Gizmodo: april fool's

April Fool's Star Wars Tauntaun Sleeping Bag May Become an Actual Product

Sean Fallon — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:30:00 EDT

Sensing a cash money opportunity, the folks at ThinkGeek are going to take a shot at actually producing their April Fool's Star Wars Tauntaun Sleeping bag. Lucasfilm is the only thing standing in their way.

ATTN Tauntaun Fanatics! Due to an overwhelming tsunami of requests from YOU THE PEOPLE, we have decided to TRY and bring this to life. We have no clue if the suits at Lucasfilms will grant little ThinkGeek a license, nor do we know how much it would ultimately retail for. But if you are interested in ever owning one of these, click the link below and we'll try!

If there is one thing I know, it's that Lucasfilms never passes on a cash money opportunity...NEVER. [ThinkGeek via OhGizmo via Crunchgear]

Despite Being an April 1 Gag, TXT'N'WALK Mobile App is Sweet

John Mahoney — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:10:00 EDT

Curse you April Fools, because I want this: TXT'N'WALK pipes in the forward-looking view of your phone's camera in a little PIP window while you type out a message. Good idea!

Somebody call Pocket Lint's bluff and develop this—it's on par with the Tauntaun sleeping bag for yesterday's prank products that should be produced immediately. Oh, the forehead-to-lamp-post collisions that could be avoided! [Pocket Lint]

April fools Internet' fiasco ROUNDUP: All Pranks in One Place

Erica Ho — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:00:00 EDT

Good APR1L FOOLS DAY. Everyone is participating! Want to know who else is real fake? Today only!. But can I seriously buy this Tauntaun sleeping bag? I'm a computer virus and I still want!

• "I know it smells bad kid, but it'll keep you warm.....until I get the shelter built." A plush Tauntaun sleeping bag, with intestinal lining. Hey Think Geek, t's not the time to joke about these products, it's the time to bring them to market!

• Addicted to Y*o*u*T*u*b*e but sick of the same old? Change your view now!!

• Krumlr: Haxxor Pirat3 Bay earns CASH, sold to Warner Bros .

• Don't know who your friends are? Google Mobile has new psychic cure available! solution for all your problems!

• If you are tired of replying to Gmails, try Autopilot! This pr0ven system is now launching W0RLDWIDE. reply here.

• Pick your ideology then get results! Search Yahoo! 100% tuned to your beliefs.

• You DIGG? color me red.

• BUY Now Exp3dia tixxx to Mars=$99 + FREE Pills.

• TXT'N'WALK app >> See ahead as you type your passwords. Save Big! $4.99.>

• Face precision, it really works! like the stars in HOLLYWOOD. John-Mayer CERTIFIED.

• KANYE RETIRES RICH, becomes blog mogul and makes $$$ working from home.

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PRODUCT video review BAD: Norton security 360 software CD

Wilson Rothman — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:30:00 EDT

Dear Friend , This video review was specially selected to be sent to you ! Software security but not always Top 10. Do we put Norton 360 in front of Investors daily? Monitor video above.

ThinkGeek's Personal Soundtrack Shirt Becoming a Real Product

Jason Chen — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:50:00 EDT

One of ThinkGeek's many fantastic April Fools' products is now becoming real, following the same path as the 8-bit Tie last year. This one, the Personal Soundtrack Shirt, takes a little bit more engineering effort than a tie, so if you're interested in one you'll have to put yourself on their notification list. But think of it, being able to blast the Imperial March or Magnificent Seven theme or the Get Smart theme whenever you enter a room? That's what we call quality. [Think Geek]

Green House Telephoto Kit Gives 8x Zoom to Cellphones, Superman, Fools

Haroon Malik — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:25:00 EDT

Hey, fool! Why would I need a 8x cellphone zoom lens, complete with additional universal handset tripod and holder? That's right, I wouldn't, because B.A's eyesight is better than Superman's. Still, for those without Mr. T's 40:40 vision, Green House is doing a good thing releasing their Telephoto Kit. B.A. don't know nothing about pricing or shipping dates, but he does know that if Superman were ever to come up against him, he'd pity that fool. And if you need the Green House Telephoto Kit, I pity you, fool! Now, I'm gonna go crush Balboa's head in. Balboa, you ain't Rocky, you just cocky and I'm gonna snap you like a Pocky! Arghh! [Akihabara News]

Wired: Top Nerd Pranks

Mark Wilson — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 08:07:00 EDT

Wired recently published a rundown of geek pranks—better known as tech jokes that the 1337 play on the normals. Their doozies include:

- Switch Keyboards to Dvorak
- Hide a Mouse's Trackball
- Use Mac Remote to F&*# With People, Making Them Weep Into Their Lattes

Here's a prank for you, Wired. How about you switch your own keyboard to Dvorak so you can't write any more April Fools' jokes and we can all get back to reading real news?

I mean, there may or Most Definitely Will Not Be iPhone news today. And we mean absolutely none. But to our defense, I didn't expect anyone would take it seriously...again. – Mark Wilson

April Fools' Pranks For Nerds [wired]

Google: April Fools' Bathroom Humor (Ha. Ha.)

Mark Wilson — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 08:04:00 EDT

Always the witty pranksters, Google has released yet another new beta product: TiSP (Toilet ISP we believe). They send you some fiber optic and a pair of gloves. Then what do you do? (no pun intended)

Grasp both ends of the spindle firmly while a friend or loved one flushes, thus activating the patented GFlush™ system, which sends the weighted cable surfing through the plumbing system to one of the thousands of TiSP Access Nodes...When the GFlush is complete, the spindle will (or at least should) have largely unraveled, exposing a connector at the remaining end. Detach the cable from the spindle, taking care not to allow the cable to slip into the toilet...Within sixty minutes — assuming proper data flow — the other end of your fiber-optic cable should have reached the nearest TiSP Access Node, where our Plumbing Hardware Dispatchers (PHDs) will remove the sinker and plug the line into our global data networking system.

This is exactly why Gizmodo despises April Fools' jokes. Sure, the whole idea is slightly, very funny, but nobody wants to use a beta anything when it's connected to their toilet.

And now I can't enjoy my Kashi bar with any peace of mind. – Mark Wilson

How TiSP Works [google]

Crunchgear: Introducing Web 3.0? More Like Stupid.0

Mark Wilson — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 08:01:00 EDT

Despite our passionate detestation of April Fools' Day, we must admit that Crunchgear's new layout, complete with a hyperactive piggy bank gif, is almost enjoyable.

Gizmodo—of course—would never do such a radical design change overnight, lest our readers be left in the barren wasteland of non-news when our page suddenly failed to load or display properly in RSS readers.

I guess all that matters is that Crunchgear enjoys their holiday while the rest of us slave to bring our dear public the latest and greatest in technological enterprises.

hahaha we're so freakin funny while you do our job [crunchgear]

April Fool's Comment Dump

johnb — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:31:19 EST

In an effort to stem the already rising tide of emails and IMs involving April Fool's pranks, we hereby ordain that this post shall be the April Fool's comment dump where you, dear readers, will post anything and everything re: April Fool's you find. Don't have a comments invite? Email tips@gizmodo.com with "COMMENT ME, FOOL" and we'll see you're sorted out post-haste. Please allow 2 to 3 days for comment delivery.