1/04/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
jkottke : Man recreates the movie Rocky - I laughed so hard watching this that actual tears were streaming down my face.
cameron : French Rocky - I have to always remember where this is
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doug : Shinya Inamura - Some nice poster/flyer design in this flash-based portfolio, especially the Conscious flyers.
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jimray : What happens when a pope dies - From death to new pope
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Andy Baio : UC Berkeley folklorist and hoax expert Alan Dundes dies while teaching - this is terribly sad, he was one of the best teachers I've ever had [via] [via]
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1/04/2005 @ 22:58 GMT
Andy Baio : Del.icio.us Colors - looks like those big VC bucks are already paying off
Matthew M. Boedicker : del.icio.us colors tag
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jkottke : Icon magazine lists the 21 most influential people, organisations, and products affecting the contemporary design landscape - Ikea is #1, blogs are #9.
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kayodeok : April Fool's Day - "The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year" - Mark Twain
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1/04/2005 @ 22:07 GMT
Wayne Burkett : del.icio.us/tag/aprilfools - This sort of extremely focused, topical tagging is one of the things I like best about del.icio.us. #
kayodeok : del.icio.us/tag/aprilfools - Quite handy
Simon Willison : del.icio.us/tag/aprilfools - No need for me to keep linking to them now.
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Andy Baio : Bloggy, the first automated blogging robot - Bloggy's blog is more interesting than 80% of human blogs
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Andy Baio : zoDiacS - Nintendo DS emulator for the Tapwave Zodiac
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Andy Baio : MP3: New Foo Fighters' single, "In Your Honor" - Grohl is pushing the envelope with their new sound
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Andy Baio : Half Life 2's Gabe Newell leaves Valve to pursue music career - I think he has a chance
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1/04/2005 @ 21:14 GMT
Eric Meyer : Google Gulp - Mmmm... so tasty!
Simon Willison : Google Gulp - Quench your thirst for knowledge.
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cobra libre : today is the 39th anniversary of flann o'brien's death - and the Myles na gCopaleen article is a very fine and satisfactory thing, if i do say so myself #
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deusx : LarkNews.com - Jack Chick buys popular comic strips - "Jack Chick, author of Christian tracts, made a surprise purchase of some of the world's best-loved comic strips and is spreading the gospel in typical Chick fashion through the Sunday funnies."
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deusx : World of Warcraft Community Site -> Info -> Under Development -> Pandaren Xpress - This is totally what I thought Everquest should've done for Pizza Hut
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1/04/2005 @ 21:01 GMT
Andy Baio : The Commentator, utility to automatically comment your code - see also: the Herman-Miller Pairon chair for extreme programming
kayodeok : Cenqua: The Commentator - The Commentator uses revolutionary real-time language processing to actually grok your code and add the necessary comments on the fly. (April Fool Joke)
joshua : Cenqua: The Commentator - automatically add comments to your code
deusx : Cenqua: The Commentator - "The Commentator uses revolutionary real-time language processing to actually grok your code and add the necessary comments on the fly. No more doco to slow you down."
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1/04/2005 @ 20:58 GMT
Andy Baio : ThinkGeek announces new products - including the executive Pong set
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1/04/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
jkottke : A Lego Steve Jobs giving a keynote (with Keynote)
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1/04/2005 @ 20:20 GMT
kayodeok : Greasemonkey for Internet Explorer - GreasemonkIE - A lot of work still needs to be done
Simon Willison : Greasemonkey for Internet Explorer - Requires the .NET framework - still has some way to go.
