Delicious LiveJournal Links for 12-3-2008

• Scientist at Work - Rodolfo Llins - In a Host of Ailments, Seeing a Brain Out of Rhythm - Biography - NYTimes.com
  Brain rhythms may be at the root of some neurological disorders and may be treatable with deep brain electrical stimulation.
  (tags: medicine psychology psychiatry neurology brain via:ethan_t_hein)
   
• The Macarena: The Song That Will Never Go Away
  It returns.
  (tags: music 90s macarena no idolator failure popmusic)
   
• Free Web Plan Being Pushed by FCC Head - WSJ.com
  "Outgoing Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is pushing for action in December on a plan to offer free, pornography-free wireless Internet service to all Americans"  I'm sure no porn would ever show up there.
  (tags: sex fcc usa law internet ha failure)
   
• New drugs against MRSA, other superbugs still lacking | Science Blog
  antibiotic development is lagging behind new bug development
  (tags: mrsa medicine science antibiotics disease epidemiology)
   
• What Your Computer Does While You Wait : Gustavo Duarte
  This post takes a look at the speed - latency and throughput - of various subsystems in a modern commodity PC, an Intel Core 2 Duo at 3.0GHz.
  (tags: technology computers sysadmin engineering)
   
• Risque painting hidden in attic for 200 years to sell for £1m - Telegraph
  An Italian masterpiece which was hidden in the attic of a French chateau for 200 years because its owners thought it was too risque is expected to sell for up to £1 million at auction.
  (tags: sex art)
   
• Robert McCrum on books: MIT's brainboxes have really lost the plot | Books | The Observer
  MIT spending $25 million to save the story!
  (tags: books mit failure nerds literature)