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Today on Barbelith: Nanotechnology in a Nutshell – “Nanotechnology – the transformative technology of creating man-made arrangements of atoms, also known as molecular manufacturing. “

Does anyone here use PayPal and have they successfully withdrawn money to a bank account. Ideally Barclays? If you have could you e-mail me so I can compare settings. They keep charging me $20 every time they fuck up.

My bank has just rejected the input of funds from Paypal to my account and I don’t know why. Incredibly frustrating…

Ralph‘s supposed to be turning up in London soon. In four days actually. Haven’t heard anything from him, though. Don’t know what his plans are. Ralph is a funny puppy.

I am very amused by this: PuppetMaster – Bios.

Just in case anyone wants it, I knocked up a template for the Blogger Template Contest, but then completely forgot to submit it. It’s pure CSS, it’s not particularly glamourous, but it has a couple of neat features including the ability to have a completely differently formatted first post for a blog. It’s also really easily extendable and adaptable – I thought it might look nice with blue headers on the left for things like links and ‘about me’ material. If you want to see it in action, it’s here at present: filmsoho.com and if you want the blogger template, that’s here. Just chuck in a mention of me when you use it. Have fun

The Guardian’s fake branding exercise was exposed in today’s paper, but if you are interested in seeing the site in action, it’s still up at withjoy.co.uk.

Must read article of the day has Jon Ronson following around the housemates in last year’s Big Brother. Best line: “You’ve got to remember,” he replied, “that all but three of the housemates are as thick as pig-shit.”

No fair. I want to go to this: Webzine » Independent Online Publishing. My life sucks ass.

Today on Barbelith: Atlantean Disneytyping – “How Disneytyping’s representations of gender, race, and class narrow the range of possible self-expression for everyone.”