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Daily Tech: The Evolution of the Rick Roll

GeekSugar — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 10:00:35 PDT

Never gonna give you up: the evolution of the Rick Roll - Urlesque
Popular Mechanics shows us the future of magazines - Gizmodo
"Quit Facebook Day" falls flat - Mashable
Dude, Where's y Droid? App helps you find your lost Android phone - Lifehacker
Megaproject for the future has us gathering solar power from the moon - BoingBoing

Rick Astley Gives Us a Turkey Day to Remember

GiggleSugar — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:48:57 PST

In case you missed it while you were cooking the turkey (or recovering from a turkey-induced coma), the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade got Rick Rolled! By Rick Astley himself! (Lookin' pretty good, I might add. ) As Rick rollin' geeksugar pointed out, I wonder how many people were in on the joke and how many viewers just thought he was singing his hit song from the '80s

Rick Rolling San Francisco

GeekSugar — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:01:51 PDT

According to my BF, I'm a brave soul. Why? Cause I took my Rick Roll Halloween costume to the streets and into some of the offices around the Financial District to "roll" some innocent bystanders. What fun is making a Rick Roll Halloween costume if you can't use it?! After a few adjustments to the initial plan (no one wanted to rip the email off the face of the box . . . who knew?!), we were off and running. Check out the "rolling" action in this video. And I'll just say, "You're welcome," now for getting this song stuck in your head for the remainder of the day. Good times!

Halloween How To: The Rick Roll

GeekSugar — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:00:16 PDT

This year for Halloween I wanted to be something totally geeky, but I didn't want to spend a lot of money. So of course that meant that I had to make my own costume. So to be honest, I don't even remember how I came up with the idea of being a real life Rick Roll, but it must have been lodged in my subconscious from all the "rolls" I've received this year. The best part about this project is that it was inexpensive - my total costs came out to less than $25! And when you are trying to budget for Halloween night spirits (of the liquid kind), that's pretty exciting.

How did I do it? I'll tell you, but first you have to gather your materials! Find out what you need, and how to put it all together in this slideshow. And stay tuned for my video to see how the Rick Rolling went down on the streets of San Francisco!

The Great Cake Rickroll!

GeekSugar — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:50:05 PDT

I lied. I know I said we weren't going to discuss Rickrolling anymore, mostly because I have had that song stuck in my head since March, and you know what? I need a new song. But, since it appears that the geek prank of 2008 just won't die - and, well, because this gag was just too awesome to ignore, here it comes again.

A Craftzine reader (my new hero) made a Rickroll cake, and then hid it inside the instructions for a dummy cake in the Instructables section, thus committing a live Rickroll. Genius, creative, breathtaking.

Oh, Rick, what was I thinking? I'm never gonna give you up!

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Geek Tip: Never Be RickRolled Again

GeekSugar — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:01:42 PDT

It peaked on April Fool's Day, and now I don't want to be RickRolled ever again. It's high time for a new meme - one that doesn't involve the sentiment that one would never give me up, or let me down.

Let me share with you a way to banish Rick Astley from your eyes and ears, and then let's be done with it, OK?

Just enter your suspected-Rickrolling url into Rickproof and it'll tell you whether the site is at a high or low risk for a RickRoll. I realize that by doing this, you're inviting that dreaded song into your head, but I think that the best offense is a good defense. Good luck out there!

Have You Ever Been Rick Roll'd?

GeekSugar — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:01:05 PDT

Have you ever opened an email or IM from a friend directing you to an "awesome" or "really funny" site, only to click on the link and find yourself rockin' out to a Rick Astley video on YouTube? You may begin thinking to yourself "This isn't really that funny or awesome," then you begin to wonder what happened to you. Wonder no more, my friend, you've just been "Rick Roll'd."

What is Rick Roll'd? Well, also known as "Rick Rolling" or "Rick N' Roll", Rick Rolling is an internet prank in which "roll-ers" disguise a link to a Rick Astley video on YouTube as another video or website (usually consisting of puppies, unconfirmed gaming news, fake presidential updates, or blogs with interesting or funny comments) to the the "roll-ee". But why Rick Astley? To find out why,

Some think it's an attempt at a comeback, but personally, I can't think of a better prank than getting his highly infectious song to repeat in someone's head all day. And apparently, it's catching on. Rick's YouTube vid has had almost seven million hits since it was posted last year. This is definitely something my girl Giggle would appreciate, since it seems she's such a big fan!

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Announcing the 2012 Grammy Award Nominations

Rose Curiel — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:51:21 PST

For the second year in a row, the Recording Academy has given a hip-hop artist the most Grammy nominations. Last year, it was rapper Eminem with eight, and this year, Kanye West leads the nominees with seven chances at the golden gramophone, including a song of the year nod for "All of the Lights." West is also nominated twice in the rap album of the year category for his collaboration with Jay-Z on Watch the Throne and his own album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Brit crooner Adele wasn't far behind Kanye, picking up six nominations for her album 21, as well as a shot at song of the year with "Rolling in the Deep."

Bruno Mars also did well, racking up six nominations (that's down one from last year for those keeping track), while newcomers like Nicki Minaj and dubstep artist Skrillex are up for the best new artist category. See what other artists have a chance of walking away with a Grammy during the February 12 award show when you read more

Daily Tech: Stephen Colbert Really Wants an iPad

GeekSugar — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 10:00:41 PST

Stephen Colbert can't stop thinking about the iPad 2 - The Colbert Report
The Chronicles of Rick Roll meme movie gets a trailer - Urlesque
Half of all 12-year-olds use Facebook - Switched
A little girl explains her video game - The Mary Sue
Awesome DIY project: use a CD spindle as a terrarium - Unplggd

Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie Forgo Fascinators While Bride Petra Ecclestone Walks Down the Aisle in Vera Wang!

Katie Henry — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 07:06:07 PDT

Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie stepped out of Rome's Hassler Hotel earlier today accompanied by their mother, Fergie, en route to Petra Ecclestone's sunset wedding ceremony. The wedding festivities kicked off last night with an elaborate rehearsal dinner celebrating the couple. The heiress and her fiancé, James Stunt, reportedly invited 250 guests to the lavish event, including Paris, Nicky, Kathy, and Rick Hilton. Friends and family were shuttled to Odescalchi Castle prior to the wedding while the bride-to-be and her billionaire father, Bernie, were chauffeured in a Rolls-Royce. Petra walked down the aisle wearing a custom-designed Vera Wang gown, and shortly after the one-hour ceremony guests were serenaded by Andrea Bocelli. The music continued throughout the night with performances from The Black Eyed Peas, Eric Clapton, and David Guetta.