# Any good April 1 posts/sites? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 1, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-april-1-posts-sites/534619 "2010-04-01T19:10:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-april-1-posts-sites/534619/1 "2010-04-01T19:10:12Z")
So, the SDMB has more accurate forum names, Google has changed their name, and xkcd has changed it’s interface (watch out for grues!). Any other good posts or website changes for today? (And for that matter, any interesting things to type in on xkcd?) ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-april-1-posts-sites/534619/2 "2010-04-01T19:24:55Z")
This one made me giggle: [Starbucks introduces new drink sizes](http://www.starbucks.com/blog/10113/starbucks-listens-to-customer-request-for-more-sizes.aspx) ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-april-1-posts-sites/534619/3 "2010-04-01T19:25:04Z")
> [@Quercus](#): > > (And for that matter, any interesting things to type in on xkcd?) man cat ls date pwd display 1 (or any number \<721) whoami exit (ends session) rm welcome.txt help ---
**Author:** ![shorin-ryu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@shorin-ryu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shorin-ryu)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-april-1-posts-sites/534619/4 "2010-04-01T19:26:59Z")
Well, there’s always John Hopkins… > **[Home | Johns Hopkins University](https://www.jhu.edu/)** > > Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876, is America's first research university and home to nine world-class academic divisions working together as one university ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-april-1-posts-sites/534619/5 "2010-04-01T19:39:20Z")
[Here](http://techcrunch.com/april-fools-shenanigans/)’s a running tally. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-april-1-posts-sites/534619/6 "2010-04-01T19:45:11Z")
There’s a monster in front of my webcam. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-april-1-posts-sites/534619/7 "2010-04-01T19:45:25Z")
[Questionable Content](http://questionablecontent.net/)changed their layout today. Blizzard added a few new games and features to WoW. Unless these are real, in which case… wow. [Blackthorne 2: Thorne Harder](http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/games/mobile/) [Battle.net Matchmatching](http://us.battle.net/matchmaking/index.html) As well as some new merchandise: [WoW Snuggies?](http://us.blizzard.com/diablo3/community/merchandise/gamerblanket/index.xml)[Deckard Cain GPS](http://us.blizzard.com/diablo3/community/merchandise/gps/index.xml) ---
**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-april-1-posts-sites/534619/8 "2010-04-01T19:45:43Z")
Gordon Brown gets [tough](http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/apr/01/labour-gordon-brown-hard-man)! Step outside Posh Boy! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-april-1-posts-sites/534619/9 "2010-04-01T19:47:47Z")
> [@Disheavel](#): > > man > cat > ls > date > pwd > display 1 (or any number \<721) > whoami > exit (ends session) > rm welcome.txt > help **cheat** resulted in saying that I got free shipping. I don’t have any money to check it, though. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-april-1-posts-sites/534619/10 "2010-04-01T20:06:11Z")
> [@Disheavel](#): > > man > cat > ls > date > pwd > display 1 (or any number \<721) > whoami > exit (ends session) > rm welcome.txt > help You can also go various directions. (But don’t say I didn’t warn you earlier) ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-april-1-posts-sites/534619/11 "2010-04-01T20:14:12Z")
Youtube has a new Text format for some vids. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-april-1-posts-sites/534619/12 "2010-04-02T00:26:21Z")
[Homestar Runner](http://www.homestarrunner.com/main1.html) used to do something every April 1st but that doesn’t seem to be the case this year. In fact, there hasn’t been any new material there since December 1, 2009. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-april-1-posts-sites/534619/13 "2010-04-02T01:55:27Z")
Here are what somebody considers the top 100 public hoaxes over the years. Some are pretty good. Of course, maybe this list is a hoax too? > **[Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes of All Time](http://hoaxes.org/aprilfool/)** > > We have researched the entire history of April Fools Day and selected the top 100 examples of April Foolery ever. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-april-1-posts-sites/534619/14 "2010-04-02T02:27:41Z")
PTI lead off its broadcast with a report that Tiger Woods was resuming his birth name of Eldrick as a way of distancing himself from his old image. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-april-1-posts-sites/534619/15 "2010-04-02T05:21:10Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > [Homestar Runner](http://www.homestarrunner.com/main1.html) used to do something every April 1st but that doesn’t seem to be the case this year. In fact, there hasn’t been any new material there since December 1, 2009. And I’ve posted too soon since HR redid its intro into something “edgier.” ---
**Author:** ![cardinal\_fang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal_fang/32/15316_2.png) [@cardinal\_fang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cardinal_fang)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-april-1-posts-sites/534619/16 "2010-04-02T05:30:57Z")
Qualcomm’s [Wireless Convergence](http://www.qualcomm.com/innovation/convergence.html). ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-april-1-posts-sites/534619/17 "2010-04-02T07:40:16Z")
Is this the official thread for reporting good AF pranks? Personally, I like the products that [ThinkGeek](http://www.thinkgeek.com) brings out every April 1 because they are funny and clever, and occasionally they make real versions… ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-april-1-posts-sites/534619/18 "2010-04-02T07:56:16Z")
[Definitive?](http://techcrunch.com/april-fools-shenanigans/) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-april-1-posts-sites/534619/19 "2010-04-02T07:59:24Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > [Homestar Runner](http://www.homestarrunner.com/main1.html) used to do something every April 1st but that doesn’t seem to be the case this year. In fact, there hasn’t been any new material there since December 1, 2009. The [HR Wiki](http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page) says they’ve updated a few times between these two. Anyways, I just provided the link to you can get to the prank now that it’s over. It’s in the “What’s New” column. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-april-1-posts-sites/534619/20 "2010-04-02T08:00:46Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > [Definitive?](http://techcrunch.com/april-fools-shenanigans/) The full list is always available at [http://aprilfoolsdayontheweb.com/](http://aprilfoolsdayontheweb.com/) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-april-1-posts-sites/534619.md?page=2)