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Title: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on August 10, 2011, 12:22:13 pm
Backwards Google

elgooG (http://elgoog.rb-hosting.de/index.cgi)
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Chiprocks1 on August 10, 2011, 12:23:43 pm
Took you long enough to get this one up and running.  (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/Chiprocks1/Smilies/0%20All%20Smilies/HTL_popcorn.gif)
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on August 10, 2011, 12:27:47 pm
Google Translate for animals (http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/translateforanimals/tour.html)
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on August 10, 2011, 12:29:02 pm
Google Maps

Click this link (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=Foxoak+St,+Cradley+Heath,+West+Midlands+B64,+United+Kingdom&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=13.283564,27.817383&ie=UTF8&hnear=Foxoak+St,+Cradley+Heath,+West+Midlands+B64,+United+Kingdom&t=h&layer=c&cbll=52.470165,-2.082675&panoid=BI32I2U_eu0IucKblb4Tqg&cbp=12,321.05,,0,8.38&hq=&ll=52.474985,-2.078422&spn=0,359.986063&z=17), and then look up
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on August 10, 2011, 12:31:34 pm
Google Moon (http://www.google.com/moon/)
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on August 10, 2011, 12:34:24 pm
Dig a hole through Earth (http://www.livephysics.com/ptools/dig-hole-through-earth.php)
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on August 10, 2011, 12:35:11 pm
Google circa 1960

(http://fury.com/images/weblog/google_circa_1960_src.jpg?id=2)
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on August 10, 2011, 12:36:47 pm
Go to Google.com (http://www.google.com/) and type in 'crator' and check out the first item listed by urban dictionary
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on August 10, 2011, 12:37:51 pm
Google gravity (http://mrdoob.com/projects/chromeexperiments/google_gravity/)

not related to google
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on August 10, 2011, 12:39:52 pm
Google maps

Keep zooming in... (http://mrdoob.com/projects/chromeexperiments/google_gravity/)

Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Chiprocks1 on August 10, 2011, 12:40:40 pm
Google Maps

Click this link (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=Foxoak+St,+Cradley+Heath,+West+Midlands+B64,+United+Kingdom&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=13.283564,27.817383&ie=UTF8&hnear=Foxoak+St,+Cradley+Heath,+West+Midlands+B64,+United+Kingdom&t=h&layer=c&cbll=52.470165,-2.082675&panoid=BI32I2U_eu0IucKblb4Tqg&cbp=12,321.05,,0,8.38&hq=&ll=52.474985,-2.078422&spn=0,359.986063&z=17), and then look up

I use Google Maps and Google Earth a lot. But I can never find hot chicks laying out naked on rooftops.  ;D
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on August 10, 2011, 12:41:26 pm
(http://googlejokes.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/googlejokes.jpg)
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on August 17, 2011, 09:59:43 am
Google Doodle's (http://www.google.com/logos/)

Hell, they make it fun to check in everyday just to see what they come up with next.

Today's is cool (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/google-doodle/8706390/Pierre-de-Fermats-birthday-celebrated-in-Google-Doodle.html)

(http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01973/google-doodle-ferm_1973915c.jpg)
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Chiprocks1 on August 17, 2011, 10:50:34 am

Today's is cool (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/google-doodle/8706390/Pierre-de-Fermats-birthday-celebrated-in-Google-Doodle.html)


Math! My head hurts.
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Chiprocks1 on August 17, 2011, 10:51:09 am
(http://googlejokes.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/googlejokes.jpg)

My head don't hurt so much now.  ;D
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on August 24, 2011, 09:19:33 am
Jorge Luis Borges (http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2011/0824/Jorge-Luis-Borges-The-man-behind-the-Google-Doodle) - Today's doodle

Huh, never heard of the guy.

(http://www.csmonitor.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/images/0824-jorge-luis-borges-google-doodle/10638116-1-eng-US/0824-jorge-luis-borges-google-doodle_full_380.jpg)
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on September 06, 2011, 01:03:20 pm
Google (http://www.google.com/) is very cool today. A tribute to Freddie Mercury (http://digitallife.today.com/_news/2011/09/06/7630903-dont-stop-google-doodles-now-or-ever-with-freddie-mercury) (his birthday today Sept 5th)... and it's rather interactive, well active.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe0gIFxYhrk
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on September 27, 2011, 10:00:25 am
Google is 13 today!!!! (http://www.pcworld.com/article/240660/doodle_celebrates_googles_13th_birthday_here_are_13_milestones.html)
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on September 30, 2011, 02:24:38 pm
Who in the world is looking for Zombies

This Google map that displays who in the world is Google searching the term "Zombies". The Oxford Internet Institute created the map to show just what parts of the world reference the term "zombies" by way of their Googling habits. As one can see from the map, most of the world doesn't care about the living dead trend, though as one might have been able to guess, the higher concentration of zombie fascination is located primarily in the Anglophone world, in population areas of higher concentration, such as big cities. Interestingly, Africa barely has any zombie interested, even though that is from where the word originates. - Geekosystem (http://www.geekosystem.com/map-displaying-who-googles-zombies/).

