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██ ██
█▌ - EASTER EGGS & THEN SOME - █▌
█▌ █▌
█ ▐▌
█ Ever think you were the first to discover an Easter egg? I have, so ▐▌
█ excited, google-it, about a zillion peeps already knew. One can hope... ▐▌
█ Maybe there some listed here that you don't know about yet. ▐▌
█ Here is quite a good mix of Easter eggs for the programs that I use. ▐▌
█ There is even a hidden Easter egg on this page, see if you can find it :). ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ APT-GET EASTER EGG (LINUX) ▐▌
█ APTITUDE EASTER EGGS (LINUX) ▐▌
█ CAMTASIA STUDIO (v7.*) EASTER EGGS ▐▌
█ DEBIAN RELEASE NAMES EASTER EGGS ▐▌
█ EMACS EASTER EGGS, OR MAYBE NOT (MAC, LINUX, WIN) ▐▌
█ LINUX KERNEL REBOOT SYSTEM EASTER EGGS/PUZZLE ▐▌
█ MAC OS X EASTER EGGS ▐▌
█ MEWBIES.COM EASTER EGG ▐▌
█ MICROSOFT WINDOWS EASTER EGGS ▐▌
█ MOZILLA FIREFOX EASTER EGGS ▐▌
█ PHP EASTER EGGS ▐▌
█ PYTHON EASTER EGGS (MAC, LINUX, WIN) ▐▌
█ VIM EASTER EGGS (LINUX & MAC) ▐▌
█ VMWARE WORKSTATION V8+ EASTER EGG ▐▌
█ GOOGLE EASTER EGGS ▐▌
█ GOOGLE SEARCH ENGINE EASTER EGGS ▐▌
█ GOOGLE SEARCH ENGINE CALCULATOR EASTER EGGS ▐▌
█ GOOGLE TRANSLATE EASTER EGGS ▐▌
█ GOOGLE MAPS EASTER EGGS ▐▌
█ GOOGLE EARTH EASTER EGGS ▐▌
█ GOOGLE 2012 ZEITGEIST EASTER EGG ▐▌
█ GOOGLE 2012 CHROME APRIL FOOL'S JOKE ▐▌
█ GOOGLE DEVELOPERS IO WEBSITE EASTER EGGS ▐▌
█ GOOGLE GMAIL EASTER EGGS ▐▌
█ GOOGLE YOUTUBE EASTER EGGS ▐▌
█ PARODY GOOGLE SITES ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ APT-GET EASTER EGG (LINUX): ▐▌
█ ```````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ Type in your terminal: ▐▌
█ apt-get moo ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Spoiler: Click HERE. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ APTITUDE EASTER EGGS (LINUX): ▐▌
█ ````````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ Aptitude did this as a joke to apt-get's cow above: ▐▌
█ aptitude moo -v ▐▌
█ aptitude moo -vv ▐▌
█ aptitude moo -vvv ▐▌
█ aptitude moo -vvvv ▐▌
█ aptitude moo -vvvvv ▐▌
█ aptitude moo -vvvvvv ▐▌
█ aptitude moo -vvvvvvv ▐▌
█ aptitude moo -vvvvvvvv ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Or cheat and enter both lines: ▐▌
█ aptitude moo && aptitude moo -v && aptitude moo -vv && aptitude moo -vvv &&▐▌
█ aptitude moo -vvvv && aptitude moo -vvvvv && aptitude moo -vvvvvv ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Spoiler: Click HERE. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ CAMTASIA STUDIO (v7.*) EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ ````````````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ Music Credits: Artist Neako, Album LOUDpack:TREE, Title The Dawn ▐▌
█ (Instrumental) ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Three easter eggs found in Camtasia Studio v7.*: ▐▌
█ 1. Water Logo: Launch Camtasia, without opening a project. On the Video ▐▌
█ Preview window is 'Camtasia Studio TechSmith' logo. Click once on the logo ▐▌
█ to turn it into water, move your mouse around. Click on it again to turn ▐▌
█ it off. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 2. Multiple Cameras: Select Tools / Studio Tools / Camtasia Theater. On ▐▌
█ the Camtasia Theater window click Help / About Camtasia Studio. Now press ▐▌
█ your F5 key and there will be multiple cameras going by on the info window ▐▌
█ that you can knock with your cursor which is now a camera as well. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 3. Programmer's Head Spawning To Catch Your Cursor: Select Tools / Studio ▐▌
█ Tools / Camtasia Theater. On the Camtasia Theater window click the ▐▌
█ Customize tab. Type into the HTML Title window: cb ▐▌
█ Click 'Save and Preview', then error click 'OK'. ▐▌
█ A head will appear that tries to eat your cursor. If he catches it you ▐▌
█ can't use your cursor anymore. More heads will appear one by one until he ▐▌
█ eats your cursor. ▐▌
█ To exit press your Alt+F4 keys. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ DEBIAN RELEASE NAMES EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ ````````````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ Enter these cmds into your console: ▐▌
█ zgrep "The.*Release" /usr/share/doc/dpkg/changelog.Debian.gz ▐▌
█ and ▐▌
█ zgrep -E "The \".*\" release" /usr/share/doc/libc6/changelog.Debian.gz ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Spoiler: Click HERE. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ EMACS EASTER EGGS, OR MAYBE NOT (MAC, LINUX, WIN): ▐▌
█ ```````````````````````````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ Emacs is a text editor and then some. ▐▌
█ Emacs comes with Mac OS X. For Debian and Windows (it is portable) you ▐▌
█ need to install it. It is full of surprises like many games. ▐▌
█ In Mac and Windows version there are a few odd files that aren't included ▐▌
█ in the Debian version. ▐▌
█ These files are here: ▐▌
█ Mac (Applications/Utilities/Terminal): ls /usr/share/emacs/22.1/etc/ ▐▌
█ Debian (replace 23.2 with your v): ls /usr/share/emacs/23.2/etc ▐▌
█ Windows browse to: \emacs-24.3\etc\ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ In Mac to view these odd ones, not found in Debian (replace 22.1 with the ▐▌
█ version that you have). ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Spoiler: Click on each file's name or I zipped all and put HERE. ▐▌
█ cat /usr/share/emacs/22.1/etc/CENSORSHIP ▐▌
█ Mrs. Fields Cookie humor: ▐▌
█ cat /usr/share/emacs/22.1/etc/COOKIES ▐▌
█ cat /usr/share/emacs/22.1/etc/DEVEL.HUMOR ▐▌
█ cat /usr/share/emacs/22.1/etc/INTERVIEW ▐▌
█ cat /usr/share/emacs/22.1/etc/JOKES ▐▌
█ cat /usr/share/emacs/22.1/etc/MOTIVATION ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ The other odd ones found in all versions are: ▐▌
█ cat /usr/share/emacs/22.1/etc/celibacy.1 ▐▌
█ cat /usr/share/emacs/22.1/etc/condom.1 ▐▌
█ Say Hello in a variety of languages: ▐▌
█ cat /usr/share/emacs/22.1/etc/HELLO ▐▌
█ cat /usr/share/emacs/22.1/etc/sex.6 ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ For more Emacs fun check out my TERMINAL FUN 6 - AMUSEMENTS & GAMES page ▐▌
█ under 'GEEK FUN', left menu. Emacs has many extras that aren't Easter eggs.▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ LINUX KERNEL REBOOT SYSTEM EASTER EGGS/PUZZLE: ▐▌
█ `````````````````````````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ Someone passed this line of code to me to reveal an Easter egg / puzzle: ▐▌
█ grep LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC /usr/include/linux/reboot.h ▐▌
█ Reply is: ▐▌
█ #define LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC1 0xfee1dead ▐▌
█ #define LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC2 672274793 ▐▌
█ #define LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC2A 85072278 ▐▌
█ #define LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC2B 369367448 ▐▌
█ #define LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC2C 537993216 ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ I'll give you some hints first in case you do want to start to solve it ▐▌
█ yourself. Find complete answer under Spoiler after the Hint 3. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Hint 1: So I can see the first one is quite easy '0xfee1dead', google it ▐▌
█ and up came hexspeak (google isn't cheating if you don't peek too much ;). ▐▌
█ Hint 2: The first string, in hexspeak must mean the other strings are in ▐▌
█ hexadecimal numbers me thinks, yay! ▐▌
█ Hint 3: After converting from hexadecimal to decimal numbers, I gave up ▐▌
█ and started google-ing and came across the answers HERE. Glad I did; I do ▐▌
█ try to have a bit of a life offline :p. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ SPOILER: ▐▌
█ 0xfee1dead : is "Feel dead" (Hexspeak) ▐▌
█ For the next four convert from hexadecimal to decimal numbers: ▐▌
█ printf "%x\n" 672274793 ▐▌
█ printf "%x\n" 85072278 ▐▌
█ printf "%x\n" 369367448 ▐▌
█ printf "%x\n" 537993216 ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Which replies: ▐▌
█ 28121969 ▐▌
█ 5121996 ▐▌
█ 16041998 ▐▌
█ 20112000 ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Convert to dates (DD/MM/YYYY): ▐▌
█ 1. 28121969 : 28/12/1969 : Linus Torvalds' birth date ▐▌
█ 2. 5121996 : 5/12/1996 : Linus' daughter's Patricia's birth date ▐▌
█ 3. 16041998 : 16/04/1998 : Linus' daughter's Daniela's birth date ▐▌
█ 4. 20112000 : 20/11/2000 : Linus' daughter's Celeste's birth date ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ If you were to convert the 2nd one in this manner: ▐▌
█ perl -e 'print localtime(672274793). "\n";' ▐▌
█ Reply: ▐▌
█ Sun Apr 21 18:59:53 1991 ▐▌
█ Which is interesting as Linus first started writing Linux in 1991, but I ▐▌
█ couldn't find any documentation that pinpoints the month or day :) . ▐▌
█ (Confirmation of the dates of the above can be found HERE and HERE). ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ MAC OS X EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ ````````````````````` ▐▌
█ MAC OS X DESKTOP MOTION EASTER EGG: ▐▌
█ Open any window. While holding down the Shift key use your cursor to ▐▌
█ minimize the window. Or should I say mmmmiiiinnniiimmmiiizzzeee :p ▐▌
█ Spoiler and non Mac users click HERE(swf movie). ▐▌
█ Or if you can't view Flash .swf files below is a YouTube video of the same:▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ MAC OS X TEMPORARY DATE EASTER EGG: ▐▌
█ While downloading an app from the Mac App Store, just before file is about ▐▌
█ to finish downloading take a look at the date of the file. ▐▌
█ Spoiler: Jan 24, 1984 - the date Macintosh was unveiled. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ THE HOBBIT and THE LORD OF THE RINGS FREEBSD STYLE: ▐▌
█ Dates pertaining to the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings: ▐▌
█ cat /usr/share/calendar/calendar.lotr ▐▌
█ Spoiler and non Mac users click HERE. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ By the way there are other calendars and fun to be had, view my ▐▌
█ TERMINAL FUN 5 - MISC FUN page under 'GEEK FUN' on the left menu. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ MAC OS X ICON EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ Many of the Mac icons have hidden text and or meanings in the design. To ▐▌
█ view these icons yourself just open Applications folder, right click on a ▐▌
█ program's icon, select "Show Package Contents", browse to its Resources ▐▌
█ folder. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Click on each thumb nail to view the icon full size . ▐▌
█ ▐▌
CALCULATOR:
Calculator.icns has 12374218.75 in the preview window.
