I can’t believe it’s been five years already. We still miss you Erik.

Erik James Davis

So, I just wasted about half an hour trying to figure this bug out. A web search shows that I’m not unique in encountering this issue. So, I’m hoping that posted the solution here might lend a hand to some other poor soul who’s stuck in the same boat.

Problem: I had a directory that appeared in Windows Explorer and Command Prompt, but acted as if it didn’t exist. It would issue the following error messages: “Could not find this item… This is no longer located in PATH. Verify the item’s location and try again.”

Solution:

• Run the Windows Command Prompt (CMD)
• WinXP: Start → Run → cmd
• WinVista: Start → Start Search → cmd
• Navigate to the directory containing the problem file/directory
• cd C:/path/to/directory/containing/problem/
• Figure out the 8.3 file name
• dir /x ⇒ somethin~1
• Remove using the 8.3 name
• del /s somethin~1

Jamie & I went apple picking last Saturday.
We couldn’t find the Granny Smith’s.

Here’s to you Mr. “So what it’s cute, it’s still vermin”.
That furry tail and those bandit-masked eyes,
the crinkled nose and that plump little body.

No cuteness can take away the thrill you get,
hearing that satisfying squeak-thunk-splat…
and knowing there’s one less raccoon to ravage your trashcan.

So here’s to you, Mr. “So what it’s cute, it’s still vermin”.
May your Yeah… I accidentally hit a ‘coon this evening… deal with it. Uncle Galen, I can imagine you’d be proud.tires stay aligned as your continue your noble quest.

For reasons most easily described as paranoia, I am a huge fan of offsite file storage. For those of you who are not technically savvy (not that there’s anything wrong with that), this means that your computer data is backed up onto servers that physically exist somewhere outside of your residence. Thus, in the event of any disaster, be it a hard drive failure or a cataclysmic house fire, your data will be safe and able to be retrieved.

I find this especially appealing considering my entire CD collection, DVD collection, photo album, etc are stored on my PC. I’ve recently come across an excellent service/program that has the best offsite storage tools I’ve ever run across. It’s called Mozy, and I’ve been using it for a couple of months now. A few of the key features that really set this tool apart from its competitors (and believe me, there are a lot of competitors) are as follows:

• Incremental backups: Mozy intelligently watches your files and only uploads changes to the server. This makes it possible to manage huge backup sets (mine is over 100 GB and growing) while utilizing very little bandwidth.
• File encryption: All data that leaves your PC is encrypted with a 448-bit Blowfish algorithm. Your data is always safe and secure, out of reach of prying eyes.
• Inexpensive: Mozy Pro is $4.95 a month and includes unlimited backup space. Yes… unlimited… I’m in the processes of backing up my entire 750 GB hard disk.

In short, offsite data storage is a fantastic way to make sure you’ll never lose your irreplaceable computer data. Mozy is the best option I’ve found (and I’ve tried a bunch of different services) for accomplishing this easily, quickly, and safely.

I’ve taken to jogging with Wii Fit lately, and have found something interesting when running any of the three loops. At certain points during the run, a dog will bark and run past you. When this happens, if you quick run past your guide, you will instead follow the dog on a new lap around the island. You can do this everytime a new dog runs, thus giving you a pretty decent number of unique paths to run. Here’s the order that dogs appear and the route that each dog takes you on.

Island Loop

• Original Guide - Standard island lap
• Yellow - Over the rope bridges
• Black - Secondary loop around the mountain
• White - Through the small town and the windfarm
• Brown - Through the caverns and along the beach
• Mocha - To the mountain top lake and river

Long Loop

• Original Guide - Standard long lap
• Mocha - Through the large city and the windfarm
• White - All around and through the large city
• Brown - Follow the surf line

Short Loop

• Original Guide - Standard short lap
• Mocha - Through the small town

If you know of any other hidden jogging paths in Wii Fit, be sure to let me know and I’ll update this list.

This is just too funny to pass up.

I’ve decided to reclassify all the work I’ve published on this site under the Creative Commons copyright license. This means that you’re now allowed to share and remix any of the work found here so long as I am cited as the original author and any derivative works are published under the same licensing.

Read more about it here:

This means that the entirety of the The Receipt Soundtrack is now freely available for download. I’ve supplied the final audio mixes as well as the sheet music in both PDF and MusicXML file formats. Enjoy!

1. I’ve finally gotten around to updating the “Links” section of my website, so you should go check it out.
2. During the process of doing this I found a cool web app called Thumbalizr that will screenshot URLs nicely. Worth looking at if you ever need something of this nature.

Consumer 3G iPhone Price: $199
Apple Subsidiary from Carrier: $300
Physical Cost of the 3G iPhone: $173

$199 + $300 - $173 = $326

Disregarding developmental costs (which are substantial), Apple is earning approximately $326 per 3G iPhone that is sold at $199. That’s absurd!

3G iPhone will cost just $173
Why Are 3G iPhones So Cheap?
iPhone 3G’s True Price Compared