Club Jade (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
... said. “We decided: ‘We’re not doing anything else with this, and it’s funny. Let’s make it an April Fools’ product.’ ” And an internet phenomenon was born…
The Independent (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
On April Fools Day Adriano pulled off his iconic yellow jersey and decided he had had enough of football. Instead of flying back to Italy and his Serie A duties with Internazionale, he returned to his native Rio de Janeiro, a once fêted career for club and country apparently in tatters.
Crooked Timber (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
... other results displayed in pecking order. PigeonRank, of course, is a hoax, part of Google’s 2002 April Fool’s Day joke. But how did my student fall for it in 2009? Simple. He trusted Google. The first result when you search Google for “How does Google work?” is a link and a blurb purported to describe precisely that:
michaelzimmer.org (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
... other results displayed in pecking order. PigeonRank, of course, is a hoax, part of Google’s 2002 April Fool’s Day joke . But how did my student fall for it in 2009? Simple. He trusted Google. The first result when you search Google for “How does Google work?” is a link and a blurb purported to describe precisely that: My student clicked on the link, read, and digested the information....
WOW Insider (Free subscription) | yesterday
Juice really shouldn't be warm; but doesn't M just look so happy? It almost makes it okay, although that's primarily because it's not my juice. The Scout Report: #88 , Scout is back to being Scout! Well, sort of. #89 , and I'm trying not to imagine the sprocket party too. NPC: Breaking News . This totally ruins our next April Fools Day! Sensibilities . I'm jealous of your turkey pet,...
Nerd World (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
What started off as a cruel, cruel joke has turned into reality. For April Fool's Day this year, online geek supplier ThinkGeek.com put up a fake listing for a Star Wars Tauntaun sleeping bag. Complete with an internal intestine-like patten and a lightsaber zipper pull, the bag references the scene in The Empire Strikes Back where [...]
Llewtrah's Soapbox (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
... And if you look here (following a link at the bottom of the teacup cat page), you'll see it was an April Fool joke, created in part to see who was ripping off information wholesale and skimping on research. The original is an image file (so copyists would have to type it up) with a blatantly fake photo. That's even better than Petshed treating the Pakhet spoof as a real breed.
Barnacle Bill (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
... in No. 10 before all the real brown stuff hits the fan, ie the tax rises we will all experience on April Fools Day next year. On that note I'm abandoning ship over here, getting in my own lifeboat to head over the Pennines, catch you later.
Irvine Housing Blog (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
... Just over a day? And at night You've got to let the world change Denial -- Sugarbabes Back on April Fool's Day, I wrote a post talking about some of the ill-timed and poorly executed improvement projects around town . Today, I want to recognize an equally futile attempt at property improvement to add value. According to the listing, the owners spent "Nearly $300K in quality upgrades."...
Cruise Lines (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Must admit, I checked the date when I saw this story that MSC Cruises' has made MSC Splendida into the world's first "fully-fragranced, sensory-branded" ship. "It's no April Fool," I was assured by the UK office. So I dug back...
Technology Alerts (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
... via Snail Mail for Free Yes, you can use Google for sending snail-mail and this is not an April Fool’s joke . If you have friends and family members in the US whom you would like to send greeting cards this holiday season, here’s something really interesting for... Read more.. » More Recent Articles Take Notes on the Desktop and Email Them to Yourself with Scribbly...
Hack A Day (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
We’ve been accused on more than one occasion…okay, pretty much every single day…of harboring some kind of creepy Arduino love affair. The topic does come up an awful lot here, we’re not oblivious to that, and had been patiently waiting for April Fool’s Day to post an article lampooning the whole situation, both ourselves and critics alike, so that everybody...
Eastcliff Richard (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
... before the rot set in with the creation of Thanet District Council, appropriately enough on April Fools' Day 1974. Keep an eye on my What's On in Thanet guide in the sidebar on the right for details of upcoming screenings. In the meantime, Christine's sent me a set of snaps from the film which you may care to peruse... This is Dreamland in the 1950s, before the rot set in and everything...
Kotaku (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
From April Fools joke to cult hero, World of Warcraft's Pandaren have come a long, long way. Now, they can go a little further, and join you slobbing it at your desk. For a limited time, Blizzard...
Healthy. Happy. Life. (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
... into a syrupy shallow mixture of what almost looks like melted lemon sorbet. Good thing this isn't April Fool's Day because I could easily have someone with a big spoonful of salty 'sorbet' as dessert. No, no I kid, I kid. But I was delighted to see that after 2 weeks (16 days actually) the lemons had indeed changed in size, color, texture, smell and even flavor. Yay, my experiment...
