Links for 2006-12-15

• The 6th Annual Year in Ideas -- The New York Times
  Our editors and writers have located the peaks and valleys of ingenuity — the human cognitive faculty deployed with intentions good and bad, purposes serious and silly, consequences momentous and morbid.
• MIT OpenCourseWare
  a free and open educational resource (OER) for educators, students, and self-learners around the world.
• Amazon.com: Mindjet MindManager Basic 6
• intueri: to contemplate » Liberals are Safe.
  "I don't want to kill liberals anymore. And I've got you to thank for that."
• Senator Tim Johnson's difficulty speaking during a WNAX radio interview — MP3
  Johnson spokeswoman Julianne Fisher said the senator was in the Capitol on Wednesday morning conducting a conference call with South Dakota reporters when "his speech pattern slipped off."
• Vagina's Molecular Armor - Medgadget
  "It's a smart molecular condom because we designed this gel to release anti-HIV drugs when the gel comes into contact with semen during intercourse."
• NY judge tosses suit of Florida man on Atkins diet | Reuters.com
  A New York federal judge on Monday tossed out a lawsuit by a Florida man against the company behind the Atkins low-carb diet that alleged it caused his cholesterol to skyrocket and necessitated an angioplasty
• Terie and Ger's Transplant Adventure: The Big Holiday Feed and Dialysis
• CHANGE OF SHIFT, Vol. 1, No. 13 at Protect The Airway
• Nascent: Nature's blog on web technology and science
• Spoonful of Medicine: Musings on Science, Medicine, and Politics (Nature.com)
• buzznovation: GTD, The Road Map
  
• Notes from "Getting Things Done: The Roadmap" -- PointReyes.net
• Medical Experts Launch Global Campaign Against Salt to Prevent Over 2.5 Million Deaths Worldwide Each Year : ISN Nephrology Gateway
  194 medical experts from 48 countries around the world (1) have today joined together to launch a new global organisation, WASH - World Action on Salt and Health - in a concerted effort to reduce dietary salt intake to less than 5g per day per adult...
  
• PC World's Techlog: Google Patents: The Atari Files
• URINAL CARRIER - Google Patents
  Assigned to Lenox Hill Hospital...