I have about 1/3 of the flooring down. Ran into a couple of issues today that took some "thinking". The first was getting the flooring to the right of the fireplace tight without having it bend towards the wall from the nailer and still have it meet up with the one board that runs in front of the fireplace (both sides). The solution was to lay out all of the flooring from the wall forward, attach a couple of sacrificial boards at the front board and tighten all the boards to it using a pry bar against the wall.
Once they were all tight, I face nailed the board along the wall, removed the sacrificial boards, removed all the flooring I had set out to get the position of the board against the wall, then placed back into position one row at a time and attached using the flooring nailer. The result: the end board fit snugly and is still straight!
The second was getting the boards that are closest to the opposite wall tight. They are close enough that the floor nailer can't be used. So I rigged up this contraption that snugged the board up against the previous row by hammering the wedge. I then angled a finish nailer in the groove and fired away. 
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