From slackpile.com "The .75 refers to the year 1975, the year Steve Jobs
and Steve Wozniak formed Apple Inc.
12374218 is the number of seconds equal to 143 days which in turn is equal
to the date May 23rd, 1975 is the date production of the first computer at
Apple Inc. officially begun. (Although it wasn't officially Apple Inc.
until April 1, 1976.)"
CALENDAR:
The Calendar (formerly iCal) has 'JUL 17' and two more months showing.
iCal was announced July 17, 2002 at the Macworld Expo. The two months
showing match up as July and August, except one hitch; August is only
showing 30 days. I have not been able to find why but only speculation.
One being that it was a mistake by the designer forgetting that July and
August both have 31 days. My own guess as to why would not be a mistake
but intentional, seeing how much detail they put into these icons. The
meaning if I were to conjure up is that the 30th of August was said
designer's last day at the company before a leave (vacation, etc) or
resigning. Until it is solved...
CLIPPING TEXT:
The Clipping Text icon has the 'Lorem Impsum' placeholder text:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Curabitur
sagittis sem non augue. Morbi risus urna, egestas sed, congue id,
consectetuer sit amet, mauris.
Fusce quis purus ac nunc accumsan placerat. Morbi molestie nunc vitae
mauris. Curabitur lacus erat, facilisis ut, vehicula a, tincidunt
lacinia, mauris. Nullam sit amet lorem. Vestibulum mattis tempus nisi.
Praesent sollicitudin lacus non leo. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis.
Using Google's translator THIS is the English version of the above.
CONSOLE:
The Console icon has "WARNIN" "AY 7:36".
Meaning: Yet to be solved.
DICTIONARY:
On the cover of the Dictionary is the 'Lorem Impsum' placeholder text
"Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet Etiam".
DISK UTILITY:
The Disk Utility icon (DFA.icns) has: "Internal Standard Disk" "Handle the
hard drive carefully to avoid damaging the circuit board. Make sure you
are properly grounded."
FONT BOOK:
The Font Book icon has a 'F' and 2 more blocks below it with the letters
A and K. AFK means 'away from keyboard' in internet slang.
ITUNES:
The iTunes icon doesn't have a hidden meaning, just nice to see such
attention to detail. Inscribed on the disc is "iTunes 7" " Apple 2006"
MAIL:
The Mail icon is postmarked with "HELLO FROM CUPERTINO, CA" and the Apple
logo. Apple's headquarters are located in Cupertino, CA, USA HERE.
MICROSOFT WINDOWS PC:
My favorite one - If you have a Window's PC on your Mac network you'll see
it represented under Shared by a beige monitor with a blue screen. Zoom
into the image and you will see it has the BSOD; "The Blue Screen of Death"
for Windows 7 and earlier. It states "A fatal exception 0E has occurred at
0028:C0011E36 in VxD VMM(01) + 00010E36".
By the way there is a Fake BSOD image generator HERE for fun and a slew of
other fun image generators from HERE.
PHOTO BOOTH:
Photo icon has 3 photos of the same woman. The first two photos are with
eye glasses on looking okay (same photo), then the third photo is without
the eye glasses and she has a much happier expression. There is speculation
that is a photograph of the icon's designer.
SAFARI:
Safari (compass.icns) is positioned to the North-West (needle showing on NE).
Is there a meaning for this or is it simply because it is more visually
appealing. Unsolved.
SYSTEM PROFILER:
The System Profiler icon (ASP.icns) has a silicon chip with its model
number and a serial number:
810-54-2136-1
RM-NCE-1
6319-415-1239
Do these have a hidden meaning? Unsolved.
TEXTEDIT:
TextEdit's icon (Edit.icns) contains the "Think Different" poem, used in
Apple's Crazy Ones advert laid out like a letter:
Dear Kate,
"Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The
round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently.
They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo.
You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them, disbelieve them,
glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them.
Because they can change things."
Take Care,
John Appleseed
RTF:
In the same directory as the TextEdit there is rtf.icns that has a
photograph of a young Asian boy and a story. After straining my eyes for a
half-an-hour I thought 'hmm maybe google what I can make out of it'. Didn't
find the answer but this is what I can make out with some serious squinting:
"A boy once lived in [covered]
in a gr.e town know a [covered]
l..don.. his life was great tat is
until he met a girl and then .....
begun to find love ... most of th
.... is she things that he loved
to go angkat What is it say
in a gr.e town
l..don..ros his
.... his ... a
begun to find
..... is she it
so go. a.ngloa"
Unsolved.
HTML & TXT:
Again in the same directory as the TextEdit there is html.icns and txt.icns.
Both have the same text though html.icns has a globe that is partially
covering some of the text. My eyes are too tired to try to make this one out
today...
Unsolved.
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ MEWBIES.COM EASTER EGG: ▐▌
█ ``````````````````````` ▐▌
█ I have hidden an Easter egg on this page :) ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ MICROSOFT WINDOWS EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ `````````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ 3D PINBALL SPACE CADET EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ Included with Windows XP and 2000 is the Microsoft's game '3D Pinball ▐▌
█ Space Cadet' (Start menu/All Programs/Accessories/Games/Pinball). ▐▌
█ For other Win users the game can be downloaded; just search or try HERE. ▐▌
█ Spoiler: ▐▌
█ Launch the game, after it loads click anywhere on the game's window then ▐▌
█ type: ▐▌
█ hidden test ▐▌
█ You are now in test mode. ▐▌
█ You can drag the ball around. ▐▌
█ Press h to have a high score, m to display system memory, r to increase ▐▌
█ the rank, and y to show the frame rate on the title bar. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ To use the cheats like the above but not constantly be in 'test mode', ▐▌
█ close Pinball, launch it again. ▐▌
█ For 1 more ball type: 1max ▐▌
█ Activate 'gravity well' type: gmax ▐▌
█ (Gravity well; the circle near center of the game. When the ball is close ▐▌
█ enough it will suck it in to its center then shoot it back out awarding ▐▌
█ more points as well.) ▐▌
█ Increase a rank type: rmax ▐▌
█ Endless game type: bmax ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ (To view which keys control the game view top menu Options/Player ▐▌
█ Control. There are 9 levels of play; lowest rank is Cadet, and the ▐▌
█ highest rank is Fleet Admiral.) ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ FreeCell, Hearts, Minesweeper and Solitaire have Easter eggs also. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ WINDOWS MUSIC EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ WINDOWS XP, VISTA AND 7 HIDDEN MUSIC: ▐▌
█ There are 3 MIDI files here: C:\Windows\Media\ ▐▌
█ flourish.mid: ▐▌
█ onestop.mid: ▐▌
█ town.mid: ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Flourish and onestop are by Nathan Grigg and onestop is by David Yackley ▐▌
█ for Microsoft (source HERE). ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ WINDOWS XP HIDDEN MUSIC: ▐▌
█ C:\WINDOWS\system32\oobe\images\title.wma: ▐▌
█ Title is 'Windows Welcome music', artist is labeled AS Microsoft. 'oobe' ▐▌
█ stands for "Out Of Box Experience". ▐▌
█ Thanks to online-convert.com for converting the audio files. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ MOZILLA FIREFOX BROWSER EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ ```````````````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ Click HERE: about:mozilla ▐▌
█ Click HERE: about:robots ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Not Easter eggs but thought I would just list them all: ▐▌
█ (whatever links don't work for you, just copy paste into browser) ▐▌
█ Click HERE: about: ▐▌
█ Click HERE: about:blocked ▐▌
█ Click HERE: about:buildconfig ▐▌
█ Click HERE: about:cache ▐▌
█ Click HERE: about:config ▐▌
█ Click HERE: about:crashes ▐▌
█ Click HERE: about:credits ▐▌
█ Click HERE: about:license ▐▌
█ Click HERE: about:logo ▐▌
█ Click HERE: about:mozilla ▐▌
█ Click HERE: about:neterror ▐▌
█ Click HERE: about:plugins ▐▌
█ Click HERE: about:rights ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ PHP IN (GUI) BROWSER EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ ````````````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ PHP has an Easter egg that will display a funny PHP logo depending on the ▐▌
█ *version of the PHP installed on any server. To view this add the code: ▐▌
█ ?=PHPE9568F36-D428-11d2-A769-00AA001ACF42 ▐▌
█ to the end of any URL that is a '.php' (if it is < v5.5 it will work). ▐▌
█ For more information about each depiction in the logos read HERE. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ For example: http://archive.org/about/faqs.php ▐▌
█ Would be (click to try it out): ▐▌
█ http://archive.org/about/faqs.php?=PHPE9568F36-D428-11d2-A769-00AA001ACF42 ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Further more on April Fool's day (April 1st) this cute logo will replace ▐▌
█ the logo on any phpinfo() (phpinfo.php HERE) page. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Other codes are: ▐▌
█ PHP logo: ?=PHPE9568F34-D428-11d2-A769-00AA001ACF42 ▐▌
█ Zend logo: ?=PHPE9568F35-D428-11d2-A769-00AA001ACF42 ▐▌
█ PHP credits: ?=PHPB8B5F2A0-3C92-11d3-A3A9-4C7B08C10000 ▐▌
█ Examples of the above: ▐▌
█ http://archive.org/about/faqs.php?=PHPE9568F34-D428-11d2-A769-00AA001ACF42 ▐▌
█ http://archive.org/about/faqs.php?=PHPE9568F35-D428-11d2-A769-00AA001ACF42 ▐▌
█ http://archive.org/about/faqs.php?=PHPB8B5F2A0-3C92-11d3-A3A9-4C7B08C10000 ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ *Version 5.5 onwards these will not be used as complaints that it can be ▐▌
