Good Non-Music Downloads for Geeks of all Shapes and Sizes

[maddiehope]

I did a brief little blog on a few of these things on my livejournal, but I think the folks who frequent the message boards might be a little more apt to find them useful.

This all started when I stumbled across an online article at PC World Canada
here (http://www.pcworld.ca/news/column/f91440850a01040801f4a74167665396/pg0.htm), which lead here (http://www.pcworld.ca//news/column/a095710b0a01040800f483b4983f6e12/pg0.htm) as well.

Anyway, links for various fun, useful, and free programs:

Artweaver (http://www.artweaver.de/index.php?en_version)
This is a nice little paint program that lets you use more realistic brush strokes, shapes, and media. Super fun times.

Stellarium (http://www.stellarium.org/)
Awesome for we astronomy geeks.

EDraw Mind Map (http://www.edrawsoft.com/freemind.php)
I LOVE this one. I just discovered exactly how useful this can be for writers and pretty much anyone who has to tackle occasional tough problem-solving.

Anyway, y'all's turn.

:D

[hildegoat]

I'm a fan of http://www.osliving.com/ and http://www.osalt.com/ for quick software downloads.

I've found some great stuff on the second link because you can enter commercial software and it'll suggest similar programs.

[radioradi0]

Cool! I'll look at the second and third ones, at least. Astronomy is something I could learn more about.