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February 20

Breaking: Yahoo! Exclamation Point Killed in New Layout After 6 Years

Yahoo’s Exclamation mark has sung or “yodeled” when clicked since 2007, but with a new layout released today, Yahoo may have killed the easter egg forever. We’ve reached out to Yahoo for comment as to whether this is permanent, and we will update this post when we know for sure. With the disappearance comes questions: Why get rid of it now? What’s their thinking? Until we...

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November 17

There’s a Psychologist in your Mac- Mac Easter Eggs 2

I wrote yesterday about some easter eggs hidden deep within the mac, and today I’ll write about some more great ones. Access your inner self- The Terminal Psychologist Terminal has a built-in ‘Psychologist bot’ that’s very entertaining to play with. Here’s how to access it. Open up Terminal from your utilities folder. Type in “emacs” Press ESC and X at the same time. You will see...

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November 16

Play Tetris on Your Mac, and Other Easter Eggs- How To

Mac OSX has a ton of “easter eggs” (fun hidden features) built in, but not many people know them. Did you know you can play snake, and tetris, and pong straight from Terminal? I put just a few of the best easter eggs and fun little tricks here. How To Play Tetris, Snake, and More for free- no downloads necessary Open up Terminal from...