AllTop Viral!

Barreling rolling became all the rage this week as Googlers set off screen spins and twirls with a simple search. A Google engineer reportedly planted the Easter Egg to provide amusement to users “while showcasing the power of CSS3, a presentation feature of modern browsers.”

The Barrel Roll is only one of Google’s hidden tricks and Ology has compiled a list of another nine to keep you entertained until the end of the work day.

A sampling:

Google Gravity

This is perhaps the coolest Google trick of all, so cool that I won’t even ruin the surprise for you. Go ahead and try it here, and don’t be afraid to search. You can even move things around!

Google Spam

In most Gmail folders, a one-line advertisement sits above every e-mail list. But if you go into your Spam folder, you’ll see an actual SPAM recipe.

YouTube Snake

Not exactly Google, but we had to throw it in: on any YouTube video, hold down the up key while the video loads followed by holding down the left key. You can play the Snake Game while your video plays!

Slay The Dragon

In Google Docs, open any spreadsheet and if you press Shift+F12, a message will pop up announcing “Dragon slain! Congratulations, you’ve slain the dragon!”

Full list at Ology.

PC Mag also has a few Google tricks.

Oodles of Google news.