Easter Eggs Appear at 3:14 AM on Google Personalized Homepage
Yesterday we wrote about the new themes for the Google Personalized Homepage that change to match the time of day and weather. We also mentioned that there were to be hidden “Easter Eggs” that would appear at certain times, and they would “delight high-tech geeks with a sense of humor.” At that point, no one had seen these Easter Eggs, but early this morning they made their grand appearance, and here’s a small glimpse at what you will see (Thanks to Tony Ruscoe):
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Beach – Loch Ness Monster
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City Scape – UFOs
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Pi in the Sky – Sweet Dreams
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Tea House – Weird creatures in the water? (anybody know what that is?)
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Seasonal Scape – Northern Lights
Also interesting is that these appear at 3:14 am (Pi = 3.14) and last for a minute. So far there doesn’t appear to be any surprise for those using the “Bus Stop” theme. I’m not up very often at 3:14 am, so thanks to Tony for posting these screenshots!
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A PI constellation, now that’s creative.
I thought that was kinda cool too. I think my favorite is the Loch Ness Monster. It’s definitely a clever idea…
If your going to have an easter egg, why only have it available for one minute of the day during an obscure hour? Really, one minute during the middle of the night. Google can do better than that.
I would have thought some user action would have caused it to appear.
They could always change the time to add an element of surprise to it? 3:14 PM probably would have been a better idea, that way at least more people would be able to catch it.
I think my favorite was the UFO. It is something I probably wouldn’t notice had it not been pointed out. Of course, I wouldn’t have seen any of them since it only happens at 3:14AM!
My gut says that they are going to change these images on special holidays as well, just like they do for the Google logo. For that reason they might be keeping the collection of themes small so that they don’t have to edit so many.
Seems Google also added a “3-day Weather Forecast”…
Interesting indeed…
The creatures appear to be ghosts, actually. The triangle headband is a traditional element in the illustration of ghosts in Japan.
I think the creatures in the “Tea House” are the ancestors coming to visit.