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and unlocking new features for the iPod, such as porting Linux to the portable music player.
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Apple’s portable music wonder
grows with add-ons, features
Jeremy Turnage
FOR THE GAMECOCK
The Apple iPod has quickly
become one of the best-selling
computer- and music-related
products in the last 20 years. In
the MP3 player market, the
iPod is clearly king.
Ever the innovator, Apple
has begun to incorporate new
features into its MP3 player.
The recently released iPod
Photo contains the ability to
hold up to 25,000 photos, and
rumor has it Apple is working
on an iPod with the ability to
view video files.
However, wily and
innovative iPod users around
the world have come up with
new ways to enjoy the little
MP3 player.
Several big thinkers in the
Linux community have gotten
together and ported the
operating system to the iPod.
Linux is the most well-known
viable alternative to Microsoft’s
Windows operating system.
According to the iPod-Linux
Web site, www.ipodlinux.org,
installing Linux on the iPod
“unlocks infinite expandability
of a hard-drive-driven portable
device.” Many applications are
available for the operating
system, such as a standard
media player program, a file
browser, basic recording
software and several new
games.
Some games do come
standard to the iPod, such as
“Breakout” and solitaire.
However, some users feel that
only two games are not
enough. The same group from
the iPod-Linux site= has once
again sucprised the masses by
porting the popular first-person
shooter “Doom” to the iPod.
The game can be played on
first- to fourth-generation
iPods. However, to play the
game in its full glory, an iPod
Photo is recommended. The
port is still heavily in
development, and players will
probably run into crashes
during game play. For more
information, visit
ipodlinux.org/doom.
“Doom” is not the only
notable game that has been
ported to the iPod. The
popular puzzle game “Tetris”
has also made the transition.
Looking for the classic, text
based adventure games of the
early days of computing? Visit
www.xoplay.com. The site
features downloadable
adventure games for a small fee.
Many users have used the
iPod’s bright screen to light
their way in darkness, but a
company known as Griffin
Technology has capitalized on
this idea by releasing two
products: a flashlight and a
laser pointer. The two devices
plug into the iPod’s earphone
jack and use power from the
main battery. The devices are
available as a package for
$19.99 at
www.griffintechnology.com.
A quick Google search for
“Fun things .to do with your
iPod” turns up something
interesting: a list of “50 Fun
Things to do With Your iPod.”
The list contains everything
from practical uses to pointless,
impractical, niche features. No.
3 on the list features a Web site
offering iPod hoodies.
Many items on the list are
carefully worded jokes, such as
No. 7, which discusses how
one can combine the
usefulness of the iPod with an
early ‘90s cellular phone. No.
24 features a Web site with an
application called
“Podgourmet,” which contains
260 portable recipes and also a
vegan version containing 277
recipes.
Religion is not exempt from
this list — coming in at No. 28
is a Web site offering the King
James Version of the Bible in
audio form for the iPod. Also
available in audio are the
Quran and the Torah. The list
can be found at
http://www.kottke.org/plus/50
-ways-ipod/.
Also oming soon from
Apple is the new iPod Nano, a
replacement for the iPod Mini.
The new iPod features a color
screen and touts its size as its
coolest feature; it also uses a
flash drive instead of the
standard hard drive.
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USC vegetarians find more options
Campus dining halls, national restaurants
recognize herbivores' needs for meatless eating
Corey Phillips
FOR THE GAMECOCK
Olive Garden, McDonald’s
and even Gibbes Court have
made their menus appetizing
for vegetarians.
^ At Olive Garden you can
enjoy all-you-can-eat pasta and
breadsticks. If you like food on
the-go, try McDonalds’s
premium salads without
chicken or stay right here on
campus and enjoy the seven
vegetable stew offered at Gibbes
Court.
The dictionary defines
vegetarianism as the practice of
eating a diet consisting of nuts,
grains, vegetables and fruits,
and sometimes dairy and egg
products. Some vegetarians
extend this practice to the level
•of refusing to wear clothes
made of animal products such
as leather or fur. Religion can
be a reason for choosing
vegetarianism, but it is not the
only one.
Fourth-year business student
BreAnna Keeter has been a
vegetarian for nine years and
has no intention of changing.
Ketter is a “lacto-ovo
vegetarian,” or a vegetarian who
eats dairy and egg products.
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Anorexia, bulimia
can prove deadly
Case of Colorado Springs woman illustrates
destructive power ofeating disorders
Cary Leider Uognn
KRTCAMPUS
COLORADO SPRINGS,
Colo. — At the end, no amount
of food would have helped
Laurie Borden.
Her digestive system,
damaged by years of starvation
and laxative use, was long past
working. When she did eat, an
obvious gurgling would follow
within minutes: the sound of
food quickly passing from her
stomach to the colostomy bag
she wore for nearly a decade.
Borden, 38, of Colorado
Springs, Colo., died June 1 after
a 24-year battle with eating
disorders.
“Anorexia Nervosa” is listed
on her death certificate as the
cause of death. Before she died,
she directed her brother, a
journalist, to name the illness in
her obituary.
“She told me what to write,”
said Lark Borden, an editor in
Washington, D.C. “She wanted
for it to be well-known that she
had died of anorexia, hoping it
would help other people.”
Anorexia or bulimia most
often get attention when
someone famous — Karen
Carpenter, Princess Diana or a
member of the Hollywood set
— is afflicted. But experts say the
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diseases, in which people either
don’t eat or throw up what they
do eat, are more common than
people think. They report
treating girls at younger ages and
counseling more men.
It’s estimated 1 million people
suffer from anorexia and an
additional 9 million from
bulimia, but Doug Bunnell, past
president of the National Eating
Disorders Association, said those
are conservative statistics.
Some view both as diets gone
bad or lifestyle choices, but
Bunnell says they are
complicated illnesses with
complicated treatments.
Anorexia — characterized by
self-starvation and dramatic
weight loss — has the highest
mortality rate of any psychiatric
illness, said Bunnell, clinical
director of the Renfrew Center
of Connecticut, which treats
eating disorders.
“The best estimates are
around 10 percent of the women
with anorexia nervosa will
ultimately die as a result of their
illness,” he said. “Most people
still see these disorders as fairly
benign. You don’t really
appreciate until you have it in
your family how damaging they
are and how much havoc they
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