Seven Songs With Factual Or Logical Mistakes In The Lyrics
— also, there’s no colloquial “East California” as mentioned in “Kids in America” via Fimoculous #Apple's Boot Camp public beta
— the stock market loves Apple’s new official support of Windows XP dual boot #Scene.org Awards 2005 nominees announced
— the best of real-time, algorithmic art from the PC demoscene #Interview with an ex-exployee of adware creator 180 Solutions
— insider details about employee adware usage and dealing with public perceptions via MetaFilter #Video: Steve Jobs demos NeXTSTEP Release 3 in 1992
— keep in mind, Windows 3.1 was released the same year #Interview with the head of the Swedish Pirate Party
— contrary to previous reports, it’s not formally connected with the Pirate Bay #Gnarls Barkley single becomes first Internet-only single to hit #1 UK charts
— I see why; the Danger Mouse/Cee-Lo joint is catchy as hell #Ohio town calls in bomb squad over Super Mario power-up cubes
— an April 1 prank takes a turn for the surreal #URLFan, top 100 sites linked in RSS feeds
— a surprisingly good alternative to Icerocket and Technorati #Anti-SUV Chevy Tahoe commercial contest entries
— they don’t seem to be moderating the entries; two more #Video: O'Reilly Factor on Myspace
— features the brilliant Danah Boyd; he’s surprisingly reasonable via Delicious #Internet Jackass Day 2006
Like every year, I’ll be rounding up my favorite pranks on Internet Jackass Day (aka April Fool’s Day). In case you’re thinking of getting involved, Anil’s got some advice for you. We’re a day early, but it’s April 1 somewhere, so let’s get started.
* ThinkGeek’s annual lineup of unusual new products
* Flickr goes catty on all “Explore” pages, in a timezone-sensitive hack; some screenshots
* Google Adwords unveils two new image sizes
* Bioengineering firm to create pet dragons
* Slashdot finds its feminine side (yawn!)
* Yelp buys rights to the Pets.com sock puppet
* Bungie’s Pimps at Sea video game
* Yahoo buys Web 2.0, all of it
* Ars Technica reviews Duke Nukem Forever
* Google Romance (though Google isn’t far off entering the personals market, in reality)
* TeeVeePedia: TeeVee’s 10th annual entry carries on their tradition of the best written pranks ever
* SQL on Rails, don’t miss the screencast
* Gamespot previews World of Starcraft, among other news coverage
* Google Earth adds some visitors to Area 51
* Wordpattern, WordPress merges with Textpattern
* LinkFilter cribs Metafilter’s design
* Homestar Runner goes upside-down
* DeviantArt previews new Web 2.0 redesign
Comprehensive lists: If you feel like drinking from the firehose, try Urgo’s definitive list and Wikipedia’s rapidly-growing collection. As Greg put it, be prepared for “less than half-assed humor.”
Conclusion: Eh. The only two that made me laugh were the Flickr cats and SQL on Rails.