(http://static02.mediaite.com/geekosystem/uploads/2011/09/zombiesmap-e1317219600184.jpg)
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Chiprocks1 on September 30, 2011, 03:13:40 pm
My guess is that 95% of all Zombies searches in the US originates from your PC. Just sayin'.  ;D
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on October 12, 2011, 01:54:32 pm
Google is fun today... Art Clokey and Gumby. The clay inspired search screen is cool.

(http://www.csmonitor.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/images/1012-art-clokey-google/10817899-1-eng-US/1012-art-clokey-google_full_380.jpg) (http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2011/1012/Art-Clokey-How-Gumby-got-his-name)
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on October 31, 2011, 09:43:52 am
The Google Doodle for Halloween today 2011 is kinda cool. 600 lb pumpkins

(http://www.csmonitor.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/images/1031-happy-halloween-google/10891247-1-eng-US/1031-happy-halloween-google_full_380.jpg)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPAa7BqgSbw
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on December 10, 2011, 06:32:23 am
Google Goggles

A week or so ago I got me self a Apple iPad 2. I've only scratched the surface of what it can do.

Anyway, in the many apps, I ran across the Google app that include Google Goggles. This looks cool. Anyway this video demonstrates better than writing a bunch of stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezc108DTaug
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Chiprocks1 on December 30, 2011, 12:29:52 pm
Google Maps is Watching You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DhTt-rqJM8

Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on January 18, 2012, 08:30:19 am
in support of rejecting SOPA Jan 18. 2012

(http://news.cnet.com/i/tim/2012/01/18/GoogleBlackout02_610x384.jpg)
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Chiprocks1 on January 18, 2012, 09:41:26 am
Hey! I can't see anything there! It's too dark!!!!
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on April 01, 2012, 11:29:14 am
Google Maps (http://maps.google.com/) gets 8-bit NES treatment

(http://i.usatoday.net/communitymanager/_photos/game-hunters/2012/03/31/google-maps-nesx-wide-community.jpg)

Quote
a fantastic April Fools' joke.

Head over to the main page for the Internet giant's maps tool. In the upper right corner, click on Quest and turn Google Maps into an 8-bit, classic video game wonderland.

"Our engineering team in Japan understood the importance of maps on retro game systems," writes Tatsuo Nomura, software engineer with Google Maps, at the application's official blog. "With the power of Google's immense data centers, and support from Nintendo and Square Enix, we were able to overcome the technical and design hurdles of developing 8-bit maps. Today, we're excited to announce the result: a version of Google Maps for NES, with beautiful low-res graphics, simple and intuitive controls, and a timeless soundtrack."

The maps pay homage to the classic NES role-playing game Dragon Warrior, which was known as Dragon Quest in Japan.

Users can even view landmarks in 8-bit form, including The Statue of Liberty, the Washington Monument and Mount Rushmore. Fortunately, no Slimes were encountered during our journey.

Google has also posted a great video walkthrough on YouTube of the spoof application for NES, including troubleshooting tips such as "blowing on the cartridge.
"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rznYifPHxDg
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Chiprocks1 on April 01, 2012, 01:20:44 pm
Haha. That was awesome. I'm still grinning from ear to ear.(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/Chiprocks1/Smilies/0%20All%20Smilies/GleeClappingHands.gif)
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on April 02, 2012, 12:11:47 pm
Just found out more awesomeness... little Easter Eggs throughout

Reddit has put together a list (http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/rmfr1/browse_google_maps_in_8bit/). Check out Area 51, Nessie, Alcatraz and the Google complex

Also the Street views (http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-google-map-in-8bit-nes-for-april-fools-day-20120401,0,2747750.htmlstory) are 8-bit
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on April 09, 2012, 11:30:26 am
Today's Google celebrates Eadweard Muybridge, pioneer of photography and animals. It's pretty cool

(http://static.ibnlive.in.com/ibnlive/pix/sitepix/04_2012/eadweard-j-muybridge-google-doodle-090412.jpg)
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Chiprocks1 on April 09, 2012, 11:32:32 am
Am I suppose to be able to click on anything? Bah!! You crazy sum  b i t c h !! (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/Chiprocks1/Smilies/0%20All%20Smilies/nutso.gif)
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on April 09, 2012, 12:57:02 pm
Click on this
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Chiprocks1 on April 09, 2012, 01:12:07 pm
Click on this

No.