█ a security issue. Read HERE. Viewing the Easter egg logo helps to reveal ▐▌
█ the PHP version, and viewing PHP credits informs which modules are ▐▌
█ currently installed. ▐▌
█ It is also possible to discover if a certain URL is actually a PHP page ▐▌
█ by adding that to their URL (unless they have disabled it). Example: ▐▌
█ http://somesite.com/?=PHPE9568F36-D428-11d2-A769-00AA001ACF42 ▐▌
█ If you want to disable these Easter eggs its very easy; in your php.ini ▐▌
█ change expose_php = On to expose_php = Off , then restart your web server: ▐▌
█ su ▐▌
█ pico /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini ▐▌
█ or if you are using PHP4: ▐▌
█ pico /etc/php4/apache2/php.ini ▐▌
█ Search for (Ctrl +w): expose_php ▐▌
█ Change: ▐▌
█ expose_php = On ▐▌
█ To: ▐▌
█ expose_php = Off ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Restart your web server: ▐▌
█ /etc/init.d/apache2 restart ▐▌
█ Test your page again, it will now only load a blank page. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ PYTHON EASTER EGGS (MAC, LINUX, WIN): ▐▌
█ ``````````````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ Quite a few cutes ones. These work on all OS platforms that has Python ▐▌
█ installed. Mac OS X comes with Python. Start Python (Windows; cmd prompt. ▐▌
█ Mac Applications/Utilities/Terminal): ▐▌
█ python ▐▌
█ type in: ▐▌
█ import this ▐▌
█ print this.s ▐▌
█ The reply is 'this' encoded in ROT13. ROT13 character map; type in: ▐▌
█ print this.d ▐▌
█ The reply is: {'A': 'N', 'C': 'P', ... etc . This means replace all ▐▌
█ 'N's with A, replace all 'P's with C, etc. ▐▌
█ Or use the chart HERE. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ import __hello__ ▐▌
█ import __phello__ ▐▌
█ import __phello__.spam ▐▌
█ Some of these will only work once per Python session (unless you reload ▐▌
█ it, i.e.: reload(__hello__) . ▐▌
█ from __future__ import braces ▐▌
█ (hint: view syntax error message) ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ love = this ▐▌
█ this is love ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ love is True ▐▌
█ love is False ▐▌
█ love is not True or False ▐▌
█ love is not True or False; love is love ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Python *v3+ type in: ▐▌
█ from __future__ import barry_as_FLUFL ▐▌
█ 1 <> 2 ▐▌
█ 1 != 2 ▐▌
█ import antigravity ▐▌
█ (only viewed in GUI) ▐▌
█ To quit antigravity: ▐▌
█ q ▐▌
█ y ▐▌
█ To exit python: ▐▌
█ exit() ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ *Python versions earlier than 3 can still enjoy antigravity.py; download ▐▌
█ it HERE or HERE. ▐▌
█ Extract the file and place it in Python's directory - ▐▌
█ Debian /usr/lib/pythonXXX/ ▐▌
█ Windows C:\PythonXX\Lib\ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Spoiler for all the above: Click HERE. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ VIM EASTER EGGS (LINUX & MAC): ▐▌
█ `````````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ Vim has plenty (btw the author Bram Moolenaar, is now working for Google). ▐▌
█ Type in the cmds to your console: ▐▌
█ vim ▐▌
█ View the 2 lines below "Vim is open source...", the next time you restart ▐▌
█ vim (sleep 100m) view it again. ▐▌
█ :help 42 (for meaning of reply read HERE) ▐▌
█ :help! (for meaning of reply read HERE) ▐▌
█ :help bar (hint: HERE) ▐▌
█ :help holy-grail ▐▌
█ :help map-modes (hint: read comment for :nunmap) ▐▌
█ :help showmatch (hint: Read 'Note:') ▐▌
█ :help spoon ▐▌
█ :help UserGettingBored ▐▌
█ :Ni! (for meaning of reply read HERE) ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ To exit/quit vim: Press Esc key then type in: ▐▌
█ :q! (or just :q) ▐▌
█ Press enter twice. ▐▌
█ (:w to save, :wq to save and quit) ▐▌
█ Another method press Crtl + c (^C) then type in and hit enter: :q ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Spoiler for all the above: Click HERE. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ VMWARE WORKSTATION V8+ EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ ``````````````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ Press simultaneous the keys Ctrl, Shift, Windows, Alt and v then release. ▐▌
█ Spoiler: This will launch a new VM window with a game of pong. ▐▌
█ The Window's tab is labeled 'Paschal Ovum' which is Latin for Easter egg ▐▌
█ (Ovum paschale). ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ GOOGLE EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ ``````````````````` ▐▌
█ My favorite Google Easter Eggs, there are many :). (dumb note: I placed ▐▌
█ Google Easter eggs last as there are so many; I think this makes viewing ▐▌
█ of all the other Easter eggs easier for visitors.) ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ GOOGLE SEARCH ENGINE EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ Go to google.com and search for the strings of words below or just click ▐▌
█ on each one. No spoiler given but a hint - for some look above the search ▐▌
█ results at 'Did you mean' or 'About'. ▐▌
█ anagram | define anagram | askew | tilt | do a barrel roll | z or r twice ▐▌
█ binary | hexadecimal | octal | recursion - then click on Did you mean: ▐▌
█ "recursion" | Jason Isaacs (on the UK search engine) | Chuck Norris (hint: ▐▌
█ view the bio right column under 'Fact'. Refresh page, view again. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Games: ▐▌
█ Conway's game of life (it is interactive). ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 'Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon' is a game to find how many degrees of ▐▌
█ separation an actor (or other famous people that have been on screen) ▐▌
█ is from the actor Kevin Bacon. Try any actor after 'bacon number'. ▐▌
█ bacon number Hunter Parrish | bacon number Bill Gates ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Zerg rush (hint: clicking each 'O' thrice will kill it; be fast!. View ▐▌
█ the outcome of the 'O's at the end of the game.) ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ I'm Feeling Lucky: ▐▌
█ Note 'I'm Feeling Lucky' button: If you start to type into Google search ▐▌
█ bar and the 'I'm Feeling Lucky' button disappears either: ▐▌
█ 1. Type in the word/s you want to search. Once you have finished typing ▐▌
█ move your cursor to the right and a bit down to show the drop down ▐▌
█ window, on the right top of the drop down window will be the link ▐▌
█ "I'm Feeling Lucky >>". ▐▌
█ OR ▐▌
█ 2. Set your google.com page to 'Never show Instant results.': Options ▐▌
█ (cog icon)/Search Settings/ select 'Never show...' / Click the Save ▐▌
█ button at the bottom. If the cog icon isn't showing you can update your ▐▌
█ settings HERE. ▐▌
█ Also note that the 'I'm Feeling Lucky' button/link only shows on a fresh ▐▌
█ google.com page; without any search results showing. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 'I'm Feeling Lucky' Searches: ▐▌
█ Go to google.com, enter a phrase from below then click the 'I'm Feeling ▐▌
█ Lucky' button. After each press your back button to start over. ▐▌
█ These aren't Easter eggs but fun all the same: ▐▌
█ find chuck norris (view results, and URL) ▐▌
█ google aliens (this was for April Fools 2006) ▐▌
█ google linux | google bsd | mewbies ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Spinning 'I'm Feeling Lucky' button: ▐▌
█ On the USA google.com only (I haven't found this on other Google regions) ▐▌
█ when you hover your mouse over the 'I'm Feeling Lucky' button it will ▐▌
█ spin and change the text to a variety of options, such as "I'm Feeling ▐▌
█ Playful" or "I'm Feeling Trendy", etc. If the button is clicked without ▐▌
█ text entered into the search bar it will bring to a variety of set sites. ▐▌
█ Such as Trendy would bring you to 'Google Trends' hot trends. I notice ▐▌
█ sometimes the spinning doesn't work (in Firefox), but it always works in ▐▌
█ Chrome. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Note Google region: If your google.com page automatically loads another ▐▌
█ region (google.com.country) and you want USA Google (google.com); ▐▌
█ bottom right of page click on 'Google.com'. Or bookmark this ▐▌
█ http://www.google.com/ncr URL that will always take you to USA google.com ▐▌
█ without redirecting you. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Change the Language of your Google Start Search Page: ▐▌
█ l337 5p34k (leet speak) | Elmer Fudd (the cartoon character) | Klingon | ▐▌
█ Love - Click on the prompt to allow the Java applet to play, then wait ▐▌
█ until after the bouncing for more love :). ▐▌
█ Pig Latin (not the one I grew up using; no-the-got the-the-ge one-the-gun ▐▌
█ I-the-guy grew-the-goo u-the-gup u-the-gu-si-the-ging) ▐▌
█ Pirate | Swedish Chef's 'Bork bork bork' (a Muppet). ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ By the way many of these langugage changes you can do in your Linux ▐▌
█ terminal to any text. View under GEEK FUN/ TERMINAL FUN 5 - ▐▌
█ TEXT MANIPULATION, or click HERE. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ GOOGLE SEARCH ENGINE CALCULATOR EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ bakers dozen | number of horns on a unicorn | once in a blue moon ▐▌
█ the loneliest number | number of horns on a unicorn + the loneliest number ▐▌
█ Tribute to Douglas Adams's novel 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy': ▐▌
█ the answer to life, the universe, and everything ▐▌
█ the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ GOOGLE TRANSLATE EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ A glitch, not an Easter egg. Go to Google's Translate HERE. Set translate ▐▌
█ from English to Vietnamese. Type into the English box: Will I ever reach ▐▌
█ puberty. (Can replace 'I' with anyone's name, like Bob). Translate it, ▐▌
█ then copy/paste the Vietnamese translation to the English side, and change ▐▌
█ the settings to translate from Vietnamese to English. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Translate from Latin to English: Optimus Prime ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Change the language of your Google translator to one of the below ▐▌
█ Beatbox: ▐▌
█ Set the translate to English, enter any text to translate, then preceed ▐▌
█ the line with: pv zk bschk ▐▌
█ For example: pv zk bschk mewbies rule or just click HERE. ▐▌
█ Hover your mouse over the speaker icon, notice the tooltip (text), click ▐▌
█ it to hear in beatbox mode. Create your own beatbox song using a ▐▌
█ combination of various consonants :). For example try THIS, (obviously ▐▌
█ I'm not a musician :p ). ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ GOOGLE MAPS EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ Go to Google maps, HERE. Click 'Get Directions', enter into the search ▐▌
█ field 'A' Japan and 'B' enter China, click the button below the search ▐▌
█ fields 'GET DIRECTIONS'. Scroll down to about number 44 of the directions. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Go to a country, for example New Zealand HERE, click get directions, ▐▌
█ click walking directions (man icon) enter into Box A: The Shire ▐▌
█ Enter into Box B: Mordor ▐▌
█ Click get directions. ▐▌
█ Read the Yellow box 'Walking directions...' (reference to Lord of the ▐▌
█ Rings). This does works in other countries as well. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Search this: 63°1'60.00"N 29°55'0.00"W or click HERE. ▐▌
█ Note photos' mouse over caption on the left (enlarged photo has been ▐▌
█ deleted though). ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ PEGMAN EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ Arthur Ashe Stadium, Queens, NY, USA: ▐▌
█ On Google Maps, enter into the search box at the top: ▐▌
█ 40°44'59.90"N 73°50'49.25"W or click HERE. ▐▌
█ Then drag the Google 'Peg man' (on the zoom in/out bar) into the stadium; ▐▌
█ the marked place on the map. Peg man will then reload bottom right corner. ▐▌
█ Spoiler: He is now a tennis player. Move him around to view him fully. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Legoland California, Legoland Drive, Carlsbad, CA, USA: ▐▌
█ On Google Maps, enter into the search box at the top: ▐▌
█ 33°7'33.72"N 117°18'41.25"W or click HERE. ▐▌
█ Drag the Peg man into the location shown (Legoland). ▐▌
█ Spoiler: He is now a Lego-man. Move him around to view him fully. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Sun Valley, Idaho, USA: ▐▌
█ On Google Maps, enter into the search box at the top: ▐▌
█ 43°41'49.66"N 114°21'6.17"W or click HERE. ▐▌
█ Drag the Peg man into the location shown. ▐▌
█ Spoiler: He is now a skier. Move him around to view him fully. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Antarctica Penguin: ▐▌
█ On Google Maps, enter into the search box at the top: ▐▌
█ 62°35'38.53"S 59°53'39.99"W or click HERE. ▐▌
█ Drag the Peg man into the location shown- green arrow. ▐▌
█ Spoiler: He is now a penguin. Move him around to view him fully. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Google Data Center, North Carolina (35°53'55.51"N 81°32'51.85"W) Tour ▐▌
█ HERE or HERE has hidden Easter eggs / pranks. Look out for an oversized ▐▌
█ Android, a Storm trooper, employees dressed in costume, and another ▐▌
█ Rickrolling. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ GOOGLE EARTH EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ Google Earth program you can measure distances in 'Smoots': So silly! ▐▌
█ Top tool bar click on the ruler, click on the unit drop down window. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Chat With an Alien Robot, Meliza: Top tool bar click on the Venus planet ▐▌
█ icon, select Mars. Enter into the search bar: meliza ▐▌
█ click search. Once it loads if it is all blur, zoom out a tad. You should ▐▌
█ now see 'Meliza', a square head robot. Click on her, a chat window with ▐▌
█ Meliza will open. She is named after ELIZA. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Google Earth 3D Only, SketchUp Easter Eggs: You must enable '3D Buildings' ▐▌
█ in Google Earth to view these. Bottom left window - Layers, expand tree, ▐▌
█ check '3D Buildings' and those in its tree. Most of the 3D architecture ▐▌
█ in Google Earth has been created by independent artists. Some of these ▐▌
█ artist have snuck in their own Easter eggs. Copy/paste the coordinates ▐▌
█ below into the search bar to find them. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 3D Hippopotamus, Katavi National Park, Tanzania: ▐▌
█ 6°53'53.07"S 31°11'15.61"E ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Duke Nukem: Gearbox Software LLC, Plano, Texas, USA: ▐▌
█ 33°1'46.91"N 96°42'21.21"W ▐▌
█ Spoiler: West side of building on sidewalk ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Morrissey: Salford M5, UK, Salford Lads Club: 53°28'36.95"N 2°16'27.73"W ▐▌
█ Spoiler: Zoom/pan into the front right (North-West) corner of the ▐▌
█ building. You'll find the band's Smiths' front man Steven Patrick ▐▌
█ Morrissey standing in front of the building featured in their video ▐▌
█ and the inside front cover image for 'The Queen Is Dead'. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ The Blues Brothers: Tacony Palmyra Bridge, New Jersey, USA: ▐▌
█ 40°0'42.26"N 75°2'33.84"W ▐▌
█ Spoiler: Zoom into the bridge. 1980 movie 'The Blue Brothers' recreation ▐▌
█ of the famous bridge jump scene (the actual stunt was filmed in Chicago). ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ GOOGLE 2012 ZEITGEIST EASTER EGG: ▐▌
█ Go HERE, scroll down the bottom of the page and place your cursor over the ▐▌
█ colored bar bottom right for some Gangnam style. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ GOOGLE 2012 CHROME APRIL FOOL'S JOKE: ▐▌
█ You don't need to use Chrome to view this - Multitask, HERE, click on the ▐▌
█ 'Multitask Mode' button. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ GOOGLE DEVELOPERS IO WEBSITE EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ Best to use Google's Chrome browser; Firefox, Safari, or Opera will not ▐▌
█ have the sound effects. IE v8 and Comodo Dragon it doesn't function. If ▐▌
█ you don't want to install Chrome browser you can download a portable ▐▌
█ Chrome on-line installerHERE(1.5MB + 25MB), or for an off-line portable ▐▌
█ ready Chrome I have put it HERE (48MB v25). ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Go the Google Developers IO site HERE. Click on the big blue 'I' or the ▐▌
█ red 'O' to figure it out and find the Easter eggs or see below for all. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ *Spoiler Alert* ▐▌
█ Click on the big blue 'I' or the red 'O' in a given sequence for each ▐▌
█ Easter egg. For example: 'O||||||' would mean to click on the big red O ▐▌
█ once, then click on the blue I 7 times. Once you have any (8 clicks) ▐▌
█ sequence correct the bar at the bottom of the page will turn green and ▐▌
█ it will load the Easter egg result. For this resulting Easter egg click ▐▌
█ on it for more. Return to homepage; click on the X top right corner. ▐▌
█ There are 12: ▐▌
█ 01. ASCII: O|||||| ▐▌
█ 02. Bacon/Egg: |OO|OOOO ▐▌
█ 03. Bowling: O|||O|O| ▐▌
█ 04. Cats: |||OO||| ▐▌
█ 05. Eight bit logo: O|O|OO|| ▐▌
█ 06. Hotdog/Hamburger: OO|||OO| ▐▌
█ 07. Music Mixer: ||O||O|| ▐▌
█ 08. Pong game: |OOOOOO| ▐▌
█ 09. Rocket to planet: O|OOO|O| ▐▌
█ 10. Simone game: ||O|OO|| ▐▌
█ 11. Space: OO|O|O|O, once there click either on the | or the O very fast ▐▌
█ multiple times (resource intensive, won't work if not enough resources ▐▌
█ i.e. I-Pad and my old PC :D ). ▐▌
█ 12. Synthesizer: |OOO|OOO ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ There are 3 more modes: donut, piñata, and metaball, read HERE. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ GOOGLE GMAIL EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ Go to Google's Gmail Suggest a Feature page HERE, then click on 'Helpful ▐▌
█ additions', view the last suggestion in the list. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ GOOGLE YOUTUBE EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ 1. Turn your speaker volume to low :) Go to youtube.com, type into their ▐▌
█ search bar and wait and then wait again after Easter egg starts (working ▐▌
█ as on Feb 2013): do the harlem shake ▐▌
█ Or just click HERE. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 2. In reply Moovweb created a gift HERE. The links to CNN and NewYorker ▐▌
█ only work properly in Google Chrome browser (at least for me). ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 3. The Wadsworth Constant: ▐▌
█ Add this to the end of any YouTube URL: &wadsworth=1 ▐▌
█ (Wadsworth Constant started as a joke, by a user on Reddit named ▐▌
█ Wadsworth, to bypass the so called boring stuff -the first 30%. YouTube ▐▌
█ has now incorporated it. For example click HERE. Note that Wadsworth ▐▌
█ constant can also be achieved by pressing the number '3' on your keyboard. ▐▌
█ Too bad it doesn't work to skip the stinking ads :/. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ A funny reply to the above - 'In Defiance of Wadworth's Constant' ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 4. Go to youtube.com, type into their search bar: doge meme ▐▌
█ Or just click HERE. ▐▌
█ Spoiler: Page fonts will change to colored Comic Sans. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ PARODY GOOGLE SITES (not Easter eggs): ▐▌
█ I L O V E this one HERE, google-gravity - be sure you try out the searches.▐▌
█ You can drag your results around as well. They also have a Google 'sphere' ▐▌
█ image search HERE. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ My other 'I L O V E this one' is 1960's Google HERE. ▐▌
█ Also at masswerk.at is this fun Google BBS: ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ And Google Asteroids. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Then comes Google Street View in ASCII :): ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Next time when someone ask online a question and you are thinking ▐▌
