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Some weeks ago, I noticed a subtle change occur to the Google search
page. Originally it would load up and just work. But recently, when it
first loads up, several items are missing. And they *stay* missing until
you move the mouse pointer. At that moment, they fade into view. WTF?
In the last day or so, the Google logo seems to have changed [quite
apart from the almost daily guest logos], and the search box has got
larger. I wonder why?
Maybe Google has a blog somewhere? Hmm, let me go Google it...
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Invisible wrote:
> Maybe Google has a blog somewhere? Hmm, let me go Google it...
Huh. Yes they do. It's on Blogger (which they apparently own now).
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/
In fact, reading further, it seems they have several blogs - none of
which are related to what I'm looking at...
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>> Maybe Google has a blog somewhere? Hmm, let me go Google it...
>
> Huh. Yes they do.
I was looking at some slides from a presentation about testing and
developer productivity. One slide was a photograph of an actual
whiteboard at Google HQ, listing the things that had reduced
productivity on a particular day:
- G4 sync
- Failing tests
- Fix build dependency
- Finding documentation
But the final point made me LOL:
- Grok insane API
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Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> Some weeks ago, I noticed a subtle change occur to the Google search
> page. Originally it would load up and just work. But recently, when it
> first loads up, several items are missing. And they *stay* missing until
> you move the mouse pointer. At that moment, they fade into view. WTF?
Final proof that madness is finally overpowering you...
--
- Warp
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Warp wrote:
> Final proof that madness is finally overpowering you...
mʌθ gæbɪduːɔːl, mɪʃ rɑr nɪθɛb nɪθɪmbɪθ. mæf mænæ mɪʃɒn,
miːæf miːæw fwɔr!
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On 5/11/2010 7:04 AM, Invisible wrote:
> mʌθ gæbɪduːɔːl, mɪʃ rɑr nɪθɛb nɪθɪmbɪθ. mæf mænæ mɪʃɒn,
miːæf miːæw fwɔr!
Nonsense!
--
~Mike
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>> mʌθ gæbɪduːɔːl, mɪʃ rɑr nɪθɛb nɪθɪmbɪθ. mæf mænæ mɪʃɒn,
miːæf miːæw fwɔr!
>
> Nonsense!
Actually it's IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet), and you have no
idea how long it just took me to transcribe that!
It's based on a recording of the late Richard Burton, played backwards.
But, let's face it, *any* speech played backwards ends up sounding like
a magic spell in some obscure language. ;-)
Oh yes, when I tell people that I speak fluent gibberish, they seem to
think that I'm *joking*... :-P
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And lo On Tue, 11 May 2010 11:01:05 +0100, Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> did
spake thusly:
> Invisible wrote:
>
>> Maybe Google has a blog somewhere? Hmm, let me go Google it...
>
> Huh. Yes they do. It's on Blogger (which they apparently own now).
>
> http://googleblog.blogspot.com/
>
> In fact, reading further, it seems they have several blogs - none of
> which are related to what I'm looking at...
You're not talking about this are you?
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/spring-metamorphosis-googles-new-look.html
--
Phil Cook
--
I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
http://flipc.blogspot.com
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Invisible wrote:
> Some weeks ago, I noticed a subtle change occur to the Google search
> page. Originally it would load up and just work. But recently, when it
> first loads up, several items are missing. And they *stay* missing until
> you move the mouse pointer. At that moment, they fade into view. WTF?
They had an announcement describing this somewhere when they made the change.
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Ada - the programming language trying to avoid
you literally shooting yourself in the foot.
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Darren New wrote:
> They had an announcement describing this somewhere when they made the
> change.
Yeah, I would imagine they did. But finding it might be difficult...
(It's not like you can just Google "weird changes to Google search page".)
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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