Wes Phillips

Mix Your Own . . .

Belt buckle? Jimminy Christmas, Sweet Couture is selling cassette tape belt buckles. It's $10 for a "We pick," $15 for your favorite brand. They don't offer <I>my</I> fave, the TDK-MAXG, however&mdash;which is a shame, because $15 wouldn't be an unreasonable price for one of those bad boys.

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Billy Preston: 1946–2006

Billy Preston, the keyboard player, singer, and songwriter frequently credited as "the fifth Beatle," died June 6 in Scottsdale, AZ from respiratory complications from improperly treated pericarditas he experienced in an LA hospital visit on November 21, 2005.

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Regrowing Damaged Brains

This article from <I>Technology Review</I> discusses a device marketed by Northstar Neuroscience that uses electric stimulation of the cerebral cortex to "enhance the brain's natural neuroplasty"&mdash;the ability of the brain to "reorganize" itself to effect repairs.

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