Well it looks like the new FF MMORPG is going to have an open beta for about a month. Time to sign up for a Square Enix account. But, unfortunately for North Americans I have bad news:
"FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test Postponed
FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test, which is scheduled to begin at 19:00 (PDT) on Aug. 31, 2010, will be postponed due to a confirmation of critical bugs. New schedule will be release at a later date.
Along with the postponement of FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test, the issuing of registration code for FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test will be postponed as well. With the download of client software's installer, it will be suspended at 19:00 (PDT) on Aug. 31, 2010.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause."
Link to portal for those who are interested when the beta is up and running:
http://entry.ffxiv.com/?reddit
Makes me sad T_T
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Digg users being "sold"
When you have a social media site that requires no subscription, where does the income for that site come from? The obvious answers is sponsors and their ads. The users use the site, they see the ads(views), and some click on them. This generates revenue for that site and that's how many sites work. So, when you sell a site you arn't necessarily selling physical content. You are selling the users. This is the case for Digg.
Unfortunately Digg has completely sold out. There used to be a time where there were just ads, now even the content submitted is from the sponsors(which is a big no no!). This is absolutely outrageous in my opinion and I say welcome to a real site(Reddit.com) ex-diggers. I hope future social media sites learn from this insanity.
Here is a link to information. http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/30/broken-is-repaired/
Unfortunately Digg has completely sold out. There used to be a time where there were just ads, now even the content submitted is from the sponsors(which is a big no no!). This is absolutely outrageous in my opinion and I say welcome to a real site(Reddit.com) ex-diggers. I hope future social media sites learn from this insanity.
Here is a link to information. http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/30/broken-is-repaired/
Monday, August 30, 2010
"America Loves Gangsters"
So I was just listening to "CunningLynguists - America Loves Gangsters". This song got me thinking, what is Americas obsession with gangsters? Has this really become the dream of adolescent Americans? Why would someone want to take up a life of crime? It seems rather absurd to me, but I guess with the downfall of the economy this is what happens. People are driven to make money no matter the consequence.
This unfortunately looks like a rather sad reality for those who grew up on the lower end of the income scale. But, even nowadays we are seeing people who are in the higher income bracket strive for this dream. Being "hard" and acting stupid have quite the momentum for being the "popular" thing now.
Here's a link to the song for everyone. And YES, I'm too lazy to embed and write HTML right now. Deal with it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb0mG1UVyaw
This unfortunately looks like a rather sad reality for those who grew up on the lower end of the income scale. But, even nowadays we are seeing people who are in the higher income bracket strive for this dream. Being "hard" and acting stupid have quite the momentum for being the "popular" thing now.
Here's a link to the song for everyone. And YES, I'm too lazy to embed and write HTML right now. Deal with it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb0mG1UVyaw
I have discovered blogging!
There has been many moments I've looked at these blog accounts, and thought "Who would want to write a blog?". For the longest time my answer to that was definitely not me. I stood behind that for a long time. I guess times change and so do I. You'll never survive this digital jungle if you don't move on with the times. I hope enjoy the ride from here on out.
Note: This blog is not for the squeamish.
Note: This blog is not for the squeamish.
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