Google had some fun today, introducing a few April Fool’s day features. There was the “custom time” feature on GMail, allowing you to bend space-time and send emails into the past. There was the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button on Google Calendar, which seems to give you a date with a random celebrity. And then there’s Virgle, a joint venture between Google and Virgin Airlines, offering vacations to Mars.
The UK edition of the Motley Fool posted a fake “breaking news” article explaining that who you vote for affects your credit rating. And even Hillary Clinton had a little fun, challenging Barack Obama to a bowling contest where the winner takes the nomination; she even said she’d spot him two frames.
My grand prank for the day was a fun one. I hacked the phone system at work and caused every phone in my department to call itself, all at once. I pressed the “Go” button and a wave of ringing phones swept the office from the south wall to the north. One entertained voice proclaimed over the cubicle wall, “well, I guess that’s Lawnmower Man sending us the signal.”
What fun did you have today? Were you pranked? Did you do any pranking? Leave me some comments.
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