HBO forum reader Skeletor pointed out the image of a cool-looking Seventh Column coffee mug on the Bungie webcam; Bungie's own Matt Soell has said it will be available soon™ .

A reader over at HBO named gd found some funny and strange sound clips while playing Halo. Get all the info in the HBO forum.

Bungie.net has posted a new poll asking:

Which game should we play in the Bungie Winter Pentathlon?

Warcraft III

Age of Mythology

Go Vote!

Evil Otto put an updated note at Bungie.net about the Bungie Jobs page. The Game Producer position is back on the list, as well as a new spot for a 2D and 3D artist.

Today marks the one year anniversary of the Xbox and Halo, as well as the launch date of Xbox Live. Watch later this weekend for a retrospective on the last year of Halo and a look at what we know so far about Halo 2.

Candyman points out that Mordia and Skip Weasel dissect Microsoft's interior design taste in the latest Bungie comic.

Recently Matt Soell posted an item at Bungie.net about Ghostweed Press, a new project by Matt Segur, ex programmer at Bungie who worked on Halo.

Check out the Bungiecam today.

Miguel Freewill Chavez pointed out in HBO's forum that PlanetGameCube has a story on their recent trip to the Xbox Live Boot Camp, and it's got pictures from inside Bungie where you can see the offices and spot spot Matt Soell and Ed Fries, as well as what looks like

For the terminally bored, check in once and awhile with the Bungie Webcam. At the moment it's showing a female action figure, a disembodied hand, a t-shirt for Operation Desert Storm (an early 90s Bungie game) and an Oni poster.

Michael Evans at Bungie has written up the second in Bungie's series about breaking into the game industry at Bungie.net. It's titled So You Want To Be A Programmer, and has a lot of helpful information:

Bungie.net is back up with improved performance and some new features. A list of the new features has been posted by Yeroen on the Chapter Founders page. The site indeed is lightning fast now.

Bungie.net's got an interview with the redoubtable Mat Noguchi, Bungie tools programmer and behind-the-scenes guy. It sheds all sorts of light on things that should be of interest to any fan; check it out.

Halo 2 and other future Bungie titles to make it past the Xbox to the Mac and/or PC?

Could be.

Thanks to HBO for the linkage.

Matt Soell at Bungie.net has posted the second part of their article about the making of the Halo 2 Trailer. In this installment features Marty O'Donnell and Jay Weinland talking about the audio aspects of the trailer.