Bits: God and Small Things
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The lack of religious comment to date may not represent nano-ignorance so much as unwillingness to see any spiritual problem with re-engineering the molecular structure of textiles to improve stain resistance.
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They're not obvious, and they're not always cheap.
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Some months ago I started collecting the pieces I needed to build my own 64-bit computer. I'm not a complete stranger to building machines, I've put together a dozen or so during the past twenty years, but it's been quite a while since I started one from scratch, and my experience with this machine was more instructive than it was meant to be. Nevertheless, at long last Studio Dave has gone 64-bit crazy. Well, not really crazy, but certainly more than mildly enthusiastic.
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By Mike Dougherty, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Jun. 22--thingsthatwere.blogspot.com   I love old stuff, and this blog has scads of pix of old stuff that once was. Some of it is still around. Lots of it isn't or is in a serious state of disrepair. Pretty cool stuff. Check it out.
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Here's an interesting Howto on connecting FlickrFan to the Mac desktop. I love this stuff.  Here's a movie that demonstrates this coolest of hacks.
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It may seem like stating the obvious, and maybe it is, but one of the great things about digital cable television is getting to choose from a wider variety of channels.  This is particularly true with regard to religious programming.
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Life & style: Gallery:  Don't underestimate the power of these little shiny details.
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They say that great surprises come in small   packages. But in this case, great surprises come   because of small packages.
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News about the rumored discovery of the Higgs boson "God particle" is as elusive as the Higgs itself. Weeks of rumors say more about the sociology of science than about science itself.
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As I was driving all over &#8220;God&#8217;s creation&#8221; today, from meeting to meeting, there were a number of interesting developments and announcements. The first concerned the enhancements to the Google Local Business Center. Barry Schwartz has a terrific, thorough overview of each of the new features:  Add photos to your Google Maps listing Add custom (data) attributes [...]
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In this week's entry we'll look at two more "live" CDs of Linux systems optimized for multimedia creation and performance. I've been having a great time with these systems, and I hope that my mini-profiles inspire you to try them all. They're a great way to introduce someone to Linux, they show off the system optimized for multimedia performance and they provide a wealth of high-quality sound and music software to exploit that system. They all include the standard cornucopia of applications for the mundane tasks, word processing, text editing, graphics, networking, and so on. All that, for the cost of a download and a disc.
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Also: Paul Allen project maps the brain. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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Also: Big Bang not the only big bang. See what people are saying on News.com Extra.
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With gadgets, smaller is generally better -- with a few exceptions. Wired lists five gadgets for which manufacturers' mania for extreme miniaturization is actually a liability.
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Informative videos about some unlikely topics pop up on YouTube.
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"The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief" by Francis Collins; Free Press.  The author, a giant in genetics research and leader of the Human Genome Project, describes how he came to see his Christian faith as intertwined with his scientific passions.
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What we avoid in small caps, and why we avoid it.