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April Fool's Day with Bouncy Balls
02 April 07 05:00 AM | Coding4Fun | 2 Comments   
In this article, Clint Rutkas builds a relay application that will drop 1,000 super bouncy balls from the ceiling as an April Fools gag! Clint Rutkas Better Than Everyone Difficulty: Intermediate Time Required: 3-6 hours Cost: $100-$200 Software: Visual Read More...
April Fools' Day Application
29 March 07 06:03 PM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   
In this article, Brian Peek builds an application that will annoy your friends for April Fools' Day! Brian Peek ASPSOFT, Inc. Difficulty: Easy Time Required: Less than 1 hour Cost: Free Software: Visual Basic or Visual C# Express Editions Hardware: None Read More...
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The Shattering Screen Saver
01 November 06 01:49 AM | Coding4Fun | 2 Comments   
A screen saver that will make the screen break apart and fall to the bottom of the screen. The ZMan Zman's Diary Difficulty: Intermediate Time Required: 3-6 hours Cost: Free Software: Visual Basic or Visual C# Express Editions , February 2006 DirectX Read More...
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Persistent Error Messages
01 November 06 01:49 AM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   
A prank that makes the hapless user see a familiar error message box that he/she can't close, and that spawns more and more error messages each time he/she try to close it. Jacqueline Russell Difficulty: Easy Time Required: 3-6 hours Cost: Free Software: Read More...
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Randomly Opening CD Tray
01 November 06 01:46 AM | Coding4Fun | 10 Comments   
A simple prank that opens the CD-ROM drive at random intervals. Jeff Key InRule -> The Leading Innovator in Business Rule Engine Technology for .NET Difficulty: Easy Time Required: Less than 1 hour Cost: Free Software: Visual Basic or Visual C# Express Read More...
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Where Did That Sound Come From?
31 October 06 04:06 PM | Coding4Fun | 4 Comments   
This April Fools' Day article walks you through how you can programmatically change the Windows system sound events to mess with a co-worker or family member. Like many other pranks, this one requires you to have physical access to your victim's computer Read More...
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When AutoCorrect Goes Bad
31 October 06 09:49 AM | Coding4Fun | 2 Comments   
This article showcases AutoCorrect feature of Microsoft Word 2003 and creates a sample application around it. Dan Fernandez Dan's Blog Difficulty: Easy Time Required: 1-3 hours Cost: Free Software: Visual Basic or Visual C# Express Editions , Microsoft Read More...
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