British man 'recovered from HIV'

"Doctors are planning further tests on a British man whose body has reportedly cured itself of HIV without treatment.

That's just amazing. The problem is that the article doesn't say whether or not his initial test was a false-positive. They can happen in any test, so why didn't they say if he was tested twice when diagnosed? The article does say that there have been documented cases of this happening in Africa, so who am I to be the skeptic? It would be a good day if they could use his blood to figure out how to combat Aids.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4432564.stm

LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling

"LightScribe enables you to create professional looking labels and burn them directly onto your CDs and DVDs. The best part, this is all done with the same drive you use to burn your music or data. You just burn your data, turn the disc, and burn the label."

I've known that drives come with lightscribe, in fact, I think my LG burner has it, but I never really knew what it did. I ran across this article on Digg.com and it explains it all. This is a very cool technology. If it weren't for a few problems with it, it might just put Sharpie out of business (yes, I go through a lot of Sharpies every year). The two problems I can immediately think of are:

1. You have to buy the specialized disks, which will most likely be very expensive. If it is HP that has them then you can expect to pay at least three times more than you do for the disks you buy now. In Western Canada, I can get 50 blank DVDs for $24.99 on sale. These disks might run anywhere up to $75 - $100. That's just too much.


2. The image burned onto the top is supposed to last up to nine months under normal inside light. Nine months? That's just not worth the cost. Sharpie, maybe, won't be going out of business.

Combining Ajax and SVG

"Combining Ajax and SVG



This (very detailed) article shows you how to take Ajax, one of the best things to happen to web sites since sliced bread, and the SVG standard to create some pretty cool stuff."

Another link for further review.

The iCel battery pack runs your iPod for up to 200 hours

This is very cool. The 18 hours I get seems piddly compared to 200! I'd have to recharge my iPod once a week. I wonder, though, how many hours you could get with the new video iPod. The battery that ships with it lasts for about 2 hours when watching videos. 2 hours. That's nothing. Apple could've found a better battery than that, couldn't they? I suppose it might've been hard to find one that would last longer and would still fit into that tiny little package.

The iCel battery pack runs your iPod for up to 200 hours

Sure, your piddling iPod battery might make it through a commute our two, but how about a cross country road trip?
And back? Well, Lithium House has just what the doctor ordered with their iCel external battery packs for the iPod,
coming in 50, 96, and 200 hour varieties. (Ok, so this road trip of yours probably won’t involve a lot of
sleeping.)

Sonar Axe theremin-guitar hybrid

Sonar Axe theremin-guitar hybrid

Is this not the coolest guitar you've ever seen? And the notes play when you run your hand between the two rods. At $425, I think it's a bargain!