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Google Reader's Easter Egg (131)

June 9th, 2008
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up up down down left right left right b a :)

Tags: google reader, konami code, ninja

[Thanks anonymous!]

[By Philipp Lenssen | Origin: Google Reader's Easter Egg | Comments]

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  • Chris Ryall
    said: Very cool & funny :0)
  • acedanger
    said: LOL – Konami code greatness in Google Reader!
  • Andrew Taylor
    said: this is one of the more surreal videogame references ever
  • Tsudohnimh
    said: 99 lives baby
  • Brandon Bloom
    said: awesome.
  • Daniel
    said: Konami code!
  • Jay
    said: This is class… using the old Konami game cheat as an easter egg. :)
  • shakalaca
    said: 靠, 上上下下左右左右 BA !!!!
  • kei
    said: 忍者
  • cainanunes
    said: MT FODA! Me senti nos tempos de ouro do MK2/3 :'-)
  • freeblee
    said: Ninjas!
  • cvander
    said: Cute… now, how do I get rid of it? ;)
  • kamthorn
    said: สูตรคุ้น ๆ นะ เหมือนจะเป็นเกม contra
  • Casey
    said: LOL – gotta love Google's sense of humor.
  • Dustin DeKoekkoek
    said: awesome
  • Voyagerfan5761
    said: Saw this from @mihai on Twitter a couple months ago. Didn't think to tip off Google Blogoscoped…
  • gyakusetsu
    said: Ninjas!
  • Harper
    said: this is awesome!
  • vanlandw
    said: Sheer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konami_Code
  • Adrian
    said: And it works too!
  • WindPower
    said: Badass, les dudes at Google sont des fuckin real (Et pour les incultes, cherchez "Konami Code" sur Wikipedia)
  • Chris Schrier
    said: lulz
  • Walter DeFoor
    said: HOLY CRAP KONAMI CODE FTWWWWWW
  • TaopaiC
    said: 上上下下左右左右BA
  • Kevin
    said: All hail the almighty Konami Code!
  • тaмás
    said: Ninja!
  • Nathan Johns
    said: ninjas!
  • Michael
    said: Holy freaking crap that is awesome.
  • folone
    said: Ninja!
  • Jigar Mehta
    said: he he!! Try this out!! :)
  • focoma
    said: Refresh to make Easter Egg disappear.
  • Rizzn
    said: haha. this works.
  • ThomasHan
    said: we need an easter-egg in me.com too!!!

Philipp Lenssen internet, technology

Goosh, a Google Command Line (17)

June 2nd, 2008
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Goosh.org hosts an unofficial Google interface which “behaves similar to a unix-shell,” as the author Stefan Grothkopp explains. For instance, entering n disney will result in a Google News search for the keyword “disney”. Type help to see some of the other available commands, like lucky (an “I’m feeling lucky” search), wiki (a Wikipedia search), blogs, or video. Note this project is not the first try at a Google command line utility, though one previous such site I know of seems to be down now. [Thanks Stefan!]

[By Philipp Lenssen | Origin: Goosh, a Google Command Line | Comments]

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Philipp Lenssen Google, internet, technology

Quake in China (27)

May 11th, 2008
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BBC: Twitter and the China earthquake.

I reported the major quake to my followers on Twitter before the USGS Website had a report up and about an hour before CNN or major press started talking about it. Now there’s lots of info over on Google News.

How did I do that? Well, I was watching Twitter on Google Talk. Several people in China reported to me they felt the quake WHILE IT WAS GOING ON!!!

Over the next two hours I pointed at anyone who had info about the quake on my Twitter account.

It’s amazing the kind of news you can learn by being on Twitter and the connections you can make among people across the world.

I fear a large casualty loss. The epicenter was 50 miles from Chengdu, which has about 10.5 million residents. Already reports are coming across of buildings that have been knocked down.

dtan was the first Twitterer I saw talking about the quake. This was my first post in reaction to him.

UPDATE: Online Journalism Blog has a lot more details about what happened on Twitter tonight. From the Frontline blog has even more.

UPDATE2: Global Voices Online has links to videos and other Twitter and blog reports.

UPDATE3: here’s a timeline of what first Tweets looked like.

Robert Scoble technology, twitter