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Just for fun:
Find the "taxi" on your Palm

  
Print this out so you can try it sometime when it's convenient.
I tried it out while on a recent return flight home.  Found the taxi
in my Palm V on the third try.  Good luck!       Robert McIntyre

PS.  Know someone with a Palm.  Forward the address of this
page to them. Address is: www.mcintyreonline.com/palm/taxi.html
    
 
Sometimes programmers hide surprises, called "Easter Eggs", in applications.  You can display such Eggs only if you know an unlikely combination of keystrokes.  The word is out there that there's a neat Easter Egg in the Palm devices --- a graphic of a small taxi that chugs across the screen, leaving a trail of exhaust clouds.

To find the animated taxi, follow these instructions EXACTLY:

From the main menu, tap on the Preferences application and then tap the General tab. Just above the silk-screen Calculator button, draw a small circle counterclockwise until a small Easter Egg icon appears just above the Calculator button.  Exit Preferences and open any application.  While you hold down the Page Down scroll button, draw a line from the middle of the Graffiti input area between the Applications and menu silk-screen buttons all the way to the left edge of the screen.  You should see a small taxi puffing across the screen.  As long as you don't close the Easter Egg icon, you can display the taxi repeatedly.

Good luck in flagging down your taxi!

Click here to view my Palm User page.
I've just started building it & will be adding to it.
Shortcut address to the page is
www.mcintyreonline.com/palm