tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34154881213947024752012-01-30T08:04:40.377-08:00Save 3,000 Megawatts-hr a Year with Google Search in Black!ken_vs_ryuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13962425828020999186noreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415488121394702475.post-34357063017093719962011-06-23T15:53:00.000-07:002011-06-23T15:59:15.345-07:00<center><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tParlYMKOpo/TgPEyoNZAgI/AAAAAAAAB1M/Gug6Cxq02AM/s1600/google-music-beta.png" alt="google music beta invite"></center><br /><br /><a href="http://music.google.com/" target="blank">Request an invite</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3415488121394702475-3435706301709371996?l=google-black.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ken_vs_ryuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13962425828020999186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415488121394702475.post-23012006104133951212011-03-11T05:17:00.000-08:002011-03-11T05:30:37.029-08:00<center><iframe src="http://japan.person-finder.appspot.com/?small=yes&lang=en" width=400 height=300 frameborder=0 style="border: dashed 2px #77c"></iframe></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3415488121394702475-2301200610413395121?l=google-black.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ken_vs_ryuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13962425828020999186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415488121394702475.post-45821919257366400272010-11-23T16:11:00.000-08:002010-11-23T16:15:44.118-08:00<center><img src="http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/4977/stadium1articlelarge.jpg" alt="philadelphia eagles self sufficient stadium" /></center><br />from <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/18/sports/football/18stadium.html?pagewanted=all" target="blank">the NY Times</a>:<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>the Philadelphia Eagles announced perhaps the most ambitious green initiative yet: the installation of about 2,500 solar panels, 80 20-foot-high wind turbines and a generator that runs on natural gas and biodiesel so that Lincoln Financial Field, the Eagles’ home, will be the first stadium capable of generating all its own electricity.</blockquote></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3415488121394702475-4582191925736640027?l=google-black.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ken_vs_ryuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13962425828020999186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415488121394702475.post-64402161005231427482010-07-08T08:23:00.000-07:002010-07-08T08:29:32.515-07:00<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 427px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="solar impulse plane" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8GhZXWLEN6M/TDXtfz_834I/AAAAAAAAA44/Q2Sk9GkhSY4/s320/solar-impulse.jpg" /><br />Go <a href="http://www.solarimpulse.com/" "target="blank">Solar Impulse</a> go!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3415488121394702475-6440216100523142748?l=google-black.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ken_vs_ryuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13962425828020999186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415488121394702475.post-9871536589185819742010-04-27T21:13:00.000-07:002010-05-10T14:40:24.100-07:00<center><a href="http://news.google.com/news/search?aq=f&pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=gulf+oil+leak" target="blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3559/4559225003_b525f0cc9e.jpg" alt="gulf of mexico oil spill from space"></a><br />A nice gray swirl courtesy of BP PLC and Transocean Ltd. Image courtesy of <a href="http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM990HMI8G_index_1.html" target="blank">ESA</a>.</center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3415488121394702475-987153658918581974?l=google-black.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ken_vs_ryuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13962425828020999186noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415488121394702475.post-49750218680659452602010-01-13T15:02:00.000-08:002010-01-13T20:04:02.337-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-china.html" target="blank"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2677/4272447794_e9158d1e40.jpg" alt="google china censorship tankman" width="333"/></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3415488121394702475-4975021868065945260?l=google-black.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ken_vs_ryuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13962425828020999186noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415488121394702475.post-65581562159355679372010-01-05T17:07:00.000-08:002010-01-05T17:09:24.184-08:00<center><a href="http://google.com/phone" target="blank"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4036/4249761482_3616440653_m.jpg" alt="google nexus one android"></a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3415488121394702475-6558156215935567937?l=google-black.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ken_vs_ryuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13962425828020999186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415488121394702475.post-33970043021611553112009-12-11T22:27:00.000-08:002009-12-11T22:32:34.718-08:00<center><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4011/4177638869_3757919223_m.jpg" alt="google countdown feeling lucky" /></center><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Head over to google.com and press the I'm feeling lucky button and this counter should show up. It's countdown timer to January 1, 2010 - or could it be for something else?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Got a hypothesis?</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3415488121394702475-3397004302161155311?l=google-black.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ken_vs_ryuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13962425828020999186noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415488121394702475.post-90226791664268005602009-11-05T14:32:00.000-08:002009-11-05T14:42:13.916-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2719/4079089372_3f68367f22.jpg" target="blank"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2719/4079089372_3f68367f22_m.jpg" alt="google wave beta preview invite" /></a></div><br /><br />Here is the elusive Google Wave invite. It's more of a nomination than an invite since it is not automatic. Anyone need one?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3415488121394702475-9022679166426800560?l=google-black.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ken_vs_ryuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13962425828020999186noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415488121394702475.post-43173355452705594012009-09-16T14:51:00.000-07:002009-09-16T14:53:47.948-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://tools.google.com/chrome/intl/en/themes/index.html" target="blank">Themes for Google Chrome are now available</a> - of course we chose a black theme.<br /><br /></div><a href="https://tools.google.com/chrome/intl/en/themes/index.html" target="blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3520/3926582911_d011dbf2d5.jpg" alt="google chrome themes" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3415488121394702475-4317335545270559401?l=google-black.