…Exploring the role of the prankster as artist, activist and social observer and the significance of the prank in society.
Lots of hilarious stunts yesterday… Follow the links and have some fun.
Pull a Prank — There’s an App for That, Phoenix New Times
Playmobil(tm) Apple Store Playset, thanks Chris
Ikea Invents State-Of-The-Art Doggie High Chair, from BestWeekEver.tv
More links: Continue reading “April Fools Round-up”
Submitted by Nick: Over the last few days we have been working on an infographic entitled, April Fools 2011: Pranks Around The Web. We stayed up late so we could get first peek at 2011 pranks online this morning, which allowed us to quickly add them to our infographic. Needless to say were a bit tired, but very happy with the infographic we created.
We will be updating this post throughout the day with any new and exciting April Fools” Day pranks of 2011. Keep your eyes peeled and… enjoy the below April Fools infographic which includes the top pranks of today as well as the past.
[Editor’s note: We added the links. They probably won’t work after today]
Top April Fools 2011 Pranks Online
Google – Motion gaming has become extremely popular over the past few years with the Wii, Move, and Kinect. Now Google wants to make Gmail motion controlled, thus launching Gmail Motion. No keyboard or mouse needed, hand and body gestures will control everything for you. All of this is detailed on the custom site Google launched for April Fools day. The motion functionality even looks to extend to Google docs, for which Google also created a custom site experience. Another Google prank you will notice when typing in a search today is a job open for autocompleters, and you only need to type 32,000 words per minute to apply.
YouTube – In honor of April Fools, YouTube decided to go retro and give users a feel for what it would have been like for the business in 1911. They even have 1911 logos on all YouTube videos, and when you click it, the video will transform into a vintage, silent, motion picture. Everything will turn to a dirty and grainy yellow accompanied by old-school piano music, looking something like a Charlie Chaplin film. Continue reading “April Fools 2011: Pranks Around the Web”
Submitted by Julian Tippins: Upload an animated gif to google search’s background features to mess with your friends.
Google Demo Slam: Animated Gif Background
by Julian Tippins and Richard Langhorne
From Be Nice Art Friends, because prank calls are still funny:
Bart Simpson, Crank Yankers, your Mom, everyone loves a good prank call, but I feel like no one does it better than Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim. The geniuses behind classic American comedy shows* such as, Tom Goes to the Mayor, Steven and Stephen, and of course, the ever beloved Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job, have done plenty of pranks in their time, but personally, I”m loving the following:
*They WILL be.