Google does 2 april fools jokes this year

[yesthattom]

The one on the homepage is not that funny. The one on the gmail.com homepage is, well, more funnier.

Comments

[lilbjorn.livejournal.com]

Not to mention the Google Earth joke pictures of New Orleans.

The gmail thing

[mrfantasy.livejournal.com]

Reminds me of the device I saw advertised on TV a few months back--the "email address" that was hooked up to an HP printer hooked to a phone line. I guess it calls in periodically and if there is mail it prints it out like a fax machine. It clearly was marketed to technical people who have elderly relatives who can't be bothered with that "com-pyoo-tur" stuff.

Re: The gmail thing

[mrfantasy.livejournal.com]

http://www.presto.com/

[niqui.livejournal.com]

i really liked the TiSP page, but i have to admit, Google Paper got a louder out-loud laugh. (Okay, the TiSP "enterprise" joke was really terrible!)

[gravitrue.livejournal.com]

I liked tisp because it reminds me of the time Peter (who ran EBone, the European commercial internet backbone) modified the world-wide BGP tables so that internet traffic heading for RS' service area (AS) was routed to Peter's house. Specifically to his bathroom. RS sent a message to one of the BGP admin lists asking in public why his packets were going to Peter's toilet.