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Hidden Internet Jokes

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Spiegel has published a few examples of funny jokes that are hiding in programs and sites that we are using everyday without knowing it. I have quickly summarised the findings in a few lines:

  • Firefox: Checkout the address “about:robots” and this page will show you a new interesting site! The robots want to communicate with us humans!
  • Yahoo Yodeling: Some years ago there was dispute about that Yahoo Yodel, which is actually still hidden on the site. Go to the Yahoo.com site and click on the “!” in the Yahoo logo in the top-banner.
  • Amazon: Check out the hidden special thanks to David Risher, former Amazon employee, by clicking on an invisible image below the copyright note on the bottom of the category overview page.
  • Picasa: if you want to see funny teddy bears, open your picasa and type “ctrl+shift+y” at the same time and you will see teddy bears appear!
  • Google Reader: if you want to see ninja’s in your google reader type the famous konami code: “↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A” and ninjas will appear in your reader.
  • These hidden gags are quite funny. Do you know of any other ones?

    The Datamining of Search Engines will drastically change

    Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

    The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party, an independent council of the European Commission, has decided that Search Engines like Google and Yahoo can no longer safe user-specific information for 18 months but need to delete or make user data anonymous after only six months. The Search Engines would need to revise their datamining procedures drastically to comply with such a law in case the European Commission follows the advice of the council and passes such Act.

    Usability is key…

    Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

    … and Yahoo! knows how to deal with it. Indeed, their developer website provides a great list of Design Patterns, describing how they deal with common user interface needs and problems.

    The Yahoo! UI Team also has a great blog.

    Hopefully, LetsBuyIt will rely on such patterns to provide you with one of the most pleasant shopping experience.