█ 'just-google-it!', copy/paste their question to the end of this URL: ▐▌
█ http://lmgtfy.com/?q= ▐▌
█ then paste to them the altered URL. Example why is the sky blue? would be: ▐▌
█ http://lmgtfy.com/?q=why is the sky blue? ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Google Mirror, literally, HERE. They are some others on there as well. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Annoying Google | Epic Google | Weenie Google | Tiniest Google | ▐▌
█ Energy Saving Google | Feeling Lucky? (other fun links on there as well) ▐▌
█ Blue Google | Pink Google | Purple Google | Rainbow Google | Select Color |▐▌
█ Gothic Google | NFL Replacement Referees' Bad Calls Google - do a search ▐▌
█ Doogle - lots of sillyness on the page | Google For Jews | Go Black | ▐▌
█ Revolving Internet - try a search and click on it. | Dinosaur Google | ▐▌
█ Cthuugle - searches result in anything related to H.P. Lovecraft. ▐▌
█ Goooooooooooooogle - Japanese Google that uses Yahoo!. | Redneck Google | ▐▌
█ Feeling loco? HERE or HERE, and in Spanish HERE. ▐▌
█ Search both Google & Yahoo! side by side on 1 split screen HERE. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ The End. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ P.S. Did you find the hidden Easter egg on this page yet? :D ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ //---------------------------------------------------------------------- ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ If you find mistakes, have suggestions, and or questions please post at ▐▌
█ mewbies forum HERE - thank you. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Last update on 27 Dec '13 ▐▌
█ ▐▌
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█▌ - mewbies.com - █▌
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█ Music Credits: Artist Neako, Album LOUDpack:TREE, Title The Dawn ▐▌
█ (Instrumental) ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Three easter eggs found in Camtasia Studio v7.*: ▐▌
█ 1. Water Logo: Launch Camtasia, without opening a project. On the Video ▐▌
█ Preview window is 'Camtasia Studio TechSmith' logo. Click once on the logo ▐▌
█ to turn it into water, move your mouse around. Click on it again to turn ▐▌
█ it off. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 2. Multiple Cameras: Select Tools / Studio Tools / Camtasia Theater. On ▐▌
█ the Camtasia Theater window click Help / About Camtasia Studio. Now press ▐▌
█ your F5 key and there will be multiple cameras going by on the info window ▐▌
█ that you can knock with your cursor which is now a camera as well. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 3. Programmer's Head Spawning To Catch Your Cursor: Select Tools / Studio ▐▌
█ Tools / Camtasia Theater. On the Camtasia Theater window click the ▐▌
█ Customize tab. Type into the HTML Title window: cb ▐▌
█ Click 'Save and Preview', then error click 'OK'. ▐▌
█ A head will appear that tries to eat your cursor. If he catches it you ▐▌
█ can't use your cursor anymore. More heads will appear one by one until he ▐▌
█ eats your cursor. ▐▌
█ To exit press your Alt+F4 keys. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ DEBIAN RELEASE NAMES EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ ````````````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ Enter these cmds into your console: ▐▌
█ zgrep "The.*Release" /usr/share/doc/dpkg/changelog.Debian.gz ▐▌
█ and ▐▌
█ zgrep -E "The \".*\" release" /usr/share/doc/libc6/changelog.Debian.gz ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Spoiler: Click HERE. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ EMACS EASTER EGGS, OR MAYBE NOT (MAC, LINUX, WIN): ▐▌
█ ```````````````````````````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ Emacs is a text editor and then some. ▐▌
█ Emacs comes with Mac OS X. For Debian and Windows (it is portable) you ▐▌
█ need to install it. It is full of surprises like many games. ▐▌
█ In Mac and Windows version there are a few odd files that aren't included ▐▌
█ in the Debian version. ▐▌
█ These files are here: ▐▌
█ Mac (Applications/Utilities/Terminal): ls /usr/share/emacs/22.1/etc/ ▐▌
█ Debian (replace 23.2 with your v): ls /usr/share/emacs/23.2/etc ▐▌
█ Windows browse to: \emacs-24.3\etc\ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ In Mac to view these odd ones, not found in Debian (replace 22.1 with the ▐▌
█ version that you have). ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Spoiler: Click on each file's name or I zipped all and put HERE. ▐▌
█ cat /usr/share/emacs/22.1/etc/CENSORSHIP ▐▌
█ Mrs. Fields Cookie humor: ▐▌
█ cat /usr/share/emacs/22.1/etc/COOKIES ▐▌
█ cat /usr/share/emacs/22.1/etc/DEVEL.HUMOR ▐▌
█ cat /usr/share/emacs/22.1/etc/INTERVIEW ▐▌
█ cat /usr/share/emacs/22.1/etc/JOKES ▐▌
█ cat /usr/share/emacs/22.1/etc/MOTIVATION ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ The other odd ones found in all versions are: ▐▌
█ cat /usr/share/emacs/22.1/etc/celibacy.1 ▐▌
█ cat /usr/share/emacs/22.1/etc/condom.1 ▐▌
█ Say Hello in a variety of languages: ▐▌
█ cat /usr/share/emacs/22.1/etc/HELLO ▐▌
█ cat /usr/share/emacs/22.1/etc/sex.6 ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ For more Emacs fun check out my TERMINAL FUN 6 - AMUSEMENTS & GAMES page ▐▌
█ under 'GEEK FUN', left menu. Emacs has many extras that aren't Easter eggs.▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ LINUX KERNEL REBOOT SYSTEM EASTER EGGS/PUZZLE: ▐▌
█ `````````````````````````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ Someone passed this line of code to me to reveal an Easter egg / puzzle: ▐▌
█ grep LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC /usr/include/linux/reboot.h ▐▌
█ Reply is: ▐▌
█ #define LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC1 0xfee1dead ▐▌
█ #define LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC2 672274793 ▐▌
█ #define LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC2A 85072278 ▐▌
█ #define LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC2B 369367448 ▐▌
█ #define LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC2C 537993216 ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ I'll give you some hints first in case you do want to start to solve it ▐▌
█ yourself. Find complete answer under Spoiler after the Hint 3. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Hint 1: So I can see the first one is quite easy '0xfee1dead', google it ▐▌
█ and up came hexspeak (google isn't cheating if you don't peek too much ;). ▐▌
█ Hint 2: The first string, in hexspeak must mean the other strings are in ▐▌
█ hexadecimal numbers me thinks, yay! ▐▌
█ Hint 3: After converting from hexadecimal to decimal numbers, I gave up ▐▌
█ and started google-ing and came across the answers HERE. Glad I did; I do ▐▌
█ try to have a bit of a life offline :p. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ SPOILER: ▐▌
█ 0xfee1dead : is "Feel dead" (Hexspeak) ▐▌
█ For the next four convert from hexadecimal to decimal numbers: ▐▌
█ printf "%x\n" 672274793 ▐▌
█ printf "%x\n" 85072278 ▐▌
█ printf "%x\n" 369367448 ▐▌
█ printf "%x\n" 537993216 ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Which replies: ▐▌
█ 28121969 ▐▌
█ 5121996 ▐▌
█ 16041998 ▐▌
█ 20112000 ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Convert to dates (DD/MM/YYYY): ▐▌
█ 1. 28121969 : 28/12/1969 : Linus Torvalds' birth date ▐▌
█ 2. 5121996 : 5/12/1996 : Linus' daughter's Patricia's birth date ▐▌
█ 3. 16041998 : 16/04/1998 : Linus' daughter's Daniela's birth date ▐▌
█ 4. 20112000 : 20/11/2000 : Linus' daughter's Celeste's birth date ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ If you were to convert the 2nd one in this manner: ▐▌
█ perl -e 'print localtime(672274793). "\n";' ▐▌
█ Reply: ▐▌
█ Sun Apr 21 18:59:53 1991 ▐▌
█ Which is interesting as Linus first started writing Linux in 1991, but I ▐▌
█ couldn't find any documentation that pinpoints the month or day :) . ▐▌
█ (Confirmation of the dates of the above can be found HERE and HERE). ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ MAC OS X EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ ````````````````````` ▐▌
█ MAC OS X DESKTOP MOTION EASTER EGG: ▐▌
█ Open any window. While holding down the Shift key use your cursor to ▐▌
█ minimize the window. Or should I say mmmmiiiinnniiimmmiiizzzeee :p ▐▌
█ Spoiler and non Mac users click HERE(swf movie). ▐▌
█ Or if you can't view Flash .swf files below is a YouTube video of the same:▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ MAC OS X TEMPORARY DATE EASTER EGG: ▐▌
█ While downloading an app from the Mac App Store, just before file is about ▐▌
█ to finish downloading take a look at the date of the file. ▐▌
█ Spoiler: Jan 24, 1984 - the date Macintosh was unveiled. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ THE HOBBIT and THE LORD OF THE RINGS FREEBSD STYLE: ▐▌
█ Dates pertaining to the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings: ▐▌
█ cat /usr/share/calendar/calendar.lotr ▐▌
█ Spoiler and non Mac users click HERE. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ By the way there are other calendars and fun to be had, view my ▐▌
█ TERMINAL FUN 5 - MISC FUN page under 'GEEK FUN' on the left menu. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ MAC OS X ICON EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ Many of the Mac icons have hidden text and or meanings in the design. To ▐▌
█ view these icons yourself just open Applications folder, right click on a ▐▌
█ program's icon, select "Show Package Contents", browse to its Resources ▐▌
█ folder. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Click on each thumb nail to view the icon full size . ▐▌
█ ▐▌
CALCULATOR:
Calculator.icns has 12374218.75 in the preview window.
