The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) has announced that they are switching to Comic Sans for all official communication. Quoting their press release,
"From today, all of CERN's official communication channels are switching to exclusive use of the font Comic Sans. The move comes after weeks of deliberation by CERN management and top web designers about how best to update the image of the laboratory for this, its 60th anniversary year." This announcment follows a year of intensive study which came to the conclusion that CERN's success is largely due to their choice of font, not their fundamental research and historic discoveries: "80% of the success of the presentation came not from the discovery of a fundamental particle that explains the Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism for how particles get mass, but from the choice of font."
The bacon overlords are at it again! Netflix has released two new "Netflix Original" shows in the style of "Benjamin Button." "Sizzling Bacon" stars our current masters and "Rotisserie Chicken" debuts a very hot chick in the lead role. Steamy and mind bending!
http://time.com/45154/netflix-april-fools-chicken- bacon-movies/
In honor of the day: A few good april fools pranks in the tech industry.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26833860
Break out your decoder rings, mix up a glass of Ovaltine, and don't touch that dial! It's time for another episode of Radio WTF Presents! Aiming to do something "cool" on this day of April, the team put together a 1/2 hour radio drama.
Looks like an April Fools style thing, not sure how this site Is planning on doing April 1st...
Google Maps: Pokemon Challenge: http://youtu.be/4YMD6xELI_k
You can use Google maps on your smartphone to" catch" Pokemon. After pressing "start" you focus on a cartoon building on the map and there are little Pokemon sprites to touch to catch them. Apparently there are 150 to find with this little easter egg, although it looks like there is a mix of the games as it's not limited to the first 150.
(Score: 1) by el_oscuro on Wednesday April 02 2014, @10:22PM
kars4kids [kars4kids.org] is a car donation charity that runs a really cheesy radio add that airs about every other commercial break on our local stations. Yesterday they changed up the words on their jingle a little bit:
"1-555-kids4kars, 1-555-kids4kars, donate your kid today.", along with explanations about how your kid could benefit someone in need, as well as the tax benefits of donating your kid. "Offer Valid on April 1st only"
SoylentNews is Bacon! [nueskes.com]