It's all about the SEPIC!

• What is this?  Efficient energy design stuff.  Inspired by that guy's walk across the cradle of civilization with a laptop.  Many people have suggested switching to a DC to DC converter.  This is one technology used for doing that:
  
  
  
  • Designing DC/DC converters based onSEPIC topology

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-ended_primary-inductor_converter

• wwwd.national.com/national/PowerMB.nsf/.../AN-1484.pdf

• Analyzing the Sepic Converter - Switching Power Magazine

And it's at 101.7FM in the Boston area...

Boston 101.7FM - "the first real EDM station in the country."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WEDX

I was shocked when I heard this because at first I thought it was a pirate station.  it was a mixture of chiptune and seemed to performed nearly live.  Their rhythms were actually kind of energizing like some of the techno used to be in the old days!  I eventually had to look them up and here you go. 

I'm not saying I expect them to play drill and bass on a bent mattel drumset anytime soon, but some of the mixes are pretty glitchy!  Enjoy.

New Research on Muscle and Fat

Fantastic article about exercise, fat and muscle.  Spoiler: exercise is good for you.  I find it fascinating that we are still learning how to categorize our bodies' systems.  For example, this article describes fat as an endocrinal organ.