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# Rate ThumbSite Joke
801

117

gonullyourself.org
Submited: 2009-04-01 00:28
Conficker...on FreeBSD!
802

-3

andkon.com
Submited: 2009-04-01 00:25
Site replaced with unicorns.
803

-3

knittinghelp.com
Submited: 2009-04-01 00:23
KnittingHelp.com becomes GroundhogHelp.com. Protect yourself from the fierce menace!
804

0

engsoc.uwaterloo.ca
Submited: 2009-04-01 00:23
Random Rick Roll + Made it look like Mathies took over the Engineering Society's website
805

21

ytmnd.com
Submited: 2009-04-01 00:22
new site look, 'dogchan'. crazy music in the background.
806

-1

mabel.ca
Submited: 2009-04-01 00:20
New Product: Invisible Labels! Label your stuff.. but no one will know its yours!
807

1

slickdeals.net
Submited: 2009-04-01 00:19
Now called celerydeals.net
808

-1

surfermag.com
Submited: 2009-04-01 00:16
100 foot wave surfed for the first time
809

1

hrwiki.org
Submited: 2009-04-01 00:15
Ads from the cartoons appear on every page
810

1

watoday.com.au
Submited: 2009-04-01 00:14
Meteorite strikes Cottesloe beach
811

-2

axecollegehumor.com
Submited: 2009-04-01 00:12
College humor bought out by AXE!
812

0

gnews.com
Submited: 2009-04-01 00:10
London on fire
813

11

fark.com
Submited: 2009-04-01 00:08
Fark.com unveils the New Fark Experience
814

2

Harrypotterfanfiction.com
Submited: 2009-04-01 00:04
redirects to twilightsauce.com
815

34

en.wikipedia.org
Submited: 2009-04-01 00:04
Whole Wikipedia main page is a hoax
816

176

bugmenot.com
Submited: 2009-04-01 00:03
Need an account for bugmenot, the site to get logins for other sites
817

-2

crikey.com.au
Submited: 2009-04-01 00:02
ASIO reveals China-linked campaign to dominate Australia's media
818

1

sharpened.net
Submited: 2009-04-01 00:01
The Internet Files for Bankruptcy
819

-2

newsarama.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 23:59
Barack the Barbarian?
820

-1

badmintoncentral.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 23:46
A news report that shook even the World Badminton Federation
821

0

starlessumbra.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 23:45
Child Pornography Doesn't Pay
822

-1

badmintoncentral.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 23:43
A retired champion gets re-invented for a comeback to competition!
823

-1

roachware.blogspot.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 23:42
(German) Preview of a RPG-module to come with smurflike creatrues
824

4

brisbanetimes.com.au
Submited: 2009-03-31 23:42
Internet to be full by 2012
825

0

justcreativedesign.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 23:40
Just Creative Design Switches To Comic Sans
826

1

liamdbz.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 23:33
page not found
827

2

kobrascorner.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 23:28
Access to this domain or directory, kobrascorner.com, has been suspended due to a reported 'violation' of UN Human Rights Council Resolution A/HRC/10/L.. Combating Defamation of Religions.
828

0

christcenteredgamer.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 23:27
Changed to agnostic gamer
829

-10

buzz.yahoo.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 23:24
Pistachio Recall Alarms the Web
830

-3

islandcrisis.net
Submited: 2009-03-31 23:19
Alive Sea Dinosaur Spotted in Bermuda Triangle By 7 Divers
831

-3

azforums.net
Submited: 2009-03-31 22:59
Mustaches added to every avatar and banner.
832

-2

entertainment.uk.msn.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 22:59
Jeremy Kyle to be axed
833

0

community.joomla.org
Submited: 2009-03-31 22:58
Introducing Joopal: a combined Drupal and Joomla CMS
834

-3

firebox.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 22:57
iREMember Dream Recorder
835

-3

jenius.com.au
Submited: 2009-03-31 22:55
sent this bottle of aromatherapy oil which smells exactly like freshly baked pastries
836

