April Fools Day

Yeah, I know, I'm a day late. I was thinking about how I missed out on all the great April Fools jokes on the internet yesterday, and I thought I might tell others some of the one's I've heard of.

Homestar Runner: Following a previous video, where they told viewers jokingly that they would redo all of their videos and feature the main character, Strong Bad, the site intro was edited just like that, where Strong Bad greeted the viewers with an e-mail instead of the site's normal intro. Check it out.

Smosh: Uploaded a video, telling viewers that LeVar Burton from Roots, Star Trek, and Reading Rainbow, had bought the "company," promising to redo the website and videos so they featured him. Check out what their site used to look like on April Fools day. Watch the video.

Google: This year, as a tradition, Google announced Gmail Autopilot, where Gmail would automaticly respond to emails. You could adjust the amount of typos, capitalization, brevity, and emoticon use in the message. Check it out.

The Guardian: Announced yesterday that it would now be a "Twitter only service," forcing all articles to be 140 characters or less. "Twittered" articles includes "OMG first successful transatlantic air flight wow, pretty cool! Boring day otherwise *sigh*" from 1927, "W Churchill giving speech NOW - 'we shall fight on the beaches ... we shall never surrender' check YouTube later for the rest" from 1940, "Listening 2 new band 'The Beatles'" from 1961, "Berlin Wall falls! Majority view of Twitterers = it's a historic moment! What do you think??? Have your say" from 1989, and "RT@mohammedalfayed: FYI NeilHamilton, Harrods boss offering [$$$] 4 questions in House of Commons! Check it out" from 1991. Check it out.

Yahoo!: Released a new search option on their website, where you can search topics based on your political party. Try it out. Check it out.

Monetate: Invented Smellr: ads you smell. "It's like Flickr, but for your nose." Check it out.

YouTube: Fliped the whole site upside down and backwards, including the videos. Even though it's gone now, you can still enjoy their instructions on how to view the videos.

Amazon: Launched their new "cloud computers." Cloud computing was a metahpor meaning computers you can't see, but now, they've taken it to the skies, and sent up blimps with computers in them. Check it out.

Expedia: Now sells flights to Mars for only $99. "Save $3 trillion!" Check it out.

Microsoft: Announced their new game for the Xbox 360: Alpine Legend! Based off of Rock Band and Guitar Hero: World Tour, yodel and blow through countless hours of fun! Check it out!

Economist: Opens its new theme park: Econoland, litteraly applying the term "roller coaster ride" for the US economy. Check it out.

HowStuffWorks: Told the world what "rechargable gum" is really made of. Check it out.

Hope that's enough laughs to bust your gut... Or, maybe not.