TikZ
So short update.
I've been playing around with LaTeX quite a lot. I'm really liking it's capability for producing and organising documents. What I've discovered is that figures created in LaTeX using TikZ are actually very good. Ideally I'd like all my figures done in TikZ in time, I know it's possible to draw them in powerpoint or inkscape but that often means that making a small change can be a bit trickier. It also means that symmetry and having objects placed efficiently and neatly together is a lot more work.
Enter TikZEdt. It is a WYSISWYG editor that also produces the code required for the TikZ figure
That is all for now.