links for 2009-06-30

• Laboratory Tests of Vegan Restaurants in LA
  "Is your vegan food really vegan? We pull out all the stops to test 17 LA area vegan restaurants for non-vegan ingredients, and to find out why seven of them failed miserably."
  (tags: Food Science LosAngeles Restaurants Blog)
• Giving up my iPod for a Walkman
  "When the Sony Walkman was launched, 30 years ago this week, it started a revolution in portable music. But how does it compare with its digital successors? The Magazine invited 13-year-old Scott Campbell to swap his iPod for a Walkman for a week."
  (tags: BBC Media Gadgets Humor History Music Technology)