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Collect HN: Aprils Fools

294 points by daleharvey 16y ago

Given the propensity of april fools jokes among the tech sites, I figured its probably a good idea to collect them in one thread as opposed to being individually submitted.

daleharvey 16y ago
and the first, spotify closes its EU service in order to launch in the US http://eu.techcrunch.com/2011/04/01/spotify-announces-us-launch-closing-european-service-to-fund-it/ http://eu.techcrunch.com/2011/04/01/spotify-announces-us-lau...
neckbeard 16y ago
Cheezburger Network acquires Charlie Stross' blog: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2011/04/administrative-announcement.html http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2011/04/administ...
daleharvey 16y ago
atlassian gets into mobile gaming http://www.atlassian.com/en/angrynerds http://www.atlassian.com/en/angrynerds
- statictype 16y ago
  Love the quotes: "Cease and Desist" - Rovio
  - hasenj 16y ago
    haha nice catch! I didn't notice it the first time around.
  - jespern 16y ago
    They said it: http://twitter.com/RovioMobile/status/53582855015636992 http://twitter.com/RovioMobile/status/53582855015636992
gcr 16y ago
I'm planning on installing a transparent proxy that rotates web pages 1-2 degrees with CSS3 transforms. https://github.com/gcr/proxies/blob/master/rotating-proxy.js https://github.com/gcr/proxies/blob/master/rotating-proxy.js
- nedwin 16y ago
  This is AWESOME. Got a link to an example?
  - nedwin 16y ago
    Why was this downvoted? I'm not a developer, is there some kind of humour I've missed here?
    - ajaimk 16y ago
      It wasn't me but occasionally the mouse slips and hits the wrong button. It could also just be trolls.
      - mbreese 16y ago
        Or it could be the "AWESOME" part... Still, I'd love to see a link too.
  - gcr 16y ago
    Sure, sure. Run the proxy with sudo -u nobody node rotating-proxy.js It will start listening on your local machine. If you want to filter all output on your computer through this proxy, try an iptables redirect: iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 8080 -m owner '!' --uid-owner nobody If you want to do it on the router for a network of machines, the trick is to redirect all HTTP traffic through a dedicated box running the proxy. Pretend this machine is 10.0.2.15. First, ensure that that machine's traffic gets through normally and isn't redirected to itself: iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -s 10.0.2.15 -j ACCEPT Then, redirect all HTTP traffic on your network (say, 10.0.2.0/24) through that machine: iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -s 10.0.2.0/24 -p tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT --to-destination=10.0.2.15:8080 Finally, ensure that your packets get back to the source with a masquerade: iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -p tcp -d 10.0.2.15 --dport 8080 -j MASQUERADE Here's what it looks like. http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/4035/april1.png http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/4035/april1.png
shareme 16y ago
Jason Calacanis sold Mahalo to MS Bing
- desigooner 16y ago
  how about: Jason Calcanis sold Mahalo to AOL
  - shareme 16y ago
    no you misspelled it its Calacanis
mhiceoin 16y ago
Notepad++ is funding Scientology http://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/redirect-donation-to-scientology http://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/redirect-donation-to-scien...
mhiceoin 16y ago
Affiliate rebills funding an Affiliate hang out in the Maldives http://www.mrgreen.am/general/the-reason-i-havent-been-blogging/ http://www.mrgreen.am/general/the-reason-i-havent-been-blogg...
yesbabyyes 16y ago
Adblock releases Adblock Freedom - augmented reality eyewear that detects and removes ads from the world in realtime. http://chromeadblock.com/freedom/ http://chromeadblock.com/freedom/
- sp332 16y ago
  Hm, some basic AR eyewear + UnLogo software https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/816924031/unlogo-the-corporate-media-filter-0?ref=live https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/816924031/unlogo-the-co... (still looks pretty rough, but it's a start) could actually do that.
  - yesbabyyes 16y ago
    Yeah, I was so happy to see it because I've been thinking about this exact thing for quite a long while. I like the idea of replacing all ads with random images from my photo albums. I would be so much happier. One day.
    - emit_time_n3rgy 16y ago
      http://add-art.org http://add-art.org add-on that uses that sort of idea :)
  - nzjames 16y ago
    Just watched the kickstarter video but with my headphones pluggeded into 'The Prodigy: Fighter Beat' by accident. It made their video very cool. Sorry for the lack of value - I just wanted to share.
- kevbin 16y ago
  I read that as "Adblock Freemium", i.e. Ad-supported ad-blocking.
  - rsoto 16y ago
    that would be a pretty cool idea
MaysonL 16y ago
Dave Winer's putting up a paywall on Scripting News: http://scripting.com/stories/2011/04/01/letter.html http://scripting.com/stories/2011/04/01/letter.html
gammarator 16y ago
(Internet Annoyance Day is even more annoying when it starts at UTC-12.)
- kennu 16y ago
  Or UTC+12?
- borland 16y ago
  UTC+13, even. We're still on daylight savings time in NZ
lachyg 16y ago
I wonder how many cofounders will get fake YC interview acceptances from their partners =P
inerte 16y ago
We put this on our menu, under "Tasks": http://erkie.github.com/ http://erkie.github.com/ with the text "destroy system"
zedrick 16y ago
One Kings Lane launches OKL Farms - The only breeders of the Mini Lap Elephant. http://oklephant.com/ http://oklephant.com/
Mizza 16y ago
http://omgubunutu.co.uk http://omgubunutu.co.uk is a fun one
- ppog 16y ago
  Typo in the link: http://omgubuntu.co.uk http://omgubuntu.co.uk
  - ascott 16y ago
    This is great, I love browsing the articles through the terminal.
Z3UX 16y ago
Apple to launch Vatican City Apple Store http://thenextweb.com/apple/2011/04/01/breaking-news-apple-to-launch-vatican-city-apple-store/ http://thenextweb.com/apple/2011/04/01/breaking-news-apple-t...
- Z3UX 16y ago
  I love their Apple website screenshot: http://thenextweb.com/apple/files/2011/04/Apple_Vatican2a.png http://thenextweb.com/apple/files/2011/04/Apple_Vatican2a.pn... XD
stevenashley 16y ago
Duke Nukem Forever has been delayed until Mid 2012.
- m_myers 16y ago
  Reverse April Fool!
imrehg 16y ago
The Canterbury Distribution: http://www.archlinux.org/ http://www.archlinux.org/ & http://www.debian.org/ http://www.debian.org/ & http://grml.org/ http://grml.org/ & Gentoo & openSUSE.... That's some team effort! Too bad it's a joke, I'd so get it right now...
sahillavingia 16y ago
At Pinterest we turned stuff upside down: http://pinterest.com/ http://pinterest.com/
senectus 16y ago
http://www.zdnet.com.au/rim-debuts-screenless-blackberry-339312385.htm http://www.zdnet.com.au/rim-debuts-screenless-blackberry-339... Blackberry announces a screenless model
tokenadult 16y ago
For historical interest, an all-time classic from the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/1/newsid_2819000/2819261.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/1/new...
- hallmark 16y ago
  Would have been even more awesome if the BBC reported on a very poor harvest the next year, due to an inevitable crop pest: the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
  - jacques_chester 16y ago
    You'd need the FSM + a time machine, given that the "spaghetti harvest" gag was pulled in 1957.
- geuis 16y ago
  Australian follow up, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fACJ22ixzhg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fACJ22ixzhg
mbrubeck 16y ago
Opt out of April Fools Day with the "DNF" HTTP header: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/do-not-fool/ https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/do-not-fool/ If you are planning an April Fools joke on your web site, I urge you to support this important new web standard. :)
- brlewis 16y ago
  Where's the spec for the header?
  - moeffju 16y ago
    Spec: The HTTP Request Header "DNF" is set to "1" if the user opted out of April Fools' Day jokes.
    - brlewis 16y ago
      Thanks. I don't have FF4 on my Ubuntu laptop yet, but my testing with telnet says it's working. If you have the extension installed please check for me: http://ourdoings.com/2008-04-01 http://ourdoings.com/2008-04-01 should redirect you to a picture of llamas ignoring April Fools Day if you've turned on DNF, otherwise it shows a fake "OpenID Support to be Removed" blog post from a prior April Fools day. EDIT: One reply saying if it worked would be most appreciated.
      - nfriedly 16y ago
        It works - I saw the lamas!
        marcamillion 16y ago
        In all honesty, I am struggling to figure out if this is an April's Fools Joke in and of itself, or if this is legit. The comments definitely don't help much. Can someone just be explicit with it. I am not running FF, if that matters.
wilhil 16y ago
Super User - http://superuser.com/q/265114/4386 http://superuser.com/q/265114/4386
Xuzz 16y ago
Cydia adds a dickbar to help users discover popular packages: http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=14540 http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=14540
- ghiculescu 16y ago
  > If you don't see the Quick Bar it will appear once your device's date changes to April 1st, 2011, April Fools Day. That wasn't very subtle :(
- deleted 16y ago
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NZ_Matt 16y ago
Air New Zealand have introduced "pay what you weigh" http://promos.airnz.co.nz/payweigh/ http://promos.airnz.co.nz/payweigh/
- uvdiv 16y ago
