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Friday IT Fun: Hiding the Eggs in Plain Sight

By Chris Paoli
04/21/2011

Definitely check out the first item, where ADTMag.com's David Ramel points out some secret Easter eggs in well-known software programs. If you've found something you think other IT pros will appreciate, send an e-mail to [email protected] so we can include it in next week's edition. Also, keep up with us all week long on Twitter.

Software 'Easter Egg' Surprises (ADTMag.com) - Check out some great finds our sister site, ADTmag.com, dug up.

The Future According to Google Search Results (XKCD.com) – Are Google search result postings and jokes getting a little stale by now? Yea, a little. But here's one more.
The IT Crowd's Piracy Warning (youtube.com) – You wouldn't download a car, use it once and then forget that it's on your hard drive, would you?
Four Lego Delta Robots (YouTube.com) – See, you can be a grown man and still have it be socially acceptable to play with Legos. No, it's still a little weird.

About the Author

Chris Paoli (@ChrisPaoli5) is the associate editor for Converge360.

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