Suppliers and users of integrated metrology and advanced process control might want to review this article in the April issue of Micro. Several different perspectives on the obstacles to wider adoption of these techniques.

Just a quick note to thank the folks who have visited the Bookstore page over the last several quarters. Amazon tells me there have been enough of you to actually earn me some small Associates goodies. Thanks!

The Bookstore has been dormant lately due to the press of other projects. I'm saving up a list of additions, but suggestions are also welcome. What is the most useful book you've read in the last six months?

Wired celebrates ten years of the web, and looks ahead to ten years from now.

As a measure of how far we've come, creating this post has taken less than a minute, including this postscript.