Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Typhoon Haiyan Person Finder

Are you looking for someone affected by Typhoon Haiyan also known as Typhoon Yolanda? Here are links to the Google Person Finder.


I'm looking for someone affected typhoon haiyan / yolanda.

I have information about a typhoon haiyan / yolanda victim.

You can also search with SMS by texting 2662999 (Globe), 4664999 (SMART), 22020999 (Sun), or +16508003977 with the message Search [name]. For example, to search for Joshua, text Search Joshua.



Thursday, June 28, 2012

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Friday, March 11, 2011

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Self Sufficient Football Stadium

philadelphia eagles self sufficient stadium

from the NY Times:
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.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Drill Baby Drill!

gulf of mexico oil spill from space
A nice gray swirl courtesy of BP PLC and Transocean Ltd. Image courtesy of ESA.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Friday, December 11, 2009

Google Countdown

google countdown feeling lucky


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?

Got a hypothesis?

Thursday, November 5, 2009

The Elusive Google Wave Invite

google wave beta preview invite


Here is the elusive Google Wave invite. It's more of a nomination than an invite since it is not automatic. Anyone need one?

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Google Caffeinated Search

google sandbox search


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?

From the image above, click the 3rd like to try it out for yourself. www2.sandbox.google.com

For those who have blogspot addresses blocked at work, bookmark this link and enjoy Google-Black.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

This is your brain on Google-Black.

google-black increased brain activity

from USA Today:
"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.

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Google Takes a Cue from Google-Black

Google 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 Earth Hour.
google black