From 
The Calendar (formerly iCal) has 'JUL 17' and two more months showing.
iCal was announced July 17, 2002 at the Macworld Expo. The two months
showing match up as July and August, except one hitch; August is only
showing 30 days. I have not been able to find why but only speculation.
One being that it was a mistake by the designer forgetting that July and
August both have 31 days. My own guess as to why would not be a mistake
but intentional, seeing how much detail they put into these icons. The
meaning if I were to conjure up is that the 30th of August was said
designer's last day at the company before a leave (vacation, etc) or
resigning. Until it is solved...
CLIPPING TEXT:
The Clipping Text icon has the 'Lorem Impsum' placeholder text:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Curabitur
sagittis sem non augue. Morbi risus urna, egestas sed, congue id,
consectetuer sit amet, mauris.
Fusce quis purus ac nunc accumsan placerat. Morbi molestie nunc vitae
mauris. Curabitur lacus erat, facilisis ut, vehicula a, tincidunt
lacinia, mauris. Nullam sit amet lorem. Vestibulum mattis tempus nisi.
Praesent sollicitudin lacus non leo. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis.
Using Google's translator THIS is the English version of the above.
CONSOLE:
The Console icon has "WARNIN" "AY 7:36".
Meaning: Yet to be solved.
DICTIONARY:
On the cover of the Dictionary is the 'Lorem Impsum' placeholder text
"Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet Etiam".
DISK UTILITY:
The Disk Utility icon (DFA.icns) has: "Internal Standard Disk" "Handle the
hard drive carefully to avoid damaging the circuit board. Make sure you
are properly grounded."
FONT BOOK:
The Font Book icon has a 'F' and 2 more blocks below it with the letters
A and K. AFK means 'away from keyboard' in internet slang.
ITUNES:
The iTunes icon doesn't have a hidden meaning, just nice to see such
attention to detail. Inscribed on the disc is "iTunes 7" " Apple 2006"
MAIL:
The Mail icon is postmarked with "HELLO FROM CUPERTINO, CA" and the Apple
logo. Apple's headquarters are located in Cupertino, CA, USA HERE.
MICROSOFT WINDOWS PC:
My favorite one - If you have a Window's PC on your Mac network you'll see
it represented under Shared by a beige monitor with a blue screen. Zoom
into the image and you will see it has the BSOD; "The Blue Screen of Death"
for Windows 7 and earlier. It states "A fatal exception 0E has occurred at
0028:C0011E36 in VxD VMM(01) + 00010E36".
By the way there is a Fake BSOD image generator HERE for fun and a slew of
other fun image generators from HERE.
PHOTO BOOTH:
Photo icon has 3 photos of the same woman. The first two photos are with
eye glasses on looking okay (same photo), then the third photo is without
the eye glasses and she has a much happier expression. There is speculation
that is a photograph of the icon's designer.
SAFARI:
Safari (compass.icns) is positioned to the North-West (needle showing on NE).
Is there a meaning for this or is it simply because it is more visually
appealing. Unsolved.
SYSTEM PROFILER:
The System Profiler icon (ASP.icns) has a silicon chip with its model
number and a serial number:
810-54-2136-1
RM-NCE-1
6319-415-1239
Do these have a hidden meaning? Unsolved.
TEXTEDIT:
TextEdit's icon (Edit.icns) contains the "Think Different" poem, used in
Apple's Crazy Ones advert laid out like a letter:
Dear Kate,
"Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The
round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently.
They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo.
You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them, disbelieve them,
glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them.
Because they can change things."
Take Care,
John Appleseed
RTF:
In the same directory as the TextEdit there is rtf.icns that has a
photograph of a young Asian boy and a story. After straining my eyes for a
half-an-hour I thought 'hmm maybe google what I can make out of it'. Didn't
find the answer but this is what I can make out with some serious squinting:
"A boy once lived in [covered]
in a gr.e town know a [covered]
l..don.. his life was great tat is
until he met a girl and then .....
begun to find love ... most of th
.... is she things that he loved
to go angkat What is it say
in a gr.e town
l..don..ros his
.... his ... a
begun to find
..... is she it
so go. a.ngloa"
Unsolved.
HTML & TXT:
Again in the same directory as the TextEdit there is html.icns and txt.icns.
Both have the same text though html.icns has a globe that is partially
covering some of the text. My eyes are too tired to try to make this one out
today...
Unsolved.
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ MEWBIES.COM EASTER EGG: ▐▌
█ ``````````````````````` ▐▌
█ I have hidden an Easter egg on this page :) ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ MICROSOFT WINDOWS EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ `````````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ 3D PINBALL SPACE CADET EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ Included with Windows XP and 2000 is the Microsoft's game '3D Pinball ▐▌
█ Space Cadet' (Start menu/All Programs/Accessories/Games/Pinball). ▐▌
█ For other Win users the game can be downloaded; just search or try HERE. ▐▌
█ Spoiler: ▐▌
█ Launch the game, after it loads click anywhere on the game's window then ▐▌
█ type: ▐▌
█ hidden test ▐▌
█ You are now in test mode. ▐▌
█ You can drag the ball around. ▐▌
█ Press h to have a high score, m to display system memory, r to increase ▐▌
█ the rank, and y to show the frame rate on the title bar. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ To use the cheats like the above but not constantly be in 'test mode', ▐▌
█ close Pinball, launch it again. ▐▌
█ For 1 more ball type: 1max ▐▌
█ Activate 'gravity well' type: gmax ▐▌
█ (Gravity well; the circle near center of the game. When the ball is close ▐▌
█ enough it will suck it in to its center then shoot it back out awarding ▐▌
█ more points as well.) ▐▌
█ Increase a rank type: rmax ▐▌
█ Endless game type: bmax ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ (To view which keys control the game view top menu Options/Player ▐▌
█ Control. There are 9 levels of play; lowest rank is Cadet, and the ▐▌
█ highest rank is Fleet Admiral.) ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ FreeCell, Hearts, Minesweeper and Solitaire have Easter eggs also. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ WINDOWS MUSIC EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ WINDOWS XP, VISTA AND 7 HIDDEN MUSIC: ▐▌
█ There are 3 MIDI files here: C:\Windows\Media\ ▐▌
█ flourish.mid: ▐▌
█ onestop.mid: ▐▌
█ town.mid: ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Flourish and onestop are by Nathan Grigg and onestop is by David Yackley ▐▌
█ for Microsoft (source HERE). ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ WINDOWS XP HIDDEN MUSIC: ▐▌
█ C:\WINDOWS\system32\oobe\images\title.wma: ▐▌
█ Title is 'Windows Welcome music', artist is labeled AS Microsoft. 'oobe' ▐▌
█ stands for "Out Of Box Experience". ▐▌
█ Thanks to online-convert.com for converting the audio files. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ MOZILLA FIREFOX BROWSER EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ ```````````````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ Click HERE: about:mozilla ▐▌
█ Click HERE: about:robots ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Not Easter eggs but thought I would just list them all: ▐▌
█ (whatever links don't work for you, just copy paste into browser) ▐▌
█ Click HERE: about: ▐▌
█ Click HERE: about:blocked ▐▌
█ Click HERE: about:buildconfig ▐▌
█ Click HERE: about:cache ▐▌
█ Click HERE: about:config ▐▌
█ Click HERE: about:crashes ▐▌
█ Click HERE: about:credits ▐▌
█ Click HERE: about:license ▐▌
█ Click HERE: about:logo ▐▌
█ Click HERE: about:mozilla ▐▌
█ Click HERE: about:neterror ▐▌
█ Click HERE: about:plugins ▐▌
█ Click HERE: about:rights ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ PHP IN (GUI) BROWSER EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ ````````````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ PHP has an Easter egg that will display a funny PHP logo depending on the ▐▌
█ *version of the PHP installed on any server. To view this add the code: ▐▌
█ ?=PHPE9568F36-D428-11d2-A769-00AA001ACF42 ▐▌
█ to the end of any URL that is a '.php' (if it is < v5.5 it will work). ▐▌
█ For more information about each depiction in the logos read HERE. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ For example: http://archive.org/about/faqs.php ▐▌
█ Would be (click to try it out): ▐▌
█ http://archive.org/about/faqs.php?=PHPE9568F36-D428-11d2-A769-00AA001ACF42 ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Further more on April Fool's day (April 1st) this cute logo will replace ▐▌
█ the logo on any phpinfo() (phpinfo.php HERE) page. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Other codes are: ▐▌
█ PHP logo: ?=PHPE9568F34-D428-11d2-A769-00AA001ACF42 ▐▌
█ Zend logo: ?=PHPE9568F35-D428-11d2-A769-00AA001ACF42 ▐▌
█ PHP credits: ?=PHPB8B5F2A0-3C92-11d3-A3A9-4C7B08C10000 ▐▌
█ Examples of the above: ▐▌
█ http://archive.org/about/faqs.php?=PHPE9568F34-D428-11d2-A769-00AA001ACF42 ▐▌
█ http://archive.org/about/faqs.php?=PHPE9568F35-D428-11d2-A769-00AA001ACF42 ▐▌
█ http://archive.org/about/faqs.php?=PHPB8B5F2A0-3C92-11d3-A3A9-4C7B08C10000 ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ *Version 5.5 onwards these will not be used as complaints that it can be ▐▌
█ a security issue. Read HERE. Viewing the Easter egg logo helps to reveal ▐▌
█ the PHP version, and viewing PHP credits informs which modules are ▐▌
█ currently installed. ▐▌
█ It is also possible to discover if a certain URL is actually a PHP page ▐▌
█ by adding that to their URL (unless they have disabled it). Example: ▐▌
█ http://somesite.com/?=PHPE9568F36-D428-11d2-A769-00AA001ACF42 ▐▌
█ If you want to disable these Easter eggs its very easy; in your php.ini ▐▌
█ change expose_php = On to expose_php = Off , then restart your web server: ▐▌
█ su ▐▌
