So apparently the firmware for a number of of the old PPC Macs had Easter Eggs embedded within them and, with the right combination of woo, you could get the firmware to spit these Easter Eggs out for you to view.
A 27 Year Old Easter Egg
Tag: Geekery
‘Go away or I will replace you with a very small shell script’
Another aide-memoire so that I have the link kicking around…
There used to be a somewhat famous ThinkGeek teeshirt called ‘Go away or I will replace you with a very small shell script’ that, even now, gets periodically referenced on the more tech-ish end of the internet. With ThinkGeek now lost to the mists of time, it’s not as easy to Google for as it used to be.
Prompt Theory
‘Magic’ and ‘More Magic’.
It’s an old one but, from the jargon files, A Story About Magic.
Your Name In Landsat
NASA’s ‘Your Name In Landsat‘ is neat; it attempts to spell your name – or any other word you provide – in land features from satellite imagery as recorded by the Landsat satellite network.
It also has a nice little function where it’ll provide you with a clean-cropped image that you can easily download.
‘Malton’
‘York’
wwwchrisrcookcom
Sadly, however, it doesn’t do punctuation.
Vodafone using UK Mobile Network to Measure Rain
This is funky, the River Severn Partnership Advanced Wireless Innovation Region is using the Vodafone mobile phone network as a virtual rain sensor. ISPReview has a short introduction
Continue reading “Vodafone using UK Mobile Network to Measure Rain”Maps – Mid March 2025 Update
It’s time for another little update and this time it’s 238 Ordnance Survey maps of various towns and cities across North Yorkshire.
Interesting map sets include:
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So, in a moment of extreme nerdiness whilst watching the 28 Years Later trailer, I wondered if the abandoned train featured in a shot was just a product of the arts department or if it actually was a real locomotive.
Blue Sky
As a followup to my mastodon account (see this post), I’ve also created an experimental Blue Sky account. I’ve still no idea how long they’ll last.
Maps – Early Spring 2025 Update
It’s time for another little update and this time it’s 182 maps of Cardiganshire taken from the ‘Ordnance Survey Maps – 25 inch England and Wales, 1841-1952’ series.
Interesting places covered this update include:
