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Easter Eggs and hidden surprises! When you think of Easter eggs, no doubt you think of brightly colored shells with decorations on them. In computers, this term has a completely different meaning. Easter eggs are surprises or entertaining items that software writers and other creators hide in their work. For example, most every episode of Seinfeld has a Superman character displayed somewhere. Eggs are in the software sitting on your computer right now. How can you find them? Pressing a certain sequence of keys and mouse clicks will reveal the hidden code in most programs. Go to eeggs.com, they have a large list of documented eggs. Look for hidden pictures of Bill Gates, aliens in QuarkXpress, and Elvis falling with a parachute in older versions of CorelDraw. I tried a few of these, and I really enjoyed the pics of the programming team for Windows 98. Dummies.com/eggs has more of these fascinations. There's a pinball game hidden in Microsoft Word and a magic eight ball in Access.Eggs can be found embedded in the hardware too. Some really creative techs programmed the HP 5100C printer to "play" a tune by varying the movements of the head assembly carriage! Too cool. For those of you who were expecting Easter related websites, not to disappoint you, here they are. Holidays.net/easter explains how eggs are used to celebrate the holiday around the globe. Why is there an Easter bunny and chocolate rabbits? Be sure to visit the carrot patch!At searsportrait.com/storybook/easter_town_99_form.html you can receive a personalized letter from the Easter Bunny himself! Just fill in the blanks and it will be ready to print in seconds. Great for small children. A visit to night.net/easter will include easter recipes, unique "quick notes" and award certificates, stories and poems. Finish the Easter egg hunt for a special surprise! Absolutely Easter is located at geocities.com/Heartland/7134/Easter. Their terrific activities includes paper crafts, stories, riddles and games galore, even make your own complete Easter village! Learn about the history of Easter and the rabbits as well. This is one fun site! Please send me email if you know of any computer related Easter eggs that aren't covered on the websites I've mentioned. Happy Easter Egg hunting everyone! |
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