█ pico /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini ▐▌
█ or if you are using PHP4: ▐▌
█ pico /etc/php4/apache2/php.ini ▐▌
█ Search for (Ctrl +w): expose_php ▐▌
█ Change: ▐▌
█ expose_php = On ▐▌
█ To: ▐▌
█ expose_php = Off ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Restart your web server: ▐▌
█ /etc/init.d/apache2 restart ▐▌
█ Test your page again, it will now only load a blank page. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ PYTHON EASTER EGGS (MAC, LINUX, WIN): ▐▌
█ ``````````````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ Quite a few cutes ones. These work on all OS platforms that has Python ▐▌
█ installed. Mac OS X comes with Python. Start Python (Windows; cmd prompt. ▐▌
█ Mac Applications/Utilities/Terminal): ▐▌
█ python ▐▌
█ type in: ▐▌
█ import this ▐▌
█ print this.s ▐▌
█ The reply is 'this' encoded in ROT13. ROT13 character map; type in: ▐▌
█ print this.d ▐▌
█ The reply is: {'A': 'N', 'C': 'P', ... etc . This means replace all ▐▌
█ 'N's with A, replace all 'P's with C, etc. ▐▌
█ Or use the chart HERE. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ import __hello__ ▐▌
█ import __phello__ ▐▌
█ import __phello__.spam ▐▌
█ Some of these will only work once per Python session (unless you reload ▐▌
█ it, i.e.: reload(__hello__) . ▐▌
█ from __future__ import braces ▐▌
█ (hint: view syntax error message) ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ love = this ▐▌
█ this is love ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ love is True ▐▌
█ love is False ▐▌
█ love is not True or False ▐▌
█ love is not True or False; love is love ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Python *v3+ type in: ▐▌
█ from __future__ import barry_as_FLUFL ▐▌
█ 1 <> 2 ▐▌
█ 1 != 2 ▐▌
█ import antigravity ▐▌
█ (only viewed in GUI) ▐▌
█ To quit antigravity: ▐▌
█ q ▐▌
█ y ▐▌
█ To exit python: ▐▌
█ exit() ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ *Python versions earlier than 3 can still enjoy antigravity.py; download ▐▌
█ it HERE or HERE. ▐▌
█ Extract the file and place it in Python's directory - ▐▌
█ Debian /usr/lib/pythonXXX/ ▐▌
█ Windows C:\PythonXX\Lib\ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Spoiler for all the above: Click HERE. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ VIM EASTER EGGS (LINUX & MAC): ▐▌
█ `````````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ Vim has plenty (btw the author Bram Moolenaar, is now working for Google). ▐▌
█ Type in the cmds to your console: ▐▌
█ vim ▐▌
█ View the 2 lines below "Vim is open source...", the next time you restart ▐▌
█ vim (sleep 100m) view it again. ▐▌
█ :help 42 (for meaning of reply read HERE) ▐▌
█ :help! (for meaning of reply read HERE) ▐▌
█ :help bar (hint: HERE) ▐▌
█ :help holy-grail ▐▌
█ :help map-modes (hint: read comment for :nunmap) ▐▌
█ :help showmatch (hint: Read 'Note:') ▐▌
█ :help spoon ▐▌
█ :help UserGettingBored ▐▌
█ :Ni! (for meaning of reply read HERE) ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ To exit/quit vim: Press Esc key then type in: ▐▌
█ :q! (or just :q) ▐▌
█ Press enter twice. ▐▌
█ (:w to save, :wq to save and quit) ▐▌
█ Another method press Crtl + c (^C) then type in and hit enter: :q ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Spoiler for all the above: Click HERE. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ VMWARE WORKSTATION V8+ EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ ``````````````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ Press simultaneous the keys Ctrl, Shift, Windows, Alt and v then release. ▐▌
█ Spoiler: This will launch a new VM window with a game of pong. ▐▌
█ The Window's tab is labeled 'Paschal Ovum' which is Latin for Easter egg ▐▌
█ (Ovum paschale). ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ GOOGLE EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ ``````````````````` ▐▌
█ My favorite Google Easter Eggs, there are many :). (dumb note: I placed ▐▌
█ Google Easter eggs last as there are so many; I think this makes viewing ▐▌
█ of all the other Easter eggs easier for visitors.) ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ GOOGLE SEARCH ENGINE EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ Go to google.com and search for the strings of words below or just click ▐▌
█ on each one. No spoiler given but a hint - for some look above the search ▐▌
█ results at 'Did you mean' or 'About'. ▐▌
█ anagram | define anagram | askew | tilt | do a barrel roll | z or r twice ▐▌
█ binary | hexadecimal | octal | recursion - then click on Did you mean: ▐▌
█ "recursion" | Jason Isaacs (on the UK search engine) | Chuck Norris (hint: ▐▌
█ view the bio right column under 'Fact'. Refresh page, view again. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Games: ▐▌
█ Conway's game of life (it is interactive). ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 'Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon' is a game to find how many degrees of ▐▌
█ separation an actor (or other famous people that have been on screen) ▐▌
█ is from the actor Kevin Bacon. Try any actor after 'bacon number'. ▐▌
█ bacon number Hunter Parrish | bacon number Bill Gates ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Zerg rush (hint: clicking each 'O' thrice will kill it; be fast!. View ▐▌
█ the outcome of the 'O's at the end of the game.) ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ I'm Feeling Lucky: ▐▌
█ Note 'I'm Feeling Lucky' button: If you start to type into Google search ▐▌
█ bar and the 'I'm Feeling Lucky' button disappears either: ▐▌
█ 1. Type in the word/s you want to search. Once you have finished typing ▐▌
█ move your cursor to the right and a bit down to show the drop down ▐▌
█ window, on the right top of the drop down window will be the link ▐▌
█ "I'm Feeling Lucky >>". ▐▌
█ OR ▐▌
█ 2. Set your google.com page to 'Never show Instant results.': Options ▐▌
█ (cog icon)/Search Settings/ select 'Never show...' / Click the Save ▐▌
█ button at the bottom. If the cog icon isn't showing you can update your ▐▌
█ settings HERE. ▐▌
█ Also note that the 'I'm Feeling Lucky' button/link only shows on a fresh ▐▌
█ google.com page; without any search results showing. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 'I'm Feeling Lucky' Searches: ▐▌
█ Go to google.com, enter a phrase from below then click the 'I'm Feeling ▐▌
█ Lucky' button. After each press your back button to start over. ▐▌
█ These aren't Easter eggs but fun all the same: ▐▌
█ find chuck norris (view results, and URL) ▐▌
█ google aliens (this was for April Fools 2006) ▐▌
█ google linux | google bsd | mewbies ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Spinning 'I'm Feeling Lucky' button: ▐▌
█ On the USA google.com only (I haven't found this on other Google regions) ▐▌
█ when you hover your mouse over the 'I'm Feeling Lucky' button it will ▐▌
█ spin and change the text to a variety of options, such as "I'm Feeling ▐▌
█ Playful" or "I'm Feeling Trendy", etc. If the button is clicked without ▐▌
█ text entered into the search bar it will bring to a variety of set sites. ▐▌
█ Such as Trendy would bring you to 'Google Trends' hot trends. I notice ▐▌
█ sometimes the spinning doesn't work (in Firefox), but it always works in ▐▌
█ Chrome. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Note Google region: If your google.com page automatically loads another ▐▌
█ region (google.com.country) and you want USA Google (google.com); ▐▌
█ bottom right of page click on 'Google.com'. Or bookmark this ▐▌
█ http://www.google.com/ncr URL that will always take you to USA google.com ▐▌
█ without redirecting you. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Change the Language of your Google Start Search Page: ▐▌
█ l337 5p34k (leet speak) | Elmer Fudd (the cartoon character) | Klingon | ▐▌
█ Love - Click on the prompt to allow the Java applet to play, then wait ▐▌
█ until after the bouncing for more love :). ▐▌
█ Pig Latin (not the one I grew up using; no-the-got the-the-ge one-the-gun ▐▌
█ I-the-guy grew-the-goo u-the-gup u-the-gu-si-the-ging) ▐▌
█ Pirate | Swedish Chef's 'Bork bork bork' (a Muppet). ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ By the way many of these langugage changes you can do in your Linux ▐▌
█ terminal to any text. View under GEEK FUN/ TERMINAL FUN 5 - ▐▌
█ TEXT MANIPULATION, or click HERE. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ GOOGLE SEARCH ENGINE CALCULATOR EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ bakers dozen | number of horns on a unicorn | once in a blue moon ▐▌
█ the loneliest number | number of horns on a unicorn + the loneliest number ▐▌
█ Tribute to Douglas Adams's novel 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy': ▐▌
█ the answer to life, the universe, and everything ▐▌
█ the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ GOOGLE TRANSLATE EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ A glitch, not an Easter egg. Go to Google's Translate HERE. Set translate ▐▌
█ from English to Vietnamese. Type into the English box: Will I ever reach ▐▌
█ puberty. (Can replace 'I' with anyone's name, like Bob). Translate it, ▐▌
█ then copy/paste the Vietnamese translation to the English side, and change ▐▌
█ the settings to translate from Vietnamese to English. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Translate from Latin to English: Optimus Prime ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Change the language of your Google translator to one of the below ▐▌
█ Beatbox: ▐▌
█ Set the translate to English, enter any text to translate, then preceed ▐▌
█ the line with: pv zk bschk ▐▌
█ For example: pv zk bschk mewbies rule or just click HERE. ▐▌
█ Hover your mouse over the speaker icon, notice the tooltip (text), click ▐▌
█ it to hear in beatbox mode. Create your own beatbox song using a ▐▌
█ combination of various consonants :). For example try THIS, (obviously ▐▌
█ I'm not a musician :p ). ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ GOOGLE MAPS EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ Go to Google maps, HERE. Click 'Get Directions', enter into the search ▐▌
