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Friday, September 30, 2005 9:28 PM

Out in the back of the beyond

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 are. A coyote.
Posted by pixelpoke | 84 Comments
Friday, September 30, 2005 6:37 PM

Frankly, I feel like just being nominated is an honor...

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 be
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Friday, September 30, 2005 11:38 AM

And the MVP award for this year goes to...

The art team is gearing up to give a tour to the current crop of MVPs interested in what the ACES team is up to.We call these tours artwalks (like a "gallery walk"). In the normal course of development, the team does one artwalk a week, with 2-3 artists
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Thursday, September 29, 2005 7:52 PM

Oh. And another thing...

Don't forget. We're hiring... http://fsinsider.com/jobs.htm
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Thursday, September 29, 2005 6:21 PM

Things and stuff about the stuff and things

If you look at the section on the right hand side you'll see that I've linked a few FS enthusiast sites. They're amongst (if not actually) the biggest such sites in the US. I try and peruse them everyday. Somedays I spend more time than other days, but
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Wednesday, September 28, 2005 12:54 PM

Who I am.

Who am I? I've posted an article on the navigation pane...
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Wednesday, September 28, 2005 12:51 PM

Rainy days and Mondays always get me down...

Looks like a link from yesterday's post is behind a sign-in firewall. Here's a brand new link regarding the weather system and all its glory in Flight Simulator 2004.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2005 7:07 PM

Say Cheese

One of the neatest things about working on a product that delivers the whole planet is seeing how our users explore it. Simflight.com runs a monthly screenshot competition with varying themes, that show some of that off. I think few people realize that
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Tuesday, September 27, 2005 1:34 PM

It's the little things...

There's a thread over at Avsim thinking about new features for a new flight simulator version (they didn't specify if it'd be a MSFT version or not), and while there's lots of interesting things being talked about, there was one off handed remark made
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Tuesday, September 27, 2005 12:19 PM

Where did the first test post go?

Testing part deux. If this is the first post you're seeing, it's 'cause I managed to lose the real first post. Hmm. I'll probably look awful dumb when they both show up... Still testing
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