  Is fair pricing such an obscure concept that this is a credible April Fool's joke? Why shouldn't people get discounts for losing weight and saving the airline fuel expenses? Is there a implicit moral norm that those who consume less should subsidize those who consume more ("to each according to his need"), or is mentioning an awkward truth like "heavy people take more energy to lift" a social taboo, or do people just avoid thinking about this entirely? I assume this would be illegal discrimination from a private New Zealand company, even though it's dandy for the NZ government: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5245555/Nurse-told-shes-too-fat-to-move-to-New-Zealand.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5245...
  - spicyj 16y ago
    I doubt that a few dozen pounds is significant relative to the weight of the aircraft.
    - archangel_one 16y ago
      Probably not. But the airlines charge as though it is when you're over the baggage weight limit.
      - pyrhho 16y ago
        I believe that is more to do with baggage handler's unions and worker regulation. Though they certainly exaggerate it to make a profit.
  - dasil003 16y ago
    Yes, but what is the marginal difference in fuel costs based on people's weight? I'm guessing it's dwarfed by the subsidization of empty seats.
mman 16y ago
Everyone stop ruining April fools by expecting it
hollywoodcole 16y ago
reddit's in the making: http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/gftly/and_the_april_fools_video_for_2011_is/ http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/gftly/and_the_april_...
rbxbx 16y ago
test-align: centaur; http://testaligncentaur.com/ http://testaligncentaur.com/ not to be confused with text-align: centaur; http://textaligncentaur.com/ http://textaligncentaur.com/
piotrSikora 16y ago
YouTube's "year 1911" mode ;)
rdtsc 16y ago
Flask-Enterprise! http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2394521 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2394521
- sibsibsib 16y ago
  oh... that wasn't serious? Guess I missed the April 1 date on it.
Urgo 16y ago
Hey guys, My goal since 2004 has been to keep a list of all AFD jokes on the web in one place. Check it out if you like. Have 66 there so far this year :) Feel free to submit any ones from THIS year to the site as well. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2394571 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2394571
csarva 16y ago
Google Romance: http://www.google.com/romance/ http://www.google.com/romance/
- lylejohnson 16y ago
  From 2006...
moeffju 16y ago
We're pretty B2B, so we just subtly rotate the whole page by -2.5 to +2.5 deg. https://www.toptranslation.com/ https://www.toptranslation.com/ (Supports the DNF protocol, btw.)
- elliottcarlson 16y ago
  While I love the idea, I think that the shift is too subtle and somewhat causes the page to look out of focus and amateurish. Sorry - just pointing out how it looks to me with the effect on. (Edit: After a few refreshes I see the more skewed pages and that makes more sense - I guess if the degrees is just slightly off 0 it doesn't look right)
- wdewind 16y ago
  Whoa, trippy, when i came back HN looked like it was off for a few seconds in comparison. haha
- DanI-S 16y ago
  Every good startup knows when to pivot.
- Garbage 16y ago
  I specially upvoted for (Supports the DNF protocol, btw.)
- moeffju 16y ago
  Check the DNF implementation: Without DNF: http://img.ly/3ksI http://img.ly/3ksI Enable DNF: http://img.ly/3ksL http://img.ly/3ksL Presto! http://img.ly/3ksM http://img.ly/3ksM Also, we now rotate every element on the page instead of just the body. Shakes things up! :)
redbluething 16y ago
AOL acquires Forrst https://twitter.com/kylebragger/status/53634151336787968 https://twitter.com/kylebragger/status/53634151336787968
joshu 16y ago
Is it just me or is none of this stuff any funny?
- mindcrime 16y ago
  No, it's not just you. I despise this crap. I particularly hate the way /. always became "nothing but AFD jokes" on April 1, and I really, really hope the HN crowd never jumps on that particular bandwagon.
  - mashmac2 16y ago
    Oh geez. You just brought back memories of the "OMG Ponies!" theme from years ago. That was completely ridiculous. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Slashdot_omgponies.png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Slashdot_omgponies.png
    - mindcrime 16y ago
      I'm pretty sure that was the day I broke my /. addiction. I'd largely suppressed that memory, thanks for bringing it back. :-(
      - Lewisham 16y ago
        Well, I think theming is pretty funny in small doses. It's the actual complete lack of news that I can't stand. It's basically Internet Shutdown Day.
      - radu_floricica 16y ago
        Funny's in the eye of the beholder, I guess. I found it hilarious.
  - jokermatt999 16y ago
    I do enjoy April Fool's, but it is probably for the best that it stays in this topic here. As I've said before, you can go anywhere on the internet for humor, but intelligent discussion is harder to find. Anyway, back to seeing what ridiculous things the internet is up to today.
daleharvey 16y ago
My favourite http://labs.mudynamics.com/2010/04/01/why-nosql-is-bad-for-startups/ http://labs.mudynamics.com/2010/04/01/why-nosql-is-bad-for-s...
njonsson 16y ago
“What’s new in htty v1.3.4: Rails view emulation — PUT and DELETE are sent as POST requests with form data of ‘_method=put’ or ‘_method=delete’.” http://twitter.com/get_htty/status/53649180652093440 http://twitter.com/get_htty/status/53649180652093440
duck 16y ago
I turned Hacker Newsletter (http://www.hackernewsletter.com http://www.hackernewsletter.com) upside down for the day and started offering a new faxed edition for a small fee.
elliottcarlson 16y ago
http://notes.envato.com/news/the-future-of-envato-is-here%E2%80%A6-and-its-in-stereoscopic-3d/ http://notes.envato.com/news/the-future-of-envato-is-here%E2... Envato unveils 3DOcean - The world's first stereoscopic anaglyph online marketplace.
dreeves 16y ago
Ode to Power Laws: http://messymatters.com/powerlaws http://messymatters.com/powerlaws
selvan 16y ago
DST's Yuri Milner offers EVERY YCS11 applicant $250K.
mef 16y ago
Ryanair introduces "child-free" flights (if only it were true) http://www.ryanair.com/en/news/child-free-flights-from-october-2011 http://www.ryanair.com/en/news/child-free-flights-from-octob...
- nddrylliog 16y ago
  Oh, so the 1994 look of their website wasn't the joke?
qwertymaniac 16y ago
GMail Motion - Use your body to control your inbox: http://mail.google.com/mail/help/motion.html http://mail.google.com/mail/help/motion.html
- martin1b 16y ago
  Hilarious!
  - qwertymaniac 16y ago
    I wish it worked though. Someday, perhaps, with a Kinect and free time :(
- machinespit 16y ago
  we'll laugh now but eventually it might happen haha
__david__ 16y ago
We switched the colors on the cards in our solitaire games (http://greenfelt.net/freecell http://greenfelt.net/freecell). It's a subtle effect that just makes things look weird without you being able to identify what is wrong, at first.
vyrotek 16y ago
Voting things up on http://www.StackOverflow.com http://www.StackOverflow.com seems to display colorful dancing unicorns now.
- gizzlon 16y ago
  =) Guess this is the day to post stuff to SO
  - marcamillion 16y ago
    Funnily enough, I have been seeing people being more generous with upvotes.
derrida 16y ago
Wikipedia is hilarious! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_page
- meadhikari 16y ago
  What is hilarious?
  - eneveu 16y ago
    Read "Today's featured article", the "Did you know..." part, and "Today's featured picture". Here is a screenshot of the page, in case you don't see the same / for future viewers: http://i.imgur.com/nGHhQ.png http://i.imgur.com/nGHhQ.png
    - JonnieCache 16y ago
      The "today's featured article" bit is probably not a joke. 18th century london was actually like that.
- izendejas 16y ago
  Ha! rtm, one of the YC partners, is mentioned in the "Did you know" section.
dwwoelfel 16y ago
If I wasn't so scared of being tarred and feathered by the anti-fools brigade, I'd submit this self-post for April Fools: DAE think Hacker News is turning into Reddit?
cowpewter 16y ago
Here at Grooveshark, we've harnessed the power of HTML5™ to provide you with a full 3D experience... http://listen.grooveshark.com/ http://listen.grooveshark.com/ If you have a paid account, it won't change your theme automatically though. You should get a notification in the corner to turn it on.
- nphrk 16y ago
  You got me there I got to be honest. It took me a while to realize it's April Fools' :).
- omnivore 16y ago
  Yeah, I saw this last night. I'm not a subscriber anymore and it was really annoying and I was confused. I didn't even think of April Fools though. Good one.
- wanderr 16y ago
  We're also auto-suggesting Justin Bieber no matter what users type in to the search bar. :)
carnivore 16y ago
Any YouTube video, with _CAPTIONS_ on (The CC button), to add text to your 1911 video :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmV-NddtqRU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmV-NddtqRU To find other videos with captions, append ",cc" to your search, like "cats, cc".
balanon 16y ago
"My newborn isn't crying all night. April Fools. Yes she is. Joke's on you." http://twitter.com/#!/balanon/status/53677841384091649 http://twitter.com/#!/balanon/status/53677841384091649
th 16y ago
xkcd is 3D: http://xkcd.com/ http://xkcd.com/ Randall is accepting user-submitted 3D versions of each comic: http://xkcd.com/xk3d/ http://xkcd.com/xk3d/ Unfortunately, it looks like there is no title text for 3D comics yet.
- yread 16y ago
  It is in the noscript tag, Opera shows it
  - cstuder 16y ago
    As does Chrome.
    - fwenzel 16y ago
      as does Firefox.
- streeter 16y ago
  You can also disable the 3d with the link http://xkcd.com/880/#flat http://xkcd.com/880/#flat
iki23 16y ago
@TPB wins auction for site eBay.com, merge is planned: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2395035 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2395035 http://bit.ly/frcgu8 http://bit.ly/frcgu8
