Happy April Fools Day. Look no further then for a bit of its history. Unless it hoaxes you're after, in which case enjoy. Wikipedia checks in with an extensive rundown as well. glc

Be sure to check out yesterday's collection over at kottke.org. It was, entertaining, informative and enlightening. glc

Speaking of Jason, he did an interview with big think. The interviews are broken up into three-to-five minute clips. Another good one is David McCullough, who wrote the Pulitzer Prize winner John Adams of the miniseries fame. He said of the Founding Fathers: tjc

So it wasn’t just that they where imperfect, but what they had created was imperfect and they knew it. What they were doing for us was to create a plan, an objective, a star to steer by.

Staying on the theme of imperfect objectives, The Charms of Wikipedia, from the New York Review of Books article on Wikipedia: The Missing Manual by John Broughton. Reviewer Nicholson Baker on his first edit: tjc

I clicked the "edit this page" tab, and immediately had an odd, almost lightheaded feeling, as if I had passed through the looking glass and was being allowed to fiddle with some huge engine or delicate piece of biomedical equipment. It seemed much too easy to do damage.

The NFL announced its television schedule for the opening weekend of the 2008 football season. The New England Patriots, the team that was solely responsible for shattering NFL ratings records, has been left off the bill. Hmmm... jmj

Ingenious Taiwanese bottle openers. glc

"Extending your own life expectancy is the most selfish motive imaginable for doing anything. Do it, by all means." Remember, life is not a zero-sum game. glc

Google and Virgin Group announced the launch of Virgle, Inc. this morning. Their mission? To establish a human settlement on Mars. Ha Ha. View their 100 year plan. jmj

The litany of reasons, both personal and communal, as to why this new Indexed by Jessica Hagy is poignant, is too long to list. Though perhaps you have your own. glc

Is "possible terrorist" the new "possible Communist"? tjc

Yesterday was Opening Day for Major League Baseball, and what a day it was. Among those playing with new teams, Kosuke Fukudome of the Chicago Cubs was the big winner of the day in his MLB debut, going 3-3 with a HR, 2B, 3 RBI's, 1 Run and a BB. jmj