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http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/

Finally, a follow up to FFXI?

http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/engadget-and-joystiq-live-from-sonys-e3-2009-keynote/

Scroll down to the 12:27PM timeframe. Key details:

• 2010 worldwide simultaneous release
• PS3 is the only console it will be on at launch
• PC version confirmed by SE
• Four languages available at launch. Japanese, English, German, and French.

I'll add more details and links as I find them.

Update 1:47PM PST: Screenshots from the announcement I've found online so far below.

Update 1:57PM PST: Found the trailer on youtube!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzQ61UI1pqU

Update 5:34PM PST: Stay tuned to GameSpot as they claim to have a meeting with SE tomorrow to get more details about the game:

http://e3.gamespot.com/story/6210893/final-fantasy-xiv-online-trailer-impressions 

Update 5:52PM PST: Watch Sony's full E3 event, FFXIV content starts right after FFXIII, at about 76 minutes into the video:

http://e3.gamespot.com/press-conference/sony-e3/

Update June 3rd 11:07AM PST: Quick link for all of GameSpots FFXIV content. Check out the SE press conference liveblog link, starts at 11:30!

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/rpg/finalfantasy14/

We've started moving our stuff to the storage unit en mass the past few days, and things are starting to look bare in the apartment. Just the other day, I got an email from Quadrant saying they've got the building permit for our house all ready to go. Now they are just waiting for Jenn and I to go through our final selections appointment, which we have scheduled for next Tuesday. We've got everything pretty much finalized, so things are looking good!

This site is now on my new host. Please let me know if there are any issues using the contact link above.

It's been forever and a day since I've added a post. Big changes are coming. Jenn and I have bought a house. We have purchased a Quadrant home in their Kentlake Highlands division, new construction, and as such, we get to argue about all the little customizations we want. Its been a fun process, and our final date to make selections is May 19th. After that date, our selections are locked, and construction begins about 2 weeks after that. The house should be completed late August or early September. Just soon enough to get that $8000 credit from uncle Sam.More...

They work GREAT in the snow and ice, even slush. I never once got stuck in my WRX even with its summer performance tires, so I didn't try them on my car. But I was following my friend Ducky's 07 RX-8, he got stuck on the slightest of inclines that was packed snow and ice. Anyone familiar with the RX-8 knows they are RWD, and have very little clearance for chains. In fact, I believe Ducky told me chains are not usable at all due to the limited clearance. He got a set of Autosocks instead, and even with the limited clearance, we were able to put them on with a little patience. Maybe 10 minutes total for both tires. After they were on, he continued on without issue.

As for my girlfriends car, the 2005 Chevy Aveo, they worked great as well. However, the Autosocks do now have heavy wear, even some holes in them. This was due to the fact we left them on the car even when there was a few patches of clear pavement. We also took them on the highways, though we NEVER exceeded the max recommended 30MPH speed rating. My recommendation, take them off as soon as you are clear of the slippery stuff. This is what I told Ducky, and I believe his still look brand new.

If you're one of my friends in Washington, you probably hate me for saying that. But I LOVE snow. I love everything about it! Playing in it, driving in it, everything!

Speaking of driving, I have yet to mention my new transportation. I bought a 2009 Subaru Impreza WRX. Haven't really taken any pictures of it yet or anything, but I'll get to that eventually. I have NOT driven it in the snow/ice yet though I desperately want to. I really am curious to see how much the AWD will help, or well change the way a vehicle handles in the slippery stuff. And on that note, I have a product review!More...

The problem: Somehow, someway, files have been created on your drive that have a full path name that are too long for you to delete, highlighted by the following error when attempting to SHIFT-DELETE a file in Windows Explorer:

Similarly, if you try opening up a command prompt and try using rmdir /s, you'll get an error stating "The file name is too long.", or "The path xxxxxx is too long.". What's left to do? Format the drive? What if you have other important data on that volume? In my case, I was putting together a robocopy script to backup the files in my c:\user\my_username directory to a network path. In testing out all the switches, I forgot to exclude the AppData folder. When I went back to the destination and attempted to delete the AppData folder, I ran into the issue above. Somehow, inside the AppData folder, were at least 15 or more nested Application Data folders! I somehow really gorked my robocopy script, and no matter what I tried, I couldn't get that directory to go away. I tried the suggestion in the error message to no end, I would get similar errors to what is listed in the screenshot above.  So here is how I fixed it.

The only requirement to using this method is that you need a partition/volume/disk/flash drive/etc that you don't mind formatting. The reason why will become apparent later. The basics of this method is to use robocopy with the /move switch. For complete documentation on robocopy run "robocopy /?" at a command prompt. In my situation, I formatted a flash drive, created a folder on it, shared that folder, then instructed robocopy to move all the data from the problematic directory to the shared folder on another computer(the computer with the problem directory didn't have a memory card reader).

robocopy d:\problematic_folder \\computer1\shared_folder_name /move /e

Afterwards I confirmed that the AppData folder which I could not delete before, was gone. Next I moved to computer1 and simply formatted the flash memory card. I have tested this locally as well, i.e.

robocopy d:\problematic_folder e:\destination_folder /move /e

Next you just format the flash drive / partition / volume / usb thumb drive / etc to clean it up.

http://gizmodo.com/5049325/app-store-blacklist-podcaster-too-itunesy

And while we're at it, how come I can't put in custom SMS or other system notification sounds? Well, I can, but only if I jailbreak it...