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A guy builds a pretty awesome tennis ball launcher for his dog. Sure, better to spend time with your dog. Sure, it's probably been on digg before. Sure, you want one. Sure, you hate dogs. Sure, you hate geeks. It's a pretty sweet piece of machinery, check out the logic when the dog pulls the ball back off the launcher. read more | digg story

The slightly infamous scouting tacos made a "glitch video" showing how to launch from a banshee in Halo 3.

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Take a look at this story from CNN. $42 million dollars to tell us that our rebates are coming.Just yesterday I got my notification about the stimulus package due in May. Better start planning how to spend that on consumer goods right away! (Note: it will absolutely be used towards my soon to be mortgage).

The direct link to the MS/Bungie story

Bungie Unscrews Previously Screwed Gamer « Hawty McBloggy Invites You to Play

Bungie rights a Microsoft wrong.

The actual article (linked from Digg) is a pretty good read.
It's nice to see how far out of the way Bungie went here. I'm not much of a gamer, though Race is, but I get the devotion this kid had. It's a decent story so far that has a little way to go to play out in full.

Read the full post which came via Digg / news.

RIAA lawsuit victim Tanya Andersen’s countersuit against the RIAA has potentially disastrous consequences for the war on file sharing.

Listen, I make my living when people don't use non-infringing methods of obtaining their media, but I have to say the RIAA tactics here (which smell just like the Dtv suits) trouble me.

Read the full post which came via Wired News.

This is kind of a bummer news story to read, but not really surprising. It's been a long time since Digg was on the radar for purchase. Will it stumble further into mainstream uselessness or will whatever the new Digg becomes get back to the days of being better than /.

User-generated news site Digg has been working with influential investment bank Allen & Co. (the ones that recently got Slide a half billion dollar valuation) for a few months now, and pitching big tech and media companies on a sale.

April 24 will be a red letter day for the Ubuntu project. It will be three-and-a-half years since the experiment began and the release that day of Hardy Heron, as version 8.04 is known, will be a defining moment. This could well be the release that either makes or breaks the project.

Having been a heavy user of linux desktops before my permanent defection to OS X, I still find a lot of great things to say about Linux in general and Ubuntu in particular. I've been actively following the goings on in the community (usually via Digg) and I'm looking forward to this next release.

The corn flake makes its debut, not as a commercial breakfast cereal but as a dietary supplement. It doesn't stay that way for long.

Read the full post which came via Wired News.

In Capitol v. Foster, in Oklahoma, the Court has order the RIAA to pay the defendant Debbie Foster $68,685.23 in attorneys rees and costs. This is the first attorneys fee award, of which we are aware, against the RIAA.

One down... a bajillion to go.read more | digg story