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Flight Simulator X Service Pack 1 available

Thu, 17 May 2007 10:31:59 GMT

You can now download service pack 1 for Flight Sim X at FSInsider.com. This page has a brief summary of the fixes in the service pack.

While at FSInsider.com, check out plans for the expansion pack which will include multi-player air racing.

There are a myriad of sites for the FlightSim community - see a list here and one well-known that's been around for a long time is AVSim.com.

Here are a couple of blogs from the Microsoft FS team that are worth keeping an eye on:

P-12C Pilot (has an interesting post about adjusting manifold pressure in the racing planes that will be in the expansion pack)
PTaylor's WebLog

Technorati tags: Flight Simulator X, service pack 1

Making cards for the festive season

Thu, 01 Dec 2005 09:47:06 GMT

There are a number of articles at Microsoft At Home with ideas for making cards - there is plenty of help to take you through the process step-by-step.

Here are a few sites:

Talking about Nikon Small World - Photo Gallery

Sat, 29 Oct 2005 09:42:44 GMT

Nikon, the camera people, have announced the winner in their Small World photography contest. Entrants must photograph through a light microscope and the winning entry was of a Muscoid fly (house fly).

You can view all the entries, with details of how the photograph was taken, from the link below.

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Nikon Small World - Gallery

How to make a quill pen

Wed, 19 Oct 2005 09:54:20 GMT

This might interest those who have patience, are interested in calligraphy and are handy at making things:

http://www.flick.com/~liralen/quills/quills.html