GVRV 16y ago
Google hiring everybody! http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/uslocations/mountain-view/autocompleter/index.html http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/uslocations/mountain-view...
- GVRV 16y ago
  'Indian Tata Group and Chinese Government to buy Facebook for $770 billion' by John C. Dvorak http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2382933,00.asp http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2382933,00.asp
shoma 16y ago
New RFC. Regional Broadcast Using an Atmospheric Link Layer http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6217 http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6217
btilly 16y ago
One of my favorite web comics got seized by the FBI: http://www.gpf-comics.com/ http://www.gpf-comics.com/ (I hope this one is a joke.)
rsoto 16y ago
Thinkgeek: - Arsenic-based sea monkeys http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/e8b9/ http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/e8b9/ - Edible gummy iPhone cases http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/e8ba/ http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/e8ba/ - Playmobil Apple Store Playset http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/e8bb/ http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/e8bb/ - Angry Birds Pork Rinds http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/e8bd/ http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/e8bd/ Minecraft Store: http://www.minecraft.net/store/loot.jsp http://www.minecraft.net/store/loot.jsp
makeramen 16y ago
Reddit Mold! http://blog.reddit.com/2011/03/reddit-mold-is-now-live.html http://blog.reddit.com/2011/03/reddit-mold-is-now-live.html
- deleted 16y ago
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- btipling 16y ago
  Kind of terrible that they're using April fools to sell something. Some people are getting mold and if you get reddit gold you can get mold to retaliate. I mean I know they like are doing things to hire more people but this just seems a little in poor taste. It's not fun anymore when they're really asking you for money.
pitdesi 16y ago
http://FeeFighters.com http://FeeFighters.com raised $41 million, bought the rock band FooFighters, rebranded as http://FoeFighters.com http://FoeFighters.com, and is having a contest to see which Foe they should fight. Please vote! it's good for humanity!
tkahn6 16y ago
Hulu 1995 throwback complete with <table> based layout. http://www.hulu.com/index.htm http://www.hulu.com/index.htm
- colinyoung 16y ago
  Love this one. Best part is the hidden dialup sound and <blink> tags.
  - ascendant 16y ago
    It's the slow-loading, grainy pictures that really take me back.
    - maayank 16y ago
      and the marquee and frames based website :) Be sure to scroll to the bottom, where there are a geocities affiliate button, the omni present (at the time) under construction gif, guestbook, netscape and ie 3 buttons, and green-led counter. Back in the day I had the very same last three on my angelfire and then geocities websites... Ahhh, the memories.
- pyre 16y ago
  Sweet I can stream Sliders from Hulu! Though I'll probably have to download RealPlayer...
- arethuza 16y ago
  Speaking of table based layout - ever checked what HN uses?
turbodog 16y ago
http://joeloncoal.com/ http://joeloncoal.com/
wmobit 16y ago
Milkyway@Home on iPhone / iOS. The small tests that run on my desktop in about 10 seconds take 20 minutes on my iphone 3g, and drain the battery about 8%. http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/forum_thread.php?id=2303 http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/forum_thread.php?id=2303
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bergie 16y ago
Apache gets paid 3.141592654 cents for each Google +1 click because of their "+1 patent" http://grep.codeconsult.ch/2011/04/01/1-tm-a-rosy-financial-future-for-the-apache-software-foundation/ http://grep.codeconsult.ch/2011/04/01/1-tm-a-rosy-financial-...
mncaudill 16y ago
At Flick(e)r, we finally fixed the misspelling of the company name.
humbledrone 16y ago
I created a bash-like shell with C++ syntax. It saves a lot of typing, and it's only 412,011 lines of template-heavy code, so it's easy to extend: http://blog.mezeske.com/?p=377 http://blog.mezeske.com/?p=377
jeffbarr 16y ago
The AWS team has been working on the new Amazon $NAME product for over 10 months: http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2011/04/announcing-aws-name.html http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2011/04/announcing-aws-name.html
cnicolaou 16y ago
Nice one from the AWS team http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2011/04/announcing-aws-name.html http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2011/04/announcing-aws-name.html
Seth_Kriticos 16y ago
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/ http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/ drops back to CLI today, it seems.
- deleted 16y ago
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- St-Clock 16y ago
  Try various commands on their cli for some interesting feedback (e.g., vim, emacs, rm -rf). Btw, someone downvoted a previous poster who said exactly that. The post was deleted though :-(
forsaken 16y ago
http://urbanairship.com http://urbanairship.com has turned into an 8-bit working game.
adora 16y ago
LinkedIn's "People you may know" section is now filled with historical figures and fictional characters, all of which have pretty elaborate profiles. http://awesomescreenshot.com/057alia5b http://awesomescreenshot.com/057alia5b
loganlinn 16y ago
Narwhal in London according to Google Maps! http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=51%C2%B029%E2%80%9930.82%E2%80%B3+N+0%C2%B007%E2%80%9928.59%E2%80%B3+W&aq=&sll=51.49254,-0.124261&sspn=0.0035,0.010568&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=51.492994,-0.123382&spn=0.003734,0.009624&z=17 http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&#38...
paraschopra 16y ago
Move beyond behavioral targeting: using mouse movements to read visitor’s mind http://visualwebsiteoptimizer.com/split-testing-blog/behavioral-targeting-using-mouse-movements/ http://visualwebsiteoptimizer.com/split-testing-blog/behavio...
fakelvis 16y ago
http://pinboard.in http://pinboard.in is now a Yahoo! product. Before I realised, the "from Yahoo!" image (top left) stopped me in my tracks.
sfgfdhgfdshdhhd 16y ago
IDG has a story about mozilla recalling firefox 4 because of serious bug. Every user should return their version using an online upload form or by sending a usb-stick by mail. http://www.idg.se/2.1085/1.377322/mozilla-aterkallar-firefox-4 http://www.idg.se/2.1085/1.377322/mozilla-aterkallar-firefox...
plainOldText 16y ago
omgubuntu has encountered an error or many :) http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk
sankara 16y ago
Introducing Cleartrip Enamel - http://blog.cleartrip.com/journal/2011/4/1/introducing-cleartrip-enamel.html http://blog.cleartrip.com/journal/2011/4/1/introducing-clear...
mrspeaker 16y ago
Joe Armstrong and Robert Virding admit that Erlang VM was just a dodgy clone of the JVM (video) http://www.infoq.com/news/2011/04/erlang-copied-jvm-and-scala http://www.infoq.com/news/2011/04/erlang-copied-jvm-and-scal...
agaton 16y ago
Twingly and TV4+ Haunted House launches Blog Platform for Ghost Writers and Social Mediums http://blog.twingly.com/2011/04/01/twingly-launches-blog-platform-for-ghost-writers-and-social-mediums/ http://blog.twingly.com/2011/04/01/twingly-launches-blog-pla...
herman 16y ago
We're having some reverse packet switching issues on Snapfinch, seems to be causing images to display upside down: http://snapfinch.com http://snapfinch.com
PStamatiou 16y ago
Google Docs Motion Beta: http://www.google.com/google-d-s/promos/motion.html http://www.google.com/google-d-s/promos/motion.html
jitendra_ 16y ago
News about Pune's Tech Industry decline quotes Vivek Wadhwa: http://punetech.com/punes-tech-industry-to-decline-40-by-2020-negligible-startup-activity-vivek-wadhwa/ http://punetech.com/punes-tech-industry-to-decline-40-by-202... . Wadhwa on twitter confirms it is a prank: http://twitter.com/vwadhwa/status/53675195906531328 http://twitter.com/vwadhwa/status/53675195906531328
robin_reala 16y ago
Search for Helvetica on Google: https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=helvetica https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=helvetica
- ch0wn 16y ago
  Searching for "Comic Sans MS" has the same effect.
  - trebor 16y ago
    But it isn't nearly so funny as Googling Helvetica. Most Helvetica-lovers are Comic Sans haters...
- mdisraeli 16y ago
  This reminded me of the recently launched http://whichfontshouldiuse.com/ http://whichfontshouldiuse.com/ ;)
- eneveu 16y ago
  I don't get it. What is this supposed to do? Is it supposed to style the page with the Helvetica font? If this is the joke, I guess it doesn't work for me since this font is not available on my machine (using Ubuntu). Or is it something else I'm missing? Edit: seems like I wasn't far from the truth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%27s_hoaxes#Search http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%27s_hoaxes#Search http://www.google.com/landing/csfe/ http://www.google.com/landing/csfe/
stanleydrew 16y ago
Twilio releases long-awaited carrier pigeon API: http://www.twilio.com/pigeons http://www.twilio.com/pigeons
- swatkat 16y ago
  This reminds me of Google PigeonRank :)
- whimsy 16y ago
  Finally, a service that supports RFC 1149. Will it work on IPv6 per RFC 6214, though?
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stanleydrew 16y ago
Twilio's API now returns responses in morse code. Just append .morse to the end of any Twilio REST API URL to get the morse code representation. If you find a legitimate use for this, please let us know.
