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Saturday, January 20, 2007 3:30 PM

Where is Everybody?

Come see the new and disproven " Coincidental Floss " at its new URL: http://halbryan.spaces.live.com/ We're mildly apologetic for the inconvenience.
Posted by Hal9000 | 3 Comments
Thursday, May 25, 2006 9:26 PM

(com)Promising Transitions

Posting here after two and a half months feels a little like coming home after a vacation and discovering that you left your front door open . . . there's just so little actually here! That should change, for the better, here pretty soon. It seems I'm
Posted by Hal9000 | 7 Comments
Monday, March 06, 2006 1:35 PM

Lucy in the Sky Without a Man

There was another interesting post at AVSIM the other day, that the author also emailed to us at tell_fs@microsoft.com , in which he offered suggestions for a "Wife Edition" of Flight Sim. It was full of jokes about shopping, shoes, housework, hair and
Posted by Hal9000 | 190 Comments
Thursday, February 23, 2006 10:59 AM

And Here's Another Clue for You All . . .

The Walrus was Paul! Welcome Paul Lange, FSX Lead Designer , to the world of blogging. Paul is a pilot (lives on a private airport, just like I . . . used to) and brings some great enthusiasm and interesting perspectives to our world. Not to mention that
Posted by Hal9000 | 2 Comments
Saturday, February 18, 2006 9:00 AM

Grand Theft Flight Simulator

Take a Little Trip, Take a Little Trip With Me To the cool, cool water of the semi-pirateless Caribbean . . . In reality, my only excursion to the region was a week on St. Martin / Sint Maarten for my honeymoon, most of which was spent lounging at the
Posted by Hal9000 | 11 Comments
Wednesday, February 15, 2006 3:18 PM

Is There Anybody Going to Listen To My Story?

That hasn't already read it on Jason's ridiculously prolific blog , that is? If so, then run for your life on over to Pixelpoke, and read a great and generous bit about some of my work on FS2004 . Jason, you are too kind. In writing, anyway. Now get back
Posted by Hal9000 | 12 Comments
Friday, February 03, 2006 5:39 PM

Weather or Not

A lot of people have posted wish list threads and sent in suggestions for things they'd like to see in the next version of Flight Sim. Most of us that work on it do the same thing. Our internal wish lists usually, but not always, start with bugs that
Posted by Hal9000 | 32 Comments
Sunday, January 15, 2006 6:54 AM

Comparing Apples to Really Expensive Apples

Gone Tropos? There was an interesting post in the new FSX forum on AVSIM the other day expressing hope that the airport environments in FSX will look as good as those seen in a promotional video for commercial flight simulator builder CAE’s Tropos visualization
Posted by Hal9000 | 20 Comments
Saturday, January 14, 2006 8:52 AM

Software Testers Eat Steak!

Now that I’ve explained exactly what a Software Test Engineer does , the question burning in most minds is certainly “How could I learn to be a Software Test Engineer? I want to earn big money, play the piano, and eat steak!” That’s a great question,
Posted by Hal9000 | 19 Comments
Friday, January 13, 2006 11:40 AM

On the Other Hand

If you really want to see what the life of a software tester isn't like, you could dive into the nearest cultural dumpster and flush 87 minutes of your life down this cinematic low-flow toilet . . . No, I haven't seen it, but in the tradition of self-styled
Posted by Hal9000 | 1 Comments
Friday, January 13, 2006 11:10 AM

Not Such a Hard Day's Night . . .

It occurred to me that I don’t spend a lot of time here talking about what I actually do for Microsoft on the Flight Simulator team. It has occurred to a number of people, especially my unbelievably dedicated and vaguely effluvial next door neighbor,
Posted by Hal9000 | 6 Comments
Tuesday, December 13, 2005 9:37 AM

Hoi van Microsoft naar FS Magazine!

Justa short note to say "Hoi" and "Dank u" (I hope those are correct - if not, I'll try to get it right next time) to our new friends at FS Magazine in the Netherlands - check out their site, especially if you read Dutch . . . They were kind enough to
Posted by Hal9000 | 55 Comments
Sunday, December 11, 2005 7:54 AM

Blink, or don't, and you'll miss me . . .

I am an attention miser (perhaps a distant cousin of Heat and Snow ) . . . . I tend to pay it out in very small doses (as my friend Knat said in her brilliant article, How to be Distracted , "Hey look, a squirrel"), measure the value of things in my life
Posted by Hal9000 | 16 Comments
Thursday, December 08, 2005 10:21 AM

It Was Twenty (Five) Years Ago Today . . .

. . . that this man killed this one . That was, and is, sux. This is not a happy anniversary for me. T he Beatles, more than any other band before or since (despite some spirited competition), inspired me, entertained me, comforted me, and provided a
Posted by Hal9000 | 40 Comments
Tuesday, November 29, 2005 9:42 AM

Well, yeah it was a little, but I don't think it actually did that . . .

What's that smell? Oh, I know . . . it's "old blog". Sorry about that. The last post seemed to be pretty well received, and a number of you have asked if we get other email messages like that. Unfortunately, almost all of our customers are sane, rational
Posted by Hal9000 | 7 Comments
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