Or is this abandoned village simply that, just a group of outdated buildings located 15 minutes out of my hometown, Kamloops BC Canada? Either way, there is a security guard of some kind who patrol's the location. I was just out there on Saturday and saw a minivan with a woman and a small girl open the gate and drive out.

I have no idea what this place is about now, but I do know it started out as a small gold mining town, then later turned into a tuberculosis hospital, and then a mental health hospital, which shut down in the mid 1980's. Since then it has been purchased up to 3 times with plans to be turned into a resort (to be named Padova), a vineyard, maybe more, all plans for development fell through but there is more with 4 new owners at the moment.

A youtube video of the location:

A crappy phone image I took of the location (click for full size):

Wraiths, a group of self proclaimed paranormal researchers explored the site, here is a link to their write-up (by far the most interesting):
http://www.wraiths.ca/padova_i.htm

Image gallery from the Infiltration Zine:
http://www.uer.ca/forum_showthread_archive.asp?threadid=21844

UFO activity(?):
Quoted from HBCC UFO Research:

its about fucking time, I dont know if there is an equivalent in the US yet, but here in canada, today, our federal government launched a "No Call" list for telemarketers. Basically, if your number is on this no call list, and these bastards STILL call you, they can recieve a fine, ABOUT FUCKING TIME!

The way it works is:

- you add your number to the list
- telemarketers are required BY LAW to keep themselves updated to the list
- telemarketers must NOT call a number it finds on the list

All the responsibility is for the telemarketers, I for one am impressed, for the third time I say ITS ABOUT FUCKING TIME!

If you are canadian, enter your number here and never hear from asshole telemarketers ever again:
https://www.lnnte-dncl.gc.ca/insnum-regnum-eng

Changelog;
- Fixed typo's
- Tweaked Code
- Added mouseover descriptions for most features
- Added access to the RoseNA update log (So you dont have to load the website or launcher to check it, and it will refresh every time the server info refreshes)
- Added site loading buttons (AtariSafari, Rosefans, Rose Site, Rosebook, etc, all will load in default browser)

- Download most recent version:
[Updated Executable]

Setting up the weather for your city can be a real bitch with these. The best method is a registry hack. Before you go with the registry hack, I've put together this easy step to check if the HTC weather at AccuWeather even supports your city, because if it doesnt, the registry hack will merely give you some other locations weather and call it your cities weather, all of the tutorials on the internet fail to mention this important fact.

Here ya go:
1 - go here:
http://htc.accuweather.com/widget/htc/forecast-data_v3.asp?ac=TR2cra9U&locCode=X|X|X|X

2 - Enter your LocCode in the url (replacing the X's), for example, the closest working one to my city is the Kelowna BC Code (NAM|CA|BC|KELOWNA), First section is Geographic area, NAM = North America, CAM = Central America, SAM = South America, etc. The second section is country, in my case its CA(Canada), the next is state/province, mine is BC for British Columbia, and lastly is city name, in my case the closest HTC supported city is Kelowna. Once you have your LocCode in the url, hit enter.

You will see one of two things:

If your city is NOT supported by the HTC Accuweather server, you will see this:

<weather>
<copyright>2008 AccuWeather, Inc All Rights Reserved.</copyright>
<usage>HTC Pocket PC Weather Forecast</usage>
</weather>

Gave the Ticker a new look, worked out a few bugs, prolly introduced a few more bugs. Basically just needed to make room for future additions.

And no I havent forgotten you, you know who you are! I will still look into a Vista desktop ticker thingy... dont get your hopes up!

Changelog;
- new look
- more bug fixes

If you have an older version installed;
- Download the updated executable and replace your existing one.
[Updated Executable]

If you have never installed before;
- Download the installer package, if installation fails, simply extract the CAB file manually and run the app from there.
[Full Installer (if needed)]

Good thing its launch was today and its a beta, otherwise I would be dissapointed, but these things are to be expected, especially in software less than a day old.

Do your part, get google chrome now.

Video:

Changelog;
- Fixed typo
- Added a "Search Rose Online Forum" feature
- Various source code optimization completed.

If you have an older version installed;
- Download the updated executable and replace your existing one.
[Updated Executable]

If you have never installed before;
- Download the installer package, if installation fails, simply extract the CAB file manually and run the app from there.
[Full Installer (if needed)]

As mentioned yesterday, changes have been made at the request of Gravity.

Changelog;
- Dragging is now only possible using the top bars.
- Changed refresh button to REF button (to make space for...)
- Added countdown ticker for auto refresh.
- Changed auto refresh interval to 10 minutes instead of 60 seconds.
- Fixed the "app hides but does not show again" bug.
- Fixed the "Freezes when not visible" bug.
- Various source code optimization completed.

If you have an older version installed;
- Download the updated executable and replace your existing one.
[Updated Executable]

If you have never installed before;
- Download the installer package, if installation fails, simply extract the CAB file manually and run the app from there.
[Full Installer (if needed)]

Recieved this PM on the Roseonlinegame.com forum today;

So I will be making said changes to the app sometime tomorrow, so check back around this time tomorrow for the updated version.