Friday, April 2

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.