█ field 'A' Japan and 'B' enter China, click the button below the search ▐▌
█ fields 'GET DIRECTIONS'. Scroll down to about number 44 of the directions. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Go to a country, for example New Zealand HERE, click get directions, ▐▌
█ click walking directions (man icon) enter into Box A: The Shire ▐▌
█ Enter into Box B: Mordor ▐▌
█ Click get directions. ▐▌
█ Read the Yellow box 'Walking directions...' (reference to Lord of the ▐▌
█ Rings). This does works in other countries as well. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Search this: 63°1'60.00"N 29°55'0.00"W or click HERE. ▐▌
█ Note photos' mouse over caption on the left (enlarged photo has been ▐▌
█ deleted though). ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ PEGMAN EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ Arthur Ashe Stadium, Queens, NY, USA: ▐▌
█ On Google Maps, enter into the search box at the top: ▐▌
█ 40°44'59.90"N 73°50'49.25"W or click HERE. ▐▌
█ Then drag the Google 'Peg man' (on the zoom in/out bar) into the stadium; ▐▌
█ the marked place on the map. Peg man will then reload bottom right corner. ▐▌
█ Spoiler: He is now a tennis player. Move him around to view him fully. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Legoland California, Legoland Drive, Carlsbad, CA, USA: ▐▌
█ On Google Maps, enter into the search box at the top: ▐▌
█ 33°7'33.72"N 117°18'41.25"W or click HERE. ▐▌
█ Drag the Peg man into the location shown (Legoland). ▐▌
█ Spoiler: He is now a Lego-man. Move him around to view him fully. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Sun Valley, Idaho, USA: ▐▌
█ On Google Maps, enter into the search box at the top: ▐▌
█ 43°41'49.66"N 114°21'6.17"W or click HERE. ▐▌
█ Drag the Peg man into the location shown. ▐▌
█ Spoiler: He is now a skier. Move him around to view him fully. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Antarctica Penguin: ▐▌
█ On Google Maps, enter into the search box at the top: ▐▌
█ 62°35'38.53"S 59°53'39.99"W or click HERE. ▐▌
█ Drag the Peg man into the location shown- green arrow. ▐▌
█ Spoiler: He is now a penguin. Move him around to view him fully. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Google Data Center, North Carolina (35°53'55.51"N 81°32'51.85"W) Tour ▐▌
█ HERE or HERE has hidden Easter eggs / pranks. Look out for an oversized ▐▌
█ Android, a Storm trooper, employees dressed in costume, and another ▐▌
█ Rickrolling. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ GOOGLE EARTH EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ Google Earth program you can measure distances in 'Smoots': So silly! ▐▌
█ Top tool bar click on the ruler, click on the unit drop down window. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Chat With an Alien Robot, Meliza: Top tool bar click on the Venus planet ▐▌
█ icon, select Mars. Enter into the search bar: meliza ▐▌
█ click search. Once it loads if it is all blur, zoom out a tad. You should ▐▌
█ now see 'Meliza', a square head robot. Click on her, a chat window with ▐▌
█ Meliza will open. She is named after ELIZA. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Google Earth 3D Only, SketchUp Easter Eggs: You must enable '3D Buildings' ▐▌
█ in Google Earth to view these. Bottom left window - Layers, expand tree, ▐▌
█ check '3D Buildings' and those in its tree. Most of the 3D architecture ▐▌
█ in Google Earth has been created by independent artists. Some of these ▐▌
█ artist have snuck in their own Easter eggs. Copy/paste the coordinates ▐▌
█ below into the search bar to find them. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 3D Hippopotamus, Katavi National Park, Tanzania: ▐▌
█ 6°53'53.07"S 31°11'15.61"E ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Duke Nukem: Gearbox Software LLC, Plano, Texas, USA: ▐▌
█ 33°1'46.91"N 96°42'21.21"W ▐▌
█ Spoiler: West side of building on sidewalk ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Morrissey: Salford M5, UK, Salford Lads Club: 53°28'36.95"N 2°16'27.73"W ▐▌
█ Spoiler: Zoom/pan into the front right (North-West) corner of the ▐▌
█ building. You'll find the band's Smiths' front man Steven Patrick ▐▌
█ Morrissey standing in front of the building featured in their video ▐▌
█ and the inside front cover image for 'The Queen Is Dead'. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ The Blues Brothers: Tacony Palmyra Bridge, New Jersey, USA: ▐▌
█ 40°0'42.26"N 75°2'33.84"W ▐▌
█ Spoiler: Zoom into the bridge. 1980 movie 'The Blue Brothers' recreation ▐▌
█ of the famous bridge jump scene (the actual stunt was filmed in Chicago). ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ GOOGLE 2012 ZEITGEIST EASTER EGG: ▐▌
█ Go HERE, scroll down the bottom of the page and place your cursor over the ▐▌
█ colored bar bottom right for some Gangnam style. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ GOOGLE 2012 CHROME APRIL FOOL'S JOKE: ▐▌
█ You don't need to use Chrome to view this - Multitask, HERE, click on the ▐▌
█ 'Multitask Mode' button. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ GOOGLE DEVELOPERS IO WEBSITE EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ Best to use Google's Chrome browser; Firefox, Safari, or Opera will not ▐▌
█ have the sound effects. IE v8 and Comodo Dragon it doesn't function. If ▐▌
█ you don't want to install Chrome browser you can download a portable ▐▌
█ Chrome on-line installer HERE(1.5MB + 25MB), or for an off-line portable ▐▌
█ ready Chrome I have put it HERE (48MB v25). ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Go the Google Developers IO site HERE. Click on the big blue 'I' or the ▐▌
█ red 'O' to figure it out and find the Easter eggs or see below for all. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ *Spoiler Alert* ▐▌
█ Click on the big blue 'I' or the red 'O' in a given sequence for each ▐▌
█ Easter egg. For example: 'O||||||' would mean to click on the big red O ▐▌
█ once, then click on the blue I 7 times. Once you have any (8 clicks) ▐▌
█ sequence correct the bar at the bottom of the page will turn green and ▐▌
█ it will load the Easter egg result. For this resulting Easter egg click ▐▌
█ on it for more. Return to homepage; click on the X top right corner. ▐▌
█ There are 12: ▐▌
█ 01. ASCII: O|||||| ▐▌
█ 02. Bacon/Egg: |OO|OOOO ▐▌
█ 03. Bowling: O|||O|O| ▐▌
█ 04. Cats: |||OO||| ▐▌
█ 05. Eight bit logo: O|O|OO|| ▐▌
█ 06. Hotdog/Hamburger: OO|||OO| ▐▌
█ 07. Music Mixer: ||O||O|| ▐▌
█ 08. Pong game: |OOOOOO| ▐▌
█ 09. Rocket to planet: O|OOO|O| ▐▌
█ 10. Simone game: ||O|OO|| ▐▌
█ 11. Space: OO|O|O|O, once there click either on the | or the O very fast ▐▌
█ multiple times (resource intensive, won't work if not enough resources ▐▌
█ i.e. I-Pad and my old PC :D ). ▐▌
█ 12. Synthesizer: |OOO|OOO ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ There are 3 more modes: donut, piñata, and metaball, read HERE. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ GOOGLE GMAIL EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ Go to Google's Gmail Suggest a Feature page HERE, then click on 'Helpful ▐▌
█ additions', view the last suggestion in the list. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ GOOGLE YOUTUBE EASTER EGGS: ▐▌
█ 1. Turn your speaker volume to low :) Go to youtube.com, type into their ▐▌
█ search bar and wait and then wait again after Easter egg starts (working ▐▌
█ as on Feb 2013): do the harlem shake ▐▌
█ Or just click HERE. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 2. In reply Moovweb created a gift HERE. The links to CNN and NewYorker ▐▌
█ only work properly in Google Chrome browser (at least for me). ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 3. The Wadsworth Constant: ▐▌
█ Add this to the end of any YouTube URL: &wadsworth=1 ▐▌
█ (Wadsworth Constant started as a joke, by a user on Reddit named ▐▌
█ Wadsworth, to bypass the so called boring stuff -the first 30%. YouTube ▐▌
█ has now incorporated it. For example click HERE. Note that Wadsworth ▐▌
█ constant can also be achieved by pressing the number '3' on your keyboard. ▐▌
█ Too bad it doesn't work to skip the stinking ads :/. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ A funny reply to the above - 'In Defiance of Wadworth's Constant' ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 4. Go to youtube.com, type into their search bar: doge meme ▐▌
█ Or just click HERE. ▐▌
█ Spoiler: Page fonts will change to colored Comic Sans. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ PARODY GOOGLE SITES (not Easter eggs): ▐▌
█ I L O V E this one HERE, google-gravity - be sure you try out the searches.▐▌
█ You can drag your results around as well. They also have a Google 'sphere' ▐▌
█ image search HERE. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ My other 'I L O V E this one' is 1960's Google HERE. ▐▌
█ Also at masswerk.at is this fun Google BBS: ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ And Google Asteroids. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Then comes Google Street View in ASCII :): ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Next time when someone ask online a question and you are thinking ▐▌
█ 'just-google-it!', copy/paste their question to the end of this URL: ▐▌
█ http://lmgtfy.com/?q= ▐▌
█ then paste to them the altered URL. Example why is the sky blue? would be: ▐▌
█ http://lmgtfy.com/?q=why is the sky blue? ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Google Mirror, literally, HERE. They are some others on there as well. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Annoying Google | Epic Google | Weenie Google | Tiniest Google | ▐▌
█ Energy Saving Google | Feeling Lucky? (other fun links on there as well) ▐▌
█ Blue Google | Pink Google | Purple Google | Rainbow Google | Select Color |▐▌
█ Gothic Google | NFL Replacement Referees' Bad Calls Google - do a search ▐▌
█ Doogle - lots of sillyness on the page | Google For Jews | Go Black | ▐▌
█ Revolving Internet - try a search and click on it. | Dinosaur Google | ▐▌
█ Cthuugle - searches result in anything related to H.P. Lovecraft. ▐▌
█ Goooooooooooooogle - Japanese Google that uses Yahoo!. |