Retrying solar sails; interactive Linux kernel map; the point of the LHC; blurbing 101 …

• 1 – NASA to Attempt Historic Solar Sail Deployment
  “The whole spacecraft weighs less than ten pounds. We carry it around in a special suitcase — airplane carry-on luggage size.” Fully opened, the kite-shaped sail spreads out to about 100 square feet of light-catching surface.
  (tags: launch prototype solar-sail exploration space NASA)
• 2 – Interactive Linux kernel map
  Does what it says on the tin. Waaaay above my particular geek level, but well worth gawping at if you’ve ever wondered how an OS fits together.
  (tags: visualisation overview operating-system FOSS interactive map kernel Linux)
• 3 – Beyond the Standard Model
  “… after years of effort from thousands of scientists, from dozens of countries and a cost of almost $10bn, we are finally about to find out whether an elementary particle called the Higgs boson exists or not.”
  (tags: LHC boson Higgs Standard-Model physics science)
• 4 – The Bicycle Tutor – Bike Repair Video Tutorials
  Handy!
  (tags: maintenance videos tutorials reference repair bicycle bike)
• 5 – How to write a blurb
  “Blurb writing is not scientific, different copywriters take very different approaches to how and what they write. And different writers will produce widely divergent blurbs while trying to achieve the same overall effect …”
  (tags: copywriting blurb publishing book)
• 6 – Class Browser plugin for gedit
  “This plugin provides a generic Class Browser for gedit, the default text editor for the Gnome Desktop. It is located in the side pane and supports a wide range of languages through the use of exuberant ctags …”
  (tags: webdev editor text Linux plugin browser class gedit)

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