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April Fools' Day
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April Fools' Day
04-01-2010, 03:12 PM (This post was last modified: 01-17-2018, 03:52 PM by Bob Schroeck.)
Anyone been to Google yet this morning? Or maybe I should say... Topeka?
-- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak. 
Not yet - I'm still trying to figure out where all the vowels went in Gmail.
Others: The Register: DIMENSIONAL PORTAL INCURSION AT THE LHC! Astronomy Picture of the Day: Evidence Mounts for Water on the Moon Daily Illuminator: Munchkin Ogre Coming in August And one on the radio here: Ottawa Senators team captain Daniel Alfredsson to run for mayor of Ottawa. Since he's #11 on the team, he's promising an 11% tax hike... -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012 
Heh. That's my default start page. So yes. ^_^
http://www.tokyotosho.info/20100401/]Tokyo Toshokan gets a facelift.
-- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012 
Blizzard brings us the usual WoW mayhem:
Equipment Potency EquivalencE Number Neural Interface Helmet Battle.net Matchmaking System --Sam "We'd like an assortment of cheeses."
PC World has a list of their favorite April Fools articles for 2010.
USA Today was running an article that said Mini owners could easily change the paint color of their cars, but then later updated the article to add a "we got fooled" intro to the original piece. ETA: Christian Science Monitor has their top 5 list for the day. (YouTube has text mode?) ![[Image: 6bf36ddc1d2c96930d75576c361a9b3f8152885f.gif]](http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/forumimportfiles/6bf36ddc1d2c96930d75576c361a9b3f8152885f.gif) Jeanne Hedge www.jhedge.com "Believe me, if I have to go the rest of my life without companionship, knowing myself won't be a problem." -- Gabrielle of Potadeia 
Bah. Humbug.
=========== =============================================== "V, did you do something foolish?" "Yes, and it was glorious."
This is actually from 2008, but I just discovered it a couple minutes ago while following some links out of an article linked to London Atom Smasher prank. And it's just too amazingly good not to share.
Yes, that's Terry Jones of Monty Python. According to the page where I found this, "This BBC hoax was broadcast on April 1 2008, with plenty of viewers and several well-known newspapers falling for the joke." -- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak.
Two more from Blizzard.
ETA: And yet one more... check out my human warlock's profile on WoW Armory. --Sam "Well that guy's nekkid."
I was just reminded of a classic from the nearly pre-internet age:
On April 1, 1985, in the pages of Sports Illustrated magazine, George Plimpton brought to our attention The Curious Case of Sidd Finch. ETA this - if you click the View This Issue link, you can go to that article and see the photos and diagrams and such that went with it. and this - in the April 8 issue, the Scorecard section had a piece called The End of the Affair, in which Sidd Finch quit baseball because his control had left him. The April 15 issue included a Letter from the Publisher, in which they wrote that they hadn't expected things to get so out of hand. People really wanted to believe! (View This Issue for both issues for photos) Jeanne Hedge www.jhedge.com "Believe me, if I have to go the rest of my life without companionship, knowing myself won't be a problem." -- Gabrielle of Potadeia 
Login as guest at Unixkcd
--- The Master said: "It is all in vain! I have never yet seen a man who can perceive his own faults and bring the charge home against himself." >Analects: Book V, Chaper XXVI Quote:Login as guest at http://www.xkcd.com/]UnixkcdTry entering actual unix commands, such as "man last" and "man next". (And, of course, "make me a sandwich" and the other one from that comic.) Ah, yes: New call for playtesters at the SJGames Forums -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
From Locus Magazine online...
There's this bit... Doctorow and Stross to Write Authorized Sequel to Atlas Shrugged bi L. Ron Creepweans... --Werehawk-- My mom's brief take on upcoming Guatemalan Elections "In last throes of preelection activities. Much loudspeaker vote pleading."
On the WoW theme, WoW.com (normally "The WoW Insider") has ben rebranding itself all day to one game after another, and occasionally to non-game things; it never lasts more than two articles before they move on to another brand. I think they're on at least their sixth brand, and accompanying complete re-theming of the front page, if not their eighth...
The full list of April fishes on The Register
-- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012 |
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