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 May 19 2012,1:09 PM
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Hey guys. Thought I'd plug a wee flight sim news related thing I've been up to over the last month or so. Have been using the awesome ScoopIt tool to curate an ezine/blog kinda thing to do with Pacific flight sim. Basically am dropping daily posts with pics to things that have been released or that are going on in the flight-sim world that are relevant to Pacific rim simmers. This doesnt compete for eyeballs with nzff, its not a forum and not interactive, more of a casual flier sorta thing for people who may be after a little sim-inspiration when flying down-under.
 Have 120 posts on it now and have had over a thousand visits to it so far. Will be including references to posts here when the clever members at nzff.org announce stuff, but am also sourcing material from loads of other blogs, news sites and forums etc. Have a squiz, and let me know what you think... http://www.scoop.it/t/flight-sim-news Here's a screen-shot from today.... 
--------------------  Deans repaints: http://www.deeknow.com/ Asus P8Z68 m/b - i5/2500k @4.3GHz - EVGA-GTX560Ti - 8GB DDR3/1600 - Win7 - FSX |
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May 19 2012,1:19 PM
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 Moderator  Group: Members Posts: 1,989 Joined: 25-October 06 From: Tauranga Member No.: 217 |
Nice work Dean- Do you get to choose which side of the page the articles go? Perhaps it would be a good idea to have one side for FS news and one side for real-life aviation?
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May 19 2012,1:49 PM
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 NZFF Pro-to-type Group: Designers Posts: 22,180 Joined: 5-May 06 From: AREA 51 Member No.: 51 |
Almost like a 'Flight International News Brief' page interesting to keep up with updates and current news and other reports , NZ related Utube footage a cool add in .
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May 19 2012,1:49 PM
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Admin Group: Admin Posts: 2,042 Joined: 18-September 07 From: NZHN Member No.: 786 |
Thanks Timmo. Yeah that would be a nice feature but it just kinda lays things out depending on the size of the wording and the size of the picture.
Is actually kinda neat, for publishing any special interest topic actually -------------------- Deans repaints: http://www.deeknow.com/ Asus P8Z68 m/b - i5/2500k @4.3GHz - EVGA-GTX560Ti - 8GB DDR3/1600 - Win7 - FSX |
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May 19 2012,2:04 PM
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Admin Group: Admin Posts: 2,042 Joined: 18-September 07 From: NZHN Member No.: 786 |
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ May 19 2012,1:49 PM)  Almost like a 'Flight International News Brief' page interesting to keep up with updates and current news and other reports , NZ related Utube footage a cool add in . Heh, yeah "Virtual Flight International" -------------------- Deans repaints: http://www.deeknow.com/ Asus P8Z68 m/b - i5/2500k @4.3GHz - EVGA-GTX560Ti - 8GB DDR3/1600 - Win7 - FSX |
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May 19 2012,2:32 PM
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 ^ That's not me - HONEST! Group: Members Posts: 3,538 Joined: 1-November 07 From: Birkenhead, Auckland Member No.: 859 |
Hey, I'm in there on Page2 (B757 repaint)!!!! THanks, Dean.
What a great idea though  - was it easy to set up?
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May 19 2012,4:54 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,470 Joined: 10-January 08 From: Wanganui Member No.: 947 |
Love it
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May 19 2012,6:03 PM
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Admin Group: Admin Posts: 2,042 Joined: 18-September 07 From: NZHN Member No.: 786 |
@Adam yeah your on page 4 too mate with the Harvard repaint, and re the ScoopIt thing its real easy to setup, im using the free version at present
@spongebob thanks mate -------------------- Deans repaints: http://www.deeknow.com/ Asus P8Z68 m/b - i5/2500k @4.3GHz - EVGA-GTX560Ti - 8GB DDR3/1600 - Win7 - FSX |
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May 20 2012,8:10 AM
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 Sim-holic Group: Members Posts: 997 Joined: 7-March 07 Member No.: 365 |
Good stuff Dean. I look forward to visiting this page regularly for those important updates in the simming world. It would be nice to be able to leave comments after each article (as in the Avsim web site) but I guess this brings with it it's own set of issues.
-------------------- Remember the 50-50-90 rule. Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong!
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May 20 2012,11:32 AM
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 NZFF Pro Group: Members Posts: 7,320 Joined: 3-August 09 From: Christchurch Member No.: 1,608 |
Excellent work...... you clever bugger.
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May 20 2012,12:57 PM
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 Sim-holic Group: Members Posts: 806 Joined: 15-July 06 From: Tauranga Member No.: 104 |
QUOTE (Splitpin @ May 20 2012,11:32 AM) Excellent work...... you clever bugger. What he said...... I found it a great mix, very interesting...even forwarded on to a couple of aviation buffs who are not into simming. Good stuff.  --------------------  |
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May 20 2012,1:02 PM
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NZFF Pro-to-type Group: Designers Posts: 22,180 Joined: 5-May 06 From: AREA 51 Member No.: 51 |
QUOTE (Bazza @ May 20 2012,1:57 PM) ...even forwarded on to a couple of aviation buffs who are not into simming. That would be interesting to hear their take on a "Virtual Flight International" ... it may turn then to the couch flying side , many already do of course the other side of it being promotional for the developers and designers. -------------------- |
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