- IgorPartola 16y ago
  I would love to learn Morse code to use it for text messages. Not related to Twilio, but this reminded me. Maybe we could take care of two problems at once by hooking up a Morse code transcriber hooked up to a cell phone to the horn in every teenagers car :)
Jabbles 16y ago
Not an April Fools' Joke: Microsoft complains to EU about Google's (alleged) anti-competitive behaviour. http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/microsoft-files-antitrust-lawsuit-against-google-in-eu/ http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/microsoft-files-antit...
mcdowall 16y ago
Someone at work actually tried to enter her card details! http://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/national-deal/royalwedding/280861 http://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/national-deal/royalwedding/28...
mariust 16y ago
http://mail.google.com/mail/help/motion.html http://mail.google.com/mail/help/motion.html the best one I saw today.:D
davweb 16y ago
Eric Lippert introduces some new features in C#: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2011/04/01/compound-assignment-part-two.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2011/04/01/compo...
dchest 16y ago
I launched "I Read Like" http://iwl.me/read/ http://iwl.me/read/
riprock 16y ago
Blizzard Entertainment's April Fools starcraft: http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/games/console/ http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/games/console/ warcraft: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/game/dungeon-helper/ http://us.battle.net/wow/en/game/dungeon-helper/ http://us.battle.net/wow/en/game/dungeon/tomb-of-immortal-darkness http://us.battle.net/wow/en/game/dungeon/tomb-of-immortal-da... diablo: http://us.blizzard.com/diablo3/media/horadrapp/ http://us.blizzard.com/diablo3/media/horadrapp/
- TimothyBurgess 16y ago
  I've never played StarCraft but I would totally play that. That actually looked like a lot of fun. Make it happen Blizzard!
sktrdie 16y ago
Is this an Aprils fools joke? If yes it should be submitted under itself.
est 16y ago
http://www.geforce.com/ http://www.geforce.com/ 3dfx Voodoo 5 5500
fremdkraft 16y ago
The employees of Germany's Foreign Ministry are getting iPads replacing their PCs and notebooks. I guess some will wish it wasn't April 1st. :) Google translated story: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heise.de%2Fnewsticker%2Fmeldung%2FBerliner-Aussenministerium-wechselt-zu-Apple-1219332.html http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&tl...
fmavituna 16y ago
Metasploit - http://www.commonexploits.com/?p=266 http://www.commonexploits.com/?p=266
ved 16y ago
Head over to LinkedIn and see who "you might know you"...
guruz 16y ago
Hidden flags for Nokia's Qt: http://labs.qt.nokia.com/2011/04/01/qt-hidden-gems/ http://labs.qt.nokia.com/2011/04/01/qt-hidden-gems/
FSecurePal 16y ago
Hacker Group Changes Millions of Passwords to "password"; Only 38% of Users Notice http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002134.html http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002134.html
Herwig 16y ago
TechCrunch is making a big list too! http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/01/april-fools-2011-the-big-list/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/01/april-fools-2011-the-big-li...
bnmrrs 16y ago
Thanks to the coming Canadian election Demeure was able to add a special rental property. http://demeure.com/special-offers/sussex http://demeure.com/special-offers/sussex. Come and stay in the former Prime Minister's house for only $3000/night!
jonkelly 16y ago
Our small contribution to the genre: http://thisorthat.com/blog/breaking-scrappr-picks-up-410001-million-investment http://thisorthat.com/blog/breaking-scrappr-picks-up-410001-... Breaking News: Scrapper Gobbles Up $41.000001 Million Investment
tsenart 16y ago
https://github.com/tsenart/fool.js https://github.com/tsenart/fool.js Just paste this before your body closes: <script> // Uncomment the next line if you want the prank to happen only when the url hashtag is #april // if (document.location.hash.indexOf('april') > -1) document.body.style.webkitTransform = document.body.style.MozTransform = 'rotate(' + [45, 90, 135, 180, 225, 270, 315][Math.floor(Math.random() * 7)] + 'deg)'; </script>
joeblue 16y ago
Hi Everyone, I am super excited to announce the release of The Hoffington Post: http://thehoffingtonpost.com http://thehoffingtonpost.com The Internet Newspaper: 100% dedicated to David Hasselhoff. It's better than his singing. We swear.
ciupicri 16y ago
GNOME 3.0 Rescheduled for September 2011 Release http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/2011-04-gnome-3.0-rescheduled.html http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/2011-04-gnome-3.0-resche...
nitefly 16y ago
Security Advisory SMB-1985-0001: Plumber Injection Attack in Bowser’s Castle: http://blog.ksplice.com/2011/04/smb-1985-0001-advisory http://blog.ksplice.com/2011/04/smb-1985-0001-advisory
dord 16y ago
At Sporcle, they've added a 'Boss!' button. Now when you're playing games on their site at work and the boss comes around, just click the boss button and something else will pop up in the window! http://www.sporcle.com http://www.sporcle.com
mmilkin 16y ago
http://sheldonbrown.com/5and5.html http://sheldonbrown.com/5and5.html
cinch 16y ago
(in German) Netbook review: Compaq Aero 4/33C http://www.golem.de/1104/82381.html http://www.golem.de/1104/82381.html
grandschema 16y ago
http://www.leeholmes.com/blog/2011/04/01/powershell-and-html5/ http://www.leeholmes.com/blog/2011/04/01/powershell-and-html...
DanielRibeiro 16y ago
Seth Godin's: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/04/introducing-white-space-links.html http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/04/introducing-...
fakelvis 16y ago
Wolfram|Alpha have changed their name: http://blog.wolframalpha.com/2011/04/01/wolframalpha-changes-its-name/ http://blog.wolframalpha.com/2011/04/01/wolframalpha-changes... Now it's: http://www.wolframalpha.com/bieberbeta.html http://www.wolframalpha.com/bieberbeta.html WolframAlpa|Beta would have been funnier in my opinion. This just feels like my dad trying to be hip.
- ben1040 16y ago
  Or Wolfram|Alpo, the most mathematical-based resource for puppy owners everywhere.
fdd 16y ago
In a bid on Auction site eBay, for the site of eBay.com itself, The Pirate Bay has come out as the official winner: http://thepiratebay.org/blog/189 http://thepiratebay.org/blog/189.
fdd 16y ago
catify your images on imgur: http://imgur.com/blog/2011/04/01/catify-your-images/ http://imgur.com/blog/2011/04/01/catify-your-images/.
moses1400 16y ago
A pivot by centerNetworks http://www.centernetworks.com/centernetworks-pivot http://www.centernetworks.com/centernetworks-pivot
djjose 16y ago
Find a new girlfriend/boyfriend based on one you already like! http://blog.alikeplaces.com/2011/alike-places-launches-new-personalized-dating-sites/ http://blog.alikeplaces.com/2011/alike-places-launches-new-p...
rodh 16y ago
Meet the world's first 3D monocle: http://us.toshiba.com/spectacle http://us.toshiba.com/spectacle
jim-greer 16y ago
Trade in your used Flash games on Kongregate
gluejar 16y ago
The Threat to Book Publishing From Long-Dead Authors, and a Solution http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2011/04/threat-to-book-publishing-from-long.html http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2011/04/threat-to-book-pub...
juiceandjuice 16y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2395020 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2395020 Not one upvote yet :( I'm suprised nobody has submitted that URL yet.
monicaobrien 16y ago
Here's ours: Braintree's New Mobile App Green Allows You to Pay with Cash From Your Phone http://www.braintreepaymentsolutions.com/blog/braintrees-new-mobile-app-green-allows-you-to-pay-with-cash-from-your-phone http://www.braintreepaymentsolutions.com/blog/braintrees-new...
danek 16y ago
"I'm feeling yucky" button http://zocdoc.com http://zocdoc.com also, we ported our site to lolcode http://codedoc.zocdoc.com/zocdoc-completes-site-rewrite/368 http://codedoc.zocdoc.com/zocdoc-completes-site-rewrite/368
mortenjorck 16y ago
If you use Harvest for time tracking, they have a nice, simple gag today: The usual nameplate link in the bottom right has changed to "HARVESTVS • SINCE MMVI" and clicking on it will change all of your time entries to Roman numerals.
phillijw 16y ago
For runners - http://www.malenippleremoval.com/ http://www.malenippleremoval.com/
jshort 16y ago
http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/01/april-fools-2011-the-big-list/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/01/april-fools-2011-the-big-li... - Good list there.
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adam_quartzy 16y ago
http://blog.quartzy.com/ http://blog.quartzy.com/
JohnJacobs 16y ago
Haha. Check out http://libsxe.org http://libsxe.org
Mizza 16y ago
http://www.flickr.com/ http://www.flickr.com/ Kinda subtle.. check the title..
monahancj 16y ago
http://www.leeholmes.com/blog/2011/04/01/powershell-and-html5/ http://www.leeholmes.com/blog/2011/04/01/powershell-and-html... I'd been waiting all day for this to happen to me. It took until 4:20 PM.
philikon 16y ago
http://zodb.ws http://zodb.ws is one of the more impressive April Fools hacks I've seen this year. It runs the ZODB, a pure Python NoSQL database that's been around for a while and originated in the Zope project, on top of CPython -- in the browser! Uses emscripten which compiles LLVM bytecode to JS. Complete with a localStorage backend for ZODB.
- mcdonc 16y ago
  indeed, kick-ass
whimsy 16y ago
An adaptation of RFC 1149 (IP over Avian Carriers) for IPv6: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6214 http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6214

