Thanks To You! Physics Nobel Prize Winners 2009

Thank you to you guys! Because of you, we can now share media files speedily and efficiently around the world (especially images).



More information here. Or you can read the attached document.

My Vote for the 2009 Bloggers' Choice Award (Visayas and Mindanao)

My Vote for the 2009 Bloggers' Choice Award (Visayas and Mindanao)

I vote for EXPLORE ILOILO
Bloggers' Choice Award
2009 Philippine Blog Awards

Terragen Time

Before going to sleep this morning, I was thinking of so many things, bills to pay, backlogs in personal goals, lovelife, delays in some of the side projects in the office, my self the the universe and my connection to it, and the time I am spending on some personal endeavors. To move away my mind from this thoughts, I decided to play around with Terragen 2 again.

Here are the screenshots of the virtual world I created:



I love about the new version of Terragen because of the following:

1. Easy navigation of the landscape. It has control module of the camera and views.
2. Whole planet view.
3. Easy control of objects.

Things you need to bear in mind when working with Terragen.

1. Powered machine. I think it is better to have a fast processor.
2. Long rendering time especially when you have a lot of objects added.
3. Plug-ins, you need a lot of them before you can enhance the details of your work.
4. Time. You need time to finish everything. Patience is important in this kind of hobby.

If you want to try, you can download the software from Terragen website.

See attached documents for some Tutorials from Oshyan Green.

I hope I have more time to play around with this software.

Enjoy!


Now I am wondering when I can do a world like this.

Hubble is stronger now!

Astronomy community is happy with the new Hubble now. It's revitalized and generating images further back in time.

Read here for more information: Just How Good is the "New" Hubble.

Here's a new image from Hubble:


More images here.

On Flowers

Thanks to Carl Zimmer. I am learning more about Flowers now.

Amborella: Mother of All Flowers

The family of this flower gave birth to all flowers we are enjoying now.




Water Lilies: Next Oldest Flower


Star Anise: Along with Water Lilies



To read more about flowers and their evolution you can check this blog entry of Carl Zimmer.

I just discovered that Goethe is also a good naturalist. Now I know that he is not only a writer or a poet, he is also a natural scientist. Good to have this knol in my brain. :D