1

bt-chat.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 22:55
Offers new feature to ship torrents on cd's, approved by the MPAA.
837

-2

thelongclimb.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 22:42
Windows columnist unhappy with 'bug hunting' expectation in Windows 7 'technical beta' switches to iMac AF.
838

0

ftwnews.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 22:41
John Cena fails drug test and will miss WrestleMania 25 this Sunday
839

-2

macworld.com.au
Submited: 2009-03-31 22:37
Next Bond film to feature souped-up iPhone
840

3

macworld.com.au
Submited: 2009-03-31 22:37
Pears, other fruit banned after Jobs rampages through Apple cafeteria
841

3

neildiamondlive.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 22:36
Changed the Muse online forums to Niel Diamond forums
842

3

macworld.com.au
Submited: 2009-03-31 22:36
Apple blows $US25b war chest on jellybeans
843

-2

macworld.com.au
Submited: 2009-03-31 22:35
Review: Apple, McIntosh
844

-1

moixa.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 22:35
apple sized multi-touch sphere that can be used to display the world (e.g. Google Earth), browse web pages or control interactive games
845

-1

macworld.com.au
Submited: 2009-03-31 22:35
Review: Windows Mobile 6.5 for iPhone
846

0

scoop.co.nz
Submited: 2009-03-31 22:35
World's first pinot noir/chocolate wine, with link to virtual tasting
847

0

scoop.co.nz
Submited: 2009-03-31 22:34
NZ retail district plans to become a republic
848

0

search.japantimes.co.jp
Submited: 2009-03-31 22:34
Lost and now found at the Imperial proves a celeb trove
849

0

alexanderdickson.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 22:31
ie9 uses webkit which it wouldn't do
850

1

caranddriver.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 22:31
Obama Orders Chevrolet and Dodge Out Of NASCAR - Car News
851

1

izreloaded.blogspot.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 22:29
Popular bloggers immortalised on Singapore Grand Prix street circuit!
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852

3

mugglenet.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 22:29
economic site
853

-57

aws.typepad.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 22:28
Up, Up, and Away - Cloud Computing Reaches for the Sky
854

2

thegtaplace.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 22:25
New pink layout revealed to appeal to female audience
855

1

seomoz.org
Submited: 2009-03-31 22:25
SEOmoz Built a Better Search Engine called Webfluence
856

2

news.livejournal.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 22:23
all entries will be automatically cut to 140 characters
857

0

news.com.au
Submited: 2009-03-31 22:21
Chinese company bid to rename MCG
858

26

expedia.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 22:20
Flights to Mars from only $99
859

1

blog.dhananjaynene.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 22:17
JVM CLR unification : IBM Sun merger held up to complete CLR licensing
860

-1

guardian.co.uk
Submited: 2009-03-31 22:11
Big Brother is watching: surveillance box to track drivers is backed
861

1

faceboards.ie
Submited: 2009-03-31 22:06
Facebook bought Boards.ie
862

-2

telegraph.co.uk
Submited: 2009-03-31 21:56
Lame frog gets his leg back in world first operation
863

1

board.muse.mu
Submited: 2009-03-31 21:55
Warner Music Group take license agreements to the next level
864

1

djpdjp.nl
Submited: 2009-03-31 21:49
(Dutch) Dutch anti-piracy organization Brein buys 45% of rock and metal webzine
865

0

formfiftyfive.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 21:46
Team FFF finally reveal their new layout
866

2

en.wikinews.org
Submited: 2009-03-31 21:41
Wikinews, the free Canadian news, eh?
867

3

muselive.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 21:41
MuseLive move away from there 6 year strong fanbased site for Muse to focus on a more desired artist... Neil Diamond
868

-1

inthemix.com.au
Submited: 2009-03-31 21:33
ITM Exclusive: Goodwill reveals 'The Circle' is coming
869

0

cyclingnews.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 21:32
Numerous fake stories
870

1

illawarramercury.com.au
Submited: 2009-03-31 21:31
Wollongong lighthouse is leaning
871

3

youtube.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 21:28
Field Microwave (for the army)
872

