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Chatroulette

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:17:13 -0800

Molly explores the website Chatroulette.com and chats with people from around the world. Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates! Join us on Facebook for behind the scenes pictures and videos!

Defense Bots

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:27:33 -0800

Molly reports on defense bots and more. Story links: Hydro Electric Power Plant Explosion, The Frozen Explosion Power Plant, Ice House Detroit, Coudal, full moon, Ice House Detroit Blog, Boston Dynamics Big Dog, DARPA asks Boston Dynamics for Bigger Big Dog, No joke: South Carolina now requires ’subversives’ to register, Yarisal Kublitz, Free VenezuelaAssets: [...]

Super Bowl XLIV

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:20:14 -0800

Molly goes to her first Super Bowl party. This week’s Casual Friday was written, directed, and edited by Ryan Hunter. Starring: MemeMolly, Jenn Lyon, Taige Jensen, Neal Bledsoe, Brett Haley, and Andrea Vascellari.

6 Applications You Should Try

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:21:09 -0800

Rocketboom Tech’s Ellie Rountree reviews 6 new applications for you to try on your Mac and/or PC! Applications: Things, Team Viewer, Self Control, Last Pass, Songbird, Party Booth.

Egg in a Bottle

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:33:16 -0800

Molly celebrates Create a Vacuum Day by conducting the “egg in a bottle” experiment. Assets: Safety First, Crash Test Dummies, Fireman.

Paranormal New York City

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:22:42 -0800

Rocketboom’s Ella Morton interviews Dom Villella and discovers the paranormal side of New York City. Assets: asleep in bed, ghosts, clocks. Music by Podington Bear.

iPad

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:53:24 -0800

Molly reports on Apple’s iPad. Assets: ipad, mac desktop, photoshop interface, fcp interface, vhs camcorder, rotary phone, hard drive, ipad present, leaning forward at desk, looking at iphone, reclining, reclining 2, reclining 3, layin on grass, handing it over, Adobe Flash, Missing Flash, Missing Flash 2, Missing Flash 3, Flash Icon, HTML code, HTML code [...]

Island in a Lake on an Island

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:20:19 -0800

Molly reports on an island in a lake on an island and more. Story links: Philippine island qualifies its way to a “World’s Largest” title, What to get the man who has everything? An underwater plane of course, Try air to stay dry, NASA, Valentine’s Delieverd from Space, A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter, Deceive [...]

Know Your Meme: Advice Dog

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:37:59 -0800

Rocketboom’s Internet Research Scientist, Jamie W., explains Advice Dog. Assets: post of year, 76M GET, acid trip, adult swim, original advice dog, drink motor oil, Browse 4chan, Regret Life, Buy Lingerie, For Your Mom, Kill Hookers, No One Will Mind, That You’re Naked In Public, Pirate Movies, Steal Music, Advice Dog Burning, When in Doubt, [...]

Edgar Allan Poe

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:05:05 -0800

Molly recounts the life of Edgar Allan Poe. Assets: Edgar Allen Poe’s Birth Home, Poe, Old Photo of Poe, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, Elizabeth “Eliza” Arnold Poe, Portrait of John Allen, Cover: First Edition of Tamerlane, Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, Edgar Allan Poe’s Pit and the pendulum, Poe, fantastic front, New-York Mirror Edition [...]

Power Napping at Yelo Spa

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:14:35 -0800

Rocketboom’s Ella Morton visits Yelo Spa in New York City to learn about the benefits of power napping.

Exploding Animals

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:40:50 -0800

Molly reports on exploding animals. Assets: ant battle, paintball exploding, cat 1, cat 2, dog 1, dog 2, suspended animation, squirrel, humans in suspended animation, beached whale, whale on crane, whale on truck, clean up after whale, darwin w/ pokeball, raining fish, toad, dead toad, grass, pig in jar, preserved animal kingdom, suspended animatipon star [...]

Boxee

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:16:56 -0800

Rocketboom Tech’s Ellie Rountree interviews Boxee founders Avner Ronen and Idan Cohen. Boxee is a featured app in the Intel Atom Developer Program for MIDs. Music by Podington Bear. This episode was created in collaboration with Intel!

Conan vs. Leno

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:50:43 -0800

Molly discusses the Conan Leno battle over late night. Assets: new york night shots, leno on carson, letterman first nbc, first jay leno tonight show, tea party footage, tea party 2, Conan supporters protest, Trendistic - graph of Conan/Leno, twitter - team coco hashtag, I’m with Coco, frankenstein mob, conan, jay, FB team coco fan [...]

Space Station Domination

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:56:27 -0800

Molly reports on NASA, China, and the ISS. Check out our Save the Space Station wiki page. Story links: Apollo, Russia Offers a Hand With Toilet Clog in Space , NASA Slashes Price for Used Space Shuttles, China Space Lab, NASA Multi-Program Integratd Milestones, NASA. Assets: NASA Florida, Stars in the Sky, toilet, china station [...]

