http://protipoftheday.com/taxonomy/term/260/0 en http://protipoftheday.com/node/259 <p>It's been a while since we talked about the ol' <a href="http://protipoftheday.com/taxonomy/term/136">Konami Code</a>. But it makes appearances in more than just video games, believe it or not. </p> <p>Take Google's RSS reader, cleverly named <a href="http://www.google.com/reader">Google Reader</a>. If you log in, you'll see the sites you're following on the left-hand side. If you put in the Konami Code (using the arrow keys for the directions and the A and B keys for A and B):</p> <blockquote><p>Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A</p></blockquote> <p>Then your background will turn into this:</p> <div align="center"><img src="http://protipoftheday.com/sites/default/files/konami_google.gif" /></div> <p>What's the significance? Probably nothing other than at least one of the people working on the Reader is a video game fan. And that, in itself, is pretty awesome.</p> button codes easter eggs google reader konami code pro tip Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:36:40 +0000 Will 259 at http://protipoftheday.com