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The Aria Database is a diverse collection of information on over 1000 operatic arias.
posted by Gyan at 11:12 PM PST - 6 comments

Unsafe-science-experiments-you-did-in-class-Friday: an advisory on dangerous chemistry experiments (they mention Nitrogen Triiodide, Chromate Volcanos, Whoosh Bottles, and Potassium Chlorate and Sugar), unwise microwave oven experiments, and, of course, thermite (and a great thermite video). I am amazed anyone survives high school, what other dubious but educational experiments did you do? Note: all pages are science education sites. Read the warnings. The awesome Chemistry Comes Alive site mentioned prev.
posted by blahblahblah at 11:10 PM PST - 45 comments

MusicFilter: You supposedly can't buy it yet. Well, you actually can get it other ways. Flea isn't that pleased about it either.
posted by sjvilla79 at 10:27 PM PST - 87 comments

Propelling under iridescence of the influential weather. Selfish Reflector basks on vastness of the faded blue pastels. Army of the inauspicious Barrel riders. Participating amongst the lines of expected anticipation. Journeying within the parallex Worlds of soaring heights. The greedy feeder treats the drifting creepy sleepers. Chain gang Members hang-in the dignity of thriving redundancy. And much, much, much more. Now everything is illuminated.
posted by azul at 6:35 PM PST - 39 comments

Arthur Magazine interviews the lead singer of Godsmack. In 2003, the US Navy used a song by rock band Godsmack as a part of an updated and more TOTALLY ROCKIN' recruitment campaign. Arthur Magazine asks how the band feels about this, in light of recent events war. Not very Wiccan of them indeed. via.
posted by unknowncommand at 4:32 PM PST - 87 comments

Claudia Emerson, a Virginian poet and English professor, has won the 2006 Pulitzer prize for poetry for her book The Late Wife. Here is an interview from 2002, and here is a podcast of Professor Emerson reading from The Late Wife in 2005. Some of her poems: "Bone," "The Bat," more.
posted by whir at 4:03 PM PST - 23 comments

Newsfilter: Rumsfeld squirms (via).
posted by bardic at 1:50 PM PST - 104 comments

Hoth Hell Freezes Over. The madness of King George subsides.
posted by Robot Johnny at 1:37 PM PST - 82 comments

Titan Descent Data Movie with Bells and Whistles
posted by crunchland at 1:36 PM PST - 40 comments

The Day the Lawn Wasn't Mowed
posted by buriednexttoyou at 1:24 PM PST - 81 comments

E and E-sharp will end tomorrow. Only 631 and a half years to go.
posted by arse_hat at 11:55 AM PST - 58 comments

Al-Zarqawi can't shoot. Lynch said the images he showed indicate that al-Zarqawi "tends to have a problem" with mastering his own weapons system and with finding capable and competent aides. "Why he's their leader, I don't know."
posted by furiousxgeorge at 11:43 AM PST - 53 comments

How to cure your asthma or hayfever using hookworm - a practical guide
posted by reklaw at 11:09 AM PST - 35 comments

The Hanso Foundation -- Reaching Out For A Better Tomorrow. Call 1-800-HANSORG for more information. Also, the late Gary Troup's last book has finally been published. There's an interview here.
posted by empath at 10:02 AM PST - 55 comments

1000 Angry Monkeys, Blogging About Politics... The partisan political blogosphere has been humming along nicely for the last several years. But where the progressive and conservative ideologies intersect, at technology, they can possibly be best categorized as libertarian, particularly if limited to the development, growth, corporatization, regulation, and taxation of the internet. As such, there's much news worthy of our attention. More inside...
posted by rzklkng at 8:34 AM PST - 21 comments

Kent State, May 4, 1970 Today is the 35th anniversary of the Kent State shootings (via Wood s Lot) Alan Canfora who faced the troops, eyewitness photographs the search for historical accuracy and the legacy
posted by robbyrobs at 8:20 AM PST - 141 comments

This light bulb has been burning continuously for 104 years. Watch it live for limitless entertainment!
posted by leapingsheep at 3:27 AM PST - 60 comments

A nightvision camera you phone up This seems to be a wireless CCTV camera that you phone up with your mobile and watch what is going on. It says it works in the dark. Now what would anybody use that for? As you dial it I guess it has it's own sim. "Pupillo", err horrid name.
posted by priorpark17 at 2:28 AM PST - 4 comments

Fox pussies out. Recently a bill passed in mexico legalizing all drugs under certain specified quantities. The bill was promoted By Vincente Fox's party, and came from his offices. However he decided not to sign it under U.S. pressure.

There go my vacation plans.
posted by Paris Hilton at 1:06 AM PST - 57 comments