Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Wednesday Fun!

Do you know about Easter Eggs?  Not the colorful, fun, candy filled eggs that you get only at Easter. 

According to Wikipedia an Easter Egg is "an intentional hidden message, inside joke, or feature in a work such as a computer program, movie, book, or crossword."  If you have time, try a few of these. (I found that they worked better in Google Chrome than in Internet Explorer.)
  • Type the phrase "do a barrel roll" in the Google search bar for an interesting effect.
  • Type the phrase "zerg rush" into the Google search bar for a quick game.  Click on the O's three times to make them disappear and see if you get the high score!
  • Type the word "tilt" or "askew" into the Google search bar.
  • For you math geeks copy the following function into the Google search bar for an interesting graph:
    • sqrt(cos(x))*cos(300x)+sqrt(abs(x))-0.7)*(4-x*x)^0.01, sqrt(6-x^2), -sqrt(6-x^2) from -4.5 to 4.5
  • Ask Google Maps for walking directions from China to Japan.  Around step 300 will be the instruction to jet ski across the Pacific Ocean. 
  • Ask Google Maps for walking directions from "the shire" to "mordor." You will receive a warning from The Lord of the Rings novels.
  • Type "where's Chuck Norris" into the Google search bar and read the first result. 

Please, tell me what your favorite "easter egg" is in the comments below.  I know there are a lot more out there that I don't know about.

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