Posts Tagged ‘tech crunch’

Lions and Tigers and Pranks, Oh My!

04.1.2008

It’s April Fool’s day today and that means trust no one on the internet! Except for Apex, of course! We’d never lie to you here.

Here are just a few examples of the web trickery going on today:

-YouTube Rick Rolled all its users [update: we might kill someone if we get rickrolled one more time!]

-In Australia, you can google-search 24 hours into the future (cue Twilight Zone music) with G’Day

-Google and Virgin will make a human settlement on Mars (click here to watch the video on TechCrunch)

-IGN premieres the trailer for new Legend Of Zelda movie!

-Xbox has some new gear up for grabs, like this wireless helmet (make sure to click ‘Learn More’)

-Gizmodo shows love for Mr. T on almost every single blog post.

-Daily Candy writes about Famous Flakes, a store that sells vials of your favorite celeb’s skin and hair.

-Tumblr is Tumbler (but flickr is still flickr)

-AskMen and ViagraPlus

-Joystiq has new Wii game: Super Pii Pii Brothers (video)

-Ben Gibbard, of Death Cab, has a new band called Just Jazzin’ 

…we’ll keep updating this list as the day goes on, so check back!

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Hot or Not

02.12.2008

Ah, remember HotorNot.com? Remember how much joy judging those strangers brought you and your cold, calloused friends back in the day?

Who knew, but the site is still alive and kickin’ and apparently was just bought for a whopping $20 million by Avid Life Media (Techcrunch)! Not bad for a site that peaked (or so I thought) in the early 00′s.

The beauty of Hot or Not is the simplicity of it. A picture of a boy or girl pops up, you judge it on a scale of 1 to 10 and that’s it. Now on to judge the next victim. So simple and easy, so perfect.

So please Avid Life, don’t ruin this wonderful site by turning it into a full on social networking/dating/love/sex site. We love it for what it is -trashy, superficial and wildly amusing!

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