11 October 2007
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Graphical Faq's
One of the key objectives of Organic Design is to create community that supports the ideals espoused in our Manifesto. In light of that, Organic Design announces the launch of a new open-source mashup called Grafaq, or, "Graphic Faq." The purpose of this project is to 1) increase awareness of open source software, 2) lower the barrier to entry of open source software, and 3)improve the quality of learning materials available for open source software. To contribute to this project, please visit http://www.grafaq.com
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Celestia
I've been checking out a cool application this evening called Celestia which is a space simulation. It allows you to navigate around the solar system or galaxy and beyond and has amazing surface rendering of the planets taken from satellite imagery and can overlay clouds and atmosphere - it can even show the lights of our cities as shown in the image to the right. By default it runs at the current time, but you can speed time up as much as you like and watch how the planets and moons move in their orbits and you can even make time go backwards. Information can be overlaid such as names, orbits and constellations. If you plan on having a go, read the documentation first, because knowing how to navigate with the mouse and keys makes a big difference to your Celestia experience ;-)
