I’ve been messing around with HBO’s new OS X Dashboard Widget and it looks like I found something really cool. There’s an easter egg in the widget that when unlocked plays back the classic HBO intro from the 80’s. Anyone who grew up during the dawn of cable is going to remember it. Here’s how to unlock it:

Step 1: Go into the Help screen and click the “Video” tab on the top. Scroll down and you will see the word ‘video’ spelled out in colorful letters (there’s also a tooltip that says “Reading Documentation is Rewarded!”). The colors of the letters are actually the code that you need to open the easter egg! As you can see, the code is: red, red, blue, red, green.

Step 2: Flip the widget over and click on the on the plug ‘inlet’ below the ‘Done’ button (circled in the picture). This will reveal a hidden panel of little audio/video inputs.

Step 3: click on the the left most component inputs in the order of the code we saw above: red, red, blue, red, green. The widget will flip over and curtains will open!

Step 4: sit back and enjoy the show.

We’re back in 1982!

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