294 points by daleharvey 16y ago

Given the propensity of april fools jokes among the tech sites, I figured its probably a good idea to collect them in one thread as opposed to being individually submitted.

daleharvey 16y ago

and the first, spotify closes its EU service in order to launch in the US http://eu.techcrunch.com/2011/04/01/spotify-announces-us-launch-closing-european-service-to-fund-it/ http://eu.techcrunch.com/2011/04/01/spotify-announces-us-lau...

neckbeard 16y ago

Cheezburger Network acquires Charlie Stross' blog: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2011/04/administrative-announcement.html http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2011/04/administ...

daleharvey 16y ago

atlassian gets into mobile gaming http://www.atlassian.com/en/angrynerds http://www.atlassian.com/en/angrynerds

statictype 16y ago
Love the quotes: "Cease and Desist" - Rovio
- hasenj 16y ago
  haha nice catch! I didn't notice it the first time around.
- jespern 16y ago
  They said it: http://twitter.com/RovioMobile/status/53582855015636992 http://twitter.com/RovioMobile/status/53582855015636992

gcr 16y ago

I'm planning on installing a transparent proxy that rotates web pages 1-2 degrees with CSS3 transforms. https://github.com/gcr/proxies/blob/master/rotating-proxy.js https://github.com/gcr/proxies/blob/master/rotating-proxy.js

nedwin 16y ago
This is AWESOME. Got a link to an example?
- nedwin 16y ago
  Why was this downvoted? I'm not a developer, is there some kind of humour I've missed here?
  - ajaimk 16y ago
    It wasn't me but occasionally the mouse slips and hits the wrong button. It could also just be trolls.
    - mbreese 16y ago
      Or it could be the "AWESOME" part... Still, I'd love to see a link too.
- gcr 16y ago
  Sure, sure. Run the proxy with sudo -u nobody node rotating-proxy.js It will start listening on your local machine. If you want to filter all output on your computer through this proxy, try an iptables redirect: iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 8080 -m owner '!' --uid-owner nobody If you want to do it on the router for a network of machines, the trick is to redirect all HTTP traffic through a dedicated box running the proxy. Pretend this machine is 10.0.2.15. First, ensure that that machine's traffic gets through normally and isn't redirected to itself: iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -s 10.0.2.15 -j ACCEPT Then, redirect all HTTP traffic on your network (say, 10.0.2.0/24) through that machine: iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -s 10.0.2.0/24 -p tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT --to-destination=10.0.2.15:8080 Finally, ensure that your packets get back to the source with a masquerade: iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -p tcp -d 10.0.2.15 --dport 8080 -j MASQUERADE Here's what it looks like. http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/4035/april1.png http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/4035/april1.png

shareme 16y ago

Jason Calacanis sold Mahalo to MS Bing

desigooner 16y ago
how about: Jason Calcanis sold Mahalo to AOL
- shareme 16y ago
  no you misspelled it its Calacanis

mhiceoin 16y ago

Notepad++ is funding Scientology http://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/redirect-donation-to-scientology http://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/redirect-donation-to-scien...

mhiceoin 16y ago

Affiliate rebills funding an Affiliate hang out in the Maldives http://www.mrgreen.am/general/the-reason-i-havent-been-blogging/ http://www.mrgreen.am/general/the-reason-i-havent-been-blogg...

yesbabyyes 16y ago

Adblock releases Adblock Freedom - augmented reality eyewear that detects and removes ads from the world in realtime. http://chromeadblock.com/freedom/ http://chromeadblock.com/freedom/

sp332 16y ago
Hm, some basic AR eyewear + UnLogo software https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/816924031/unlogo-the-corporate-media-filter-0?ref=live https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/816924031/unlogo-the-co... (still looks pretty rough, but it's a start) could actually do that.
- yesbabyyes 16y ago
  Yeah, I was so happy to see it because I've been thinking about this exact thing for quite a long while. I like the idea of replacing all ads with random images from my photo albums. I would be so much happier. One day.
  - emit_time_n3rgy 16y ago
    http://add-art.org http://add-art.org add-on that uses that sort of idea :)
- nzjames 16y ago
  Just watched the kickstarter video but with my headphones pluggeded into 'The Prodigy: Fighter Beat' by accident. It made their video very cool. Sorry for the lack of value - I just wanted to share.
kevbin 16y ago
I read that as "Adblock Freemium", i.e. Ad-supported ad-blocking.
- rsoto 16y ago
  that would be a pretty cool idea

MaysonL 16y ago

Dave Winer's putting up a paywall on Scripting News: http://scripting.com/stories/2011/04/01/letter.html http://scripting.com/stories/2011/04/01/letter.html

gammarator 16y ago

(Internet Annoyance Day is even more annoying when it starts at UTC-12.)

kennu 16y ago
Or UTC+12?
borland 16y ago
UTC+13, even. We're still on daylight savings time in NZ

lachyg 16y ago

I wonder how many cofounders will get fake YC interview acceptances from their partners =P

inerte 16y ago

We put this on our menu, under "Tasks": http://erkie.github.com/ http://erkie.github.com/ with the text "destroy system"

zedrick 16y ago

One Kings Lane launches OKL Farms - The only breeders of the Mini Lap Elephant. http://oklephant.com/ http://oklephant.com/

Mizza 16y ago

http://omgubunutu.co.uk http://omgubunutu.co.uk is a fun one

ppog 16y ago
Typo in the link: http://omgubuntu.co.uk http://omgubuntu.co.uk
- ascott 16y ago
  This is great, I love browsing the articles through the terminal.

Z3UX 16y ago

Apple to launch Vatican City Apple Store http://thenextweb.com/apple/2011/04/01/breaking-news-apple-to-launch-vatican-city-apple-store/ http://thenextweb.com/apple/2011/04/01/breaking-news-apple-t...

Z3UX 16y ago
I love their Apple website screenshot: http://thenextweb.com/apple/files/2011/04/Apple_Vatican2a.png http://thenextweb.com/apple/files/2011/04/Apple_Vatican2a.pn... XD

stevenashley 16y ago

Duke Nukem Forever has been delayed until Mid 2012.

m_myers 16y ago
Reverse April Fool!

imrehg 16y ago

The Canterbury Distribution: http://www.archlinux.org/ http://www.archlinux.org/ & http://www.debian.org/ http://www.debian.org/ & http://grml.org/ http://grml.org/ & Gentoo & openSUSE.... That's some team effort! Too bad it's a joke, I'd so get it right now...

sahillavingia 16y ago

At Pinterest we turned stuff upside down: http://pinterest.com/ http://pinterest.com/

senectus 16y ago

http://www.zdnet.com.au/rim-debuts-screenless-blackberry-339312385.htm http://www.zdnet.com.au/rim-debuts-screenless-blackberry-339... Blackberry announces a screenless model

tokenadult 16y ago

For historical interest, an all-time classic from the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/1/newsid_2819000/2819261.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/1/new...

hallmark 16y ago
Would have been even more awesome if the BBC reported on a very poor harvest the next year, due to an inevitable crop pest: the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
- jacques_chester 16y ago
  You'd need the FSM + a time machine, given that the "spaghetti harvest" gag was pulled in 1957.
geuis 16y ago
Australian follow up, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fACJ22ixzhg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fACJ22ixzhg

mbrubeck 16y ago

Opt out of April Fools Day with the "DNF" HTTP header: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/do-not-fool/ https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/do-not-fool/ If you are planning an April Fools joke on your web site, I urge you to support this important new web standard. :)

brlewis 16y ago
Where's the spec for the header?
- moeffju 16y ago
  Spec: The HTTP Request Header "DNF" is set to "1" if the user opted out of April Fools' Day jokes.
  - brlewis 16y ago
    Thanks. I don't have FF4 on my Ubuntu laptop yet, but my testing with telnet says it's working. If you have the extension installed please check for me: http://ourdoings.com/2008-04-01 http://ourdoings.com/2008-04-01 should redirect you to a picture of llamas ignoring April Fools Day if you've turned on DNF, otherwise it shows a fake "OpenID Support to be Removed" blog post from a prior April Fools day. EDIT: One reply saying if it worked would be most appreciated.
    - nfriedly 16y ago
      It works - I saw the lamas!
      - marcamillion 16y ago
        In all honesty, I am struggling to figure out if this is an April's Fools Joke in and of itself, or if this is legit. The comments definitely don't help much. Can someone just be explicit with it. I am not running FF, if that matters.

wilhil 16y ago

Super User - http://superuser.com/q/265114/4386 http://superuser.com/q/265114/4386

Xuzz 16y ago

Cydia adds a dickbar to help users discover popular packages: http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=14540 http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=14540

ghiculescu 16y ago
> If you don't see the Quick Bar it will appear once your device's date changes to April 1st, 2011, April Fools Day. That wasn't very subtle :(
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NZ_Matt 16y ago

