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by foobarbazooka 964 days ago
I love this
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A “silly indulgence” indeed. Oh, I’ve been guilty of similar stunts, as a teenager in the webmaster era.

Pairing needed utility with that one deliberate absurdity they’ll never forget.

Thus exorcising the ghost of professionalism.

Happy Halloween!

It's a reminder that software used to be less serious-business all the time.
My favourite was Winamp. It really whips the llama's ass.
I don't condone clippy but admit I had this configured to be played every time winamp started.
I wonder who would win a rap battle: Wesley Willis or Kool Keith.
Since 2002, Microsoft does not allow any hidden or undocumented code as part of its trustworthy computing initiative.

s/trustworthy/uncool/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg_(media)