Google’s Latest “Easter Egg” is “Let It Snow!”

Check it out! Go to Google and type in “let it snow” and hit return, then wait and watch!

“Let it snow” becomes latest Google Easter egg

“Google has added another trick to its bag just in time for the holidays. If you search for ‘let it snow,’ you will receive a wintery visual treat which adds snow fall and a ‘foggy glass’ effect to the results page. After a few moments pass, you can then wipe away the fog away with your mouse cursor.

It is important to note this trick only works on the most modern of browsers that support the ‘Canvas’ element, a feature unique to HTML 5. I have verified it works in IE9, Chrome and Firefox 8.0.1. Your mileage will most definitely vary with older and alternative browsers.”

Check out the other “Easter Eggs” that Google has in the link above.

Geek Software of the Week: Linux Edition: Remmina!

RemminaThis is REALLY, REALLY handy! Remmina is an RDP client for Linux. It is in the Fedora “Add/Remove Software” “store”… just be sure to install the plugins as well!

Remmina – The GTK+ Remote Desktop Client

Remmina main program:

  • A pure GTK+ 2.0 application!
  • Maintain a list of connection profiles, organized by groups
  • Make quick connections by directly putting in the server address
  • Remote desktops with higher resolutions are scrollable/scalable in both window and fullscreen mode
  • Viewport fullscreen mode: remote desktop automatically scrolls when the mouse moves over the screen edge.
  • Floating toolbar in fullscreen mode, allows you to switch between modes, toggle keyboard grabbing, minimize, etc.
  • Tabbed interface, optionally managed by groups
  • Tray icon, allows you to quickly access configured connection profiles

Remmina plugins: RDP, VNC, NX, XDMCP, SSH, Telepathy