Lord of the rings Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

LEGO Lord of the Rings brings Middle-earth to Mac on Feb. 21

by Randy Nelson (Feb 12th, 2013)

There's a new Lord of the Rings game on the block and it's coming to Mac later this month. Oh, and it features characters and a world that are literally made out of blocks. Feral Interactive is preparing a port of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment's LEGO Lord of the Rings, released last ...

The Lord of the Rings timeline is hidden within your Mac

by Mike Wehner (Nov 29th, 2012)

As we crawl ever closer to the December 14th release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Mac Observer reminds us that our Macs are fans of Middle Earth as well. Hidden within OS X's Unix architecture is a FreeBSD calendar easter egg that chronicles the Lord of the Rings saga. You can ...

Top Terminal easter eggs

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 4th, 2010)

Yeah, the headline makes it sound like the eggs are on their deathbed. But no, easter eggs (in software jargon) are little presents or surprises that developers have slipped into an application or operating system. One excellent place to find easter eggs in Mac OS X is in the Terminal. Now ...