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n KOALAS TO THE MAX Mouse over the circles and watch them split into smaller and smaller circles, slowly revealing the koalas beneath. However if you really want to avoid your current task how about creating more pictures for yourself? 1. 2. Choose a picture Extract the picture’s URL (right click on the picture, go to View Image Info, enter and under the section Media copy the Location information) 3. Go to www.koalastothemax.com/? After the question mark paste the picture’s URL then start mousing over the circles. 4. Save the final Koalastothemax URLs and challenge your friends to discover who or what is hidden beneath the circles (in this case Taylor Swift). Why not send some URLs to Ignis and we’ll post them for other procrastinators in a later edition. For those who are paying attention you’ll see that the picture’s URL has changed code: it actually switches to Base64. If you are really in search of procrastination you can do that part yourself in a Base64 encoder located at: www.opinionatedgeek.com/dotnet/tools/Base64Encode/Default.aspx 5. Copy the URL into the section entitled Encode input text and hit the encode button. 6. Paste the encoded Base 64 code after www.koalastothemax.com/? and start clicking. To find out more about coding Koalas to the Max see Vadim Ogievetsky’s case study https://hacks.mozilla.org/2013/01/koalasto-the-max-a-case-study/ IGNIS 23