Yesterday was that time of the year again, April Fools’ Day, the day of pranks and LOL’s. Here is a quick roundup of some of the main April Fools’ from across the Internet that I stumbled upon.
Firstly, from Google:
- Google had announced that it was changing it’s name to Topeka, after the Kansas town of Topeka in question had decided to change it’s name to Google. “Let me just Topeka that for you…“
- Google also announced it’s new Android App, called ‘Google Translate for Animals‘, a new service that allows you to translate the grunts and barks of animals into recognisable speech.
- YouTube had introduced a new ASCII text based video format, which is meant to be designed to reduce bandwidth (it doesn’t, the effect is done post-download). It’s a shame they’ve now taken it off, it was quite funky. Coincidently, they also updated the layout on the same day, but as a permanent change.
- I’ve also heard of Gmail removing all vowels out of words, making it quite annoying to read.
- Google Japan have released a new drum based keyboard.
With deviantART, they made a few changes too:
- They changed everyone’s avatars to either Team Jacob or Team Seeker photos (from Twilight), and also of Lady Gaga too.
- The new Lllama Badge was also added, where people could give other uses a badge of a llama free of charge (it is still active after yesterday).
Various news websites include a secret hidden level of Mario Bros. Wii, World of Warcraft designed to work out the size of your e-peen (and various others), CollegeHumor’s website being taken over by the FBI and more.
Surely there are hundreds of similar things that have happened, so post about the one’s you’ve found in a comment. =]
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I’ve recently discovered TVCatchup, an awesome website where you can watch live TV streams for free. It is only available in the UK however, but it has all of the selection of Freeview channels available. It also has an online TV guide so you can check what is on, and when. It is dead easy to use, great quality and loads in seconds. Quite chuffed with it, especially because I live in an area that doesn’t get Freeview.
Go watch some TV: http://tvcatchup.com/channels.html
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Nintendo have announced today that the successor to the Nintendo DS will be called the ‘Nintendo 3DS’. This won’t be just another version of the DS, but a new console entirely. It will have full 3D functionality without the need of special 3D glasses or accessories, and will be completely compatible with previous DS and DSi games.
The 3DS is also thought to believe (though not 100% confirmed) that it will have high detailed graphics (possibly the equivalent of the Gamecube, as the patten goes) and the possibility of a motion sensing device. With the success of the Wii, it would be silly not to. It is also said that it will utilise the Nvidia Tegra 2, which would be sweet.
The Nintendo 3DS is set to be released during Nintendo’s next financial year, between April 2010 and March 2011. Could this mean a pre-Christmas release? More details are due to be unveiled at this year’s E3, on June 15th.
I don’t know about everyone else, but I am sure excited about this. Let’s just hope it is more successful than the Virtual Boy ended up.
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Woo, Christmas is nearly here and I’m all excited. Excited so much that I have been playing with the GD Libary in PHP to make an automatic countdown to Christmas. Woop woop.
And I am currently working on a new website which will be released as a beta pretty soon (hopefully before Christmas anyway), so watch this space. =]
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Nintendo have just released a new scheme to get everyone’s Wii connected to the Internet. If you help someone get their Wii online, both you and the person you connected get 500 Wii points to spend in the Wii Store (to buy things such as games and channels). Getting your Wii online means that you get access to new channels and content, and be able to download new games too. You can now watch the BBC iPlayer on the Wii, meaning that you can catch up with all BBC programs at any time. It also allows you to play certain titles over the Internet with friends and people all around the world (Mario Kart Wii to name a good one). I was wondering if using this scheme I could help people get their Wii online and in doing so would allow us to both benefit. Take a look here for benefits of getting your Wii online: http://www.nintendo.com/wii/internet
Here is a great tutorial on how to connect your Wii to the Internet: http://us.wii.com/connect/
Once your Wii is up and running and connected to the Internet, follow the steps below to activate the bonus Wii points for both of us:
- Enter the Wii Shop Channel
- On the Wii Shop Channel welcome page there is an icon called ‘Connection Ambassador Promotion’
- Select this icon and you will be prompted by two icons: one showing that you are the Connection Ambassador (or the Helper) and the other icon showing that you are the ‘Person Who Was Helped’
- Select the ‘Person Who Was Helped’ icon
- You will be prompted to enter the Wii Number: 5248-8782-3737-3511
(You must do this within 30 days of accessing the Wii Shop Channel)
Once both parties have registered, you will have received 500 Wii Points on your Wii Shop Channel Accounts to spend in the Wii Shop Channel
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