Friday, January 13, 2012

Albino Hummingbird...

My mom sent me several photos like the one at right, of an albino hummingbird seen near Staunton, Virginia, which is only about 50 miles from her home.

I had no idea that there was such a thing as an albino bird!

Nature's Friend magazine has a great photo collection of this little guy.

As always, click to enlarge...

Coding Motto?

Reader Dave H. gave that label to this poster:


All Records for Bit Storage Size Smashed...

Down to a mere 12 atoms.  That does actually seem like we're approach a limit of sorts – it's hard to imagine that we can figure out how to write data on the side of an electron.  But perhaps I shouldn't be so pessimistic...

The Wrong Diner...