Pork Board Tenderizes ThinkGeek With Cease and Desist

Poor ThinkGeek. Between mounting pressure to develop the iCade and now this, it’s a wonder they bother to participate in April Fool’s Day at all. If you were doing your internet thing this April 1st – and I certainly hope you were – you no doubt are privy to Canned Unicorn Meat, the “sparkling, crunchy,… Continue reading Pork Board Tenderizes ThinkGeek With Cease and Desist

Vowel Outage Over at Gmail

Oh no! A server malfunction has left Gmail vowel-less since around 6am this morning, Pacific Time. During routine maintenance at a Google datacenter, the letter ‘a’ disappeared for a number of users. Spreading quickly amongst users, Google’s help forum was filled with complaints from confused and worried Gmailers. Thankfully, Google engineers were able to limit… Continue reading Vowel Outage Over at Gmail

April Fool’s: Why The Tech World Needs Its Annual Carnival

Last year, when YouTube decided to Rickroll all its users – i.e. send all video links to Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna’ Give You Up” – there was a sense that April Fool’s pranks in the tech world had reached their peak. How could anyone top the ultimate self-referential prank that took a universal web joke… Continue reading April Fool’s: Why The Tech World Needs Its Annual Carnival