In the past I’ve been dismissive of April Fools’ Day as practiced on the Internet. After this year, though, I’m taking off my old-man grumpy pants and putting on something newer and hipper. Parachute pants, perhaps. There were a number of funny and inspired jokes yesterday. Among my favorites:

• BugMeNot claiming to require registration to use.
• Wizards of the Coast and Penny Arcade creating an actual player class out of the Witchalock, the totally sweet hermaphroditic androgynite blend of witches and warlocks.
• Tor.com becoming TÖRdötCÖM, the premiere site for SäïPhäï/Phäntysee.
• ThinkGeek’s Squeeze Bacon, a product that really should exist.
• Chris Sims turning the Invincible Super-Blog into a Tarot fan-site and then writing an actual review of the latest Tarot issue.
• Improv Everywhere’s Best Funeral Ever.
• Qualcomm’s wireless conversion involving wolfpigeons (and the accompanying video, which sells the whole thing).
• Google’s CADIE, their accidental answer to Skynet.
• Best of all, The Guardian switching entirely to Twitter, which has the rare distinction of actually getting funnier as it goes.

Sure, there were the normal dead-horse “we’re shutting the site down!” posts, but I saw fewer than in years past. Maybe the tide has turned, and will take my grumpy-pants out with it.