And stop pointing to your nuts.
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on April 09, 2012, 01:22:10 pm
that reminds me of an old, old joke.

Q: Why did Mickey Mouse divorce Minnie Mouse?

A: Because she was f u c k i n g Goofy
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Chiprocks1 on April 09, 2012, 01:22:57 pm
Ha.
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Chiprocks1 on April 24, 2012, 10:04:19 am
Googles Drive Jumps Into Cloud Based File Storage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzrixPhql54
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on April 24, 2012, 10:17:29 am
cool. i need to take a closer look at this.
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on April 24, 2012, 10:21:35 am
Gideon Sundback, who did not invent the zipper, gets a Google Doodle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTXTIvn6F5s
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Chiprocks1 on April 25, 2012, 09:59:01 am
All that's missing is a pair of Double D's popping out from behind that zipper.
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on April 25, 2012, 10:08:57 am
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All that's missing is a pair of Double D's popping out from behind that zipper.

I think I hear creativity popping out
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Chiprocks1 on May 05, 2012, 12:43:25 pm
Find Out Who Googled You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXRTrXvIag0

Ana just googled me. I need a cigarette. (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/Chiprocks1/Smilies/0%20All%20Smilies/FU.gif)
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on May 23, 2012, 11:22:38 am
Google Doodle for today May 23 - Robert Moog's 78th Birthday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOB38nSZOBM
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Chiprocks1 on May 28, 2012, 02:45:30 pm
Young Scientist Builds a Better Search Engine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D84DmNi8lyw

Bill Gates 2.0
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on May 28, 2012, 05:37:51 pm
My eyes glazed over when he started talking. While he does look like Gates, he acts and talks like my nephew.

Very weird.
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Chiprocks1 on June 06, 2012, 10:59:17 am
New 3D imagery for Google Earth for mobile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6Douyfa7l8
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Chiprocks1 on June 06, 2012, 11:19:18 am
Google Maps: The many dimensions of a modern map

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8CMtRS6IUw
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on June 06, 2012, 12:30:12 pm
Love google maps
Quote

I have a map of the United States...  Actual size.  It says, "Scale:  1 mile =
1 mile."  I spent last summer folding it.  I also have a full-size map of the
world.  I hardly ever unroll it. People ask me where I live, and I say, "E6".
Steven Wright
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Chiprocks1 on September 16, 2012, 09:14:28 pm
Google Autocomplete Prostitute FAIL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzBSvLm86uE

Interesting.
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on September 17, 2012, 01:50:01 pm
Ok... What is autocomplete?
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Chiprocks1 on September 17, 2012, 01:53:23 pm
Ok... What is autocomplete?

I've never had first hand experience with it, but I think it's along the lines of those auto-fills like when your browser ask you to insert your name, address, phone number, etc... every time you fill out a document on a site.
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Chiprocks1 on October 17, 2012, 08:01:40 am
Explore a Google data center with Street View

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avP5d16wEp0
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on October 17, 2012, 02:44:42 pm
That is very geeky. That is cool
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on April 13, 2013, 08:04:08 am
Google Street View Hyperlapse

http://vimeo.com/63653873

Quote
Hyperlapse photography is super hard to do, but the results are just incredible. Combining the sequential shooting of time lapse photography with carefully controlled camera movements—often over huge distances—hyperlapse photography transports you through stunning vistas at an unreal speed. Watching one gives you the sense of cruising along atop a speedy motorcycle, blowing through the landscape at top gear. Careful pans of the camera let you focus on a point of interest. Pointing dead ahead gives you that rush of speed.

But where hyperlapse videos are gorgeous, they’re also hard to pull off. The folks at Teehan+Lax Labs, says The Verge, released a free web tool to let you build hyperlapse videos using the images captured by Google’s street view cameras.

Google’s photos aren’t as stunning as you’ll get from a custom hyperlapse, but as the video above shows, the results can be quite spectacular.
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Chiprocks1 on April 14, 2013, 08:09:24 am
Oooooooooooooooohhh, myyyyyyyyyyyyyyy heeeeeeeead is spiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiining! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Chiprocks1 on July 26, 2013, 06:14:55 am
The World's First Google Glass  P o r n  (Video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvXQmzgQfJw

Gives new meaning to the term 'Fun With Google'. We all knew this was coming. I'm just shocked it took as "long" as it did in getting here.
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on July 26, 2013, 09:47:32 am
'That' industry has always been know to be innovative. They've set and dictated the standard on many issues, in particular internet finances, subscriptions, flash and other industrial tools. This will be just another avenue to add to it.