The Electric Company

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:56:04 -0800

Rocketboom’s Ella Morton visits PBS Kids’ The Electric Company as they get ready to kick off their 2nd season on January 25th. Assets: The Electric Company Ch Words, starring bill cosby, Rita Moreno singing a song “Hey You Guys!”, Hey you guys original sketch, Bill Cosby Rita Moreno, Rita Moreno and Morgan Freeman, Psychadelic opening [...]

Refugees in Somalia

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:35:29 -0800

Rocketboom’s Humanwire correspondent Ruud Elmendorp reports on refugees in Berbera, Somalia.

Behind the Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:46:27 -0800

In honor of A. A. Milne’s birthday Molly reports on the story behind the stories of Winnie the Pooh. Assets: Harry Colebourne and Winnie, Winnie Colebourn, Inspiration, Original Winnie the Pooh Toys, swan, a.a. milnes’ home, ashdown farm, milne and son and pooh, Christopher Robin and pooh, original pooh 1, pooh goes visiting, I saw [...]

Lomography

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:16:15 -0800

Molly visits the Lomography store in NYC and snaps a few shots around the city. Music by Podington Bear.

Constructing the Harlem River Tunnel

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:28:24 -0800

Rocketboom’s Ella Morton learns about ConEdison’s sponsored construction of the Harlem River Tunnel that will bring more electricity into Manhattan.

Haiti Earthquake

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:43:00 -0800

Molly reports on the recent earthquake in Haiti and what you can do to do help. Story links: Haiti, Haitian Creole, Port-au-Prince, About Haiti, Maps of earthquake, Geo search for tweets, Videos on YouTube of Haiti Earthquake, Twitpic Images of Haiti, Archipelago, Haitian Map. How you can help: Unicef Donate, American Red Cross

Go Solar Go Sea Lions

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 06:41:28 -0800

Molly reports on cryogenics, sea lions, and alternative energy. Story links: DMSO molecule, World’s Largest Solar Building, World’s Largest Solar Park, cell phone powered by soda, German solar cells, German solar cells II, Snowman Illustration, Preserved Brain, James Hiram Bedford Being Transferred to new Cryo-tank, Sea Lions in Florence Oregon, Sea Lions Lying Around in [...]

Palindrome Day

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:09:27 -0800

Molly reports on the day’s palindromes. Assets: reviver, nin, a-ha, abba, otto, montana, bob, ana, revilo p. oliver, mike kim, dirt wall, desserts, Miley Cyrus

Office Yoga with Tara Stiles

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:42:51 -0800

Molly and Ellie meet up with Strala Yoga instructor Tara Stiles to learn a few key moves that relieve the stress and tension of a long day at the office.

Yoga Boom

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:26:54 -0800

Molly explains why yoga is worth trying in 2010. Assets: Yoga Energy Drawing, Woman Doing Yoga On Beach, Yoga Silhoette, Yoga Poses, Yoga Poses Number Two, Yoga Cat , Shiva Painting, Yoga Sillo Illustration, Hatha Yoga Poses, Screaming Cat Video, Time Yoga Article, Laughing And Dancing Video, Yogadownload.com, Yogaglo.com, Vinyassa Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Bikram Yoga, [...]

Main Squeeze

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:00:52 -0800

Ella Morton interviews Main Squeeze Accordion Shop owner Walter Kuhr. Music from The Last of the International Playboys.

Apples and Oranges and Androids

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:00:47 -0800

Apples and oranges (idiom), BMJ: Comparing apples and oranges: a randomised prospective study, Siamese twins (English language), CES 2010, Everything You Wanted to Know About the Google Nexus One, Major New Apple Product on January 27th?, The Future of Transportation Is Here: Electric Vehicles Go Mainstream, Burj Dubai (Burj Khalifa) - 2.3 Gigapixel photo, Marc [...]

New(s) Decade

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:56:32 -0800

wtfrthesealions, Cookie Monster Slayer, Search for Mars Polar Lander Still On, The Journal Geophysical Research Letters, Russia to Attack Astroid in 26 Years, Tuper Tario Tros game, Box Turns Itself Off When You Turn It On

The Suffersons - Episode 11 of 11: The Answer

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:58:05 -0800

The Suffersons, Episode 11 (final episode): Dana tells Josh her decision about whether she’s going to publish her memoir. Created by Blair Singer. Starring Michael Chernus and Susan Pourfar. For more information, see: The Rocketboom Blog. Mememolly and the Rocketboom Daily News will return on Monday, January 4th.

The Suffersons - Episode 10: The Bribe

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:41:05 -0800

The Suffersons, Episode 10: Josh tries to bribe Dana not to publish her memoir. Created by Blair Singer. Starring Michael Chernus and Susan Pourfar. For more information, see: The Rocketboom Blog. Mememolly and the Rocketboom Daily News will return on Monday, January 4th.