Air New Zealand have introduced "pay what you weigh" http://promos.airnz.co.nz/payweigh/ http://promos.airnz.co.nz/payweigh/

uvdiv 16y ago
Is fair pricing such an obscure concept that this is a credible April Fool's joke? Why shouldn't people get discounts for losing weight and saving the airline fuel expenses? Is there a implicit moral norm that those who consume less should subsidize those who consume more ("to each according to his need"), or is mentioning an awkward truth like "heavy people take more energy to lift" a social taboo, or do people just avoid thinking about this entirely? I assume this would be illegal discrimination from a private New Zealand company, even though it's dandy for the NZ government: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5245555/Nurse-told-shes-too-fat-to-move-to-New-Zealand.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5245...
- spicyj 16y ago
  I doubt that a few dozen pounds is significant relative to the weight of the aircraft.
  - archangel_one 16y ago
    Probably not. But the airlines charge as though it is when you're over the baggage weight limit.
    - pyrhho 16y ago
      I believe that is more to do with baggage handler's unions and worker regulation. Though they certainly exaggerate it to make a profit.
- dasil003 16y ago
  Yes, but what is the marginal difference in fuel costs based on people's weight? I'm guessing it's dwarfed by the subsidization of empty seats.

mman 16y ago

Everyone stop ruining April fools by expecting it

hollywoodcole 16y ago

reddit's in the making: http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/gftly/and_the_april_fools_video_for_2011_is/ http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/gftly/and_the_april_...

rbxbx 16y ago

test-align: centaur; http://testaligncentaur.com/ http://testaligncentaur.com/ not to be confused with text-align: centaur; http://textaligncentaur.com/ http://textaligncentaur.com/

piotrSikora 16y ago

YouTube's "year 1911" mode ;)

rdtsc 16y ago

Flask-Enterprise! http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2394521 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2394521

sibsibsib 16y ago
oh... that wasn't serious? Guess I missed the April 1 date on it.

Urgo 16y ago

Hey guys, My goal since 2004 has been to keep a list of all AFD jokes on the web in one place. Check it out if you like. Have 66 there so far this year :) Feel free to submit any ones from THIS year to the site as well. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2394571 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2394571

csarva 16y ago

Google Romance: http://www.google.com/romance/ http://www.google.com/romance/

lylejohnson 16y ago
From 2006...

moeffju 16y ago

We're pretty B2B, so we just subtly rotate the whole page by -2.5 to +2.5 deg. https://www.toptranslation.com/ https://www.toptranslation.com/ (Supports the DNF protocol, btw.)

elliottcarlson 16y ago
While I love the idea, I think that the shift is too subtle and somewhat causes the page to look out of focus and amateurish. Sorry - just pointing out how it looks to me with the effect on. (Edit: After a few refreshes I see the more skewed pages and that makes more sense - I guess if the degrees is just slightly off 0 it doesn't look right)
wdewind 16y ago
Whoa, trippy, when i came back HN looked like it was off for a few seconds in comparison. haha
DanI-S 16y ago
Every good startup knows when to pivot.
Garbage 16y ago
I specially upvoted for (Supports the DNF protocol, btw.)
moeffju 16y ago
Check the DNF implementation: Without DNF: http://img.ly/3ksI http://img.ly/3ksI Enable DNF: http://img.ly/3ksL http://img.ly/3ksL Presto! http://img.ly/3ksM http://img.ly/3ksM Also, we now rotate every element on the page instead of just the body. Shakes things up! :)

redbluething 16y ago

AOL acquires Forrst https://twitter.com/kylebragger/status/53634151336787968 https://twitter.com/kylebragger/status/53634151336787968

joshu 16y ago

Is it just me or is none of this stuff any funny?

mindcrime 16y ago
No, it's not just you. I despise this crap. I particularly hate the way /. always became "nothing but AFD jokes" on April 1, and I really, really hope the HN crowd never jumps on that particular bandwagon.
- mashmac2 16y ago
  Oh geez. You just brought back memories of the "OMG Ponies!" theme from years ago. That was completely ridiculous. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Slashdot_omgponies.png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Slashdot_omgponies.png
  - mindcrime 16y ago
    I'm pretty sure that was the day I broke my /. addiction. I'd largely suppressed that memory, thanks for bringing it back. :-(
    - Lewisham 16y ago
      Well, I think theming is pretty funny in small doses. It's the actual complete lack of news that I can't stand. It's basically Internet Shutdown Day.
    - radu_floricica 16y ago
      Funny's in the eye of the beholder, I guess. I found it hilarious.
- jokermatt999 16y ago
  I do enjoy April Fool's, but it is probably for the best that it stays in this topic here. As I've said before, you can go anywhere on the internet for humor, but intelligent discussion is harder to find. Anyway, back to seeing what ridiculous things the internet is up to today.

daleharvey 16y ago

My favourite http://labs.mudynamics.com/2010/04/01/why-nosql-is-bad-for-startups/ http://labs.mudynamics.com/2010/04/01/why-nosql-is-bad-for-s...

njonsson 16y ago

“What’s new in htty v1.3.4: Rails view emulation — PUT and DELETE are sent as POST requests with form data of ‘_method=put’ or ‘_method=delete’.” http://twitter.com/get_htty/status/53649180652093440 http://twitter.com/get_htty/status/53649180652093440

duck 16y ago

I turned Hacker Newsletter (http://www.hackernewsletter.com http://www.hackernewsletter.com) upside down for the day and started offering a new faxed edition for a small fee.

elliottcarlson 16y ago

http://notes.envato.com/news/the-future-of-envato-is-here%E2%80%A6-and-its-in-stereoscopic-3d/ http://notes.envato.com/news/the-future-of-envato-is-here%E2... Envato unveils 3DOcean - The world's first stereoscopic anaglyph online marketplace.

dreeves 16y ago

Ode to Power Laws: http://messymatters.com/powerlaws http://messymatters.com/powerlaws

selvan 16y ago

DST's Yuri Milner offers EVERY YCS11 applicant $250K.

mef 16y ago

Ryanair introduces "child-free" flights (if only it were true) http://www.ryanair.com/en/news/child-free-flights-from-october-2011 http://www.ryanair.com/en/news/child-free-flights-from-octob...

nddrylliog 16y ago
Oh, so the 1994 look of their website wasn't the joke?

qwertymaniac 16y ago

GMail Motion - Use your body to control your inbox: http://mail.google.com/mail/help/motion.html http://mail.google.com/mail/help/motion.html

martin1b 16y ago
Hilarious!
- qwertymaniac 16y ago
  I wish it worked though. Someday, perhaps, with a Kinect and free time :(
machinespit 16y ago
we'll laugh now but eventually it might happen haha

__david__ 16y ago

We switched the colors on the cards in our solitaire games (http://greenfelt.net/freecell http://greenfelt.net/freecell). It's a subtle effect that just makes things look weird without you being able to identify what is wrong, at first.

vyrotek 16y ago

Voting things up on http://www.StackOverflow.com http://www.StackOverflow.com seems to display colorful dancing unicorns now.

gizzlon 16y ago
=) Guess this is the day to post stuff to SO
- marcamillion 16y ago
  Funnily enough, I have been seeing people being more generous with upvotes.

derrida 16y ago

Wikipedia is hilarious! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_page

meadhikari 16y ago
What is hilarious?
- eneveu 16y ago
  Read "Today's featured article", the "Did you know..." part, and "Today's featured picture". Here is a screenshot of the page, in case you don't see the same / for future viewers: http://i.imgur.com/nGHhQ.png http://i.imgur.com/nGHhQ.png
  - JonnieCache 16y ago
    The "today's featured article" bit is probably not a joke. 18th century london was actually like that.
izendejas 16y ago
Ha! rtm, one of the YC partners, is mentioned in the "Did you know" section.

dwwoelfel 16y ago

If I wasn't so scared of being tarred and feathered by the anti-fools brigade, I'd submit this self-post for April Fools: DAE think Hacker News is turning into Reddit?

cowpewter 16y ago

Here at Grooveshark, we've harnessed the power of HTML5™ to provide you with a full 3D experience... http://listen.grooveshark.com/ http://listen.grooveshark.com/ If you have a paid account, it won't change your theme automatically though. You should get a notification in the corner to turn it on.

nphrk 16y ago
You got me there I got to be honest. It took me a while to realize it's April Fools' :).
omnivore 16y ago
Yeah, I saw this last night. I'm not a subscriber anymore and it was really annoying and I was confused. I didn't even think of April Fools though. Good one.
wanderr 16y ago
We're also auto-suggesting Justin Bieber no matter what users type in to the search bar. :)

carnivore 16y ago

Any YouTube video, with _CAPTIONS_ on (The CC button), to add text to your 1911 video :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmV-NddtqRU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmV-NddtqRU To find other videos with captions, append ",cc" to your search, like "cats, cc".

balanon 16y ago

"My newborn isn't crying all night. April Fools. Yes she is. Joke's on you." http://twitter.com/#!/balanon/status/53677841384091649 http://twitter.com/#!/balanon/status/53677841384091649

th 16y ago

xkcd is 3D: http://xkcd.com/ http://xkcd.com/ Randall is accepting user-submitted 3D versions of each comic: http://xkcd.com/xk3d/ http://xkcd.com/xk3d/ Unfortunately, it looks like there is no title text for 3D comics yet.

yread 16y ago
It is in the noscript tag, Opera shows it
- cstuder 16y ago
  As does Chrome.
  - fwenzel 16y ago
    as does Firefox.
streeter 16y ago
You can also disable the 3d with the link http://xkcd.com/880/#flat http://xkcd.com/880/#flat

iki23 16y ago

@TPB wins auction for site eBay.com, merge is planned: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2395035 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2395035 http://bit.ly/frcgu8 http://bit.ly/frcgu8

GVRV 16y ago

Google hiring everybody! http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/uslocations/mountain-view/autocompleter/index.html http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/uslocations/mountain-view...

