Public Service Message


Since this Entire Entry Consists of Random Things, there will be No Random Thing Today.
Black is white! Up is down! Tuesday is Monday! It is that day to be on the alert to things that are not what they seem, a wily trap for the unwary. April Fool's Day is here, and folks - keep your guard up as you traipse the 'net. I have already seen some silly stuff out there on my usual travels, so be alert!

bOINGbOING has been pranked into something a little more... interesting?

The fug girls have seen the light and abandoned the snark.

MIT's hacks page has been updated since last year (check out the shrubbery room) and we now have a book about the venerable institution's history of hacks.

Australians traveling the world can use their noses to feel at home anywhere via a barbecue-scented credit card.

The Guardian has a "Wait Wait -- Don't Tell Me" -style quiz going on.

Feeling oppressed? Join the Garden Gnome Liberation Front! Or is that The People's Front of Judea? Hm...

Anyway, despite being a total goofball in my normal everyday life (just ask my Yoga classes), I am lousy at the making of the prank as The Manolo might say (and speaking of the divine Manolo, this is not an April Fools joke, but for those of us who love to hear Chairman Kaga really rip it out with "IROOOOOONNNNNN CHEF!" this is quite funny). So, being lousy with the pranks, I am confining today's post to reporting on others' (non-injurious*) cleverness.


*Don't get me started on practical jokes that hurt people, just don't.
Posted: Friday - April 01, 2005 at 06:25 AM         | |

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