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Used my colleagues iSight to play hilarious prank
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My colleague Kiwi Dave has an iMac. I happened upon the idea of using the built in camera to record him while he worked. It was Dave's birthday the day before and he had an absolutely rotten hangover.
When he left his desk to go to a meeting here's what I did:
Installed Quicktime Broadcaster
Used Dock Dodger to hide the application both in the dock and the alt-tab app switcher.
Set Quicktime Broadcaster to record locally and pushed the window off the desktop.
I got 52 mins of footage before he realised the little green light was on. A bit of an edit and the results are YouTube gold!
YouTube - Kiwi Dave takes care of business (office prank)
Has anyone else ever used a Mac to play a workplace prank?
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If you had done that to me, I would be really angry. Especially if you posted the result on Youtube.
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Yeah, uhm, and you registered just to let us know about it ?
Well, I'll have someone else make the S... call...
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Where's that office prank thread at when you need it?
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He actually took it really well. It got shown at our company's staff meeting last night too!
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At least he didn't majority pick his nose or anything.
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I had to cut out quite a lot of stuff. It was 52 mins long initially! There's definitely a fine line between making it funny and being cruel...
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Well, it wasn't funny, and it was cruel to us.
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Gasoline and a lit match would've made the prank funnier.
omg, what kind of person have I become?!?
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"Faster, faster! 'Till the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death." - HST
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Can you point us to time markers where it is funny? I watched the first 1:45 and was really bored. I can't even imagine how dull the stuff was that you edited out.
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Originally Posted by osiris
Gasoline and a lit match would've made the prank funnier.
omg, what kind of person have I become?!?
Exactly the type I expected. And you wonder why I try to destroy you.
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Originally Posted by mrming
I had to cut out quite a lot of stuff. It was 52 mins long initially! There's definitely a fine line between making it funny and being cruel...
It wasn't funny.
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Originally Posted by Dakarʒ
Exactly the type I expected. And you wonder why I try to destroy you.
Try, perhaps. Fail - definitely, and as expected.
What are you going do - pelt me with feathers?
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Originally Posted by osiris
Try, perhaps. Fail - definitely, and as expected.
What are you going do - pelt me with feathers?
We'll see who's laughing when I release my swarm of deadly monarch butterflies upon you.
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Originally Posted by Dakarʒ
We'll see who's laughing when I release my swarm of deadly monarch butterflies upon you.
Is that what I've been swatting at? You know those flying roaches stain taffeta.
Behold, my fury.
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...well, I still have all the office supplies from our last raid of your headquarters! Been a little low on the legal letter lately? Hahahaha!
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Just one of things I try to do to show I care.
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it is appreciated. now die!
okay, not really. you are far too valuable.
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You should have used this, though:
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holy crap that's creepy. I like it!
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Originally Posted by RAILhead
You should have used this, though:
All of RL in general could use the HA! HA! Guy.
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Here's another old one:
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The HA! HA! Guy.
The destroyer of good threads or the redemption of bad ones.
This thread has been redeemed.
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Okay. Now it's dead.
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I think I just had a seizure.
(this can also be a great prank)
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