GVRV 16y ago
'Indian Tata Group and Chinese Government to buy Facebook for $770 billion' by John C. Dvorak http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2382933,00.asp http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2382933,00.asp

shoma 16y ago

New RFC. Regional Broadcast Using an Atmospheric Link Layer http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6217 http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6217

btilly 16y ago

One of my favorite web comics got seized by the FBI: http://www.gpf-comics.com/ http://www.gpf-comics.com/ (I hope this one is a joke.)

rsoto 16y ago

Thinkgeek: - Arsenic-based sea monkeys http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/e8b9/ http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/e8b9/ - Edible gummy iPhone cases http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/e8ba/ http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/e8ba/ - Playmobil Apple Store Playset http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/e8bb/ http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/e8bb/ - Angry Birds Pork Rinds http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/e8bd/ http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/e8bd/ Minecraft Store: http://www.minecraft.net/store/loot.jsp http://www.minecraft.net/store/loot.jsp

makeramen 16y ago

Reddit Mold! http://blog.reddit.com/2011/03/reddit-mold-is-now-live.html http://blog.reddit.com/2011/03/reddit-mold-is-now-live.html

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btipling 16y ago
Kind of terrible that they're using April fools to sell something. Some people are getting mold and if you get reddit gold you can get mold to retaliate. I mean I know they like are doing things to hire more people but this just seems a little in poor taste. It's not fun anymore when they're really asking you for money.

pitdesi 16y ago

http://FeeFighters.com http://FeeFighters.com raised $41 million, bought the rock band FooFighters, rebranded as http://FoeFighters.com http://FoeFighters.com, and is having a contest to see which Foe they should fight. Please vote! it's good for humanity!

tkahn6 16y ago

Hulu 1995 throwback complete with <table> based layout. http://www.hulu.com/index.htm http://www.hulu.com/index.htm

colinyoung 16y ago
Love this one. Best part is the hidden dialup sound and <blink> tags.
- ascendant 16y ago
  It's the slow-loading, grainy pictures that really take me back.
  - maayank 16y ago
    and the marquee and frames based website :) Be sure to scroll to the bottom, where there are a geocities affiliate button, the omni present (at the time) under construction gif, guestbook, netscape and ie 3 buttons, and green-led counter. Back in the day I had the very same last three on my angelfire and then geocities websites... Ahhh, the memories.
pyre 16y ago
Sweet I can stream Sliders from Hulu! Though I'll probably have to download RealPlayer...
arethuza 16y ago
Speaking of table based layout - ever checked what HN uses?

turbodog 16y ago

http://joeloncoal.com/ http://joeloncoal.com/

wmobit 16y ago

Milkyway@Home on iPhone / iOS. The small tests that run on my desktop in about 10 seconds take 20 minutes on my iphone 3g, and drain the battery about 8%. http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/forum_thread.php?id=2303 http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/forum_thread.php?id=2303

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bergie 16y ago

Apache gets paid 3.141592654 cents for each Google +1 click because of their "+1 patent" http://grep.codeconsult.ch/2011/04/01/1-tm-a-rosy-financial-future-for-the-apache-software-foundation/ http://grep.codeconsult.ch/2011/04/01/1-tm-a-rosy-financial-...

mncaudill 16y ago

At Flick(e)r, we finally fixed the misspelling of the company name.

humbledrone 16y ago

I created a bash-like shell with C++ syntax. It saves a lot of typing, and it's only 412,011 lines of template-heavy code, so it's easy to extend: http://blog.mezeske.com/?p=377 http://blog.mezeske.com/?p=377

jeffbarr 16y ago

The AWS team has been working on the new Amazon $NAME product for over 10 months: http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2011/04/announcing-aws-name.html http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2011/04/announcing-aws-name.html

cnicolaou 16y ago

Nice one from the AWS team http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2011/04/announcing-aws-name.html http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2011/04/announcing-aws-name.html

Seth_Kriticos 16y ago

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/ http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/ drops back to CLI today, it seems.

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St-Clock 16y ago
Try various commands on their cli for some interesting feedback (e.g., vim, emacs, rm -rf). Btw, someone downvoted a previous poster who said exactly that. The post was deleted though :-(

forsaken 16y ago

http://urbanairship.com http://urbanairship.com has turned into an 8-bit working game.

adora 16y ago

LinkedIn's "People you may know" section is now filled with historical figures and fictional characters, all of which have pretty elaborate profiles. http://awesomescreenshot.com/057alia5b http://awesomescreenshot.com/057alia5b

loganlinn 16y ago

Narwhal in London according to Google Maps! http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=51%C2%B029%E2%80%9930.82%E2%80%B3+N+0%C2%B007%E2%80%9928.59%E2%80%B3+W&aq=&sll=51.49254,-0.124261&sspn=0.0035,0.010568&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=51.492994,-0.123382&spn=0.003734,0.009624&z=17 http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&#38...

paraschopra 16y ago

Move beyond behavioral targeting: using mouse movements to read visitor’s mind http://visualwebsiteoptimizer.com/split-testing-blog/behavioral-targeting-using-mouse-movements/ http://visualwebsiteoptimizer.com/split-testing-blog/behavio...

fakelvis 16y ago

http://pinboard.in http://pinboard.in is now a Yahoo! product. Before I realised, the "from Yahoo!" image (top left) stopped me in my tracks.

sfgfdhgfdshdhhd 16y ago

IDG has a story about mozilla recalling firefox 4 because of serious bug. Every user should return their version using an online upload form or by sending a usb-stick by mail. http://www.idg.se/2.1085/1.377322/mozilla-aterkallar-firefox-4 http://www.idg.se/2.1085/1.377322/mozilla-aterkallar-firefox...

plainOldText 16y ago

omgubuntu has encountered an error or many :) http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk

sankara 16y ago

Introducing Cleartrip Enamel - http://blog.cleartrip.com/journal/2011/4/1/introducing-cleartrip-enamel.html http://blog.cleartrip.com/journal/2011/4/1/introducing-clear...

mrspeaker 16y ago

Joe Armstrong and Robert Virding admit that Erlang VM was just a dodgy clone of the JVM (video) http://www.infoq.com/news/2011/04/erlang-copied-jvm-and-scala http://www.infoq.com/news/2011/04/erlang-copied-jvm-and-scal...

agaton 16y ago

Twingly and TV4+ Haunted House launches Blog Platform for Ghost Writers and Social Mediums http://blog.twingly.com/2011/04/01/twingly-launches-blog-platform-for-ghost-writers-and-social-mediums/ http://blog.twingly.com/2011/04/01/twingly-launches-blog-pla...

herman 16y ago

We're having some reverse packet switching issues on Snapfinch, seems to be causing images to display upside down: http://snapfinch.com http://snapfinch.com

PStamatiou 16y ago

Google Docs Motion Beta: http://www.google.com/google-d-s/promos/motion.html http://www.google.com/google-d-s/promos/motion.html

jitendra_ 16y ago

News about Pune's Tech Industry decline quotes Vivek Wadhwa: http://punetech.com/punes-tech-industry-to-decline-40-by-2020-negligible-startup-activity-vivek-wadhwa/ http://punetech.com/punes-tech-industry-to-decline-40-by-202... . Wadhwa on twitter confirms it is a prank: http://twitter.com/vwadhwa/status/53675195906531328 http://twitter.com/vwadhwa/status/53675195906531328

robin_reala 16y ago

Search for Helvetica on Google: https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=helvetica https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=helvetica

ch0wn 16y ago
Searching for "Comic Sans MS" has the same effect.
- trebor 16y ago
  But it isn't nearly so funny as Googling Helvetica. Most Helvetica-lovers are Comic Sans haters...
mdisraeli 16y ago
This reminded me of the recently launched http://whichfontshouldiuse.com/ http://whichfontshouldiuse.com/ ;)
eneveu 16y ago
I don't get it. What is this supposed to do? Is it supposed to style the page with the Helvetica font? If this is the joke, I guess it doesn't work for me since this font is not available on my machine (using Ubuntu). Or is it something else I'm missing? Edit: seems like I wasn't far from the truth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%27s_hoaxes#Search http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%27s_hoaxes#Search http://www.google.com/landing/csfe/ http://www.google.com/landing/csfe/

stanleydrew 16y ago

Twilio releases long-awaited carrier pigeon API: http://www.twilio.com/pigeons http://www.twilio.com/pigeons

swatkat 16y ago
This reminds me of Google PigeonRank :)
whimsy 16y ago
Finally, a service that supports RFC 1149. Will it work on IPv6 per RFC 6214, though?

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stanleydrew 16y ago

Twilio's API now returns responses in morse code. Just append .morse to the end of any Twilio REST API URL to get the morse code representation. If you find a legitimate use for this, please let us know.

