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!!!

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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• goodsense said: Foda!

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.