Hi Leon,

All is not lost
about 90% of all Laptops have external VGA output.
This means that you can plug a monitor to the laptop to subsitute for the damaged laptop screen.

All you need is a VGA cable which is avilable at Harvys/DSE/any computer shop. I have about 10 sitting at home

All you do is plug the cable from the laptop to the monitor.
the port looks like this:
http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:...g/vga_port.jpg

Turn the laptop on and you can continue using your laptop as you would normally.

This is of course, assuming you have a spare monitor.

Cheers,
Ash