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01 Apr 2007-
The Pirate Bay and Kim Jong-Il: After years of problems with the Switzerland government, The Pirate Bay has thrown up their hands and allied with the North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il. Somehow The Pirate Bay is even more illegal than it was previously. -
College Humor has expired: This “expired” GoDaddy page is the first thing hundreds of people saw upon visiting the funny-video site College Humor. Unfortunately, instead of the domain being up for grabs, a click transported them back to the normal homepage, where they received a resounding “Psych!” -
Blue Screen of Death screensaver: The less the prankee happens to know about computers, the better, with this amazingly realistic BSoD screensaver for Macintosh. Note that this works even better when you then disable the keyboard and mouse. -
iStepMania: Now this is what I’m talking about. StepMania has dropped all Windows support to focus on the Mac; the fruits of their labor already include iPod support and integration with FrontRow. They duly note, however, that StepMania may not run so well on the screenless iPod Shuffle. -
Google TiSP: Now don’t tell me you didn’t ever want a broadband toilet. Google, ever so generous, has created a system in which you flush the cable of a router down your home toilet and become instantly connected throughout your home. Also note the convenient Gmail Paper. - 4.1.2007 hoaxes at Wikipedia: Although you may have made a point to parade around your favorite sites today, making sure you see all the pranks being played, you probably missed a few hilarious ones. Wikipedia has a constantly-updated list you can check out.
- The WiiHelm by ThinkGeek: Sure, the Wiimote is fun, but what’s the point if you can’t eat and drink at the same time? WiiHelm seeks to fix this with their revolutionary WiiHelm, a helmet that allows you to use the Wiimote with only a few nods of the head.
