things hidden on this desktop
Oct 6, 2026 · 2 min read
A few things on this desktop are not mentioned on any button. These are the ones that exist so far.
Type "money"
Type the word money anywhere on the desktop, as long as the cursor is not in a text field. The numbers window opens on the full time range and dollar signs fall down the screen for a few seconds.
The screensaver
Leave the desktop alone for two minutes, with no mouse, key or touch, and the screen goes dark. The revenue curve then drifts around and bounces off the edges, the way a DVD logo used to. With reduced motion turned on in the system settings, the curve stays still in the middle. Any input wakes it.
Pop-ups
A few seconds after the desktop opens, three pop-ups appear one after another. Each one is built on real numbers and opens a real window when clicked. They show once per browser session and never on a phone. They can be turned off in display options.
The cookie banner
This site sets no cookies, so there is nothing to agree to. The banner appears anyway, once per browser, and says so. Both of its buttons do the same thing.
Icons can be moved
On a wide screen every desktop icon can be dragged somewhere else, and the new positions are remembered in that browser. "put icons back" in display options returns them to where they started.
The print icon at the bottom of the desktop opens the browser's print dialog. Only the window in front is printed, without the desktop, the taskbar or the browser bars.
The missing page
An address that does not exist on this site still opens the desktop, with one window that says the file was not found. The wrong address stays in the address bar.
readme.txt
The file near the top left of the desktop is not a text file. It opens the note how this desktop works.
The objective
A few seconds after the desktop opens, a line at the bottom of the screen says how far the running month is from the $20,000 target and how many days are left. It is worked out from the same figures as the numbers window. It shows once per browser session; the chip it leaves in the taskbar brings it back. Display options has a switch for it.
Mission passed
Open home, notes, numbers, products and trash in one session and the desktop says so, once per browser.