Computers & Fun #4 6/14 Wednesday Afternoon - Computer Lab

[cheerfulgoth.livejournal.com]

The computer lab is set up like an office today, the seats moved apart so each student has their own cube-shaped area. Abby is sitting up front, her usual white labcoat traded for a oversized men's suit jacket.

"Good afternoon my worker bees! Today we're going to be learning the two most important things office workers need to know. How to use offline computer programs like word processing and how to hide the fun stuff from their bosses." Abby ran through a quick description of programs like Word, Excel, notepad and their mac counterparts that the mun doesn't care about because her soul belongs to Bill Gates..

"Of course then you have the fun stuff. Solitaire, Spider Solitaire, Freecell, Minesweeper and my personal favorite..." Abby leaned forward and grinned, "Paintbrush! There's just something about making really crappy pictures with a limited color choices that speaks to my soul." She flipped her laptop around to show a couple of her own pictures. "This first one here is my old boss, if he decided to turn goth. This one is a duck." Abby shrugged. "I like ducks."

"So it's 3:00 on a Friday afternoon. You've got two hours before you can clock out and nothing left to do. You need to pick one of the fun activities to play around with but beware of the boss. If he catches you goofing off you might get fired." Abby straightened her jacket and nodded to them. "In order to not get caught you need to work on being sneaky. Alt-tab will get you to another window quickly, hitting minimize with your mouse, or the ever popular turning your screen off and pretending to be reading a report. Come up with a way to get back to your work screen and try not to get caught, and those of you who make it through class without letting me see your fun program get a prize!" Abby held up a box of caffeine-laced candy.

"Oh and I almost forgot! The school is having an art fair on Friday. So if any of you want to use this time to make an art project in paint...I think that would be cool." She grinned and shook the box of candy. "So cool that you might even get two packages of the awesome candy."

[ooc: threads coming up! Go ahead!]

Comments

Sign In & Homework

[cheerfulgoth.livejournal.com]

Did you convince people that they needed your products? Yes or No?

Re: Sign In & Homework

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

Conner signed in, the laptop under one arm and the USB mini-aquarium in the other hand. "Does it count if people said they'd get one if they had a computer?"

Re: Sign In & Homework

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Bridge signs in. "I'm not entirely sure if I did," he confesses sheepishly. "I sort of ended up with a concussion on Saturday and then Sunday and Monday are both kinda..." he waves a hand vaguely, "hazy."

Re: Sign In & Homework

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

Cally signed in. And was woefully quiet again.

Re: Sign In & Homework

[likethegun]

Sam signed in, looking a little nervous. "I, um, didn't get a chance to convince anyone. I was sort of...busy dealing with the things that concussed Bridge," he explained.

Re: Sign In & Homework

[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

Zack signed in. "Possibly, Sunday and Monday are slightly blurry. Which is worrying since I have a photographic memory."

Re: Sign In & Homework

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

Peter signed in.

"My roommate said the USB beverage chiller was a must-have luxury, but it wasn't exactly a need. But he did think it was awesome."

Re: Sign In & Homework

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow signed in late as her mun was at a family reunion. "I told Peter all about my stealthy switch. He seemed for it, though we're still working on getting him comfortable with computers as a concept."

Re: Sign In & Homework

[ranma-sao.livejournal.com]

Ranma signed in. "I did use it. Most people ended up being annoyed by it though. That barking got loud."

Re: Sign In & Homework

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

JOhn carries his one-handed keyboard with him to class. "Um. Haven't really been around the computer much." He shrugs one-shoulderly, the right shoulder in a sling.

Super Sneaky!

[cheerfulgoth.livejournal.com]

Just try and fool me!

[The students will decide whether or not they get caught. Should work like something this.
Student: *plays solitaire like a solitaire playing thing*
Abby: *walks up behind*
Student: either *gets caught* or *is sooper sneaky*]

Re: Super Sneaky!

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

Conner opted for Minesweeper. Card games involved more strategy than he cared to deal with, when it didn't involve him out on the field, and his version of Minesweeper strongly resembled a game of Russian Roulette with a 500-round (square?) revolver.

Still, maybe it was the adrenaline junkie in him that had him glued to the screen for his repeated haphazard rounds of "click until I go boom." It wouldn't have been hard to sneak up on him at all.

Re: Super Sneaky!

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Bridge opens paint and starts drawing something that looks suspiciously like five people in brightly-coloured costumes.

Re: Super Sneaky!

[likethegun]

Sam was a big fan of Spider Solitaire, so he went straight for that.

Re: Super Sneaky!

[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

Zack shrugged and started up a game of solitaire.

Re: Super Sneaky!

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow was actually being super sneaky in that not only was she pretending to do non-worky things at work, but she was actually skipping the part about playing Solitaire and the like and was instead going online to continue her research into ways to fix the screwed-up spell with Alec and Dean.

Re: Super Sneaky!

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

Peter went for a big non-sneaky game: Pinball. That would be require his blatantly goofing off. If he could do this, he would be happy.

Too bad he sucked at computer pinball.

Re: Super Sneaky!

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

John held up his hand and tried to get the professor's attention. "Professor? This keyboard's not the greatest. Can I use my left-handed one instead? I need to install some software to get it working right, though."

Re: Super Sneaky!

[ranma-sao.livejournal.com]

Attempts to be sneaky but... really got no idea what things he can do with his computer that's goofing off. He stares at the desktop blankly.

Candy!

[cheerfulgoth.livejournal.com]

Did you win? Did you draw a picture in paint? Did you lose and just want to try and look pathetic so you get the yummy chocolate covered coffee beans anyway?

Re: Candy!

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

John gleefully devours some candy. Mmmmm... solid caffeine. He contemplates making a bad MS Paint version of the Caffeine molecule just to get more sweets.

During Class Chatter

[cheerfulgoth.livejournal.com]

Feel free!

Re: During Class Chatter

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

JOhn leans over at Ranma's computer. "Wow. You look completely clueless."

After Class

[cheerfulgoth.livejournal.com]

See Abby after class for questions or extra help.

Re: After Class

[ranma-sao.livejournal.com]

"Uhh... I got some books like you asked me to. I think I'm getting better. I know how to use the internet now. Well a little bit..." He did try his hardest.

OOC

[cheerfulgoth.livejournal.com]

I love paintbrush so much. Making crap is fun!

Re: OOC

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

zomg, duck~! =D