Well, closing off this year's April Fool's roundup, this one is apparently from Apple.  Android has cute vinyl collectible figures?  Why not Apple?  The funny thing is that I had just listed to the recent Vergecast podcast and they were talking about Apple's early days and Steve Jobs' idea of "Mr. Macintosh" - so my brain went directly to "Oh...this is basically Mr. Macintosh" 😹

I was not really sure what Owlbrick is. I guess Owlcat games, the company that is bringing us the next Expanse game, decided to prank us.  Of course, it just looks like the SteamPC that was annouced a few months back, and for which there is no actual release date...but I guess that's part of the in-joke.  I don't spend a ton of time keeping tabs on gaming these days.  Unless it

I never really got the "I lost my socks" trope that seems common in North America. I've had socks with holes in them, but never found only one of a pair. Still...tech that locates your socks using some kind of mesh network...funny...sort of.

I guess this is the last food-themed post for April Fool's that stood out.  IKEA seemed to go above and beyond this year, with the Chupa-Chups collab to bring Swedish meatballs to a lollipop factor, and a Bed Bath & Beyond collab (from what I can tell) to bring the iconic Swedish meatball to your  bubble bath.  I think I laughed more at the bubble bath than the lollipop, but both

Continuing with the April Fool's Food theme, two other brands that got into it were Omaha Steaks and Califia.  Omaha Steaks created a Pocket Steak product, which is mildly amusing, although not that ingenious (isn't this just jerky?).  Califia went with a funnier (IMO) "spicy vodka" coffee creamer...for when you need your coffee to have that extra bit of kick ;-)

OK, this was an April Fools's from Hue, the smartlight folks.  You may get a good chuckle from this but this may, in fact, be one of those sleeper ideas.  Why just have moodlighting that changes and pulses with your TV?  Why not have a small dancefloor of LED lights that make the house feel like a disco? ;-)

Australians sure do love their Vegemite.  To be fair, I also like Vegemite ;-), Marmite is fine, but Vegemite is what I prefer.  Anyway - for April Fools' a variety of different Vegemite-themed collaborations were "unveiled," including Vegemite ice cream, tortilla chips, and...Vegemite by the bucketfull.

I have never heard of this brand before, but it looks like an Australian restaurant chain (wow, the Aussies really love April Fool's.).  Anyway,  Grill'd is offering burger-inspired massage service, complete with a limited-edition range of massage oils inspired by their iconic sauce flavors 💆‍♀️.  I wonder what a 99 or Texas Roadhouse version of this might be ;-)  Direct

OK...so THIS one got me.  It was the first April Fool's thing I was reading today, and it came as an email...sooo...I got to the end of the email and slapped my head... APRIL FOOLS!!! Thank you, Juiced.GSApple-1 successor prototype discoveredAPRIL 1, 2026 — LEOMINSTER, MA — Fifty years ago today, Apple Computer Company was founded to sell their debut product, the Apple-1 computer.

Well, we've always joked that we should do something productive with all the cat fur we collect...here's a line of fictional sweaters 😹. Apparently,Whisker, the maker of the Litter-Robot, is launching Cataire (cat hair? couture?): a tongue-in-cheek "luxury fashion line" consisting of three high-end sweaters adorned with real cat hair from adoptable cats at New Beginnings Animal Rescue in Royal Oak,