April Fools' Pranks for the Nerds

"Top 10 April Fools' Pranks for Nerds"
Wired Magazine (March 28, 2008)

This list includes the old Screenshot-as-Desktop-Wallpaper gag.

These are hilarious, but please be careful. I've worked with people who seemed genuinely frightened of technology. Exposing them to something like the Screenshot-as-Desktop-Wallpaper gag would inflict very real pain on them: and you, if your supervisors find out who was responsible.

But, as long as you exercise common sense in choosing your targets, these could be fun.