2

rovefeed.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 21:22
Rove to step aside from chat show
873

2

economist.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 21:20
Explore a clickable map of The Economist's new theme park
874

3

anime4u.net
Submited: 2009-03-31 21:11
anime website has gone into pre-production of their own anime series with Nippon animation
875

2

kotaku.com.au
Submited: 2009-03-31 21:11
New Classification System Agreed; M Games Now Banned Too
876

1

mumbrella.com.au
Submited: 2009-03-31 21:03
Revealed: Secret government plan to tax Twitter
877

0

techcrunch.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 20:57
Working With Michael Arrington On A Personal Project
878

2

amnesiablog.wordpress.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 20:56
Razorfish TweetDoubler - Amazing Twitter tool that allows twice the character count
879

1

ozaccounting.com.au
Submited: 2009-03-31 20:50
Bryan pape, who is fighting the AU govt in court over the $900 payments gets shot on his way to court on day 2
880

2

news.com.au
Submited: 2009-03-31 20:42
Chinese company's bid to rename MCG without renaming it
881

1

digital-retribution.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 20:25
Site will be blocked under proposed government internet filtering
882

7

ww2db.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 20:20
Hitler confirmed to have survived WW2!
883

1

mvdaily.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 20:10
Jokey article about reviewing recordings of classical music
884

2

au.gamespot.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 20:09
Aussie-specific Rock Band track pack unveiled
885

1

obscurestudios.co.uk
Submited: 2009-03-31 20:05
Featured fake topics such as Microsoft adopting BluRay for the XBox360 console and the Grand Theft Auto 4 DLC coming to PS3
886

-47

woopra.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 20:02
Woopra website tracking software has a new feature that lets you REALLY WATCH your visitors from their webcams
887

3

youtube.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 19:56
First ever shot of the shark-whale - Last Chance to See - BBC Two
888

10

labs.opera.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 19:46
Introducing Opera Face Gestures
889

-2

zdnet.com.au
Submited: 2009-03-31 19:46
Australian Govt awarded its $4.7 billion National Broadband Network contract to a secretive consortium backed by the wealthy Packer and Murdoch families.
890

9

minister.dbcde.gov.au
Submited: 2009-03-31 19:45
Stephen Conroy is the joke
891

146

guardian.co.uk
Submited: 2009-03-31 19:44
Guardian kills print version and goes to Twitter only
892

1

blog.loquax.co.uk
Submited: 2009-03-31 19:39
Loquax launched voice activated competition tracking system for it's competition portal service.
893

612

thepiratebay.org
Submited: 2009-03-31 19:31
Warner Brothers take over the Piratebay
894

2

thedailykitten.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 19:25
visitors to The Daily Kitten redirected to The Daily Mitten (a parody site). After 15 seconds they'll be redirected back
895

3

au.games.ign.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 19:22
IGN AU claims the latest Grand Theft Auto game has leaked, and will be set in Australia.
896

1

webuser.co.uk
Submited: 2009-03-31 19:12
Twitter limits tweets to one a day
897

1

mobilegazette.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 19:03
Can your cellphone prevent nuclear terrorism?
898

3

news.com.au
Submited: 2009-03-31 18:57
New stadium in Adelaide to be built, design based on Balfours 'frog cake'
899

3

nihongonotes.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 18:39
Osmosis: The easiest way to learn Japanese
900

0

guide2bristol.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 18:38
Cyclists in Congestion Charge Shock
901

4

github.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 18:32
Phails: PHP on Rails
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902

0

blog.intherooms.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 18:30
AA & NA to merge
903

2

highdefnow.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 18:29
'Nobel Prizes' for Internet Comments - See the page's HTTP headers.
904

2

asia.cnet.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 18:28
New iPhone to run Windows Mobile 7.0
905

1

flightglobal.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 18:25
Concorde to fly again (real?) More info here in french
906

0

highdefnow.wordpress.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 18:21
HD on the iPhone
907

3

neowin.net
Submited: 2009-03-31 18:20
Upside Down pictures
908

0

cyclonedairy.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 18:18
Selling Dairy Products from Cloned Cows
909

