Google’s Font Directory is great for when you’re fed up with Georgia and Verdana!
Via Quipsologies

Tags: design, directory, font, Google, technology, type, web
Posted in Art & Design, Science / Technology | Comments (0)

Jules linked me to google the moment I signed on, so she gets credit for showing me google’s home screen today.

I get credit for winning at google though!

Really, I’m not sure if it counts as a win since I’m not still playing (I couldn’t figure out pause.) I was a little bummed once I saw that the level map stays the same after intermission.

Tags: Google, pacgoogle, pacman
Posted in Entertainment | Comments (1)

This has been making the blog rounds a ton. Best use to Google’s sponsored links I have ever seen!
Via Gizmodo

Tags: advertising, Business, Google, job, promotion, technology, video
Posted in Business, Science / Technology | Comments (0)

The year’s first batch of links from my dad!

- Mistakes in typography grate the purists.
- Beautiful video of how the Earth would look with rings.
- Typographic Character Coasters.
- McAfee, Inc. warns consumers about “The Twelve Scams of Christmas.”
- Unknown filmmaker gets $30m for robot movie.
- Adorable photo of how genetics works.
- Going Deep for the Cheap in New York.
- Phoenix: Perfect Pop Gems, Stripped Down.
- Scroll down to the video about Microsoft’s Project Natal for Xbox 360.
- These days, the fantasy of building a career on Etsy is not just the stuff of dreams.
- Sumerians look on in confusion as God creates world.
- Santa’s Naughty–Nice Database Hacked!
- The story of Christmas in Savannah in 1864.
- Some NYC restaurant recommendations.
- Frugal Portland.
- Torrent Search Engines Unlawful, U.S. Judge Says.
- If ‘Star Wars’ was On Facebook.
- Neuroethics & the Trolley Dilemma; a discussion about morality and ethics.
- No Pants Subway Ride Attracts Hundreds.
- According to The American Dialect Society: 2009 Word of the Year is “tweet”; Word of the Decade is “google.”
Photo by Fabiana Zonca | Via Dir Journal

Tags: Business, cheap, Christmas, design, earth, Entertainment, ethics, Etsy, facebook, genetics, Google, hacked, Humor, microsoft, morality, movies, Music, New York, no pants, onion, Pheonix, portland, Project Natal, restaurants, Santa, savannah, scams, science, star wars, subway, technology, torrent, Travel, tweet, typography, video, words, Xbox 360
Posted in Art & Design, Business, Entertainment, Etsy, Food & Restaurants, Humor, Links From My Father, Music, New York, Science / Technology | Comments (0)

I honestly can’t think of a company that’s more integrated into my daily life like Google is. Abhigyan realized this and recently had a “Week of Discovering Alternatives For Google’s Services.”

I was shocked with what I saw. I was practically living my life with Google. And the revelation set my brain in motion – that maybe… just maybe, I’d become a Googaholic. I started wondering whether I could survive being off Google’s services for an entire week. And thus started my week-long quest to look for free, functional alternatives to most things Google.

Via Make Use Of

Tags: alternative, Google, internet, services, technology, ungoogled, web
Posted in Science / Technology | Comments (0)

I’ve fallen head over heals for these! I started using Reader was just so I could try the skin out (and now I’m hooked!). Still not about to use twitter, though… ;)
Helvetireader
Helvetical
Helvetimail

Tags: calendar, code, design, gmail, Google, helvetica, reader, skin, technology
Posted in Art & Design, Science / Technology | Comments (2)

RAWR!
Found via Coast to Coast AM

Tags: Google, Humor, maps, satellite, T-REX
Posted in Humor, Science / Technology | Comments (0)

Spring cleaning for my email.

- This year marks the 50th anniversary for one of my favorite albums, Kind of Blue.
- Commercializing the Obamas.
- I would love to have this job!
- Leapfrog’s ‘Baby BlackBerry’ Targets Preschool Set. Ugh!
- I think Hollywood is officially out of ideas.
- I glad I’m not the only one who just doesn’t get Twitter. (The video’s really funny, even for those fond of the site.)
- Although the last thing I need to do it buy more furniture, I need to check out the eye candy at the new Droog store.
- Love the site and if I had an iPhone, Lord knows What the Font would be on it!
- My old neighborhood, Morningside Heights, wants to designate itself a historic district. Love that area of town.
- Heard the word “ohrworm?” Literally “ear worm”, it refers to a catchy song that you just can’t get out of your head.
- 10 “facts” (posted in April 1st).
- Charged black holes & Whoville.
- Fermi problems (“How many piano tuners are there in Chicago?”)
- I want a glow-in-the-dark puppy. What a cutie!
- When Jack Resnick and Sons became landlords to the bakery Crumbs, they worked some cupcakes into the deal.

Image from Toothpaste for Dinner

Tags: april fools, baby, black hole, blackberry, commercial, crumbs, cupcakes, doodle, fermi, Google, hollywood, jazz, kind of blue, leapfrog, math, morningside height, Music, New York, NPR, obama, puppy, science, twitter
Posted in Art & Design, Entertainment, Links From My Father, Music, Science / Technology | Comments (2)

Just a neat little bit of trivia: today is Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday. To celebrate Darwin, Google has this pretty rendition (“doodle”?) of their logo up on its main page. Nothing for Abe… maybe later?

Tags: abraham lincoln, birthday, charles darwin, doodle, Google, logo
Posted in News, Trivia | Comments (0)

My Gmail is backed up, so it’s time to share some links!

- Man! Those webcam puppies sure have grown up fast!
- The Pomegranate: the first cell phone that makes coffee and is a shaver! (You’ll never guess what they’re actually selling.)
- LIFE photo archive hosted by Google
- Even atheists can get a little out of control over the holidays.
- Is it art, or is it just delicious?
- If you’re taking a trip to NYC, check out these great tips.
- I really want to go and check out South Ferry Station’s recent installation!
- Bjork’s like the coolest person. Ever.
- ‘Hard Day’s Night’: A Mathematical Mystery Tour
- Common Craft makes great videos that are “short, simple and focused on making complex ideas easy to understand.”
- Jack and I are always looking for great weekend getaways.
- Mathematicians have the best jobs in the country.
- The worse the economy, the better infomercials do.
- Something to keep in mind when you watch “Benjamin Button.”
- Ooo, this sure sounds like fun!
- Finally, a clear way to get around the galaxy!
- It’s the Palaeobet, and it’s so cute! (“M is for Megaloceros” is my fav for obvious reasons.)

Image from I Can Has Cheezburger

Tags: art, atheist, coffee, dad, father, galaxy, Google, Guggenheim, infomercials, jobs, life, links, map, New York, phone, puppies, Travel
Posted in Links From My Father, Misc, Music, New York, News, Science / Technology, Trivia | Comments (0)