3 out of 4 extraterrestrials prefer Firefox


Mozilla Firefox crop circle

When not being swallowed by a lesser species, extraterrestrials have taken to spreading their love for the Firefox web browser throughout the United States. A recent Google Maps find going all over the internet appears to show the famous browser’s logo, crop-circled into a row of corn in what looks to be like the middle of nowhere in the Pacific Northwest. Ignore the plane, cars and people forming the ‘FX’ just below the field, this was done by real live aliens, man. Aliens!

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November 30th in ET, Google Earth, Internet, Mozilla | | 4 comments
Semacode for “hello, world!” cut into crops for Google Earth


Semacode

“Googlespotting” or, sight-seeing via Google Earth in order to discover unique little images throughout the world via Google’s satellite maps, is a growing hobby among map surfers. With companies already taking advantage of Google Earth for marketing purposes (just look for the large Wal-Mart, Target, and Home Depot logos painted on the roofs of some of the newer stores), artists are beginning to find unique and interesting ways of using the system for spreading their message, or creations. Such is the case in the area of Thuringia, a small rural area in central Germany where artists recently cut a Semacode which when decoded translates to “Hello, world!”.

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October 29th in Art, Communications, Google Earth, Semacode, Technology | | 9 comments