Monthly Archives: January 2007

Blink, Or Don’t, And You’ll Miss Me

From the Archive – 12/11/05 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, … Continue reading

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It Was Twenty (Five) Years Ago Today …

(From the Archive – 12/08/05)    . . . that this man killed this one. That was, and is, sux. This is not a happy anniversary for me. The Beatles, more than any other band before or since (despite some spirited … Continue reading

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Well, yeah, it was a little, but I don’t think it actually did that …

From the Archive – 11/29/05 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 … Continue reading

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Tell_FS – Why I Shouldn’t Blog on Sunday Morning

From the Archive – 11/13/05 Every day, we get a number of suggestions sent to our tell_fs@microsoft.com email address. And, when I say “suggestions”, I mean letters from the widows of Nigerian finance ministers, offers for discounted Viagra, complaints about … Continue reading

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What – Am I Reading?

From the Archive – 11/09/05 Taking a cue from Jason’s music listings, and a more direct theft from my friend and semi-retired colleague Bruce Williams’ excellent site, here’s a list of books that I’m currently picking at as time allows. … Continue reading

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Is Something Always Better Than Nothing

From the Archive – 11/09/05 A good pal of mine, when I was floundering around with muttered apologies for not having written in so long, offered to loan me an excuse, which I’ll reuse here: "I’m just a man whose … Continue reading

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Monday Mourning

From the Archive – 10/17/2005 It was a lousy way to start a week, and a terrible reason to get back to posting here after an 11 day absence . . . I found out this morning that two students … Continue reading

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Are You a Mod or a Rocker?

No, I’m a Mocker . . . From the Archive 10/06/05 First of all, for the record, I don’t consider Flight Simulator to be a game. I do believe that it can be used as such, but, like so many … Continue reading

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How Many D’s?

From the Archive – 10/01/05 As of next month, I will have been working on the Flight Simulator franchise for 7 years.  As of next year, I will have been a customer of said franchise (the longest continuously published piece of software … Continue reading

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Full Circle

From the Archive – 9/29/2005 As of next month, I will have been working on the Flight Simulator franchise for 7 years.  As of next year, I will have been a customer of said franchise (the longest continuously published piece of software … Continue reading

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