I don't usually do too many pranks for April Fools Day, but I have come up with something for the kids on my school bus the last two years. (Unfortunately, April 1 this year falls over our spring break, so there won't be any jokes this year!)
If you are still looking for something you can do for a family member, friend, or co-worker tomorrow, here are a few tech-related ideas.
1) Spill Milk - Using this recipe, make a fake milk spill that you can put on someone else's device. Add a glass next to it for an even more realistic image.
2) Switch It Up - Make the screen display everything upside-down. In Windows, right-click on the desktop and select "Screen Resolution". Change the orientation option to "Landscape (flipped)".
If you want to produce the same effect on an Android device, you can use the app Set Orientation.
3) Block It - Tape a post-it note or a piece of paper over the sensor on a remote or the sensor on an optical mouse.
4) Screenshot - Take a screenshot of the desktop or home screen of the device, then remove all the icons from that page and set the screenshot as the background. Watch people go crazy trying to click the "icons".
5) Buy an "iPad" - Tell your kids you bought them an iPad. Then give them one of these.
One final rule, you may not use any of these ideas to trick me!
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