Diggnation

Hosted by Alex Albrecht and Kevin Rose.

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Live from Arizona: Alex Hates Facebook

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 – running time 1:01:59

Live from Tempe, Arizona! Special guest pro Anna Rawson teaches a thing or two about putting, 2011 Chevy Volt gets 230 MPG, scary swimming Bengali White Tiger, secrets from the jail cells of burglars, Sony announces the slim PS3 for September 2009, and the highly anticipated 2009 Sauna World Championships.

HUGE thanks to our longest running sponsor, GoDaddy.com for bringing us out to Arizona and making this live show happen.

GM Announces 2011 Chevrolet Volt Will Get 230 MPG

BS or new math? The mpg rating is, in fact, based on a new methodology that the EPA will use to rate fuel economy for extended-range electric vehicles. It will also be the first vehicle ever to achieve a triple digit rating. Digg this story!

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This is why I'm scared of swimming!

Terrifying underwater encounters with the Bengali White Tiger. Jaws has nothing on the Prager Shark! Digg this story!

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13 Things a Burglar Won't Tell you

Sneaky, sneaky! A new research study has detectives quizzing locked up burglars to get the info first hand on how they perfect their profession. Just be sure to store your most precious valuables in the smuggling bay of a Millennium Falcon, and you should be covered. Digg this story!

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Sony Unveils Slimmer PS3, $300 - Lands in September

It's not just smaller, it has less features! Check out the specs to see the up/downgrades. Here's to hoping the PS4 will be worth more than just the Blu-Ray player. Digg this story!

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New GoDaddy Girl, Anna Rawson from the LPGA!

Fore! Alex & Kevin get shown up by Anna Rawson... putting balls on the green. That's what she said.

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2009 Sauna World Championships

Who wouldn't want to see old Finns and Russian guys mostly naked in a 230°F steamy, wooden box? Digg this story!

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Viewer Emails

Behind every Best Buy employee is a Diggnation heart. Kevin gets an honorable mention on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire: Myspace President and everyone's first friend - Kevin Rose or Tom?

Want to be on Diggnation? Email a question & send pictures to DiggnationFans@gmail.com!

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A big thank you to Madison Mack for shooting photos of the Diggnation Tempe event. Please visit his website at: madisonmackphoto.com

GoDaddy

As we told you in last week's episode, we've made up 10 domain names that are related to some of the most popular things related to diggnation - or stuff that we just think is funny. We've registered these names with our good friends at GoDaddy.com and they're going to be giving them away - at random - to 10 customers. Some of the names include HIPPYGLENN.COM and DIGGNATIONU.COM plus 8 more. To qualify, you just need to register a .COM, .NET, .BIZ or .ORG using the promo code DIGGDOMAIN.

Now, that DIGGDOMAIN promo code also knocks the price down to just $7.49 per domain, so if you've had your eye on a domain for a while, you can save some money and get a chance at winning one of the domains we picked out. See the official rules at Revision3.com/DiggDomain. Also, we'll check in on some of the domain names that were randomly given away if any of the winners do anything cool with their random domain names.

Netflix

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NHTSA

Over the Limit? Under Arrest. Don’t put yourself or others in danger. Far too many people do not understand that alcohol, drugs, and driving DO NOT MIX. The message is simple.

Law enforcement officials will be out in force all over the country from August 21st through Labor Day weekend cracking down on drunk drivers. Beyond putting your life at risk, you could cost yourself a bundle of time and money: jail time, the loss of their driver’s license, higher insurance rates, and dozens of other unanticipated expenses from attorney fees, other fines and court costs, car towing and repairs, lost time at work, etc.

The worst/best part of drinking and driving is that it is so easy to avoid. You can still go out and have fun, just plan ahead: if you are going to drink, designate a driver, call a taxi, use mass transit, or find some kind of sober ride program.

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About the Show

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Show Title:
Diggnation
Description:
Diggnation is a weekly tech/web culture show based on the top digg.com social bookmarking news stories.
Categories:
Comedy, News & Politics, Technology & Gadgets
Launch Date:
Jul 1, 2005
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Kevin Rose (Host)