MetaFilter posts tagged with april

A shot rang out in the Memphis sky ~ U2 "Pride"

will wait 4 tanjents — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:06:58 -0800

"Early morning April 4..." Memphis. 1968. Life reveals the aftermath of the assassination Of Dr. Martin Luther King in photos never before revealed and not an easy click. MLK May your dreams be realized. I sang MLK to my children as lullaby. Never knew anything better and it always did the trick. April fourth is never an ordinary day to me.

Flights to Mars now available

uni verse — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:21:20 -0800

Complete Mars Vacation Guide More April-first-day goodness. Link from the site's main page is at bottom right.

Death of another Newspaper

djgh — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:15:21 -0800

The Guardian is moving entirely to Twitter. "Sceptics have expressed concerns that 140 characters may be insufficient to capture the full breadth of meaningful human activity, but social media experts say the spread of Twitter encourages brevity, and that it ought to be possible to convey the gist of any message in a tweet."

CADIE - Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity

Fuzzy Dog — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:46:45 -0800

Snicker, snicker, snicker... Ahh, Google.

Gmail Paper

Fofer — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 00:15:22 -0800

Google's at it again. "Everyone loves Gmail. But not everyone loves email, or the digital era. What ever happened to stamps, filing cabinets, and the mailman? Well, you asked for it, and it’s here. We’re bringing it back... with Gmail Paper."

Fools

MetaMonkey — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 02:03:38 -0800

Newsfilter: Genetically engineered dragons a possibility, China buys Google just as Google Browser announced, new work by Euclid discovered. [via] [also: 1,2,3)

Boing is boring?

dabitch — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 03:12:51 -0800

BoringBoring a directory of dull things. [not via BoingBoing]

TV Turnoff Week

boost ventilator — Sun, 20 Apr 2003 20:04:44 -0800

TV Turnoff Week - April 21-27, 2003 (it's baaaaack!)

Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival

boost ventilator — Wed, 05 Mar 2003 08:31:07 -0800

Best. Festival. Ever? The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, CA is back this April 26th and 27th with a ridiculous array of talent...but the return of Manchester, TN's Bonnaroo Festival on June 13th, 14th and 15th could give Coachella a run for its money. [links via Pitchfork]

captaincursor — Sun, 01 Apr 2001 11:26:54 -0800

My vote goes to Bonsai Kitten as I'm still getting outraged mail railing against this site, but seeing as it's April Fools day, what are everyone's votes for the best net pranks this year?