Tuesday, April 01, 2008

April Fools!

What would 1 April be without great web hoaxes? This year promises to be another bang-up occasion for April Fools as evidenced by the following I've seen early today:

Virgle - A New JV between Virgin and Google, dedicated to the colonization of Mars
http://www.google.com/virgle/index.html

The Kia Kee-Wii - A new vehicle which utilizes Wii controllers to drive
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/01/april-foolery-kia-introduces-the-radical-new-kee_wii-sans-stee/

iPark - A new joint venture between Apple and Disney that puts a Disney theme park on your iPod
http://www.iparkland.com/
http://www.miceage.com/allutz/al040108a.htm

Mentioned elsewhere but a hoot is the fact all 'featured' YouTube videos are posting to this gem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_moia-oVI

A compendium of Google gags may be found here
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-04-01-n71.html

Not satisfied with the 'time' your G-mail was sent? No sweat.
http://mail.google.com/mail/help/customtime/index.html

Death Match, Winner Take All for the Democratic Presidential Nomination
http://www.espn4.com/

This one's just plain painful
http://www.ecorazzi.com/2008/04/01/mccain-chooses-al-gore-for-vice-president/

Whereas this one's a little bit funny
http://science.howstuffworks.com/air-force-one-hybrid.htm

I've still not heard nor located NPR's annual treat. I'll update when it becomes available. In the meantime, here's an article from Slate magazine, a sort of self-defense kit for this day.
http://www.slate.com/id/2187681/

***Update 2 April***
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89284569

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