Thursday, January 13, 2005

Baby Yahoo

“A Romanian couple has named their son Yahoo as a sign of gratitude for meeting over the Internet.”
– Reuters, Romanian couple name their son Yahoo, Jan 13, 2005 [Via SEW.]

Update: this is a hoax.

Baby Yahoo by Philipp Lenssen | Comments (0)

Google Usability

There are some very interesting notes on Google usability and design by Google’s Marissa Mayer.

Google Usability by Philipp Lenssen | Comments (0)

Strange MSN Map

According to Microsoft’s directions system, the quickest way from Haugesund, Norway, to Trondheim, Norway, goes all the way through Germany, the UK, and a bunch of other countries. [Thanks Markus R.]

Strange MSN Map by Philipp Lenssen

Stereoscopic ASCII Vision

A cool idea by WebReference which I simplified and copied here: sterescopic ASCII vision, created with JavaScript. [Via Waxy.]

Stereoscopic ASCII Vision by Philipp Lenssen

Google Mini

“Google’s Enterprise Group announced a major software update for the Search Appliance to corporations and introduced the “Google mini"*, a scaled down version of the search server.”
– Wolfgang Gruener, Google’s search appliance goes ’mini’, January 13, 2005

*It’s $27,000 cheaper than its big brother.

Google Mini by Philipp Lenssen

Google Baby

A lot of different babies lately are wearing Google.

Google Baby by Philipp Lenssen

Google Fake News

Google releases Google Fake News (OK, so it’s a joke). [Via InsideGoogle.]

Google Fake News by Philipp Lenssen

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