easter eggs Archives

Google Rolls Out ‘Star Wars’ Easter Eggs

November 24, 2015December 13, 2017Rob Huddleston1

Google is joining in the fun preparing for the release of ‘Star Wars’ with a host of Easter Eggs in their apps.

Quick Ways to Dress Up Plastic Easter Eggs With Lettering

April 19, 2014Julie Tiu1

Embrace your inner font geek and use lettering to dress up some plastic Easter eggs.

Pinbusted or Pintrusted: Easter Eggs

April 6, 2014Helen Barker1

GeekMom Helen tests some popular pins for decorating and dyeing Easter eggs in our Pintrusted or Pinbusted series.

Going Retro: 4 Emacs Easter Eggs

April 15, 2013Brian McLaughlin1

Want to show your geeklings some real retro computing? How about showing them the emacs easter eggs built into emacs. There is a MUD, the game of Life (the cellular version, not the board game version), ASCII Tetris, and a primitive AI for Psychoanalysis.

This Week With the GeekMoms

March 28, 2013Brigid Ashwood

Jules Sherred has been busy designing and launching another website: United Federation of Planets. It is a website all about Star Trek, curated by members of Jules’ G+ Star Trek community. Jules is also still busy planning for yet another trip, a child’s graduation, and a wedding in just over three short months. Brigid is […]

Revealed: Brave Hidden Surprises

July 5, 2012Jim MacQuarrie

Fans of Disney-Pixar’s feature films know that the filmmakers will sneak little hidden items (called “Easter Eggs”) into each film, usually references to previous films. Disney-Pixar’s epic action adventure Brave features a few such gems, two of which are revealed …

The 7 Commandments of a Civil Easter Egg Hunt (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)

April 8, 2012Admin

There will be no Easter egg hunt in Colorado Springs’ historic Bancroft Park this year, according to USA Today. The cancellation is due to what the newspaper calls “helicopter parents” jumping last year’s rope line to ensure their tots …

The 7 Commandments of a Civil Easter Egg Hunt

April 5, 2012Garth Sundem

This year, there will be no Easter egg hunt in Colorado Spring’s historic Bancroft Park, reports USA Today. The cancellation is due to what the newspaper calls “helicopter parents” jumping last year’s rope line to ensure their tots pocketed eggs. …

Mmmm, Fruity! Dying Eggs with Kool-Aid drink mix

April 4, 2012Judy Berna7

For just about anyone who grew up dying Easter Eggs, the smell of Easter somehow mixes with the scent of vinegar. We all remember plopping the fizzy tablets into the cup full of the strong smelling stuff, and waiting patiently for the tablet to disappear. As I became a mom, suddenly in charge of the […]