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A Delicious Library Easter Egg...

Posted November 16, 2004 9:49 PM.

So here's a little easter egg you might enjoy for users of Delicious Library. It's not exactly unknown - I just did a search and found a reference to it on MacSlash somewhere. But anyway - it doesn't look like it's public knowledge so I thought I'd throw it out here. Anyway, next time you're playing with the well-known and slightly over-hyped cataloguing app (at least using the Amazon.com lookup) try scanning a Harry Potter book without freaking out and jumping fifteen feet in the air. The cause? Your Mac's suddenly saying "Vol-de-mort" out loud in a really creepy voice just when you least expect it. This is your Easter Egg. I need to figure out how to write these things in a more dynamic style. The end. Bah. You guys suck.

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Posted by: Planethalder at November 17, 2004 12:42 AM

It totally creeped me out when it did that. I have an audio grab of when I scanned it on my blog. Link

Posted by: Joe at November 18, 2004 6:23 AM

I scanned in the PC game Jedi Academy, and Delicious Library said "I am your father." Nice!

Posted by: Bill at November 21, 2004 4:48 AM

There is another easter egg like th eone mentioned here. Import the 4 DVD Edition of the Star Wars Trilogy and a Darth Vader voice says: "I am your son."

Posted by: Sven Assmann at January 17, 2005 5:28 PM

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