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Rickrolling Prank Becomes an Internet Phenomena

Have you been “Rickrolled” yet?

1980s pop star Rick Astley is now making headlines again after years in obscurity thanks to millions of Web surfers being Rickrolled by pranksters. Webmasters and bloggers are purposely redirecting unsuspecting Internet users to a video of Astley performing his hit “Never Gonna Give You Up”.

How does a Rickroll work? It’s basically a bait and switch. Let’s say I make a link that says Sexy Paris Hilton Video and you click on it. Instead of actually seeing Paris Hilton, you’d be directed to a Rick Astley music video. That’s a “Rick Roll”.

Tuesday YouTube decided to get in on the joke. Several links on the YouTube homepage purposely “Rick Rolled” users. Why? Tuesday just happened to be April Fools’ Day. …

Flying Toasters Screensaver Returns

Were you computing in the 90s? Then you’ll remember the flying toasters screensaver. If you missed it, then rejoice because it’s back. The folks at Uneasy Silence have released a clone of this most famous of screensavers, for both Windows and OS X users.

By the way, the whole flying toasters thing even got popular enough that you can get a Flying Toaster t-shirt and even a coffee mug! What’s crazier is that there are still copies of After Dark’s original set of screen saver programs for sale (for Win95/98/ME) and at really ridiculous prices too.

via MethodShop.

TopGolf next generation driving range uses RFID golf balls

TopGolf Uses RFID-enabled balls to track distance and accuracy

TopGolf next generation driving range uses RFID golf balls

TopGolf is not a virtual range or anything like that; it just uses golf balls embedded with RFID chips to track your distance and accuracy. You just need to hit it into of the 10 ‘scoring zones’. TopGolf is also a game – you score points based on those factors. If you’re in England, there are already a bunch of TopGolf gamecentres, as they are called. In the US, the only location is currently in Washington, DC. Stay tuned for locations in Dallas and Chicago this year.

Architechtronics Announces a new release of their FIDOH Software — now including Ethernet and Serial support for the HAI, Aegis, and OnQ LeGrand Home Automation Systems

Architechtronics, a home technology manufacturer, announces the upgrade of FIDOH, for a quick, easy method of accessing home automation systems made by HAI, Aegis, and OnQ LeGrand. With FIDOH, simply right click the icon in the systems tray and have instant access your automation systems . Double click the icon and view the status of security, temperatures, humidity, etc.

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