Make:

• Glowing VHS tape USB hub will make you remember the good old days
• Build your own iPod speaker set
• Sensesurface adds real knobs to your monitor
• Amazing steampunk mouse mod
• Watercool your PC for a few bucks
• Google Maps of programming languages

unɟ sı sıɥʇ ʍoʍ

ʇɥƃıɹ slǝʌǝl ǝɥʇ ʇoƃ ʇı ʇɐɥʇ ɥsıʍ ʇsnɾ ı

How does this work? I can even copy and paste text into email and it's upside uʍop!!!

Posted by: Rodger on April 1, 2008 at 8:29 PM

ʇı ʇɐ pǝʞool ʇsɹıɟ ı uǝɥʍ 'ƃuıɥʇǝɯos ɹo uɐıssnɹ sɐʍ sıɥʇ ʇɥƃnoɥʇ ı

Posted by: Collin Cunningham on April 1, 2008 at 8:31 PM

@Dave - There are some extra 'flipped' characters in the Unicode font format which are used to specifty pronunciation, you may see them used in dictionary software/sites. Those along with other letters that have similiar looking flipped counterparts (such as "n" & "u") make this trick possible - The javascript code just swaps the characters for their flippy equivalents.

Nice find! I messaged my friend:

˙ʍou uʍop ǝpısdn ǝq oʇ sɐɥ ɹoʇıuoɯ ǝɥʇ ¡ɹǝʇndɯoɔ ʎɯ ɹǝʌo uǝʞɐʇ ǝʌɐɥ ɐılıɐɹʇsnɐ ɯoɹɟ sɹǝʞɔɐɥ ¡dlǝɥ

He freaked! Signed off, then called me on my cell to inform me that his computer was infected too, and was there a fix?

Thanks for the prank- GREAT april fools post.

Posted by: Collin Cunningham on April 2, 2008 at 8:17 AM

@Volkemon - glad you're putting it to good use! Thanks go to Philip Newton & Reverse Fad for their ǝɯosǝʍɐ work -
http://pne.livejournal.com/398399.html
http://www.revfad.com/

Definitely makes for a good 'low-impact' prank, and even an interesting tool for word emphasis - ¡unɟ
Hmm, it either makes words look over-the-top/extreme or like they've turned over and died. not quite sur yet.

Posted by: Pavel Ushakov on April 2, 2008 at 8:33 AM

Huh? :)

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