Philippe Janvier : Greasemonkey for Internet Explorer - "...a side project to bring the Greasemonkey concept of user scripts to Internet Explorer". [via] #
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1/04/2005 @ 20:13 GMT
Andy Baio : Google Gulp - Google announces new smart drink [via] [via]
Rod Begbie : Google Gulp - Google's April Fool this year is pretty good, not least the hugely pointed FAQ page, which pokes fun at recent GMail and Autolink debates. #
Anne van Kesteren : Google Gulp - Be sure to read the FAQ! #
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1/04/2005 @ 20:10 GMT
Andy Baio : TeeVeePad, the celebrity blogging service - absolutely brilliant
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1/04/2005 @ 20:07 GMT
Andy Baio : Sixfoo! 660 feta - sixfoot6.com launches new social networking service
jkottke : The only April Fools "joke" from today worth linking to: Sixfoo! 660, a social networking site for social networking sites - "Make the same lists of crap you made somewhere else last week, send out a BLAMMO, crush on an indie chick and abandon it all after only 12 days. See a confusing example."
ricmac : Sixfoo! 660 - a Yahoo 360 parody - "Finally, a way for social networks to stay connected to other social networks, and meet interesting social networks like yourself."
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1/04/2005 @ 20:04 GMT
Andy Baio : First look at iTunes phone - I think it's a hoax
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1/04/2005 @ 20:01 GMT
Andy Baio : 43 Folders' April Power Hacks - "16. Consider using a desk." [via] [via]
Simon Willison : 43 Folders: April Power Hacks! - I like number 8.
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1/04/2005 @ 19:58 GMT
Andy Baio : Britannica takeover of Wikimedia - to be renamed Wikipædia [via] [via]
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1/04/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Urgo's list of April Fool's websites - like last year, this is the ultimate reference for Internet Jackass Day 2005
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1/04/2005 @ 19:01 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Why I'm Not Smoking the Podcasting Dope - Why I'm Not Smoking the Podcasting Dope: me too
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1/04/2005 @ 18:58 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Code Is Poetry T Shirt - Code Is Poetry T Shirt: WordPress spamming humor
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1/04/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Misspelling Suggestion Documentation for Yahoo! Search Web Services - Misspelling Suggestion Documentation for Yahoo! Search Web Services: just in case you need help with your misspelling
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1/04/2005 @ 17:58 GMT
deusx : news @ nature.com - Apollo bacteria spur lunar erosion  - Images reveal worrying cracks in the face of the Moon. - "These earthly bacteria, exposed to intense ultraviolet radiation on the lunar surface, could have acquired mutations that allow them to digest Moon rocks, he suggests."
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1/04/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
deusx : Erik Benson: things to live with and without - "Here are a few things that I've learned that I'm actually happier to live without" Reminds me of the guy from the book Naive, Super.
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1/04/2005 @ 17:27 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : Gmail doubles storage to 2 gig
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1/04/2005 @ 17:23 GMT
deusx : APOD: 2005 April 1 - Water on Mars - Holy crap! Water on Mars! (Holy crap, I hate April 1st)
Andy Baio : NASA photo of water on Mars - also: Life on Mars
Jeremy Zawodny : Water on Mars - Water on Mars: finally... evidence!
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1/04/2005 @ 17:20 GMT
deusx : Religious leaders warn of Apple Computer's "Satanic" daemon, Darwin ties [Politech] - God, this April Fools joke has gotten so old... at least scrape some of the mold off it before serving it again.
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1/04/2005 @ 17:17 GMT
Andy Baio : Apple founder Jobs joins IKEA - "in every Mac home, a Waenka"
deusx : Apple founder Jobs joins IKEA | The Register - "For Jobs, who has no furniture at all in his Palo Alto house, it's an opportunity to reinvent an industry once again."
Jeremy Zawodny : Apple founder Jobs joins IKEA - Apple founder Jobs joins IKEA: heh
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1/04/2005 @ 17:14 GMT
deusx : NASA World Wind Forums -> Google Launches satellite, named "gSat" - "Google (www.google.com) has been gracious enough to provide us with 24 hour access to their global imaging satellite, gSat. "
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1/04/2005 @ 17:10 GMT
Andy Baio : Google April Fool's - they managed to find every hoax-related page on my site
kayodeok : Google April Fool's Search - Search everything related to April Fool's Day.
