Saturday, April 01, 2006

Make them useless. The age reports "George Clooney is known as a prankster,but his plan to undermine a website that posts celebrity sightings is no joke,his publicist says.Clooney has suggested swamping Gawker.com's "Gawker Stalker" feature with false notes about stars' whereabouts,spokesman Stan Rosenfield said.In an email Rosenfield recently distributed on Clooney's behalf to other high-powered publicists,the actor calls for publicity firms and their clients to join the effort against the site that some have called a threat to celebrities."There is a simple way to render these guys useless,"Clooney said in the message."Flood their website with bogus sightings. Get your clients to get 10 friends to text in fake sightings of any number of stars."A couple hundred conflicting sightings and this website is worthless. No need to try to create new laws to restrict free speech.Just make them useless.That's the fun of it. And then sit back and enjoy the ride,"Clooney writes,signing the note,"Thanks, George." Clooney takes aim at stalker site [Smart Mobs] It's a cuckoo's egg approach. Way to hack, Geo. 10:50:14 PM    comment []

Click before midnight tonight!. As April Fool's hoaxes go, this search engine results aggregator for credit card numbers is a good one. [Emergent Chaos] 10:50:10 PM    comment []

Yes, It's April 1. Findory collects April Fools Day online gags. [Dan Gillmor's blog] 5:14:32 PM    comment []

April fools-free zone. Saturday morning roundup: Track April 1 hoaxes on Wikipedia (via Steve Rubel). The suggestion that you move your clock forward one-hour tonight is not, repeat, it is not an April fools prank. Happy tenth blogiversary to Dave Winer. Technorati Tags: blogging [rexblog: Rex Hammock's Weblog] 12:59:39 PM    comment []

Custom-generated random-static bitmap (xbm via ngt .... Custom-generated random-static bitmap (xbm via ngtndo) [robot wisdom weblog] 12:59:33 PM    comment []

Nothing is offsides. I always assumed that you had two choices in the face of rampant corruption: dig in your heels and fight it or shrug your shoulders and deal. Then I realized that there is a middle ground: whistle past the graveyard. The Nigerian Football Association has announced a new rule: referees can accept bribes, but they can't do anything in exchange for them. I was horrified until I realized that they based their new policy on our campaign finance system. So I just went back to whistling. [Stay Free! Daily] 12:05:43 AM    comment []

NYT: :-) !!!! )-: !!!!!!! (-: What's All This? Admission Angst. College applicants awaiting news from admissions offices are chronicling their experiences online in blogs and on forums. By SUSAN SAULNY. 12:04:56 AM    comment []

Interesting Facts About Domain Names. now that I'm at Yahoo, I should try to score the complete domain list to rerun my dictionary domains [via]  Birdy Namnam. four French DJs that treat each turntable as a discrete instrument and play as a band; watch the videos   [Waxy.org Links] 12:04:35 AM    comment []

Telling Your Multimedia Story Using Free Software Tools. This 52-minute video is from a presentation I gave about for the Capital PC User Group on Powerbullet and Audacity. [unmediated] 12:04:30 AM    comment []