Comments on: Comments on 15334

Post number 15334

magullo — Thu, 07 Mar 2002 00:54:45 -0800

By: sylloge

sylloge — Thu, 07 Mar 2002 01:14:36 -0800

It's gotta be http://www.google.com/logos/backrub_small.jpg

By: viama

viama — Thu, 07 Mar 2002 01:17:24 -0800

Yes, I like that a lot. I saw one of Mondrian's pieces just yesterday. Now that the Millennium bridge is open, I'm only 5 minutes away from the Tate Modern.

By: monkeyJuice

monkeyJuice — Thu, 07 Mar 2002 01:31:57 -0800

aghhhh the fan art is criminal - get it outta here!

By: panopticon

panopticon — Thu, 07 Mar 2002 01:46:11 -0800

By: Spoon

Spoon — Thu, 07 Mar 2002 01:57:47 -0800

My eyes!

By: Mick

Mick — Thu, 07 Mar 2002 03:52:09 -0800

the ultimate googlewhack: search for google on google and have this thread be the number 1 result. *que mission impossible theme song...

By: apollonia6

apollonia6 — Thu, 07 Mar 2002 04:52:59 -0800

Wouldn't that be Google bombing, not Google whacking?

By: jedro

jedro — Thu, 07 Mar 2002 06:09:53 -0800

I actually think Google is overdoing it with the "special" logos these days.

By: dansays

dansays — Thu, 07 Mar 2002 06:33:21 -0800

I prefer the Monet logo.

By: sikander

sikander — Thu, 07 Mar 2002 06:41:50 -0800

i like the Monet one too

By: Dick Paris

Dick Paris — Thu, 07 Mar 2002 07:28:14 -0800

What's up with the 'TM' of Google juxtaposed with the Monet's signature? I'll take the Mondrian over the Monet.

By: O9scar

O9scar — Thu, 07 Mar 2002 07:30:03 -0800

Almost all of the "cute" logo illustrations have been done by one of Google's programmers.

By: spilon

spilon — Thu, 07 Mar 2002 07:37:36 -0800

Any company that celebrates Piet Mondrian's Birthday is OK in my book.

By: transient

transient — Thu, 07 Mar 2002 07:42:51 -0800

Apologies for the aside, but I've noticed for the past few days that when I'm coming from a .ca IP, "google.com" automatically redirects me to "google.ca". Has this always happened? Does it happen for other countries? Just curious. Oh, and I vote for the Mondrian over the Monet.

By: Karl

Karl — Thu, 07 Mar 2002 07:44:25 -0800

There should be a restraining order on any programmer that gets within fifty yards of Photoshop.

By: sauril

sauril — Thu, 07 Mar 2002 08:09:42 -0800

transient - they just started doing this recently. I'm not exactly sure why, as it seems to be identical to the .com version. I thought both the Monet and Mondrian logos were good.

By: KnitWit

KnitWit — Thu, 07 Mar 2002 08:17:40 -0800

panopticon The Oolong logo is great!

By: kirkaracha

kirkaracha — Thu, 07 Mar 2002 08:36:13 -0800

It's nice that they include international holidays, not just US ones. The Nobel Prize looks like a gold dime. They got Mom the same logo in 2000 and 2001. I think she's going to notice. And I vote for the Monet.

By: Foosnark

Foosnark — Thu, 07 Mar 2002 08:51:30 -0800

I'm partial to the Monet myself. The googly eyes over in Fan Art Hell were actually kinda clever while still sticking to the whole simplicity thing.

By: kirsty

kirsty — Thu, 07 Mar 2002 08:55:37 -0800

I like the variation of google logos though I think they are getting less interesting as they appear more often. That's less interesting from a rarity point of view though as I think the occassions they are celebrating are getting more interesting. I'm in the UK and on my home dial up connection I get directed to google.nl by default. I presume my IP must be in a block registered to a dutch company, or something similar, but my ISP appear to be an italian company. Who knows. I'd rather get .com by default and a simple hint that I could get a country/language specific version if I wanted rather than the auto redirect job.

By: mkn

mkn — Thu, 07 Mar 2002 09:06:10 -0800

I liked the Olympic styled logos - especially the hockey one.

By: ebarker

ebarker — Thu, 07 Mar 2002 10:16:20 -0800

The Mondrian logo is great, but I instantly thought: "Partridge Family bus." That could indicate something, I'm not sure what.

By: glenwood

glenwood — Thu, 07 Mar 2002 10:23:08 -0800

There should be a restraining order on any programmer that gets within fifty yards of Photoshop. Here here!

By: xochi

xochi — Thu, 07 Mar 2002 10:39:00 -0800

Karl said: "There should be a restraining order on any programmer that gets within fifty yards of Photoshop. Uh...yeah Karl. Normally I would agree. But since your comment has absolutely nothing to do with this topic I don't quite get it. This guy's an actual artist who MAJORED in art at Stanford so what's your complaint?

By: sadie01221975

sadie01221975 — Thu, 07 Mar 2002 10:42:54 -0800

a little off topic, here's a cool tip from Screen Savers to make google your default search engine.

By: justlooking

justlooking — Thu, 07 Mar 2002 10:56:22 -0800

The monet ....anyday.

By: davidmsc

davidmsc — Thu, 07 Mar 2002 13:53:47 -0800

ebarker: it indicates you're a person of Sound Judgment and Admirable Musical Taste. I noticed the Google logo today immediately, and I clicked through. Never heard of the artist being celebrated, but whadareyagonnado? panopticon: that is the *cutest* thing I've seen since...well, the original pancake-bunny. Thanks!

By: wackybrit

wackybrit — Fri, 08 Mar 2002 20:47:17 -0800

Just don't tell Dave Winer about it.. he's already been whining about how Google shouldn't use different logos.