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Not as cool as this but I still love my two wall cubicle at Bonnier.

Reflections of a computer scientist….What do computers tell us about God… I was really expecting much more of a sophisticated presentation.read more | digg story

I thought this was an interesting read. I wonder how much money private companies will be making for these barebones machines. While not as sexy as, say, the Apple lineup of computers, I am really happy to see that average computer users are realizing that they do have a choice.read more | digg story

Imagine fabricating or constructing actual working objects, patents and materials with the help of a printer. Sound too farfetched? Read on to find out how it works.

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A Silicon Valley start-up called Nanosolar shipped its first solar panels — priced at $1 a watt. That’s the price at which solar energy gets cheaper than coal. According to one reader, paying the $3,000 initial investment is the biggest problem here. You will start breaking even in 2 1/2 years and then you will not have to pay any more electricity bills ever(or atleast until the panels bust which is in about 25 years).

Good read.

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For those of us tired of carrying around 4 or 5 gadgets in your pocket right now or tired of their $200.00 brick of a phone, this article may be encouraging.

Over the past year, new advances have been emerging in the area of the mobile phone industry that’s have cellphone makers raising their eyebrows. Among the major pieces of news was the fact that Google is introducing a new standard to develop mobile applications using their Android SDK. The toolkit has everything from the Linux 2.6 kernel, Webkit, SQLite, OpenGL and other libraries built with C/C++ so that you may be able to build your application from the ground up and as you see fit.

The Apple iPhone, seen as the trailblazer for next-gen mobile systems are also reluctantly opening it’s phone to third party developers. So much can be done with it’s UI system ( the term “blank slate” is fitting here ) that it just makes sense to allow developers a shot at creating applications for it. Initially Apple had a very closed attitude about letting developers at the heart of their sleek machine but realizing the competition, they finally had to concede. Regardless of what they say, my gut feeling is that Apple’s definition of “open” might only be as deep as the core libraries and NOT the OS itself.

And now it seems like Verizon is joining the Open Source Movement by announcing today that it will be opening up their network to outside devices and applications by the end of the first fiscal quarter next year. It will work something like this: You will be able to sign up for a Verizon plan with any network authorized phone that you purchase. Applications can also be built for the phones but the safety of these applications will not be monitored by Verizon.

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So today’s interesting find comes to us from the washingtonpost.com on how to get your blog noticed. I thought it had a lot of interesting information.

In a nutshell:

• Tell compelling and relational stories.
• Offer something unique whether it be through your writing tone, style, or area of interest.
• Make your website aesthetically pleasing, simple, and engaging.
• Create and visit blogrolls.
• Create widgets for your page using third party sources.
• Spend time being responsive to other blogs.
• It wouldn’t hurt to get noticed by the bigger fish in the pond.
• Get noticed through blogging awards.
• Be consistent in your posting habits.
• Join blogging community sites such as DCBlogs.com and Indiebloggers.org to promote your site.

Definitely something good to chew on. Here’s the link