I'm hoping we get more than one post out of this fellow... :) http://blogs.technet.com/p-12c_pilot/archive/2006/02/21/420153.aspx Also added to the blogroll (and Lacey has been moved to the alumni roll)

I thought I would be able to get some work done tonight but am so amped from the announcement at CES that I'm likely to spend the rest of my time cruising forums, and monitoring reactions. So far they're mostly good, although there are a fair share...

A blogpost, that I might add, which has nothing to do whatsoever with free money in any way shape or form. In the bunco squad we call this "bait and switch." Sim-Outhouse got a few screenshots of FSX the other day, and one of the fellows who frequents...

We recently got permission (in the last 3-4 months or so) to both blog and reply in some small way in the forums of Flight Simulator enthusiast websites. Because I already have a a lot of work to do, :) I find it hard to do both with regularity. Anyway...

Remember how I was talking about the Bungie kids and their new space? And how I mentioned that here in ACES we're next to a gravel pit? Well, on my way home tonight I saw a coyote.   A freakin' coyote!   That's how far out in the stix we...

I can't remember the most recent time I've seen this posted (or where), but I've seen it crop up a bit in the major Flight Sim forums: Microsoft should use Google Earth for Flight Simulator.  Leave aside for the moment the fact that Microsoft has...

Perusing Roy's blog , I came across a brand new free flight simulator: New Sim My best distance record was 78 feet. I have no idea how I got that, as the best I was able to do after that (consistently anyway) was 68-69 feet.

My best friend Robert passes this along, and I thought it was cool... http://www.aaronkoblin.com/work/faa/ Robert's giving a talk at Macworld this year... tracksessions bio

I recently went to the optometrist to get my prescription updated, and if you have glasses or contacts, I'm sure you've gone through the little dance: "Okay... which is better, the first one? or... the second one?" as he or she flips through various lens...

My favorite response from a Flight Simulator user so far, found at Flightsim.com: "Indeed. If FSX looks like FS9 with $100 worth of add-ons, imagine what FSX will look like with $100 of addons." Link to the whole thread

Our illustrious studio manager sent out a link to an article on videogame aesthetics and the idustry's push for "photo realism."  I found it interesting, especially as it gives a shout out to some favorites from my former life in the comic book industry...

There's a thread over at Avsim.com with some interesting points about what people expect between releases of products like Flight Simulator. One of the thread posters has a quote from a PM lead here in ACES, Mike Gilbert. Here's the quote: "Anyone...

There's a sentiment I've seen echoed on various forums regarding Flight Simulator, with regards to testing-- especially beta testing. This sentiment is captured over at Avsim by a poster who claims "...nobody outside the MS building is a beta tester....

As we move into the six month of ACES team members writing blogs and interacting on Flight Simulator user community boards, I thought it appropriate to point people to this gem from Guy Kawasaki (former Apple evangelist): http://blog.guykawasaki.com...

I've been at Microsoft, working on video games, for 10 and a half years. For 10 of those years I've worked on one Flight Simulator title after another, lastly holding the Art Director position for ACES studio-- makers of Microsoft Train Simulator, Combat...

This time over at Simflight.com http://forums.simflight.com/viewtopic.php?t=49582 (notice how I started naming the screenshots with a little more info?) I wonder where they'll pop up next... ;)

Although the ACES team members are pretty much stuck here in Redmond (with one or two telecommuting exceptions), we build a product that simulates the whole planet. Team members come from all over, and we've done a lot of world travelling, but we still...

Well, we had our MVP artwalk. I think it went well. We had two stop by this year: Nick Whittome and Dr. Geoff Cohen . Nick has a blog here (also on the blogroll). There are other MVPs who cover the products ACES makes (FS,CFS,and TS), and they can...

Avsim was kind enought to post a link to some of the ACES team member's blogs. Thanks Avsim, and welcome Avsim readers. I, of course, love Avsim as I am their "favorite arteest and lurker" ;) I figure then, it's only fitting that I deliver up some...

I hate reusing titles, and I've used the one up above ( Testing, testing, 1.. 2... 3... ) before. But ah well... I'm lazy. Sometimes Mike Gilbert ( tdragger ) and I talk about various posts we intend to write. Mike, being both a better write and a...

I've posted this in one of the main Flight Sim user forums (Avsim), but haven't seen an answer. Any takers here? Anybody have any images of a ski retraction lever? Preferably from a Maule, but anything from a single prop'd be helpful. Thank you so...

http://fsinsider.com/screenshots/default.htm

We released some new screens of FSX lately, and as I read over the reactions, one of the things I see are folk asking for shots of this and that. I'd like to take the opportunity to point out that we're not done yet! :) We try not to show stuff off...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9671263/ I'm just glad that the title of "oldest bowl of noodles ever found" no longer belongs to me ...

I am currently on a secret mission. Secret, 'cause if I told you about it, I'd probably get fired, or at least in a lot of trouble. Mission, 'cause it sounds cool ... So, y'know how I already pretty much work 7 days a week? (not last Saturday...