[IAEP] [support-gang] Easter Egg Time

[Gary Martin]

Hi Caryl,

On 10 Dec 2011, at 20:40, Caryl Bigenho wrote:

> Hi Again,
> 
> Very interesting... I tried it on 2 different XOs this morning.  It showed up on one but not the other.  I think it may have been a case of the clock being set to an incorrect time. I haven't checked that yet.  I took a screenshot, if anyone is interested in seeing it.

The two things to check are that your time zone and date/time are correct. I do have a feature to add to Moon so it displays the current date/time, that way it would be a little more obvious to notice if the clock or timezone is incorrect.

> I also went outside in the chilly morning to see the real thing.  Seemed strange to be watching a lunar eclipse as the sun was coming up.  Very nice!

Glad you got to see it for real, I'm on the wrong side of the planet here.

Regards,
--Gary

> Caryl
> 
> P.S. This is the only Easter Egg I have found in Sugar so far, but it was quite by accident. There may be others.  Has anyone else found any?  There used to be some on the old Apple iis.
> > Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 10:53:26 -0500
> > From: kevin.mark at verizon.net
> > To: support-gang at lists.laptop.org
> > CC: iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org; iaep-request at lists.sugarlabs.org
> > Subject: Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Easter Egg Time
> > 
> > On Fri, Dec 09, 2011 at 07:56:47PM -0800, Caryl Bigenho wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > > 
> > > If you have an XO handy, here is something you might want to see. Open the
> > > Moon Activity sometime around 6:10 AM PST (14:00 UT) and see what you find. If
> > > you are living west of the Rockies in the US, you probably can guess what it
> > > will be. If not, you can also go to this website for a live feed of the event:
> > > 
> > > http://bit.ly/rSwGbe
> > > 
> > > You really need to be sure you know what the Moon Activity looks like normally.
> > > You can see that before or after the Easter Egg makes its appearance. I first
> > > saw this about a year ago. I hope it still works!
> > > 
> > > Caryl
> > 
> > Easter eggs are a tradition for programmers, its sort-of like 'gameification'
> > but before it became cool. I hope there are more to find.
> > 
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