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Practical Jokes
There's heaps of things you can do to upset your colleagues. I'm torn between leaving this out, because I'm a sane and sensible kinda guy, and telling you, because the look on your colleague's face would be priceless, and almost worth the sacking that would inevitably follow. On balance, I know none of you would actually do these things, so just have a chuckle at the possibility.
Here's one I actually did. I did a Screen Copy of the Menu PC showing the Status page. Then, using Microsoft Paint, I pasted the image. While there, I added my own messages with the Text tool. Heh heh heh.
The message I left for a colleague was a warning about a "hardware incompatibility" that required the operator to simultaneously press four buttons on the Kalypso Panel. Of course, the four buttons I chose were impossible to reach at the same time. Tee hee.
In Paint, you can "View Full Screen", so the only thing visible was the (phoney) Status menu. The stage was set.
My victim did a double-take, then had a laugh, especially since I had changed the "Software Version Date" to be 1-April. No harm done, as any press on a menu hard-button, or a DPOP on the Kalypso Panel brought back the Menu Application, or a touch of the menu screen would restore the toolbars of Paint, revealing the gag.
We laughed, then she hit me.
Connect a "GPI out" from the Kalypso to something that can play a sound effect. Attach macros to selected buttons to perform the regular function, but send a GPI out as well. When a particular source is cut on Program (Black, for instance), the sound effect plays: blowing a raspberry, "That's a Wrap", an animal noise, clanging metal etc. If you've got an audio sample of a noteworthy (or notorious) character in your workplace, you could keep their legend alive. If no one in the control room (but you) knows about it, you could weave a convoluted story about their ghost haunting the place. Stimulate your creativity in areas other than just Vision Switching.
What about your Kalypso Practical Jokes?
If you have an idea for something wryly humourous, please email me using the Contact link on the Home Page. Note that I won't post practical jokes that seem nasty - it's meant to be something fun.
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