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'Where's Waldo?' comes to Google Maps for some reason

Today, Google announces that it is bringing the "Where's Waldo?" franchise to Google Maps. If you aren't familiar, this is a picture book series in which the reader has to find "Waldo" -- a man wearing a striped sweater. By design, he is hard to find -- he is hidden in plain sight by blending... Continue reading at 'Betanews'

[ Betanews | 2018-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hundreds gather to 'ridicule' Carnegie Library situation

Around 250 campaigners turned out on April Fool’s Day to “ridicule” Lambeth Council’s decision to turn Carnegie Library into a “healthy living centre with a self-service neighbourhood library”. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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William Boyd: Interview

April Fool’s Day 1998, novelist William Boyd published a hoax biography of a 20th-century American artist, Nat Tate, which was sufficiently convincing to take in a number of prominent art critics. One of the elements that made the hoax so persuasive was Boyd’s use of anonymous photographs, drawn... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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