Inspired by Upside-Down-Ternet, I decided to get two of my housemates back for the Tabasco and Whiskey shot that they gave me when we went out for my birthday. Flipping all of the images upside down was a little too subtle though. I prefer the all-out, in-your-face kind of April Fools revenge prank.
It turns out all I had to do was find the IP addresses for my housemates’ computers, create the awesome pwned page, and issue two commands on my DD-WRT router:
root@Madrona:~# iptables -t nat -I PREROUTING -s 192.168.1.187 -p tcp -j DNAT --to-destination 192.168.1.42 root@Madrona:~# iptables -t nat -I PREROUTING -s 192.168.1.190 -p tcp -j DNAT --to-destination 192.168.1.42
When those two housemates went to check Facebook (or any site) this morning, they were greeted with this instead:
Their reactions made it worth it. Tyler said, “Pwned? What is pwned?” David said, “What the hell is a Zaxor?”
Even though I downed the entire Tabasco and Whiskey shot, let this be a lesson that I always take my revenge convey my thanks in kind.
For April Fool’s, I created a virus. You may have heard about it on the news.
Your idea was cute, though.
Be careful, Chelsea. The authorities are looking for you!
Cute? That April Fools joke rocked! And I wasn’t even involved…
That is some awesome nerding. (I think I just coined a new term.) Honestly, though, if I lived in your house, I would be concerned about the shear power of The Zaxor to control my digital world. Next year, your prank should be to hack their credit card numbers and buy crazy stuff without their knowledge. :-)
PS — Since I like them, you can prank me with a Tabasco shot any day.