The only GIS that I am aware of that is coming out of Spain, gvSIG, sent out a press release today announcing that they made it to a stable version 1.0. This is an open source project that is available for Windows, Linux and Mac (so I will be including it in part 2 or
Monitor Grid Computing Around the World
The Gird Particle Physics project has a neat feature that lets you monitor grid computing in real time around the world. Basically, in order to do the calculations needed for the world’s largest particle accelerator, scientists have turned to grid computing. For readers who might be unaware exactly what that is, it is more or
The Unseen Video – Embedding local weather and time information in a music video
One of our listeners and readers, Elaine, sent me a link to this project, entitled The Unseen Video, and it’s a pretty cool concept. The video is a music video for Mike Milosh’s song – You Make Me Feel, but what makes it different is that the video maker has tied the presentation of the
FeedYourZune – Podcasts on your Zune
For those of you looking for an aggregator for your brand new Zune, you may want to take a look at FeedYourZune. This software allows you to pull down you podcasts and sync them to your Zune. FeedYourZune – Podcasts Delivered to your Zune [powered by FireAnt]
Microsoft Expression
I haven’t had a chance to play with the package, but it looks like an interesting attempt by Microsoft to create a modern web design tool that supports CSS, XML, etc. I firmly believe that FrontPage was the worst software ever created (that I used at least), but Expression Web looks promising. If you want
