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1/04/2005 @ 17:07 GMT
Andy Baio : Brad's Corner - hilariously subtle humor from the Livejournal creator
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1/04/2005 @ 17:04 GMT
jkottke : Photos taken behind the scenes by Justine Cooper as the artist in residence at the Natural History Museum here in NYC
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1/04/2005 @ 17:01 GMT
jkottke : Using a bit of science for the high art of distracting free throw shooters - "If fans behind the backboard waved their balloons from side to side in unison, opposing players would perceive a field of background motion" and (over)compensate for that motion by shooting against the direction of the balloon motion at the tim
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1/04/2005 @ 16:58 GMT
jkottke : Lengthy interview with Bill James, father of sabermetrics, about the Red Sox, the old days, and more
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1/04/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
jkottke : Sign in the window at the UPS Store: "UPS driver, please drop off package next door at the florist"
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1/04/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
kayodeok : Galactica: Best Sci-Fi TV Ever - Actually, I prefer the "cheesy" version: "Sci-Fi's Galactica is a retread of a short-lived, cheesy, TV series starring Lorne Greene that ABC rushed out in 1978 to cash in on the cachet of the original Star Wars, released the previous year"
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1/04/2005 @ 14:33 GMT
Anne van Kesteren : Copyfight on Technorati! - Ugh. #
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1/04/2005 @ 14:30 GMT
Anne van Kesteren : Script Keys - Might solve a problem or two. #
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1/04/2005 @ 14:24 GMT
Anne van Kesteren : say goodbye (again) to pop-ups! - Extension that disables popups from plugins. #
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1/04/2005 @ 14:20 GMT
Anne van Kesteren : Class and ID are not presentation-centered - Note that you need to use the PROFILE attribute of the HEAD element to add semantics to particular CLASS attribute values. #
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1/04/2005 @ 14:17 GMT
Anne van Kesteren : Reporter tool added to nightly builds - Looks like a nice tool! #
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1/04/2005 @ 14:14 GMT
Anne van Kesteren : Cross-Site Scripting - The Final Solution - Yay! #
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1/04/2005 @ 14:05 GMT
Anne van Kesteren : Mark Pilgrim goes both ways - He?s Alive! ;-) #
Simon Willison : Mark Pilgrim goes both ways - Fighting greasemonkey scripts.
Paul Hammond : phil ringnalda dot com: Mark Pilgrim goes both ways - Yeah, I did play chess against myself when I was a kid
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1/04/2005 @ 13:58 GMT
Anne van Kesteren : Interview with HÃ¥kon Wium Lie - On Opera, WHAT, 3D? #
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1/04/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
Anne van Kesteren : Steve Jobs joins Mozilla Foundation as President - Make yourself ready for the MozPod! #
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1/04/2005 @ 11:55 GMT
doug : Interview with Cameron Moll - Cameron provides insight on stealing, the purpose of a homepage, learning print design, and some predictions about the future.
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1/04/2005 @ 10:55 GMT
doug : Mitch Hedberg - Comedy Central's summary of Mitch's life and career, with links to video clips. One of the funniest comedians I've ever heard dies at 37.
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1/04/2005 @ 10:55 GMT
doug : Image Replacement. Again. - Shea recaps the current state of image replacement. Again.
Paul Hammond : mezzoblue  § Image Replacement. Again. - Let?s talk about a few more things that influence the decision
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1/04/2005 @ 10:55 GMT
François Nonnenmacher : Lawsuits drive 'Spam King' Richter to bankruptcy - One down, how many to go?
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1/04/2005 @ 10:55 GMT
Philippe Janvier : API Flickr en Javascript - Demo d'une utilisation de l'API Flickr en Javascript. [via] #
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1/04/2005 @ 10:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : You Have Died Of Dysentery - You Have Died Of Dysentery: I might just buy this shirt
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1/04/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
jimray : Google Ride Finder - Find a ride (unless you use Safari) [via waferbaby]
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1/04/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Turd Burglar - Turd Burglar: thanks to yahoo news and jwz
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1/04/2005 @ 08:56 GMT
kayodeok : Flexbeta - The History of Mozilla Firefox: From Phoenix, to Firebird, to Firefox - Flexbeta's article tracing the history of Firefox
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1/04/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Boring Boring - cute Boing Boing parody
jimray : Boring Boring: A Directory of Dull Things - Brilliant [via waxy]
Simon Willison : Boring Boring - A directory of dull things - outstanding parody. (via) [via]
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1/04/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
Andy Baio : George Hotelling redesigns his blog for 1991 - this neat April Fool's gag gave me a wash of nostalgia
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1/04/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
jkottke : Clay Shirky rants about the absurd US copyright laws that are preventing him from copying his own media - "Copyright laws do not exist to defend the moral rights of copyright holders -- they exist to help enforce artificial scarcity."
