April Fool from Google and Forkpress

Posted on April 1st, 2007.


April Fool from Google and Forkpress
Damn! They did it again. Woke up this morning and was told by my friend that Google are now offering free broadband connection for their BETA testers. Sounds great, but the system does use your toilet! And it is called TISP, toilet internet service provider. Google’s prank is well planned as they also featuring Press Release, FAQs, and TiSP help group.

And if you installed TiSP at your home, you will get a benefit when purchasing things via Google Checkout. The things will be delivered directly to you through the sewage network into your bathroom. Don’t worry, the package is sealed with waterproof bag.

In-Commode Package Delivery
With professional installation service, you can also have your Google Checkout purchases delivered directly through the sewage network into your bathroom. Each package comes pre-sealed in a watertight and nanobot-resistant bag made of biodegradable corn-based plastic. For a limited time, TiSP subscribers who sign up for a Checkout account will receive free bathroom delivery on their first ten Checkout purchases.

And this part is funnier. Google are taking a step forward leaving their competitors in contextual ads. They now can display ads after reading your DNA, so that the ads are related to you. Damn again.

How can Google offer this service for free?
We believe that all users deserve free, fast and sanitary online access. To offset the cost of providing the TiSP service, we use information gathered by discreet DNA sequencing of your personal bodily output to display online ads that are contextually relevant to your culinary preferences, current health status and likelihood of developing particular medical conditions going forward. Google also offers premium levels of service for a monthly fee (see below).
Note: We take your privacy very seriously. So we treat all TiSP users’ waste-related personal information with tremendous discretion, in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

April Fool from Google and Forkpress
And for Wordpress, last year, they came up with Wordpattern (and changed to Wordpattrn, after being acquired by Yahoo! and Flickr). This year, it is almost the same story. And the name is Forkpress. Owen of asymptomatic.net is tired with Habari and Wordpress. So, he comes up with great blogging tools, Forkpress. By the way, Forkpress has K3, while Wordpress still having K2.

To my surprise, Forkpress has been downloaded 20,070,401 times, almost 20x than Wordpress 2.1 (1,047,562 times). No wonder that the download section is facing some problems.

Happy April Fool!

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