Co-founder, editor and partner Ricky Van Veen at Collegehumor uncovers how to prank people with text messages.  (I’ve tried it…it’s hilarious).

Everybody knows prank calling died when caller ID started coming
standard on cell phones. But, just like Caitlin Cooper rising to the
occasion to fill the void left by her sister, prank text messaging is
here to rock your world. It’s so much fun.

Warning: it’s not G-rated if you have sensitive eyes.

Link: “No, Seriously. Is Your Refrigerator Running?“

I thought some things could be a little simpler on the home front, so I tweaked the site’s design a little bit — up top and at the footer on every page. 

Let me know what you think.  All ideas are welcome.

We’ve gotten feedback that sometimes email programs or people think Groupvine invitation emails are spam, so we’ve changed them to make it more obvious what they are.

Here’s an example email:

    From:       “Groupvine Invitation” <no-reply@thegroupvine.com>
    Subject:     Business Development has invited you to Groupvine
    Date:     June 19, 2006 11:58:03 PM EDT
    To:       your email
    Reply-To:       no-reply@thegroupvine.com

Hey Scott,

You have been invited to join Business Development on Groupvine from a colleague at Ohio State University.

Joining is easy — just go to http://www.thegroupvine.com and type in the following:

user: (an email)
password: (a password)

Groupvine is a place to run all your campus groups.  This isn’t spam!

Thanks!
The Groupvine Team

All across Wisconsin, College Republican chapters at each university are now trying Groupvine out for the summer.

Let’s give them all a warm welcome (applause).

With about 30 chapters, the WI CRs can do things like automatically share events across the state and unify their members at each school.

Thanks, Mary Ellen Burke, for this opportunity!