocketboom)http://blog.rocketboom.com/<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/7wwNYJv0Zpjh19527BjnvRDno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>The Shocking Truth Revealedhttp://blog.rocketboom.com/post/135880365http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/135880365Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:37:07 -0400<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2635228&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2635228&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2635228&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/2635228" target="_blank"><b>‘extremackup’ by Adrien DONOT</b></a></p> <p>The wonders of Photoshop.</p>http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/135878503http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/135878503Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:32:11 -0400<img src="http://13.media.tumblr.com/fWz55FJulom6n8n7fjhS54HLo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><a href="http://tumbleintopeace.com/post/122253625/deadly-parrot-eviscerates-his-victims-with-no" target="_blank">redeyebase</a>:Deadly Parrot Eviscerates His Victims with No Remorsehttp://blog.rocketboom.com/post/135873844http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/135873844Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:19:44 -0400<img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/2m8BXUfriphh1etl6cQxLL7zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <blockquote><b><a href="http://imgzoom.cdlib.org/Fullscreen.ics?ark=ark:/13030/kt0c6016kk/z1&&brand=calisphere" target="_blank">July 4th, 1983</a></b></blockquote> </blockquote> (via: <a href="http://dalasverdugo.com/post/135382686/wtfdude-july-4th-1983" target="_blank">dalasverdugo</a>: <a href="http://icantfly.com/post/135186868/july-4th-1983" target="_blank">wtfdude</a>)http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/135387941http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/135387941Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:14:25 -0400<img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/BTY54d2GDph86ff5eMICoKNOo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Clever Church</b></p> <p>(via <a href="http://jamiew.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">jamiew</a>)</p>http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/135077203http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/135077203Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:58:50 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WfBlUQguvyw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WfBlUQguvyw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfBlUQguvyw" target="_blank"><b>Sour ‘Hibi no neiro’</b></a></p> <p>Music video choreographed using people on webcams around the world. Pretty fantastic.</p>http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/134904909http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/134904909Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:43:09 -0400<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/BTY54d2GDpcc2hz9VMoGH4fEo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><a href="http://fffff.at/the-tweet-bubble-series/" target="_blank">Show off your tweets in real life!</a> <small style="text-transform: uppercase;">(F.A.T. Lab)</small></p> <p>Tweet Bubble shirt by Aram Bartholl</p> </blockquote> <p>via <a href="http://jamiew.tumblr.com/post/132969778/show-off-your-tweets-in-real-life-f-a-t-lab" target="_blank">jamiew</a></p>http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/133261750http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/133261750Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:06:29 -0400<img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/7wwNYJv0Zpcgsrw3gjUQbqkoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://nedroid.com/2009/06/the-science-of-cosby/" target="_blank">The Collective Consciousness of Cosby</a></p> <p>Nerdoid.com asked users to draw Bill Cosby in order to assess common traits; under the assumption that many would be wearing sweaters, involve Jell-O products, or be spouting gibberish. 190 images were submitted, and the data seemed to disprove the hypothesis.</p> <p>Excerpt:</p> <ul> <li>Cosbies wearing sweaters: 52 (out of 190)</li> </ul> <ul> <li> Cosbies with a Jell-O Product: 21</li> </ul> <ul> <li> Cosbies spouting gibberish: 10</li> </ul> <ul> <li> Cosbies with sweaters and Jell-o: 8</li> </ul> <ul> <li> Cosbies with sweaters spouting gibberish: 4</li> </ul> <ul> <li> Cosbies with sweaters and Jell-o and gibberish: 0, can you believe it?</li> </ul> <ul> <li> Cosbies that confused us: 19</li> </ul> <ul> <li> Cosbies facing left with hands clasped which were clearly based on the first Google Image Search result for “Cosby”: 15</li> </ul>http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/133034810http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/133034810Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:56:08 -0400<img src="http://13.media.tumblr.com/7wwNYJv0Zpcbef77YtdSnCCwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://technabob.com/blog/2009/06/30/mdi-air-powered-car-price-release-date/" target="_blank">mdi air-powered car gets priced and dated</a></p> <p>When I first came across the AIRpod I wasn’t sure if what it was a far-fetched fantasy or a hoax. But three years later, it looks like MDI’s compressed-air-powered light transport vehicle is going to be available in France by the end of the year, for just under $9,000 USD (€6,000).</p> <p>(via <a href="http://technabob.com/blog/2009/06/30/mdi-air-powered-car-price-release-date/" target="_blank">technabob</a>)</p>http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/132961145http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/132961145Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:25:00 -0400<img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/7wwNYJv0Zp8a2dub5tHo4MRjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The world’s oldest musical instrument was recently discovered in Germany. The 35,000 year old flute was carved from the bone of a giant vulture.