Even Computer Geeks Have a Sense of Humor

As witnessed by their yearly April Fools jokes (this year featuring Google Paper Archiving and TiSP, a free wireless broadband offering), there are at least a few Googlers with a sense of humor. I occasionally catch a mention of other little "Easter Eggs" hidden within Google tools, like the one in Google Maps that suggests that you swim across the ocean. I remember working on a help desk supporting a new software application many years ago and finding things inserted in the index of the instruction manual that shouldn't be there, or other little hidden phrases that "midnight programmers," as we came to know them, had inserted. Everyone needs their little escape... :-)