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Entries from October 25th, 2007

The Gift of Feedback

October 25th, 2007 · No Comments · Business, General

I’m going to write an article on the “Gift of Feedback”. As cheesy as this sounds, feedback is crucially important for all businesses, especially small ones where the dangers are all too clear of continuing a project or services without solid market research to back-up your ideas.
Without wanting to come across as a business guru or life [...]

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Flight Simulator X Google Earth Flight Recorder (FREE SOFTWARE)

October 11th, 2007 · 11 Comments · Flight Simulator, General

…or “FSXGE Flight Recorder” for short.
On October 10th; I launched our first Flight Simulator X product. It provides away for any player of Flight Simulator X to record their flights and view the path of the plane in glorious 3D within Google Earth.
Google Earth is a killer app; providing a detailed land mesh and satellite imagery [...]

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Multiplication bug in Excel 2007

October 3rd, 2007 · 2 Comments · General

What do you get if you multiply 850 by 77.1? According to Excel, it’s 100000.
It’s not the only sum Excel gets wrong, there are also fails on:

=5.1*12850
=10.2*6425
=20.4*3212.5
=40.8*1606.25
=77.1*850
and more!

A poster on Google Groups has identified the major bug in Excel 2007, which is caused whenever the multiplication answer is 65535. For some unknown reason, Microsoft Excel displays 100000 in [...]

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Update to Java 6.2 for Windows Vista Aero

October 2nd, 2007 · No Comments · General

Have you ever noticed when browsing using Internet Explorer 7 on Vista, sometimes you’ll come across a site that uses Java applets and before you know it your screen flickers and bang, you’ve been dropped back into Vista Basic mode? Sometimes with an accompanying info message:

It happens to me all the time, and it’s very [...]

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A Flight of Fancy

October 2nd, 2007 · No Comments · Business, Flight Simulator, General

I wouldn’t normally blog about our customers, but we’ve been consulting on some of the technology behind their latest product and I have their permission to mention it  
Aerosimulations Ltd is a new startup software vendor formed by Chris Norris (formerly of Xenvision) and Peter Wilding (of Flight Environment). They have just released the first flagship product, Flight [...]

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Comparing the Kaiser (TyTN II/MDA Vario III) with the Hermes (TyTN/MDA Vario II)

October 1st, 2007 · 67 Comments · General, Hardware and Gadgets

Thanks to a friend at T-Mobile, my Kaiser arrived on the day of it’s official launch in the UK. There are many reviews of both these devices, so I will settle for explaining the differences between the two rather than a detailed review of either.
I’m only going to cover the main areas of difference, and [...]

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