Sorry.. I need to brag.
As most of you know, I'm the webmaster for mattsmodels.com and affiliated sites. I'd been planning my April Fools joke on my boss for months. There isn't much to it, but it hits on one of his weak points. Yesterday, the plan unfolded and it was a success!
Every page on mattsmodels.com has a reference to a single backend file that feeds it with frequently used variables and functions. So, in other words, the backend file is run every time someone looks at a page on the site. I set the backend file to detect Matt's IP address on April 1st and display this message instead of the intended page:
fuck you matt
im tired of being teh ass of all your jokes
u and ur web master can go to hell
happy fucking 500 models i deleted them all
rg
Basicly, he and I would be the only one to get this message and his subscribers would just view the page as normal. Surprisingly, it took until 2pm for him to stumble across it, but when he did, it was pure comedy. You should have heard the fear in his voice as he walked up the hall to my office. "Uhh.. Hal... there's something wrong with the site." "What?" I reply, feigning concern. I quickly bring up the site in a browser window as he stands over me, breathing deeply and loudly. I read the words that I had all ready memorized, capping it off with a, "Woah.. shit." Suddenly, I hear Matt's footsteps as he *runs* back down the hall to his own office.
I hear him talking on the phone with Tim, the guy who hosts our sites. He's frantic and confused. He knows about two of Tim's other customers who have been hacked into before, so this only raises his fears. He also remembers a year ago when some random guy from Turkey managed to steal his domain name. Man, I struck a nerve!
"April Fools," I instant message him.
"u ddid that?" he types quickly, shaken.
"
"
"u fucker" "Im gonna get u back"
I met him halfway in the hall, laughing my ass off. "You're fucking dead, now," he warns me, but I keep laughing. "You're not gonna expect it, but I'm gonna get you back."
Mission Accomplished.
BUT THAT'S NOT ALL!
My next target was his girlfriend, who is a model whose site I run as well. I did the same thing to her site, but her message was more... revealing. I posted her full real name, address and phone number, along with a really BAD picture of her, accompanied by a message that all of her stuff had been deleted.
When she came home from a photoshoot and saw it, she flipped out! She ran to Matt, frantic! He was in on it with me this time, though! He got on a fake phone call with Tim. "How long will it take to fix it?" ..... "TWO WEEKS?!?"
Oh my god, she went APESHIT!!!
I am now watching my back carefully because I fear massive retaliation!
Anyone else have stories of april fools genius?