The April Fool’s Day jokes Roundup
It is this day of the year again, when even the big and popular crack on some jokes. April fool’s day is the day when the internet is not trustable anymore. Keep repeating yourself that and dive into our list. And don’t follow the panda.
Flickr is certainly going to entertain you today with some picture of the “real” world, like:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaggers/3403964346
Experience a new generation of browser with the upcoming features on Opera:
http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-10208949-12.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheDownloadBlog
It is also a day to make good deals, like Warner Bros and their new partner:
http://torrentfreak.com/warner-bros-acquires-the-pirate-bay-090401/
Google employees have always been very productive on April Fool’s day:
http://mail.google.com/mail/help/autopilot/index.html
http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/cadie/index.html
http://cadiesingularity.blogspot.com/
http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/chrome/cadie/
Microsoft is also about to release IE8.1 as revealed by smashing mag:
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/03/31/breaking-internet-explorer-81-eagle-eyes-leaked/
Youtube goes upside down:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xadS1NpPsPM&flip=1
What about a little try to Mars, cheapest ever!
http://www.expedia.co.uk/daily/mars/flights-to-mars/?mcicid=mars_home_uk&rfrr=-57400
That should keep you busy for a few minutes. And if you are wondering why are they bothering about doing this I would say just two words: Link Bait.
Benoit Gilloz
Programmer, Research and Development
