pranks

Cameras

Prank Musical Captures The Magic With Joystick-Controlled Cameras

4:20AM Adam Frucci | Famed internet pranksters Improv Everywhere just posted their latest “mission”, a musical about the joys of lunch sung inside the atrium of Trump Tower. But this time, they got to record it using a boatload of NBC’s high-tech gear. More »
Online

Image Cache: Surprise IM

10:51AM Jason Chen | This is a good idea by dpstyles of Flickr: Max out your font and give a coworker a surprise message that will delight his coworkers. Can you do better? [Flickr]
Random Stuff

FOR SALE: Proof That Balloon Boy Was A Hoax

8:28AM The Business Insider | There is allegedly proof that the story of balloon boy Falcon Heene was a stunt to help pitch a television show. But the purported proof will cost you thousands of dollars to get. More »
Vehicles

Backwards Painted Truck Doubles As Pants Crapper 3000

12:20AM Mark Wilson | I can’t imagine the momentary terror of a semi coming straight at me on the open road, nor can this trucker imagine the keying coming his way the first time someone crashes as result of his prank. [imgur via jalopnik]
Random Stuff

Water Soluble Bikini Is One Cruel Prank

12:00AM Adam Frucci | Here’s something I wish I had found before half our staff flew off to Surfmodo: a water soluble bikini. More »
Random Stuff

Prankster Gets Verizon’s CEO Private Address, Visits Him To Protest His Privacy Policies Using A Megaphone

10:38PM Jesus Diaz | John Hargrave tracked down Verizon CEO’s private address and mobile phone number. Then he went to his home—megaphone in hand—to ask him to stop Verizon’s lousy privacy policies. The video is quite funny and his message is clear: More »
Peripherals

The ISaw USB Chainsaw Was A Hoax With A Message

8:00AM Adam Frucci | Remember the iSaw from a couple days ago? Unsurprisingly, it wasn’t real. But the cause that it was created to support is one we can definitely get behind. More »
Gadgets

World’s Smallest TV-B-Gone Makes It Even Easier To Do Things You’ll Later Regret

12:20AM Adam Frucci | The size of the original TV-B-Gone never seemed like an impediment to us, but hey, I’m not going to argue with a gadget going through the shrink ray. [Hack-a-Day] More »
Vehicles

Pranksters Bring Child-Like Joy to Commuting with Swings on the Train

1:40AM Adam Frucci | On Monday night, some pranksters infiltrated the Bart, San Francisco’s public train system, and installed some swings in the aisles. Commuting should always be this fun. More »