Many will know that Slashdot has the X-Bender in the HTTP headers:
Transfer-Encoding:chunked
Vary:Accept-Encoding, User-Agent
X-Bender:I'm one of those lazy, homeless bums I've been hearing about.
X-Powered-By:Slash 2.005001300
Anyone got any more hidden gems? The more obscure the better! Post examples for longevity!
A lot of websites make use of the infamous Konami Code, such as Facebook, Google Reader and others.
There's a list of known sites at http://konamicodesites.com/ (which requires you to enter the Konami Code).
A search for " World Cup [1]" on Google will change the 'Goooooooogle' page selector at the bottom.
[1] http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=world+cupSearch Google for " recursion [1]," " the answer to life, the universe, and everything [2]," or lots of other things.
[1] http://www.google.com/search?q=recursionthe answer to life, the universe, and everything * the speed of light
- Joe White
Reddit's Server header:
Sometimes Google Maps gives humurous responses for impossible directions. It used to say to "swim across the Atlantic Ocean" from a place in New Jersey to get from America to Great Britain. Currently, to get to Hawaii, it instructs you to " kayak across the Pacific Ocean [1]" from a dock in Seattle.
[1] http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=seattle,+washington+to+honolulu,+hawaii&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=33.572881,56.513672&ie=UTF8&ll=34.885931,-140.185547&spn=34.468651,56.513672&t=h&z=4Search google for:
[1] http://www.google.com/search?q=ascii+art&qscrl=1If you mouse over any xkcd [1] cartoon, you will find that there is an additional joke / extension to the current joke in the image alt text.
[1] http://xkcd.com/Quite a few sites have hidden jokes hidden in the source code:
WolframAlpha, for those who don't know, is amazing. I can't really describe it so have a look at wolframalpha.com
However, like Google, some searches turn up... unexpected results.
See 88 MPH [1] for example. (See section 'Comparisons')
[1] http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=88+MPHSpeedAtWhichMartyMcFlyNeededToDriveTheDeloreanDMC12InOrderToTimeTravel
as a physical constant, then I'll be impressed ;-) - David Zaslavsky
On youtube while its loading. You can play snake game with loading icon.
YouTube's hidden Snake game [1]
[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8BHNGIyAA0