When they launched the Space Shuttle on Monday, STS-112 had a new RocketCam mounted on the large external fuel tank pointed down at the shuttle. NASA has encoded and released the video of the launch from the RocketCam point of view. All I can say is "Wow! What a ride!" It's worth a look if you've got the time." [Mary Wehmeier's Blog Du Jour]

Wanted to make sure my Dad saw this one. This is incredibly cool. I was in a meeting, so I missed watching it live, although Will said the feeds were pretty broken up.

When do you suppose we'll have the first astronaut in space blogging?

TiVo Viewers Like 'CSI: Miami,' 'Firefly'

"According to TiVo, the five most popular new shows, based on the number of users who have configured their recorder to automatically record every episode, are CBS's 'CSI: Miami,' Fox's 'Firefly' and 'John Doe,' ABC's 'Push, Nevada' and CBS's 'Without A Trace....'

In the regular television ratings, as measured by Nielsen Media Research, all those shows have performed well, with the exception of 'Push, Nevada,' which has been soundly beaten in most airings to date and is in danger of being canceled....

In addition to ranking the top new shows of the season, TiVo also released statistics on how often prime-time programs are recorded by its users and watched at times other than their original window.

Overall, the company said 80 percent of prime-time programming is recorded and watched later." [Chris Van Buskirk's ITV Weblog]

Emphasis above is mine, because if that's not some major shifting, then I don't know what is. Now if I could just take those recorded programs with me on, say, a plane ride, I'd be an even happier camper. Too bad the television industry won't see the goldmine in the above numbers.