GTA IV Autodialer - We need more GTA IV cheats! - The Plan

Nobody has found any new codes for GTA IV yet, and if you're like me, you're dying to see what else there is after playing for 3 days straight. Now I've been sitting on this idea for days, but I don't have a way to implement this idea. After searching Google without any luck, I'm now looking to the creative efforts of the Digg and Twitter community. Here's the plan....

The GTA IV AUTODIALER

1) Get or create a program for PC or Mac that will emulate an Xbox controller.
2) Connect it to the 360 via USB
3) Set a program or macro to auto-dial phone numbers, starting with the obvious ones (GTA) 555-XXXX
4) To dial each number, there will be a series of control buttons to hit keeping in mind that each time we start from the number 5. E.G. (The number 1 would be up, left, A, right, down. That way we would always be set back to 5. After 10 numbers, the dial button automatically sets, so the dial button would just be X.
5) Sit back and watch for the cheats to roll in.

The reason I can't do this is because I have no idea how to build something like that, but I bet someone out there does. It's such a simple but great idea and I can't let such a thing go to waste since I have no programing knowledge whatsoever. Please get this idea out there by spreading the word and Digging.

--Dave Koss

EDIT: To the idiots that read this and somehow don't realize that I'm talking about NEW cheats besides the obvious ones,
don't even try to understand what I'm explaining here. It will melt your brain.

GTA IV Autodialer - We need more GTA IV cheats! - The Plan

I need help promoting my idea for a GTA IV autodialer. We need more cheats!

Free iPhone WiFi at Starbucks? O RLY?

So, there have been reports of free iPhone Wifi at Starbucks. I went to one and logged on but it didn't have the option of "iPhone" like the on-line reports. I guess it doesn't work everywhere. The AT&T access point is there, but no iPhone option. I asked the Starbucks employees and they were like, "Yeah, we have T-mobile here." I was like, "Well I'm on your AT&T access point and there's no iPhone option." They were like, "Yeah the AT&T thing won't be here for a while." I said, "Well I went to the AT&T website and it lists you as a participating Starbucks and I'm here and there IS an access point. I know you still have the T-mobile Access Point, but AT&T is here too." They said, "Yeah, we have T-mobile here."

Why Windows Live is GAY!

Dear Microsoft,

I can't log in to my hotmail address. I don't ever use this address accept for my Xbox Live account. I need this to log in to the new GTA IV site as well. All my passwords I would normally use do not work. The password question is something I wouldn't have selected. (Hijacked?)
The "mail your password reset" is a joke because it just mails it to the account in question. Who ever thought that was a solution? There is a question box under this option that says, "Why would they mail it to the address in question?" and that link just goes to another help screen that has nothing to do with it. It wouldn't be a big deal and I'd just get a new account, but this is the one associated with my Xbox Live account. And in order to change the email associated with the account on the Xbox itself, and transfer all my information, it asks for this password. It's a catch 22, and unfortunately there is no other way to fix this other than recovering this account. Please Help.

Getting Extra Geeky with Nasa

Watching Nasa TV, Viewing Maps, Mission Time, Data, and more using web clips in OS X. Then projecting it on to the wall to track the shuttle and its progress. Uber Geeky!

Another step closer to content filtering thanks to Time Warner.

Well they did it!. My wife typed in a website incorrectly and Time Warner's Road Runner internet re-directed her to a page with a bunch of suggestions. This pisses me off so much! Of course, there is an "opt-out" button at the bottom, but it's hardly noticeable and the average user won't even know what's going on. Hey Time Warner, how about you concentrate on different things like making sure my internet speed sucks a little less and stop combing through DNS requests. How long until they start doing something stupid like using frames that have Road Runner internet around all the stuff you're searching for. That gets me on a whole other topic now. Now we know that Time Warner / Road Runner is specifically "looking at" or "filtering" every DNS request that goes through their system to see if it needs to be redirected to their "helpful" search site. If they're doing this and making ad revenue off of it, then they don't need to complain about losing money on bandwidth anymore. GOD, I'm so angry about this. It's so big brother-ish. Of course I'm sure they've always been like this, but now it's actually visible.

I opted out of this "service," but here's a link to what it looks like. Don't search or click on anything, or you'll make them money.

Viral Video Secrets & Marketing

This is one of the best reads I've had in quite a while.

I can't believe that people are shocked in the comments about this. I think this was an awesome read! Probably the longest I've ever spent reading one article on Techcrunch. I knew this stuff was going on and have dabbled in it myself, but there were some very good ideas and techniques listed here. As advertising changes with technological advances (i.e. Tivo, and people skipping commercials), there have to be new strategies implemented. I see nothing wrong with using these techniques to create "infotainment." That's just how it is now, and our society is not going back. It's time for the consumer to face the fact that in order to get "free" entertainment, they'll have to endure hidden marketing.

iTunes music store addresses the writers strike

Dear David,

As you may have heard, the Writers Guild of America, the union representing TV and movie writers, has gone on strike. Most TV shows won't be immediately affected. However, some shows produced daily, such as 'The Colbert Report' and 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,' have begun airing re-runs. The iTunes Store will not be re-delivering these episodes. Instead, you will receive the remaining episodes from your Multi-pass once new episodes begin airing again.

We will send you an email alert as soon as you have a new episode available for download.

Thank you for being an iTunes Store customer.

Sincerely,
Keith
iTunes Store Customer Support