Showing posts with label google. Show all posts
Showing posts with label google. Show all posts

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Little Amusements (Google)

Say what you will about "simple minds....," but sometimes it's the little things that amuse me.

Why I love Google:

Google thinks for me
I have the Google toolbar on my internet explorer (couldn't live without it!). When I type a keyword in the search bar, Google presents me a drop-down list of other relevant key words. Try this... type in "banana" and look at all the choices you get! I don't even have to know what I'm thinking, because Google figures it out for me.

Google is funny, but oh-so-accurate
Try this....
  • Go to Google.com and click on "maps" (center of the page, above the search bar).
  • At the top of the page, click on "Get Directions."
  • Put in the starting address as "Ft. Lauderdale, FL" and the ending address as "Scotland."
  • Click on the "Get Directions" button.
  • Scroll down and read direction #23.

Google has cute and creative graphics for every holiday
Ever notice how on some holidays / special days, they edit the normal "Google" logo on the page? And on the days they have the "special graphics," you can double click on it and see a list of previous graphics.

Google Earth
How cool is this?!? Not only can I see my house and my yard, but I think I see a person on the sidewalk!

Google is not afraid to be political
By far, this was my favorite, and it's not working anymore (insert pouting face icon here). Used to be that when you went to
Google.com and typed the words "miserable failure" in the search box and clicked the "I'm feeling lucky" button, it would take you here.

Enough said!