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ken_vs_ryuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13962425828020999186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415488121394702475.post-29592790036128115402009-08-12T14:48:00.000-07:002009-08-12T16:02:32.999-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.google.com/cse?cx=001134257304233352188%3Ahbjsylx-eeg&amp;q=caffeine&amp;cof=FORID%3A1" target="blank"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2449/3816093992_21cd485233.jpg" alt="google sandbox search" /></a><br /></div><br /><br />Google has rolled out a new search architecture dubbed Caffeine. The quick and the dirty is that it's faster than standard Google and provides more results. We're hoping soon that Google-Black can also be caffeinated. Who doesn't like their coffee black?<br /><br />From the image above, click the 3rd like to try it out for yourself. <a href="http://www2.sandbox.google.com/" target="blank"><span class="a">www2.sandbox.google.com</span></a><br /><br />For those who have blogspot addresses blocked at work, <a href="http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&amp;client=pub-2521124423585773&amp;cof=FORID%3A1%3BAH%3Aleft%3BCX%3AGoogle-Black%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fcoop%2Fintl%2Fen%2Fimages%2Fcustom_search_sm.gif%3BLH%3A65%3BLP%3A1%3BBGC%3A%23000000%3BT%3A%23999999%3BLC%3A%23FFFFFF%3BVLC%3A%2399FF33%3BGALT%3A%237E9DB9%3BGFNT%3A%23CCCCCC%3BGIMP%3A%23CCCCCC%3B&amp;adkw=AELymgU3EeaFkNDE_Yrfz84-rTUSaymVluoxCBaqWDTQ7J4Dasbc9KKUiztnYaSXFZHS3P8fATKpW78_fy7W1Fgt_FD1DlgAdHtdHXYnZMjQaSdbKXxauFU&amp;q=ps3mods&amp;btnG=Search&amp;cx=001134257304233352188%3Ahbjsylx-eeg">bookmark this link</a> and enjoy Google-Black.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3415488121394702475-2959279003612811540?l=google-black.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ken_vs_ryuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13962425828020999186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415488121394702475.post-85929876761748629632008-10-16T02:54:00.000-07:002008-10-16T02:58:16.012-07:00<center><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3025/2946855520_ae851f4a95_o.jpg" alt="google-black increased brain activity"></center><br />from <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-10-14-ibrain-internet-reading_N.htm" target="blank">USA Today</a>:<br />"Our most striking finding was that Internet searching appears to engage a greater extent of neural circuitry that is not activated during reading, but only in those people with prior Internet experience," Gary Small says.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3415488121394702475-8592987676174862963?l=google-black.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ken_vs_ryuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13962425828020999186noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415488121394702475.post-88550578182971289612008-06-21T08:28:00.000-07:002008-06-21T12:43:20.713-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://aptera.com/" target="blank"><img src="http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/4359/n1370897941830582506bu1.jpg" alt="aptera 300 mpg hybrid" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3415488121394702475-8855057818297128961?l=google-black.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ken_vs_ryuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13962425828020999186noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415488121394702475.post-79848901009396767382008-04-22T04:07:00.000-07:002008-04-22T04:08:04.222-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.google.com/logos/earthday08_res.gif" alt="google earth day" /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3415488121394702475-7984890100939676738?l=google-black.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ken_vs_ryuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13962425828020999186noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415488121394702475.post-63745388809806507592008-03-29T10:15:00.000-07:002008-03-29T10:23:04.227-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><a href="http://www.google.com/" target="blank">Google</a> users in the United States will notice today that we "turned the lights out" on the Google.com homepage as a gesture to raise awareness of a worldwide energy conservation effort called <a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/earthhour/" target="blank">Earth Hour</a>.</blockquote></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3194/2370840775_1cc45c9411_o.png" alt="google black" /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3415488121394702475-6374538880980650759?l=google-black.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ken_vs_ryuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13962425828020999186noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415488121394702475.post-80234499826190891062007-01-21T01:56:00.000-08:002007-01-28T20:19:57.242-08:00<center><iframe src="http://diggler.splattercast.net/http://digg.com/design/Google_Black_Search" frameborder="0" height="98" width="70"></iframe></center><br />From this <a href="http://ecoiron.blogspot.com/2007/01/black-google-would-save-3000-megawatts.html">post</a> by Mark at EcoIron we decided to create this custom Google search engine. It will search the internet through google.com.<br /><blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;">As noted, an all white web page uses about 74 watts to display, while an all black page uses only 59 watts. I thought I would do a little math and see what could be saved by moving a high volume site to the black format.<br /><br />...<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">the shift to a black background will save a total of 15 (74-59) watts. That turns into a global savings of 8.3 Megawatt-hours per day, or about 3000 Megawatt-hours a year.</span></span></span></blockquote>Notes:<ul><li>Per capita annual electricity consumption (MW-hrs) in the U.S. in 1997: 1.213</li><li>LCD monitors do not reap the same energy saving benefits.</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3415488121394702475-8023449982619089106?l=google-black.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ken_vs_ryuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13962425828020999186noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415488121394702475.post-59689530654409889252007-01-09T08:46:00.000-08:002008-01-26T08:59:02.458-08:00Find TV Episodes Online with Google-Black.<br /><center><!-- Google CSE Search Box Begins --><br /><form action="http://www.google.com/cse" id="searchbox_001134257304233352188:bmxyob9llk0"><br /> <input type="hidden" name="cx" value="001134257304233352188:bmxyob9llk0" /><br /> <input type="text" name="q" size="39" /> <input type="submit" name="sa" value="Search" /><br /></form><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/coop/cse/brand?form=searchbox_001134257304233352188%3Abmxyob9llk0&lang=en"></script><br /><!-- Google CSE Search Box Ends --></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3415488121394702475-5968953065440988925?l=google-black.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ken_vs_ryuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13962425828020999186noreply@blogger.com0