AdweekMedia has a poll up – what was the best commercial of the first decade of the 21st century? Halo 3’s Diorama made the finalist list – go watch ’em all, then vote for your favorite! A few people let us know about this, but Toby Dillman was first. (Louis Wu 14:29:10 UTC)

A long-promised upgrade to Bungie Pro’s rendering service has been the ability to grab just a piece of a longer Halo 3: ODST Campaign video, by specifying start and end timestamps – that upgrade is here now. Go visit, and see what it takes – and get to rendering that cool clip that happened in the middle of a 90 minute game!(Louis Wu 14:28:22 UTC)

Yesterday, a new Tag and Release feature went live at Bungie.net – screenshots showing off the specialness of Last Exit is what they were looking for. Were they successful? You decide. (You can find your OWN cool Last Exit shots by looking through the Community Files section.)(Louis Wu 14:27:41 UTC)

Darkspire Films continues their Candy Coated Wonder Road series, with ‘The Cookie Thief‘. Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar? YOU, THAT’S WHO! Wait, that’s not right… (Thanks, urk.)(Louis Wu 18:39:47 UTC)

Let’s see what we’ve got for you today:

• Elnea’s posted Halo Action Figure Theater #189 – Fixing a Hole. Wuvvy might have a problem.
• luke’s latest Grin + Bear It is live at Hawty McBloggy’s – are attitudes towards female soldiers changing?
• Bloogyo reported some new Xbox problems, so Rat’s Nest is on hold for a while.

Go read! Update: seems I should have waited just seven minutes more to post this… today’s Reclaimer (#226, Data Core) just went live (thanks, TTL Demag0gue). The Reclaimer’s new surroundings are getting… interesting.(Louis Wu 16:20:08 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy highlighted another Halo tattoo today – really colorful! Awesome rendition of the image off the cover of the Halo Graphic Novel. Take a look. (While you’re there, check out some information about her upcoming Halo 3 Community Playdate, organized by Xbox.com, and take a look at some very nice Halo: Reach iPhone wallpaper created by Halcylon.)(Louis Wu 13:47:30 UTC)