Graphics

This is a serious tool, with a fun side if you want to create 3D images, and can visualize the images in your mind. Remember this is open source and free, so please do not expect features like “Solid Works” TM, or other commercial package that you pay hundreds or thousands of dollars […]

This entry is not really an application but a Web site that has helped my boy, with his chemistry. This Web site is a periodic table that gives electron orbitals, abundance, and isotopes of each element. So you can use this periodic table for your nuclear physics class in college as well. […]

Today’s entry is a freeform thought mapper for those of us who don’t seem to be able to think in a linear fashion.  This tool called FreeMind; allows people of all thought processes to visulaize the connections between concepts, or processes that you are currently working on. This little app is written in Java, so […]

I have recently needed to convert graphics information into data that I could feed into another program. This program of was of great help since, all I needed to do was scan the graphics into a BMP, and then feed that BMP file into this application and out can the data. I know […]

This application is not for the neophyte, this application is about solids modeling. In its simplest form this application will take user inputs and construct 3-D models with startling results. But this application models the entire volume, not just the surface, not just the connections, not just the visual aspects. This application models the entire […]

I have been really busy with work, and keeping up with taxes. Now that I am a contractor and not a full time employee, I have to deal with quarterly taxes, while at the same time filing my taxes. Fortunately for me I chose to use H & R Block’s Web service, and […]

I came across this library, and it keeps getting updated, so I thought I would bring this library of public domain clip art to everyone’s attention. The wpClipArt web site is located here. The maintainer of this library is quite adept and has made a great deal of effort in making everything […]

Today I have been really busy trying to keep my life together and still maintain a semblance of normality for my children. It’s tough when your next infusion of money is uncertain, and the regular bills still keep coming, there is also the uncertainty of should I stop that insurance policy that costs 100/month or […]

Today I bring you another graphics program that is device independent, and produces graphics that can be sized from small to wall size with no ugly artifacts.
This program is still in the simple stage, so the choices of elements that can be drawn is still limited, rectangles, circles, ellipses and paths. But the big […]

As you have all been busy, so have I. But now I am well fed, and my kids are happy with their new toys. My son was disappointed that the Tracphone Web site was unable to keep up with all the traffic. My son was not able to register his new phone and card […]

I just found this really great tool that is Open Source and allows me to run my son’s DOS learning games and my favorite pirate game in DOS!
If you have some really old DOS games lying around that you just have to try again, or if you donate your old son’s learning programs to a […]

This Java application has been around a few years and has shown nice growth in usability and features. But this is not a tool for a novice. If you don’t know what a critical path is, if you cannot (or are unable to) estimate time requirements to finish a portion of a job, if you […]

In case you haven’t already discerned my purpose here, I have set on a quest. Instead of searching for the Holy Grail, or Peace on Earth, I seek as much independence from Microsoft, and other less onerous commercial software. It is my search for tools that I can use to perform my job, as a […]

Now for one of my favorites that I actually use. Inkscape is a vector based application that is similar in use to Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X, but of course since it is Open Source, it is free to use.
Now this is not your run-of-the-mill graphics application; this application can import JPG, […]

When I was working for a big fat company, it insisted that everything be put in a flowchart or a diagram. No one was allowed to submit more than a page unless there was a summary in the form of a flowchart or a diagram. Later, as I progressed through my career, I found that […]