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://www.geekologie.com/2009/06/35000year_old_flute_doesnt_sum.php" target="_blank">Geekologie</a>)</p>http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/131317199http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/131317199Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:36:35 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/34J65Qkde2A&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/34J65Qkde2A&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>Sky News broadcasts a word visualisation of twitter posts at the time news broke about Michael Jackson.http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/130677823http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/130677823Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:54:55 -0400<img src="http://18.media.tumblr.com/7wwNYJv0Zp6kfd9bi1U9u9JGo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b><a href="http://www.woostercollective.com/2009/06/shit_were_diggin_picassos_light_graffiti.html" target="_blank">Picasso’s Light Graffiti from 1949</a></b></p> <p><a href="http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/" target="_blank">Today and Tomorrow </a>points to a terrific set of photos found in the LIFE archive of Picasso doing light graffiti. They were shot in 1949 by LIFE photographer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gjon_Mili" target="_blank">Gjon Mili</a> when he visited Picasso in Vallauris, France. You can see more of the series <a href="http://www.life.com/image/50695728/in-gallery/24871/picasso-drawing-with-light" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://www.woostercollective.com/2009/06/shit_were_diggin_picassos_light_graffiti.html" target="_blank">Wooster Collective</a>)</p>http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/130647743http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/130647743Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:51:04 -0400<img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/NxgpKBeNvp5eu5s8b7M2Wjy8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://three50eight.tumblr.com/post/130297352/jhulyjohns-me-do-sca-ry" target="_blank">three50eight</a>:<a href="http://jhulyjohns.tumblr.com/post/130232923/me-do-sca-ry" target="_blank">jhulyjohns</a>:Me-do (Sca-ry)</p> <blockquote></blockquote>http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/130301672http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/130301672Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:34:47 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xKBLxh3u0tM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xKBLxh3u0tM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>Michael Jackson Best Dance Moveshttp://blog.rocketboom.com/post/130301241http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/130301241Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:33:46 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vd15YVb2M6M&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vd15YVb2M6M&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>Michael Jackson Pepsi Commercialhttp://blog.rocketboom.com/post/130300955http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/130300955Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:33:08 -0400<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/7wwNYJv0Zp5pq8jh53BwNfKHo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>Best. iPhone. Evr. (via <a href="http://imgur.com/OBKyC.jpg" target="_blank">imgur.com</a>)http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/130299821http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/130299821Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:31:43 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HC_n8YQ0Bog&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HC_n8YQ0Bog&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>First we had the Joker interactive video.. now, we have the Groin Shot.</p> <p>Poor Fred!</p>http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/129490286http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/129490286Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:29:46 -0400<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/sdYsolKXXp29j291GODUCsnYo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><b><a href="http://9gag.com/gag/8184" target="_blank">Makes your darker-sides whiter even at 30 degrees! T-Shirt</a></b></blockquote> <p>(Obligatory Star Wars post for the day. -yatta.)</p> <p>via <a href="http://tumblr.9gag.com/post/128751886/makes-your-darker-sides-whiter-even-at-30-degrees" target="_blank">9gag</a></p>http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/128758281http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/128758281Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:47:55 -0400<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/7wwNYJv0Zp1bvgke2GdMscBko1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b><a href="http://www.king5.com/animals/news/stories/NW_061009WAB-dog-pot-park-KC.6b862fc4.html" target="_blank">Dog gets high on pot found in park</a></b></p> <p>A dog from Seattle is recovering after eating a large amount of marijuana. Owner Jen Waddell was walking her black Labrador, Jack, in a local park when he ran off the path and disappeared for three minutes. <b>Not long after, Jack, 11, seemed to have forgotten how to walk. “He was looking at his paw,” said Waddell, “then looking at the ground, and then trying to get his paw to reach the ground, but was unsuccessful.”</b> Jack was rushed to the vet, where his stomach was found to contain a sizable quantity of marijuana.</p> <p>via <a href="http://softservegirl.tumblr.com/post/128354268/this-is-funny-a-dog-from-seattle-is-recovering" target="_blank">softservegirl</a></p>http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/128357597http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/128357597Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:52:00 -0400<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://blog.rocketboom.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/127726212/7wwNYJv0Zozv2pdj3iPXLaKQ&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><b>Leonard Nimoy - Highly Illogical</b></p> <p>I’m not sure <a href="http://www.maidenwine.com/" target="_blank">how many people know this</a> but <a href="http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TOS/cast/69076.html" target="_blank">the original Spock</a> from Star Trek <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Nimoy#Music_career" target="_blank">had a music career</a>, based partially on his role as the universe’s most famous Vulcan. Aside from this musical gem, he also recorded such songs as ‘<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPh12Q7cpeE" target="_blank">The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins</a>’ and ‘<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_I_Had_a_Hammer" target="_blank">If I Had a Hammer</a>’.</p> <p>While William Shatner gets <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVMLivHTXac" target="_blank">all</a> of the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DShIgiFgz9A" target="_blank">mocking love</a> (and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN3MGN899yE" target="_blank">rightfully so</a>) I think it’s time for a Leonard Nimoy mock revival.</p>http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/127726212http://blog.rocketboom.com/post/127726212Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:14:46 -0400