I'm with Ana though. Don't even stand next to me wearing one of those.
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on July 30, 2013, 01:01:55 pm
I can't tell if this is quietly coming in or it's bigger than we know (the demand has already stopped Google from offering the free 3 month Netflix). My son told me about it for the first time the other night. I thought it sounded awesome. The more I looked into, I think it still has potential for being something very big, it's just not there for me.... yet

Chromecast

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nOE9UiPJNo

The attached article gets into all the particulars with Pros and Cons. I'm being cautious now... like I was with the iPad, but that's just me. I know you're thinking it's just $35. True, but even on $35, I'm looking for value. Hell, I've got everything cable provides, but 90% is useless for me. I do like what works for me, so I'm not so sure at this point in time, Chromecast adds value to my life. I'm sure that will change. Keep an eye out for this.

What Chromecast needs to go from good to great (http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33199_7-57595754-221/what-chromecast-needs-to-go-from-good-to-great/)
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Neumatic on July 31, 2013, 12:03:10 am
I wanted to go downtown today and I got lost last time, so I got directions on Google Maps and wound up practicing the drive a couple times through streetview, making sure I knew how to get right there and back again... and I realized wait, I could drive cross-country or something this way... I should do that!

Right now I'm trying to think of places to explore on Streetview... we're so close to just having the whole world in VR, I wanna go into the buildings I'm coming across.
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on July 31, 2013, 08:42:39 am
I thought that was possible with the buildings. Isn't that starting to become available?
I heard something about that like a year ago.

edit add: Buildings (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2238711/Google-Maps-lets-INSIDE-buildings--helpful-speedy-trip-airports.html)
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on October 31, 2013, 06:27:14 am
Google (https://www.google.com/) is fun today.... try all the different combinations

Happy Halloween
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on December 27, 2013, 09:51:51 am
Google Easter Eggs

Most of these still work (http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2013/12/googles-greatest-ever-easter-eggs/)
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Chiprocks1 on January 13, 2014, 06:50:56 pm
Awesome find!! Love the Atari Breakout easter egg.
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on January 14, 2014, 09:00:39 pm
Go to Google Images and search 'Freezing'
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Chiprocks1 on January 14, 2014, 09:09:07 pm
Wtf! How does 'Freezing' equate to anime  p o r n ? Am I missing something here?
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on January 15, 2014, 03:51:41 am
Reports are saying that particular search is super huge in japan and Asia and now top of googles search.
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on April 01, 2014, 09:55:06 am
It's April Fools Day 2014

and Google is Hoffsome

Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Chiprocks1 on April 01, 2014, 09:56:29 am
I don't get it. What am I missing about 'Hoffsome'?
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on April 01, 2014, 09:58:02 am
Google+ announced Auto Awesome Photo Bombs with David Hasselhoff, a tool by which everyone's favorite knight-riding, lifeguarding Teutonic crooner may magically appear in photos they upload to the site.
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on June 26, 2014, 08:01:54 am
Askew
When you type Askew or Tilt on google, it tilts

Recursion
When you this word on search, you will be asked again that “did you mean RECURSION”.

Do a Barrel Roll
When you search for this keywork, the page will start rotating clockwise

Google Space
Type this and see everything float *This did not work for me

Google Sphere
Type this. * I then clicked on the Dr. Noob link. Pretty cool

Zerg Rush
When you type Zerg Rush on Google search, aliens zergs come at you in the form of ‘O’.

Atari Breakout
For this, type Atari Breakout on Google Search and then click Image Results. A game automatically starts.

Google Gravity
One of the oldest. Just type in gravity. Again, I had to go to Dr. Noob link

One does not walk into Mordor
Google Maps
From = The Shire
To= Mordor
*This one did not work for me
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on June 30, 2014, 07:27:51 am
(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/Chiprocks1/Smilies/0%20All%20Smilies/Thinking.gif)

Google Nose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFbYadm_mrw

(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/Chiprocks1/Smilies/0%20All%20Smilies/RollingOnTheFloor.gif)
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Mac on March 31, 2015, 10:36:59 am
It's been awhile since we posted here... For April Fools, Google Maps allows you to play Pacman on the streets.

Google Maps (April Fools 2015) (https://www.google.com/maps)

(http://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1431553/pac-man-google-maps.png?w=736)
Title: Re: Fun with Google
Post by: Chiprocks1 on April 04, 2015, 02:48:26 pm
Yeah, I did see the Pac-Man one, which I thought was great.