Today, after 4 days of development, I’m broadcasting far and wide to the Flight Simulator community that MegaSceneryEarth(TM) Airports is open for consumption! I’m hoping for a nice reaction from the community – fingers crossed! In the meantime however I figured I’d go into some of the technical details behind the site for those who […]
Entries Tagged as 'Personal'
Launching MSE Airports website
December 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Personal
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My first foray into Interactive Fiction
November 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Personal
At the end of last month I was sitting at my computer and staring at the list of new poll options for GameDev.net. I run the weekly polls that appear on the main page and lately there haven’t been many people submitting poll ideas and I’ve had trouble coming up with good ones. After a […]
Tweeting/Texting your travel status “safely”
November 3rd, 2010 · 5 Comments · Personal
Okay, right off the bat with the disclaimer – doing anything while driving besides paying attention to the road is dangerous. You, the driver, are responsible for the safety of yourself and any occupants in the vehicle and as such need to have your full attention given to avoiding obstacles and navigating safely on our […]
DIY suspended 5.25″ hard drive rack
August 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Personal
I was flying around in Flight Simulator X this morning when my screen turned into vertical bars as my graphics card completely seized up due to heat. It’s a problem I’ve encountered before on hot summer days after a few hours of playing games, but never in such a short time – less than 2 […]
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On the death of Luke Skywalker
August 23rd, 2010 · 6 Comments · Personal
Out of respect for other Star Wars EU readers, I’ve rendered some portions of this entry’s text invisible. Highlight to read, but be warned they contain major spoilers. Okay, first things first – Luke Skywalker is not dead. Yet. However, he should die in this latest Star Wars book series Fate of the Jedi, and […]
Trip Report: Perseids Meteor Watching 2010
August 14th, 2010 · 10 Comments · Personal
Success!! While sky conditions were not optimal, the trip was still well worth the effort, if only to give me a better idea of how to do things next year. I’ll break down the various aspects of it to make it easier to reference later (like, a year from now). If you have no idea […]
Perseid Trip is a Go!
August 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Personal
Off to the Adirondacks! As I planned last month, I’ll be making a trip north to the Adirondack State Park in New York starting tomorrow morning. Unfortunately only one of my friends is able to come, and the weather doesn’t plan on fully cooperating, but given that I plan to make this an annual trip, […]
Adirondacks Perseids Meteor Watching Trip
July 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Personal
I’ve been contemplating this for some time now and have finally researched out all the nitty gritty details to come up with an actual plan. The idea is to get out to some of the darkest sky in the entire northeastern region and experience a meteor shower like never before. This is similar to my […]
Bored in Seattle
May 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Personal
So after my trip to Vancouver I had to shoot down to Seattle the following week for the LOGIN Conference, which you can read about in more detail over at my GDNet Journal. I arrived in Seattle Sunday just 11am and it was barely a 5 minute car ride to my hotel. After checking in […]
First Vancouver Trip
May 10th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Personal
I was extremely excited to finally get out to Vancouver for the first time, not just to attend GDC Canada for GameDev.net, but to visit the city itself. The region around Vancouver is very beautiful in my opinion with all the evergreens and mountains and snow-capped peaks. Seeing it during the Winter Olympics only bolstered […]
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