The dust is settled from the launch of Acceleration, things are winding down on Service Pack 2, and we’re making some big behind-the-scenes changes on the Web site so that we can hit the ground running next month after a short holiday break.

One of the biggest projects in the past few months was showing Acceleration just before release at the National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada. It was a long trip, with a lot of hard work, but it paid off, and we had a great time.

Check out Hal’s write-up on Reno—the latest in his “Thrilling Cities” trip report series—on his blog. It took me a while to get this posted here, but not nearly as long as it took him to write it. Like the saying goes, life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans. Anyway, I thought it was worth the wait—hopefully you will, too.