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title: "April Fools' 2014 Jokes for Enginerds"
description: "Each year it is fun to see who gets \"got\". With Twitter fever getter hotter each day, people can't help but spread juicy news details. Here's a running list of the April Fool's…"
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date: "2014-04-01T16:35:12Z"
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# April Fools' 2014 Jokes for Enginerds


Each year it is fun to see who gets "got".  With Twitter fever getter hotter each day, people can't help but spread juicy news details.  Here's a running list of the April Fool's Gags I ran across in 2014 (updated links at top of list)

- **[OSHPark](http://oshpark.com) is going to switch to Green PCBs**
  - [https://twitter.com/oshpark/status/451084822317113344](https://twitter.com/oshpark/status/451084822317113344)
- **[Instructables](http://Instructables.com) going to sell all their Instrustables in a single book**
  - [http://www.instructables.com/community/Coming-Soon-EVERY-Instructable-one-massive-book/](http://www.instructables.com/community/Coming-Soon-EVERY-Instructable-one-massive-book/)
- **[Waze](http://Waze.com) Introduces WazeDates (Video)**
  - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfCS9CN91RU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfCS9CN91RU)
- **[Make Magazine](http://makezine.com)'s list of reader's pranks**
  - [http://makezine.com/2014/04/01/prank-call-and-answer/](http://makezine.com/2014/04/01/prank-call-and-answer/)
- **[Sphero](http://goSphero.com) Introduces "Selfibot" (Video)**
  - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaR4X2iJo6M](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaR4X2iJo6M)
- **[Raspberry Pi](http://raspberrypi.org) Shows off new retro design**
  - Click here for a Cached Screenshot of the Pi Joke Page
- **[Kickstarter](http://kickstarter.com) is changing it's name (less vowels)**
  - [https://www.kickstarter.com/blog/the-new-kickstartr](https://www.kickstarter.com/blog/the-new-kickstartr)
- **Single Person Tool Shop, Boldport, Acquired by Apple**
  - [http://boldport.blogspot.com/2014/04/apple-acquires-boldport.html](http://boldport.blogspot.com/2014/04/apple-acquires-boldport.html)
- **[Octopart](http://octopart.com) Now supporting Snapchat**
  - [http://octopart.com/blog/archives/2014/4/now-send-rfqs-using-snapchat%2521](http://octopart.com/blog/archives/2014/4/now-send-rfqs-using-snapchat%2521)
- **[iFixIt](http://iFixit.com) Acquired by Apple**
  - [http://www.ifixit.com/apple\_press\_release](http://www.ifixit.com/apple_press_release)
  - Complete with red herring as shown in their new [Smartphone Replaceability Indexes](http://www.ifixit.com/smartphone_replaceability)
- **Think Geek's Flux Capacitor Charger**
  - Seriously hope this one becomes real:  [http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/1ba1/](http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/1ba1/)
- **[Sparkfun](http://sparkfun.com) ran a sporting contest**
  - [https://www.sparkfun.com/news/1443](https://www.sparkfun.com/news/1443)
- **[Bored Elon Musk](http://www.twitter.com/BoredElonMusk)'s Tweet on if you should do an April Fool's Joke**
  - [https://twitter.com/BoredElonMusk/status/450765914875518976](https://twitter.com/BoredElonMusk/status/450765914875518976)

I can't help but think that Apple is going to not like repeatedly being used in these yearly jokes.  What jokes have I missed or what were your favorites?  Leave them in the comments.