IgorPartola 16y ago
I would love to learn Morse code to use it for text messages. Not related to Twilio, but this reminded me. Maybe we could take care of two problems at once by hooking up a Morse code transcriber hooked up to a cell phone to the horn in every teenagers car :)

Jabbles 16y ago

Not an April Fools' Joke: Microsoft complains to EU about Google's (alleged) anti-competitive behaviour. http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/microsoft-files-antitrust-lawsuit-against-google-in-eu/ http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/microsoft-files-antit...

mcdowall 16y ago

Someone at work actually tried to enter her card details! http://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/national-deal/royalwedding/280861 http://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/national-deal/royalwedding/28...

mariust 16y ago

http://mail.google.com/mail/help/motion.html http://mail.google.com/mail/help/motion.html the best one I saw today.:D

davweb 16y ago

Eric Lippert introduces some new features in C#: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2011/04/01/compound-assignment-part-two.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2011/04/01/compo...

dchest 16y ago

I launched "I Read Like" http://iwl.me/read/ http://iwl.me/read/

riprock 16y ago

Blizzard Entertainment's April Fools starcraft: http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/games/console/ http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/games/console/ warcraft: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/game/dungeon-helper/ http://us.battle.net/wow/en/game/dungeon-helper/ http://us.battle.net/wow/en/game/dungeon/tomb-of-immortal-darkness http://us.battle.net/wow/en/game/dungeon/tomb-of-immortal-da... diablo: http://us.blizzard.com/diablo3/media/horadrapp/ http://us.blizzard.com/diablo3/media/horadrapp/

TimothyBurgess 16y ago
I've never played StarCraft but I would totally play that. That actually looked like a lot of fun. Make it happen Blizzard!

sktrdie 16y ago

Is this an Aprils fools joke? If yes it should be submitted under itself.

est 16y ago

http://www.geforce.com/ http://www.geforce.com/ 3dfx Voodoo 5 5500

fremdkraft 16y ago

The employees of Germany's Foreign Ministry are getting iPads replacing their PCs and notebooks. I guess some will wish it wasn't April 1st. :) Google translated story: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heise.de%2Fnewsticker%2Fmeldung%2FBerliner-Aussenministerium-wechselt-zu-Apple-1219332.html http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&tl...

fmavituna 16y ago

Metasploit - http://www.commonexploits.com/?p=266 http://www.commonexploits.com/?p=266

ved 16y ago

Head over to LinkedIn and see who "you might know you"...

guruz 16y ago

Hidden flags for Nokia's Qt: http://labs.qt.nokia.com/2011/04/01/qt-hidden-gems/ http://labs.qt.nokia.com/2011/04/01/qt-hidden-gems/

FSecurePal 16y ago

Hacker Group Changes Millions of Passwords to "password"; Only 38% of Users Notice http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002134.html http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002134.html

Herwig 16y ago

TechCrunch is making a big list too! http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/01/april-fools-2011-the-big-list/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/01/april-fools-2011-the-big-li...

bnmrrs 16y ago

Thanks to the coming Canadian election Demeure was able to add a special rental property. http://demeure.com/special-offers/sussex http://demeure.com/special-offers/sussex. Come and stay in the former Prime Minister's house for only $3000/night!

jonkelly 16y ago

Our small contribution to the genre: http://thisorthat.com/blog/breaking-scrappr-picks-up-410001-million-investment http://thisorthat.com/blog/breaking-scrappr-picks-up-410001-... Breaking News: Scrapper Gobbles Up $41.000001 Million Investment

tsenart 16y ago

https://github.com/tsenart/fool.js https://github.com/tsenart/fool.js Just paste this before your body closes: <script> // Uncomment the next line if you want the prank to happen only when the url hashtag is #april // if (document.location.hash.indexOf('april') > -1) document.body.style.webkitTransform = document.body.style.MozTransform = 'rotate(' + [45, 90, 135, 180, 225, 270, 315][Math.floor(Math.random() * 7)] + 'deg)'; </script>

joeblue 16y ago

Hi Everyone, I am super excited to announce the release of The Hoffington Post: http://thehoffingtonpost.com http://thehoffingtonpost.com The Internet Newspaper: 100% dedicated to David Hasselhoff. It's better than his singing. We swear.

ciupicri 16y ago

GNOME 3.0 Rescheduled for September 2011 Release http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/2011-04-gnome-3.0-rescheduled.html http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/2011-04-gnome-3.0-resche...

nitefly 16y ago

Security Advisory SMB-1985-0001: Plumber Injection Attack in Bowser’s Castle: http://blog.ksplice.com/2011/04/smb-1985-0001-advisory http://blog.ksplice.com/2011/04/smb-1985-0001-advisory

dord 16y ago

At Sporcle, they've added a 'Boss!' button. Now when you're playing games on their site at work and the boss comes around, just click the boss button and something else will pop up in the window! http://www.sporcle.com http://www.sporcle.com

mmilkin 16y ago

http://sheldonbrown.com/5and5.html http://sheldonbrown.com/5and5.html

cinch 16y ago

(in German) Netbook review: Compaq Aero 4/33C http://www.golem.de/1104/82381.html http://www.golem.de/1104/82381.html

grandschema 16y ago

http://www.leeholmes.com/blog/2011/04/01/powershell-and-html5/ http://www.leeholmes.com/blog/2011/04/01/powershell-and-html...

DanielRibeiro 16y ago

Seth Godin's: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/04/introducing-white-space-links.html http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/04/introducing-...

fakelvis 16y ago

Wolfram|Alpha have changed their name: http://blog.wolframalpha.com/2011/04/01/wolframalpha-changes-its-name/ http://blog.wolframalpha.com/2011/04/01/wolframalpha-changes... Now it's: http://www.wolframalpha.com/bieberbeta.html http://www.wolframalpha.com/bieberbeta.html WolframAlpa|Beta would have been funnier in my opinion. This just feels like my dad trying to be hip.

ben1040 16y ago
Or Wolfram|Alpo, the most mathematical-based resource for puppy owners everywhere.

fdd 16y ago

In a bid on Auction site eBay, for the site of eBay.com itself, The Pirate Bay has come out as the official winner: http://thepiratebay.org/blog/189 http://thepiratebay.org/blog/189.

fdd 16y ago

catify your images on imgur: http://imgur.com/blog/2011/04/01/catify-your-images/ http://imgur.com/blog/2011/04/01/catify-your-images/.

moses1400 16y ago

A pivot by centerNetworks http://www.centernetworks.com/centernetworks-pivot http://www.centernetworks.com/centernetworks-pivot

djjose 16y ago

Find a new girlfriend/boyfriend based on one you already like! http://blog.alikeplaces.com/2011/alike-places-launches-new-personalized-dating-sites/ http://blog.alikeplaces.com/2011/alike-places-launches-new-p...

rodh 16y ago

Meet the world's first 3D monocle: http://us.toshiba.com/spectacle http://us.toshiba.com/spectacle

jim-greer 16y ago

Trade in your used Flash games on Kongregate

gluejar 16y ago

The Threat to Book Publishing From Long-Dead Authors, and a Solution http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2011/04/threat-to-book-publishing-from-long.html http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2011/04/threat-to-book-pub...

juiceandjuice 16y ago

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2395020 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2395020 Not one upvote yet :( I'm suprised nobody has submitted that URL yet.

monicaobrien 16y ago

Here's ours: Braintree's New Mobile App Green Allows You to Pay with Cash From Your Phone http://www.braintreepaymentsolutions.com/blog/braintrees-new-mobile-app-green-allows-you-to-pay-with-cash-from-your-phone http://www.braintreepaymentsolutions.com/blog/braintrees-new...

danek 16y ago

"I'm feeling yucky" button http://zocdoc.com http://zocdoc.com also, we ported our site to lolcode http://codedoc.zocdoc.com/zocdoc-completes-site-rewrite/368 http://codedoc.zocdoc.com/zocdoc-completes-site-rewrite/368

mortenjorck 16y ago

If you use Harvest for time tracking, they have a nice, simple gag today: The usual nameplate link in the bottom right has changed to "HARVESTVS • SINCE MMVI" and clicking on it will change all of your time entries to Roman numerals.

phillijw 16y ago

For runners - http://www.malenippleremoval.com/ http://www.malenippleremoval.com/

jshort 16y ago

http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/01/april-fools-2011-the-big-list/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/01/april-fools-2011-the-big-li... - Good list there.

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adam_quartzy 16y ago

http://blog.quartzy.com/ http://blog.quartzy.com/

JohnJacobs 16y ago

Haha. Check out http://libsxe.org http://libsxe.org

Mizza 16y ago

http://www.flickr.com/ http://www.flickr.com/ Kinda subtle.. check the title..

monahancj 16y ago

http://www.leeholmes.com/blog/2011/04/01/powershell-and-html5/ http://www.leeholmes.com/blog/2011/04/01/powershell-and-html... I'd been waiting all day for this to happen to me. It took until 4:20 PM.

philikon 16y ago

http://zodb.ws http://zodb.ws is one of the more impressive April Fools hacks I've seen this year. It runs the ZODB, a pure Python NoSQL database that's been around for a while and originated in the Zope project, on top of CPython -- in the browser! Uses emscripten which compiles LLVM bytecode to JS. Complete with a localStorage backend for ZODB.

mcdonc 16y ago
indeed, kick-ass

whimsy 16y ago

An adaptation of RFC 1149 (IP over Avian Carriers) for IPv6: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6214 http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6214