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		<title>Website facelifts for April Fools</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well it’s coming up to April 1st and there have been sites which have made changing their pages to something comedic for April fools somewhat of a tradition (whirlpool broadband forums for example). These guys always find a way each year to surprise me with their witty charm and cleverness. I think it’s a great [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well it’s coming up to April 1st and there have been sites which have made changing their pages to something comedic for April fools somewhat of a tradition (<a href="http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/" target="_blank">whirlpool broadband forums</a> for example). These guys always find a way each year to surprise me with their witty charm and cleverness. I think it’s a great novelty which should be spread all over the internet.</p>
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To add to the fun, a few days ago <a href="http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,25249680-5014239,00.html" target="_blank">the classification board website was hacked</a> and content changed to something lackluster….but it got me thinking… what would I do if I had the elite skills to hack a few websites on April Fools  and change the content to either be comedic or push my opinions onto people?</p>
<p>Now before I start I would just like to say I wouldn’t waste my time actually trying to hack any of these websites and even if I tried, I probably wouldn’t  be successful. I’d give my hacking skills a 1 out of 10. If you have 10 out 10 hacking skills, don’t try these either because I’ll get in trouble.</p>
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Here are some April fool content changes that I would love to make or see but would not wish anybody do these. I have provided a before and after screenshot. Try and see if you can spot the differences:</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.lunapark.com.au/" target="_blank">Luna Park:</a></strong><br />
Every time I look at the gates of Luna Park I shudder. The gaping mouth and far from happy looking man face just seems so uninviting. I have never been into Luna Park for this simple fact. It’s as if the park was created by a rapist/pedophile that placed a seducing family fun theme over the eyes of the locals for the sole purpose of inviting fresh victims into a labyrinth of rape.</p>
<div id="attachment_224" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 624px"><a href="http://www.outofmysandbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/before-luna.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="size-large wp-image-224 " title="before-luna" src="http://www.outofmysandbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/before-luna-1024x812.jpg" alt="The current home page for Luna Park" width="614" height="487" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The current home page for Luna Park</p></div>
<div id="attachment_226" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 624px"><a href="http://www.outofmysandbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/luna-park.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="size-large wp-image-226 " title="luna-park" src="http://www.outofmysandbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/luna-park-1024x805.jpg" alt="April Fools Luna Park Home Page" width="614" height="483" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">April Fools Luna Park Home Page</p></div>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.transport.qld.gov.au/Home/Licensing/" target="_blank">Queensland transport department:</a></strong><br />
One of the biggest things I despise in the world is the Queensland Transport Department. If someone told me I never had to go there ever again and that everything to do with transport would be looked after if I shot myself in the foot… I would shoot myself in the foot. It’s not so much the department itself but just the queues and waiting times heaven forbid you need to get something done.</p>
<div id="attachment_229" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 570px"><a href="http://www.outofmysandbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/before-qtd.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-229 " title="before-qtd" src="http://www.outofmysandbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/before-qtd.jpg" alt="Current Licensing section of their site" width="560" height="267" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Current Licensing section of their site</p></div>
<div id="attachment_230" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 570px"><a href="http://www.outofmysandbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/licensing.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-230 " title="licensing" src="http://www.outofmysandbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/licensing.jpg" alt="A bit of therapy for the traumatising experience of queuing at the transport department" width="560" height="267" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">A bit of therapy for the traumatising experience of queuing at the transport department</p></div>
<p><strong><a href="http://login.live.com/login.srf?wa=wsignin1.0&amp;rpsnv=10&amp;ct=1238401579&amp;rver=5.5.4177.0&amp;wp=MBI&amp;wreply=http:%2F%2Fhome.live.com%2Fdefault.aspx&amp;lc=2057&amp;id=251248" target="_blank">Hotmail</a></strong><br />
I signed up to hotmail 10 years ago when free email accounts were amazing and revolutionary. Hotmail was such a great service back then&#8230; but then competitors came out who provided similar services with less bloat and commercialism. Now I look at hotmail and think… how did Microsoft and ninemsn take this relatively light web application and crap on it so badly with premium levels and other nonsensical political constraints?</p>
<div id="attachment_235" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 572px"><a href="http://www.outofmysandbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/before-live.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-235 " title="before-live" src="http://www.outofmysandbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/before-live.jpg" alt="Current Hotmail sign in screen" width="562" height="298" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Current Hotmail sign in screen</p></div>
<div id="attachment_238" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 555px"><a href="http://www.outofmysandbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/windowslive.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-238 " title="windowslive" src="http://www.outofmysandbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/windowslive.jpg" alt="windowslive" width="545" height="348" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">What the hotmail screen should look like</p></div>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.inthenightgarden.co.uk/en/about-development.asp" target="_blank">In the night garden</a></strong><br />
I am currently battling to maintain the intelligence of human civilization by protecting our newer generations from slang/shortcut English and TV shows which provide little to no educational value for infants. <a href="http://www.outofmysandbox.com/2009/03/keeping-our-children-smart-kocs-–-an-attempt-to-stop-idiocracy/" target="_blank">Click here</a> to read more about it. In the night garden is a prime example of a TV show that provides nothing for a child except backward steps in aptitude and social development. A smite against this website would be more than welcoming and a point to <a href="http://www.outofmysandbox.com/2009/03/keeping-our-children-smart-kocs-–-an-attempt-to-stop-idiocracy/" target="_blank">KOCS</a>.</p>
<div id="attachment_240" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 479px"><a href="http://www.outofmysandbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/before-in-the-night-garden.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-240 " title="before-in-the-night-garden" src="http://www.outofmysandbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/before-in-the-night-garden.jpg" alt="pfft their current claim of developmental benefits" width="469" height="436" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">pfft their current claim of developmental benefits</p></div>
<p>I laugh at their made up benefit content.</p>
<div id="attachment_241" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 482px"><a href="http://www.outofmysandbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/in-the-night-garden.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-241 " title="in-the-night-garden" src="http://www.outofmysandbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/in-the-night-garden.jpg" alt="The truth" width="472" height="432" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The truth</p></div>
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