LR2 Blogs

Apple - iPod U2 Special Edition

The black iPod is now a reality, but with an ugly red sphincter.

A gorgeous, black enclosure with a unique red Apple Click Wheel

The Web Standards Project

What is a “web standard?”

An American’s Guide to Canada

Most Americans know next to nothing about their neighbo(u)r to the north, except that Canadians play a lot of hockey, drink beer, and end sentences with “eh?”

bookofjoe: BehindTheMedspeak: Glucoboy

It’s a glucose meter for diabetics that can be connected to a Nintendo GameBoy.

Coming out next spring, it’s the new new thing in interactive blood sugar control.

Escapes from Alcatraz

Anyone who has seen Clint Eastwood’s 1977 movie, Escape from Alcatraz, know that at least three men disappeared from the prison in 1962. Whether they lived to tell the tale is a mystery. But, it wasn’t the first nor the last escape attempt from The Rock. The myth that Alcatraz was “escape-proof” was wrong.

news @ nature.com - Electric currents boost brain powerbreaking science news headlines

Sound like a fun DIY experiement? Anyone want to volunteer?

Connecting a battery across the front of the head can boost verbal skills, says a team from the US National Institutes of Health.