01 4 / 2008
Hmmm. April Fools. [fun]
Top 10 April Fools Pranks for Geeks:
- Re-map the Keyboard of Your Excitable Co-worker
- The Speech-to-Text Platform Joke
- Desktop Havoc on the Mac
- Optical Mouse Confusion
- Change the Language Settings on Google
- The Blue Screen of Death Screensaver
- Splitting Monitor Cables
- The Old Screenshot-as-Desktop-Wallpaper Gag
- Change Autocorrect in MS Office
- Remotely Monitor a Friend’s Webcam
Courtesy of Wired.com
Top 10 Harmless Geek Pranks:
- Turn Web Pages Upside Down
- Customize the Office HP Printer’s Console Message
- Hijack Firefox with the Total Confusion Pack Extension (Enabled on April 1st Only)
- “Break” Your Victim’s LCD Screen with Wallpaper
- Message Co-Workers with NET SEND
- Remote Control Your Co-Workers’ Computer with VNC
- Fill an Office with Packing Peanuts (Or Make It Look That Way)
- Schedule a Phone Call with a Text-to-Speech Message from Wakerupper.com
- Fake a Desktop with Screenshot Wallpaper
- Install the Blue Screen of Death Screensaver
Courtesy of Lifehacker