Thursday, 1 April, 2010

Tech April Fool's Pranks

Here's a great compilation of high tech pranks from Techcult.com
I implemented number 10 randomly around the office: caused mass confusion and was great fun! Here it is:


10. The Wrath of Rotation


A simple but quick and always amusing prank is putting the screen rotation hotkeys to uses Microsoft never intended. Just run by a co-worker’s desk, reach over and hit Ctrl-Alt-up or down to rotate their monitor orientation. If you have some alone time, you can one-up it by also going into the Control Panel and setting their mouse to left-handed. They’ll spend 10 minutes with their head tilted sideways trying to figure out what the hell is going on.


Pranking Hint: not all machines are as simple to change as above. You may need to go to Settings/Control Panel/Display/Settings/Advanced and adjust the driver settings.

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