Give the gift of Safe

OpenDNS has an good campaign going on.  The Gift of Safe is way to evangelize the benefits of OpenDNS, to your friends and family. 

This can help reduce the chances of phishing and identity theft, for your friends and family.

128-bit long double support in Mac OS X

The size of the long double data type is 16 bytes in the version of gcc in Mac OS X 10.4.  Unfortunately printf in the version of libc, included in the OS, only includes support for printing 64 bit long doubles.  So if you want to print the value of a 128 bit long double, the output will not be as precise as the data itself.

I am trying to figure out a different way to print this data.

Comcast Series3 experience

About a week ago, our TiVo Series3 was delivered, and yesterday the Comcast installer came to install the two CableCards, and a DVR.  The installation time was supposed to be between 12 and 4.  At 3, the installed called and wanted directions.  I asked him if he had the CableCards, and he said that he didn't have any in the truck.  He said that he could install the DVR and schedule another appointment for the CableCards, or he could come back after 5.  I said that he should come after 5.

When he eventually came, he did bring both CableCards and the DVR.  The installation was pretty quick.  When he left, the DVR had video, but had no program guide.  He said that it would begin to appear in 30 - 45 minutes.  The Series3  was left "Acquiring Channel Information".  The Series3 was supposed to acquire this info in 30 minutes as well.

Charlie Brown Christmas performed by the cast of Scrubs

This is a pretty funny performance of the Charlie Brown Christmas Special performed by the cast of Scrubs.

[via TV Squad]

Lexus self parking video

This is a pretty funny video of some people at Automobile Magazine trying to use the new Lexus self parking feature

[via Autoblog]

SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Combined Assault

I have been playing SOCOM Combined Assault for about a month now, and I really like the game.  Here are some of thoughts and other things that I have noticed:

1. The briefing rooms for cooperative and "classic" games are in seperate lists


2. If you use your SOCOM 3 username and password, it pulls over your online Clan information.


3. The cooperative games can only have up to 4 people in it.


4. The progressive video output looks better than it did in SOCOM 3


5. The new "classic" maps are pretty fun.


6. In the cooperative games, one of the items that you can add to your pack is a MedPack.  This you can use to heal yoursel, or one of your teammates.


7. In the cooperative games, you don't need to push-to-talk.  This applies to the game and in the waiting room.

Alpine iDA-X001

The Alpine iDA-X001 is one of the best looking single-DIN headunits that integrates iPod controls.  Not only does the text of the currently playing track appear on the unit, but also the album art is displayed.  It looks like the iPod menus could also be displayed on the small LCD, so selecting tracks would be pretty easy.

If this head unit has video and audio out, I would want to get one of them for our van.  This would allow the head unit to control the iPod to select a video, and have the video and audio routed to an external monitor in the back.

[via Engadget]