Create Your Own 'Kaiju' in the July 7th Google Doodle
July 7th’s Google Doodle honors cinematic pioneer Eiji Tsuburaya, who brought us Godzilla and Ultraman.
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Google Doodle, John Venn Birthday, and Cuteness: Venn Diagram Go!
The August 4 Google Doodle observes John Venn’s 180th birthday with creative an adorable interactive Venn diagram generator.
Continue ReadingCelebrate the 216th Anniversary of the First Parachute Jump with Today's Google Doodle
Today’s Google Doodle celebrates the 216th birthday of the first parachute jump. Go to Google.com right now (on October 22nd) and play the little game, guiding the parachute man to a safe landing with your right and left arrow keys.
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Google Doodle Celebrates Foucault's Pendulum
Google is celebrating French physicist Leon Foucault with an interactive Doodle featuring his famous pendulum.
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Google Doodle Celebrates 66th Anniversary of Roswell
In today’s interactive Doodle, Google re-imagines the crash, putting a cute little alien on the ground—alive and well—in Roswell.
Continue ReadingToday's Google Doodle: A Tribute to Maurice Sendak
Maurice Sendak was a national treasure. I meant (and still mean) every word of this post I wrote when he passed away last year. So I got a little choked up this morning when I saw today’s Google Doodle in honor of what would have been his 85th birthday. It’s pretty brilliant, and it’s wonderful to see how his legacy is regarded. Sometimes, Google, you amaze.
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Just in Time for Memorial Day*: Enjoy the 2013 Doodle4Google Winner
A Wisconsin 12th grader is singlehandedly bringing millions of people — especially military spouses, military children and servicemembers — to tears. For her winning 2013 Doodle4Google contest entry, Sabrina Brady wholeheartedly deserves the $30,000 scholarship, new Chromebook and $50,000 technology grant to her school that come with winning the 2013 Doodle4Google competition.
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Celebrate Atari Breakout’s Anniversary with Today’s Google Doodle
It’s not where you think it might be. Search in the standard Web Search and it’ll be a list of posts (such as this one) about the Google Doodle. Instead, select the “Images tab in the upper left”, input “atari breakout” and wait a second. Don’t forget to turn up the volume!
Continue ReadingGoogle Doodle Celebrates Leonhard Euler’s Birthday!
Today we, along with Google Doodle, celebrate the birthday of Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler (1707-1783). Euler completed work in astronomy, physics, and mechanics, but he remains most famous for his work in mathematics.
Continue ReadingGoogle Doodle Celebrates Maria Montessori
Today’s Google Doodle celebrates education pioneer Maria Montessori.
Continue ReadingRussian Robot Google Doodle
The Russian Google page currently has a marvelous interactive robot doodle. From what I can tell, it’s for Stanislaw Lem, the sci-fi writer who brought us Solaris.Thanks to my colleague who managed to find this!
Continue ReadingGoogle Celebrates Marie Curie’s 144th Birthday
Today, November 7th, marks the 144th birthday of one of the most famous female scientists of all time. Marie Curie was a physicist and chemist, and is best known for her pioneering work in the field of radioactivity. Google has dedicated their doodle today to her. Marie Curie was born Maria Salomea Sklodowska in Warsaw, […]
Continue ReadingA Fun Google Doodle for Art Clokey’s Birthday!
Celebrate Art Clokey’s 90th birthday today with a Google doodle honoring his pioneering work in stop-motion animation! Clokey presented Gumbasia to the world in 1955 from University of Southern California. Then, from Gumby and Pokey in the 50s to Davey and Goliath in the 60s, his influence has been seen right up through this decade! […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Turns 13!
Image: Google.com “Hmm, I’m not sure…Google it!” is a phrase I utter probably on a daily basis. Obviously, as a writer for GeekMom, I’m a nerd, a geek, a brainiac; what ever you want to call it and as such I tend to be the go-to gal for everyone in my office whenever they have […]
Continue ReadingEnter Borges’ Labyrinths Through a Google Doodle
By this time, you probably all received Google’s tweet, saw today’s Doodle on Google’s homepage, as well as read the post by Chloe Albanesius on PCMag, or this other one by Alison Flood on The Guardian. So good posts, actually, that we hardly need another one. But Jorge Luis Borges wasn’t afraid of huge bibliographies, […]
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