Top April Fools 2010
Thinkgeek – We always love Thinkgeek’s selection, not least because of the effort they go to building their props, and the fact that usually, they’re really good ideas. This year’s include the Lost-themed Dharma Initiative alarm clock, My First Bacon, the Screaming Knife, and programmable tattoos.
Google Translate For Animals – Mooo. Bark bark bark. Meow*. Meow? Meow! Neigh. Snap snap snappity snap. Waah. Pikachu!
Abduction Insurance – The worrying thing is that we can see a lot of people wanting to sign up for this one. Tinfoil’s not as cheap as it used to be.
Step Outside, Posh Boy – The Guardian reveals Labour’s new poster campaign. Not actually a bad idea. For a while, this was top of the trending topics, which is more than you can say for the official slogans.
TextP – Watch any YouTube video in text mode. Just snip the bit off the end of the URL and paste it on the end of other videos and enjoy them in fine Matrix-Vision.
BattleNet Neural Interface – Just wait, Ubisoft will have this protection system ready for the next version of Splinter Cell.
Google’s New Name – Pity it wasn’t updated on the actual page any time we checked, although it might just not have been working for us.
Log Into XKCD – Take a poke around behind the scenes of the popular comic. Lots of funny hidden jokes in there. Try treating it like a text adventure.
Tentacular, Tentacular! – Ars Technica throws away the idea of doing a joke news post and writes its own Choose Your Own Adventure instead. Become a booth babe! Be captured by Google! Join the Church of Scientology! It’s all there!
Simon Singh Wins Legal Battle - Actually, no, that happened. Hurrah for rational thought and common sense finally prevailing.
(* Croak)
