Opera clips
A selection of YouTube opera clips collated at OperaTube.
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If Microsoft designed the iPod box
A YouTube video.
Getting DVDs onto your iPod
A magnificent walk-through at Plastic Bugs.
Manual or automatic transmission?
Metafilter discusses the decline of manual transmission in the US.
Oh God no - not again
Poland lose to Germany and are pretty much out. It’s 2002 all over again. Oh God, I’m so depressed.
At least there’s the Europeans next year.
Edward Johnston exhibition
The museum in Ditchling, north of Brighton, has an exhibition covering the life and work of Edward Johnston – the designer of the London Underground’s logo and typeface. The exhibition runs till October 1st.
Zzzzz
Apparently the demand for the London-Penzance sleeper train (recently threatened with closure) has grown significantly. Yay!
Was the 2004 Election Stolen?
Rolling Stone investigates naughtiness in Ohio.
Guns don't kill people, daycare kills people
Kevin Drum in the Washington Monthly remembers the soon-to-be-ex Congressman Tom DeLay, specifically his reaction to the Columbine High School shootings. In a piece of coruscating analysis, DeLay said:
Guns have little or nothing to do with juvenile violence. The causes of youth violence are working parents who put their
Flash-man...
… fights back. (Flash animation)