Nelson Minar : Copyright nonsense - Clay Shirky can't rip a DVD of his own talk
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1/04/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
jkottke : Inc. Magazine's Twenty Six Most Fascinating Entrepreneurs - Ray Kurzweil, Diane von Furstenberg, Craig Newmark, Michael Dell, Martha Stewart, etc.
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1/04/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
kayodeok : Bloglines Helps Bridge The Vastness Of Space: News Feed and Blog Reading In The Warrior Tongue - Bloglines' April Fool Message
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1/04/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
kayodeok : Google plans to double Gmail capacity - Google's April Fool Message?: Google plans to offer a bottomless cup of storage with its Gmail Web-based e-mail service, dramatically raising the bar for rivals in the sharply competitive business for the second time in a year
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1/04/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
Andy Baio : eWeek on the Wordpress spam issue - fair and neutral; contrast with The Register's article
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1/04/2005 @ 06:56 GMT
Eric Meyer : Mitch Hedberg dead; heart failure blamed - One of my favorite comedians. Like Dennis Wolfberg before him, he'll be missed.
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1/04/2005 @ 06:56 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : Oregon Trail t-shirt (although it should be green on black like an Apple ][)
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1/04/2005 @ 06:55 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : avoiding tolls on the Mass Pike
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jkottke : History of the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) in the US - The first video game system I ever owned was an NES "Deluxe Set". I sold that stupid robot shortly thereafter at a garage sale and used the proceeds to buy another game. (Rad Racer, maybe?)
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1/04/2005 @ 04:55 GMT
jkottke : R.W. Apple shadows a clown to discover where circus folk eat when they're in town
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jkottke : Adam Gopnik on restaurants, food critics, and the writing that results from their at times uneasy association
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1/04/2005 @ 04:55 GMT
jkottke : NPPA Best of Photojournalism 2005: Still Photography Winners - Be prepared to spend a few minutes or hours with this one.
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1/04/2005 @ 04:55 GMT
jkottke : Business 2.0 presents the Bottom Line Design Awards - "Good design is nice to look at, but great design exhibits beauty that's more than skin-deep -- it integrates form, function, and market need."
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1/04/2005 @ 03:55 GMT
jimray : GIMPshop - Making the GIMP usable [via /.]
Ethan Marcotte : GIMPShop - Hacking GIMP to provide more Photoshop-like menus and palettes. Looks hot.
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1/04/2005 @ 03:55 GMT
deusx : Daily Kos :: DeLay Issues Threats - "DeLay is just an unbelievable dick."
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1/04/2005 @ 03:55 GMT
deusx : Porter Products - French Press - "The stylish Desk Press brews up the best coffee or tea you've ever had."
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1/04/2005 @ 02:55 GMT
jkottke : Screenshots of Katamari Damacy 2 - I'll be a little disappointed if this is basically the same game with new levels.
Matthew M. Boedicker : Katamari Damacy 2 screenshots
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1/04/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Wayne Burkett : Comedian Mitch Hedberg dies at 37 - Awwwwww, man. #
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1/04/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Simon Willison : Where the eye falls - Cool graphic showing an eye tracker study of a Google search results page.
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1/04/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Simon Willison : Web Technology Put To Good Use - Ben Brown explains how tags will get you laid on his new dating site, Consumating. (via) [via]
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1/04/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
Nelson Minar : Nice alarm clocks - Read the comments for some pointers
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