Even Google?? So Sad
Posted by Nathan & Valerie at 10:51 AM |
I am a big fan of all things Google (well, except for Picasa Web Album...it loads too slow so I use Flickr -- that's right I plugged a Yahoo! product in a Google blog post. Sue me.)
One of the neat things I like about Google's search engine is the iGoogle - which is not related to Apple products by any means but is a personalized version of the search page. Instead of having a mostly white body with a Google logo and a small search box, iGoogle gives you widgets that allow you to view and access some of your popular sites and information, such as email, movie listing, calendar, news clips, etc.
But the coolest thing iGoogle is in my opinion is the various background images which can be set up as themes for your page...these aren't just any old background images embedded in a hidden table.
No. The background images actually change with the time of the day. For example you could choose a group of cartoon folks at a bus stop and throughout the day the horizon will go from sunrise to sunset to midnight blue. That one is also affected by your local weather. It's a neat little feature.
Now, on to the part that makes me sad.
I am currently using the planet set which is really cool to look at. I am not into the sciences by any means but the images Google uses are spectacular.
However what makes me sad is that Google only has eight planets cycling through -- no Pluto. It's still sad to know that I was supposedly lied to my entire grade school years, being told there were nine planets.
In school we learned the order of the nine planets with this catchy phrase:
"My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas"
TMC's Call Center CRM blog has suggested maybe kids can learn them now as "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles."
It's just sad to me that Google doesn't offer a Pluto image. Just one more shred of evidence that Pluto is not regarded as a planet by anybody.
Below are the eight images Google cycles through during the day. (Click to view original file).
Mercury
Venus
Third Rock From The Sun
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
The Late Great Pluto
Bonus Images:
The Sun
The Moon
One of the neat things I like about Google's search engine is the iGoogle - which is not related to Apple products by any means but is a personalized version of the search page. Instead of having a mostly white body with a Google logo and a small search box, iGoogle gives you widgets that allow you to view and access some of your popular sites and information, such as email, movie listing, calendar, news clips, etc.
But the coolest thing iGoogle is in my opinion is the various background images which can be set up as themes for your page...these aren't just any old background images embedded in a hidden table.
No. The background images actually change with the time of the day. For example you could choose a group of cartoon folks at a bus stop and throughout the day the horizon will go from sunrise to sunset to midnight blue. That one is also affected by your local weather. It's a neat little feature.
Now, on to the part that makes me sad.
I am currently using the planet set which is really cool to look at. I am not into the sciences by any means but the images Google uses are spectacular.
However what makes me sad is that Google only has eight planets cycling through -- no Pluto. It's still sad to know that I was supposedly lied to my entire grade school years, being told there were nine planets.
In school we learned the order of the nine planets with this catchy phrase:
"My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas"
TMC's Call Center CRM blog has suggested maybe kids can learn them now as "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles."
It's just sad to me that Google doesn't offer a Pluto image. Just one more shred of evidence that Pluto is not regarded as a planet by anybody.
Below are the eight images Google cycles through during the day. (Click to view original file).
)
Mercury
)
Venus
)
Third Rock From The Sun
)
Mars
)
Jupiter
)
Saturn
)
Uranus
)
Neptune
)
The Late Great Pluto
Bonus Images:
)
The Sun
)
The Moon
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2 Comments:
i remember the post from before when you talked about that, I told taiwan, but they didn't beleive me at first.
you know what. i really apriciate this sweet tribute to our old friend. Just cause it's not a planet... doesn't mean we still don't need it. We need it, and can say all the acronyms if we want. I just wonder, if i ever have kids, will they learn about pluto, or is it our job as parents, to teach them the truths of this great orbitting mass. Only time will tell.
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