In the U.S., April Fool’s Day has become a ‘third-rate holiday’

In the U.S., April Fool’s Day has become a ‘third-rate holiday’: “
‘No April Fool’s Day cuisine, no April Fool’s Day songs, very few April Fool’s Day TV specials or movies and not a single icon, like a Pilgrim hat or a Santa, are associated with the day,’ Thompson noted.”
Measure of cultural significance?
Dans quel monde vivons-nous, au juste?

Google Gulp and Gmail Anniversary

Google Gulp:

No personally identifiable information of any kind related to your consumption of Google Gulp or any other current or future Google Foods product will ever be given, sold, bartered, auctioned off, tossed into a late-night poker pot, or otherwise transferred in any way to any untrustworthy third party, ever, we swear.”

Yup, they learned their lesson.

Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy on File-Sharing

ZeD - Content Piece - Wilco Interview
Some key issues and concepts. I share his perspective, both as a music fan and as a musician.
It might be important to expand upon the very notion of copyright as applied to music. Jacques Attali’s Bruits discusses this creation and how it was never meant to protect the actual artists.

Data on Beer in Europe

European Beer Guide: Pubs, Bars, Beerhalls, Beer Gardens and Breweries throughout Europe
Quite impressive set of data about beer in different European countries, including very detailed information about production, number of breweries, etc.

Grain de sable

Paroles.net - Michel Fugain - Le chevalier des causes perdues ♫:

Il nous a expliqué
Qu’il suffit d’un petit grain de sable
Pour dérégler la machine implacable
Et moi je rêvais d’être ce grain de sable
Qui enfanterait un monde formidable…

Moi aussi, j’en rêve!
C’est ça, l’effet du papillon social…

Peur de l’ombre

Reçu d’un ami (brasseur et géographe):

À mesure qu’on avance, on s’approche de cette belle boule nourricière. Conséquemment, notre ombre rétrécie. Cela réduit donc considérablement notre peur devant celle-ci.

Joli!

Sc. Am. April 1st Piece

Okay, We Give Up
This one has been making the rounds for a couple of days. A bit political but quite interesting.

What Will History Teach Us?

The Onion | America’s Finest News Source™:

History Sighs, Repeats Itself

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