Sydney, here we go!

I'm back in Sydney. I came back nearly two weeks ago. That's one of the reasons why I haven't written on my blog for almost one month. What am I doing? I'm doing what many other geeks are doing, looking for jobs, helping here and there and yes, geeky stuff that only geeks can understand. Anyway, today there was a spectacular event on top of our heads. For those lost on the moon there has been an Eclipse. If you are a geek, I'm not talking about the open source project but a real, moon eclipse (when Earth is aligned just between the sun and the moon).

In the first such occurrence since 2000, the Earth will block the sun's light shining on the moon, allowing only scattered sunlight to illuminate the planet's biggest satellite.

To celebrate this event I would like to introduce something I have used a couple of times but never written about it and it is called Stellarium. Stellarium is a program that allows you to navigate the Sky from your own chair. It has been used on planetariums and runs on Windows, Mac and Linux. If you are thinking Stellarium is a killer application you are wrong. It is awesome!

Just give it a try and enjoy the Moon! (if you can see it tonight)


If you want to download Stellarium, click here or visit the Stellarium webpage.