2

farkin.net
Submited: 2009-03-31 18:12
Blocked by Australia's filtering
910

-1

kiwiblog.co.nz
Submited: 2009-03-31 18:11
National to appoint Cullen as Reserve Bank Governor (NZ)
911

3

googlesystem.blogspot.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 18:09
Google/Yahoo/Live mashup from Google named 3-in-1 Google
912

1

news.com.au
Submited: 2009-03-31 18:08
US may shut down Sydney's Hells Angels
913

6

youtube.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 18:04
ESP Testing video trick from BBC Three
914

-1

en.onsoftware.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 17:56
Shouttr: read aloud tweets
915

0

viralurls.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 17:54
viralurls put in an offer to buy twitter
916

4

videolan.org
Submited: 2009-03-31 17:42
New Logo is a Bulldozer
917

2

netnewsdaily.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 17:19
iJustine is to marry Chris Pirillo
918

36

sitepoint.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 17:05
Internet Reboot Today at 11.59UTC
919

1

members.optusnet.com.au
Submited: 2009-03-31 16:57
NiN & GNR Team up for Show on Trent Reznor's Birthday: nailGUN
920

-2

offtheback.co.nz
Submited: 2009-03-31 16:47
Telecom ditches Ferrit for Off The Back
921

-5

en.wikipedia.org
Submited: 2009-03-31 16:46
Featured Article: Museum of Bad Art (MOBA)
922

11

whirlpool.net.au
Submited: 2009-03-31 16:33
Conroy Sacked as minister for broadband in Australia
923

0

greatcity.org
Submited: 2009-03-31 16:23
Bicycle club running an event to get non-drivers to drive for 'Jurassic Petroleum' Drive to Work Day
924

1

scoop.co.nz
Submited: 2009-03-31 16:20
New Zealands First Individual Jet-Pack Flights
925

-12

google.com.au
Submited: 2009-03-31 16:14
gBall from Google: football that contains inbuilt GPS and motion sensor systems to monitor the location, force and torque of each kick
926

3

eddegg.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 15:51
Fake Guitar Hero Spin-Off - 'Hillbilly Hero'
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927

5

wiebetech.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 15:24
New Product: UltraDuck (spoof of UltraDock)
928

3

meetup.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 14:58
Jewish Singles' First Annual Pig Roast
929

1

baconsaltblog.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 14:54
New Product: Baconlube
930

2

npr.org
Submited: 2009-03-31 14:53
Free John Cage 4'33' mp3 from iTunes (1:46 of silence)
931

3

overclockers.com.au
Submited: 2009-03-31 14:49
Treats everyone as if they were blocked by the Australian Govt
932

3

itwire.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 14:48
Internet Explorer 9 to use Mozilla's Firefox code base
933

-1

dofollownet.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 14:41
Genetically Modified Trees Can Give Direction To Lost Hickers
934

-1

jeffbentley.ca
Submited: 2009-03-31 14:39
Selling Links That Save Lives
935

1

blogs.nzherald.co.nz
Submited: 2009-03-31 14:37
Microsoft buys Apple
936

6

smashingmagazine.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 12:41
Breaking: Internet Explorer 8.1 Eagle Eyes Leaked
937

-17

njection.com
Submited: 2009-04-01 01:25
BBC / Top Gear To Stream Show On Hulu, Ad Supported.
938

610

youtube.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 11:14
YouTube Videos are Upside Down: Add &flip=1 to URL to activate.
939

2

zdnet.com.au
Submited: 2009-03-31 10:17
Conroy scraps Australian filter blacklist
940

0

mcphee.com
Submited: 2009-03-30 21:53
Fake products including gravy bath salts and an edible meat house.
941

-5

ivr-smartass.psshelp.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 15:53
New Product from PSS: 'SMART-ASS' - Detects when callers lie to Call Center agents
942

-8

socialblade.com
Submited: 2009-03-31 19:13
Digg's Algorithm Cracked! Your personalized formula to Digg's front page can be found here.
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