MOTM

>Use the no clean solder.  Not all the user guides explicitly tell 
>you to fill in the via holes but it's proper procedure to do it. 
>I've actually gone back to a few modules I finished to fill them in 
>which meant taking it apart to get at the back of the board.

OK :)  I didn't know if "no clean" was safe.

>I don't know the answer to the 100pF caps.  I'm confident that Paul 
>has a good reason to not wash them.

I wonder what that is...

>As far as the caps, I think its because the leads are very thin and
>fragile and might break off when scrubbing.

I don't think it's that.  I've been scrubbing the same set of teeth 
with the same type of brush for over thirty years, and haven't broke 
anything yet.