April Fool’s Day 2006 for Geeks
It seemed as though yesterday was an overactive April Fool’s day; maybe because it was a Saturday or because I was actively seeking pranks. And I found many.
Some of my favorite pranks for this year:
- There’s always Google- this time with the Google Romance with contextual matching. Don’t forget to take the tour.
- Since open source proponents don’t dress well Torvalds and the OSDL have launched a new image initiative.
- The Motley Fool sued the US Government for incorrectly representing Enron before the unsuspecting citizenry.
- In one of my favorites, the MPAA and the RIAA merged to form the MAFIAA.
- Google had an alien at Area 51 and a dog on the whitehouse lawn.
- The Economist talked about the biotech corporation GeneDupe that looks to genetically engineer mythical creatures. I, for one, would like a Wookiee. Please.
- Yahoo decides to buy all of Web2.0. Why buy it piece by piece?
- Then there was the Google Browser that suspiciously looked like Lynx…
- Making a bid for that under-represented market- female children- we present to you the Barbie OS.
- The UK Government decided to shut down all GSM networks. That will teach those darn pesky cell phone users.
- The most tragic news of the day came from OpenOffice.org, which stated that it had been purchased by Microsoft.
- The Wookieepedia had Earth as their featured article.
- Geeks.com was selling a device that did GPS, PDA, cell phone, DVD, bluetooth, WiFi, 5mp camera, 200GB storage, IR, RF, TV, stereo, with keyboard, USB, Firewire, AM, FM, MP3 and holographic displays called The Thing.
- And finally, the one we had all been dreading- China bought Google.
Here is my full list of bookmarks for April Fool’s day 2006 including many I did not mention here. Also, the Wikipedia had an exhaustive list from all over the online and offline world.
