Exodus, Google Style
Posted by Danielle Bean in Just me on Tuesday, April 12, 2011
I thought this was too cute not to share. Modern Moses!
Internet School of Medicine
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Thursday, September 02, 2010
Here are a few things I recommend you avoid, things I’ve learned the hard way and I’d love for you to side-step the pain.
1. Never try on your skinny jeans six weeks after giving birth. You feel skinny? That’s great! Back away from the jeans. This will not end well.
2. Never evaluate your life, your mothering skills, the state of your home, finances or marriage when you are having hormonal shifts.... READ MORE
Google Crop Doodles
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Tuesday, September 15, 2009
This odd Google doodle showed up today.
Since no one’s aware of any feast day or holiday it’s commemorating, the UK Guardian presumes it’s part of a viral marketing campaign.
Whatever.
It reminded me to highlight our former editor Tom Hoopes’ look at how Google decides which occasions merit a doodle.
Check out Holidays by Google.
The feast the Catholic Church observes today, of course, is Our Lady of Sorrows. I don’t suppose a doodle would be appropriate, but here’s the post I wrote for the occasion last year.
Fly Me to the Moon
with Google Earth
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Monday, July 20, 2009
In honor of the 40th anniversary of man walking on the moon, Google Earth offers a new feature that allows you to observe the moon’s terrain—as well as see the evidence of man’s visit there. This will make a nice little summer-homeschool study for today, I think.
Interesting
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Health on Thursday, November 13, 2008
I just came across this site that predicts when the flu is going to hit your area.
Google Flu Trends has found that certain term searches are good indicators of what ailments people are experiencing in various parts of the country. According to the site, it uses “aggregated Google search data to estimate flu activity in your state up to two weeks faster than traditional systems.”
Definitely worth... READ MORE
Blast from the Past
Posted by Danielle Bean in Just me on Monday, October 13, 2008
In honor of their tenth birthday, Google is offering a peek at what the search engine was like back in 2001.
The World Wide Web and the world have both changed a lot since 2001 ... If you searched on “Michael Phelps” in 2001 for instance, you were probably looking for the scientist, not the swimmer, “ipod” didn’t refer to a music player, and “youtube” didn’t refer to much of anything.
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