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#320885 - 01/04/2009 14:31 April Fool's Tracking 2009
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31596
Loc: Seattle, WA

In addition to the usual list at http://www.bluesnews.com that I follow every year, here are a couple great ones that were perpetrated by or upon close friends:

A sysadmin friend:
http://saladofdoom.livejournal.com/2784.html

A friend who is embroiled in a long-standing war with the squirrels that keep ruining her garden:
http://www.blatherings.com/2009/04/squirrel-invasion

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#320888 - 01/04/2009 14:53 Re: April Fool's Tracking 2009 [Re: tfabris]
JBjorgen
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Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 3584
Loc: Columbus, OH
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#320889 - 01/04/2009 14:55 Re: April Fool's Tracking 2009 [Re: JBjorgen]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31596
Loc: Seattle, WA
The ThinkGeek tauntaun sleeping bag is pure genius. I totally want one for real.
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#320893 - 01/04/2009 15:11 Re: April Fool's Tracking 2009 [Re: JBjorgen]
JBjorgen
carpal tunnel

Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 3584
Loc: Columbus, OH
Tony, I get:

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /saladofdoom/pic/00001yy5/s640x480 on this server.

You got a cached copy?
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#320897 - 01/04/2009 15:20 Re: April Fool's Tracking 2009 [Re: JBjorgen]
andym
carpal tunnel

Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3996
Loc: Manchester UK
The Guardian abandons print for twitter:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/apr/01/guardian-twitter-media-technology

"JFK assassin8d @ Dallas, def. heard second gunshot from grassy knoll WTF?"

From the same article:

'At a time of unprecedented challenge for all print media, many publications have rushed to embrace social networking technologies. Most now offer Twitter feeds of major breaking news headlines, while the Daily Mail recently pioneered an iPhone application providing users with a one-click facility for reporting suspicious behaviour by migrants or gays.'

Few more here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/2009/apr/01/newspapers-dailymail
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#320932 - 02/04/2009 00:20 Re: April Fool's Tracking 2009 [Re: tfabris]
lectric
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Registered: 20/01/2002
Posts: 2085
Loc: New Orleans, LA
Originally Posted By: tfabris
The ThinkGeek tauntaun sleeping bag is pure genius. I totally want one for real.


Totally with you on this one. That would be a really cool bag. The head could be a built-in pillow.

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#320934 - 02/04/2009 00:21 Re: April Fool's Tracking 2009 [Re: lectric]
lectric
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Registered: 20/01/2002
Posts: 2085
Loc: New Orleans, LA

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#320937 - 02/04/2009 01:09 Re: April Fool's Tracking 2009 [Re: lectric]
tman
carpal tunnel

Registered: 24/12/2001
Posts: 5528
Originally Posted By: lectric
Originally Posted By: tfabris
The ThinkGeek tauntaun sleeping bag is pure genius. I totally want one for real.


Totally with you on this one. That would be a really cool bag. The head could be a built-in pillow.

Alledgely they're looking into actually producing it. It would be pretty neat tho and I'm surprised nobody else has ever done it to be honest.

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