Friday, April 2, 2004

April Fool's 2004 - A Roundup

1. The Museum of Hoaxes
 * April Fool's Day Roundup
   <http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/>
 * April Fool's Day Gallery
   <http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/aprilframe.html>
 * Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes of All Time
   <http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/aprilfool2.html>

2. "Britain's press has its fun on April Fool's Day"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_908920.html>

3. Pravda: "10 funniest media jokes on April Fools day"
   <http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/90/363/12398_jokes.html>

4. "Net hoaxes snare fools all year"
   <http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,62794,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_3>
This article mentions some classic web hoaxes, not limited to April 1, including:
 * Snowball, the Monster Cat
   <http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/snowball.html>
 * Dihydrogen Monoxide - DHMO Homepage
   <http://www.dhmo.org/>

5. "SCO Sues Al Gore"
   <http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=9120/sdm0404l/sdm0404l.html>
"Recuperating from the MyDoom virus attack and moving beyond IBM and Novell,
 The SCO Group sets its sights on former Vice President Al Gore for owner-
 ship of the Internet"

6. "Google Gets the Message, Launches Gmail" - true or not?
   <http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/gmail.html>
   "Google Australia quiet on webmail plan"
   <http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1078997.htm>

BTW I forgot to mention that March 30 was the 4th anniversary of the B-List.