One point Oh!!

http://www.irrlicht3d.org/pivot/entry.php?id=263
http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net

I've been using this engine for a long time (eg. for spaceduck ( http://gothic.dcmembers.com ) , and finally it's stable!

That's cool, gjehle! I wish I had a 64b cpu to fool around with.

I actually got around to compiling code::blocks on linux, seems to be stable enough sofar (unlike what i've read in reviews of the linux version on past versions), though time will tell. - but- here's the twist:
It was -very- easy to make code::blocks use distcc!

Just replace all the g++ / gcc with distcc in Settings->Compiler.

Everything still works normally, you still get all warnings in the log etc, just get a majour speed boost :)

Here's a screenshot of my 3ghz box doing the work for my slow 1ghz Dell disaster computer.

To get the most extreme crazy awesome weather info, you guys should play with APRS.

APRS (Automatic Position Reporting System) is a technology that takes gps information, along with a whole bunch of other information (weather info, icon, messages,...) and transmits it over an AX.25 protocol (radio amateur version of the X.25 network  protocol) which can be over radio, or the internet. The latter is very interesting, even for non-radio amateurs, as there is a very big network of servers all over the world where radio amateurs and official services broadcast their weather information, amongst other things. This is interesting because first of all, the clients aviable for this protocol are -VERY- advanced. They can download  satelite imagery from the net, live weather radar overlays, weather warning zones can also be an additional layer, they can work with tigermaps or other detailed map data, etc etc,... the posibilities are endless, and most clients allow you to write your own plugins for them. Secondly, you have access to a very massive amount of observations from all around the world. I'm not gonna get into the details as they are a bit complex, but I searched togeather some screenshots from google for you guys.

also check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APRS

best aprs software :

for newbies :  ui-view has a very user friendly interface and is a very powerful program. http://www.ui-view.org/#downloads

if you want it all : xastir is a cross-platform aprs suite that does about everything. http://www.xastir.org/

aprs internet server list : http://www.aprs-is.net/APRSServers.htm



Here are the screenshots: