Not in Google anymore

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

Google is changing its name. Great. Now I have to rewrite every story I've written in the last six months. More big news for the day: Google books now in 3D Google Annotations Gallery @InfiniteImprobabilityDriveFactor ...

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Street view

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

I was scouring Google maps looking for a particular building whose address I couldn't remember but whose plaza I knew I'd recognize if I saw it. After I found what I was looking for, I found this: Some guy taking a picture of the Google van taking a picture of the ...

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The Onion doesn’t have to do it again

Friday, July 10th, 2009

On my iGoogle home page, I have the RSS feed for the Onion right at the top. It's almost the first thing I look at when I open my browser. Right below that, the Reuters Entertainment feed. It doesn't happen very often, but sometimes I look at a headline in ...

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Sense of humor

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Google has a subtle sense of humor. Usnavi is the name of Lin-Manuel Miranda's main character/emcee In the Heights. Abuela: Your father said, Usnavi, That's what we'll name the baby. Usnavi: It really said, 'U.S. Navy.' But hey. I worked with what they gave me, ...

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Almost famous

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

While mapping my running course today through Google maps, I stumbled upon a little photo tidbit. Google must have recently updated their street view images, as when I clicked the view of my street, this image appeared: And wouldn't you know it. That's my car. I feel famous. Look everyone, my ...

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Happy April 1

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

It's the Fool's Day, and as usual, Google has served up a doozy. How about the folks at BMW?

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