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A Rick Rollin' Pop-Up Video
This past April Fools' Day, anyone and everyone with an Internet connection got Rick Roll'd. Websites roll'd their readers. The Techno Viking roll'd his Rocky Horror Techno Show.
Sugar Bits – Anyone for a Rick Roll?
- Rick Astley is the unsuspecting star of an internet prank; Rickrolling, where surfers click through onto a video of Rick Astley's brilliantly cheesy song "Never Gonna Give You Up" instead of what was advertised. Now people are Rickrolling in real life, eg: outside this Scientology building, as a form of harmless protest. He thinks "It's a bit spooky, innit."
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The Great Cake Rickroll!
I lied. I know I said we weren't going to discuss Rickrolling anymore, mostly because I have had that song stuck in my head since March, and you know what? I need a new song.
Geek Tip: Never Be RickRolled Again
It peaked on April Fool's Day, and now I don't want to be RickRolled ever again. It's high time for a new meme — one that doesn't involve the sentiment that one would never give me up, or let me down.
Let me share with you a way to banish Rick Astley from your eyes and ears, and then let's be done with it, OK?
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Click on Fake Child Porn Ads Head to the Clinker — Fair?
Think of it as RickRolling meets To Catch a Predator. The FBI now puts fake links to child porn on message boards, and then arrests people who click on them.
The tactic has been used to convict people in various states already.
First April Fools' Day Tech Trick Revealed: Let the Games Begin
We're still a few days away from the first of April, but the first April Fools' Day gag has surfaced: on Thursday, the site BBSpot published an article reporting that Twitter was going to offer paid premium accounts.
The account levels, dubbed, Owl, were actually a huge gag played on the Twitter and tech community by BBSpot (it was picked up and reported by news outlets)! Well played, BBSpot.
McCain Got Barack-Rolled!
Remember Rickrolling, that devious Internet meme whereby someone pretends to link to something relevant to the topic at hand, but then when you click on the link, it's freaking Rick Astley singing "Never Gonna Give You Up"? (If you haven't heard of Rickrolling, where on earth have you been? Ahhh.
What Is Your Favorite Geeky DIY Project of 2008?
On we go with the Best of 2008 series! Being a geek and being crafty seem to go hand in hand; both take ingenuity. Even if you're a big-time techie but can't sew, glue, or cook to save your life, everyone still appreciates a rad geeky DIY project.
Style Glossary: Rickrack
They say that everyday's a school day and today's lesson is about textile trimming known as rickracking (not to be confused with rickrolling)!
The term is defined as, "A woven trimming that has a zigzag shape. Appearing on everything from sheets to umbrellas to skirts and blouses, rickrack offers a charming, feminine embellishment."
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