Can't help falling for them

North Front Street in Uptown Kingston this morning, where you can play Pac-Man in Google Maps.

I like April Fools' Day and I'm not ashamed to say it.
Sure, there are a lot of terrible April Fools' pranks. It's a tricky business.
Yet, I'd say you're on pretty solid ground if you're funny.
Like Louis C.K. funny, though.
So tread carefully.
After all, only fools ...

April Fools' FAQ

Selfie shoes

Today's April Fools' Day, the best and worst day of the Internet.
Here's a guide to help you through it.

What is April Fools' day?
It's a day when people's do and publish stuff that, years from now, will be googled and taken as fact.
How do I avoid falling for a prank?
You can't.
So what can I do?
Enjoy it! And remember that anyone who tells you to stay off Twitter or the Internet probably works in media and likely spends his or her time on Twitter or the Internet for a living.
I work at a news organization. Should I do an April Fools' joke?
No.
But...
NO.
But I saw the Guardian's?
The fact the you know about the Guardian tells me you are a professional journalist and that you also thought twice about whether the Guardian story about fluorescent tampons is real.
What if I work for a college news organization?
You get one try.
Also, this one try will backfire horribly and end up in Romenesko.
Can I tweet?
Stay off Twitter.
But you just said...
April Fools.

Posted by Kingston Police Department on Wednesday, April 1, 2015

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Trainsignal offers Windows 3.1 training

The future of computing!

Available on:

* 16 Full-length VHS Tapes
* 48 Double-sided Audiocasette Tapes
* Overhead Projector Sheets
* Laserdisc (Coming Soon)

Bieber or Die!

Justin Bieber takes over "Funny or Die"

Google Chrome gets loud

Google Chrome has unveiled a new extension, and there's only one thing we can say to that:

"Your browser does not support the audio element."

Also, Google adds:

Now that we’ve nailed sight and sound, we’ll look at bringing olfactory magic to the browsing experience. We hope to deliver that by next year at this time.

Prescription windshields

First Prescription Windscreen Launches @ Yahoo! Video

Qualcomm involved in butterfly attacks

Video of attack here.

Freeman goes from Daily to Minutely

It's a web thing.

CollegeHumor under investigation

Visit www.collegehumor.com to find out about your un-American activities, you crazy pinko!

Move over FourSquare, here comes Clicky and FourWalls!

Checking in physically using Foursquare is soooo 2009.

Check in at your favorite web sites - automatically!

See if you can get an OCD batch, "Awarded for logging on to your own web site 20+ times in one day."

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And if you are a developer, check in with FourWalls:

Particle accelerator planned for British train line

The Independent has the details:

"London Underground is in talks with the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern) about the possibility of using the 23km tunnel of the Circle Line to house a new type of particle accelerator similar to the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva."

Gmail has vowel outage

Srsly!

Google AdvantagePoints

Read. Get points. Tell people you have points.

Google unveils life-sized photos

Picasa gets bigger.

"We're happy to announce LifeSize^TM on Picasa Web Albums, an easy way to create and print larger-than-life versions of your photos ..."

Google unveils data liberation farms

Data is now free!

Google is now Topeka, Topeka is now Google

Yep, you're not in Kansas anymore (but Google is).



Topeka explains.

Kodak introduces "aromatography"

Wake up and smell the roses, hopefully.

Hulu's evil alien plot revealed

Head over to Hulu.com and click on the 3D icon shown in the image above to reveal this evil video.

Google books now on 3-D

Visit books.google.com, click on any cover and click on "View in 3D."