AN ODE TO 'GOOGS'
The more you learn the more you realize you don't know. This is to say that I know less and less every day. So it is my dream in life to have a little machine that I can bring everywhere with me that would at the very least make me feel better about being aware of progressively knowing less and less. This machine wouldn't bring me money, fame, love, companionship... no....it would give me even more! It would be a GOOGLE machine, and anytime I had a question, it would answer it; anytime there was a dispute, it would solve it; and every time I wanted to win a bet, I would double check it first.
I don't think I'd need anything else!
DID YOU KNOW THAT Google is a mathematical term 1 followed by one hundred zeroes?
Don't believe me? Then google it.
Ok, so yeah, I like to google stuff ......a lot. I would have hated to live in a time where information wasn't a click away! If it weren't for googs:
1. I'd never win lots of money from people betting against my knowledge
2. I'd never prove my points quickly and effortlessly
3. I'd know about 1000000 fewer useless facts
4. I would never know how to make a bomb or poison someone with anthrax
5. I could not keep my finger on the pulse of global up to the minute weather and economics (ie, if/when my weather is better than yours and if/when I have made money from Toyota, Starbucks, or GE stocks)
6. Almost all of my how? and why? questions would go unanswered
7. I'd be a much less fulfilled person..... what did you used to do without google!?!?! Honestly, thats like asking what people did before beer....just simply unfathomable.
Bastian and I kept a journal on our trip a few weeks back. And all the while kept a list of things we would google when we had time. Page 1.
So what have I googled this week? This is a list directly from my Firefox history from April 1 to April 6, 2010. I promise I have done nothing to alter any of this list or hide anything potentially embarrassing or incriminating.
http://www.google.com.hk/search:
steve+o-l; white+fingernails; liver+disease+malnutrition; suomi+pronunciation; sloth+ATPase; 100+year+old+eggs; divorce+rates+of+non+divorced+parents; iron+ore+direction+magnet; lenovo+laptop; why+is+water+white; will+farrell+funny+or+die; IELTS+france; Finnish+passport+refused+entry; ; how+to+read+palms; if+you+can't+smell+can+you+still+taste; google+facts; canada+fashion+distributor; asivo+laptop; bordeaux+jobs; mother's+day; direction+of+the+magnetic+pull+of+earth+can+be+seen; world+health+beijing; beijing+to+Helsinki; divorce+rates+differ+between+english+and+french+Canadians; why+is+U2+album+named+joshua+tree; french+wine+from+Bordeaux; 100+year+olg+eggs+china; anchorman+intro+there+was+a+time+before+cable; anchorman+quotes+top+of+a+mountain; asio+laptop; beijing+to+hong+kong; canadian+travel+estonia+Europe; cheap+computers+hong+kong; china+eastern+airlines; china+entrance+visa+administration+hong+kong; copper+in+rock+gets+pulled+by+the+earths+magnetic+field; espoo+finand +postal+code; fashion+distributor+America; finnish+passport+refused+entry; finnish+swedish+bali; helsinki+fashion+organic; how+do+i+say+ok+in+finnish; how+far+is+helsinki+from+hong+kong ; how+to+read+palms ; jet+star+asia; kimmo+lahti; learn+finnish; me+too+in+finnish; organic+cotton+fiber+organic+fibers+clothing+why; the+veer+union; value+asia; visible+light+spectrum+water; what+are+the+most+common+google+searches; why+does+a+sloth+move+so+slowly
Considering that was only about 5 days of googling, you can maybe gather how much dumber I am getting by the day due to this minor addiction of mine. While going through my history, I noticed some other things that made me smile that I have googled so far just this year:
Hussy; how+do+you+say+breasts+in+bahasa+Indonesian; THE+UNDERDOG+TAB; china+interesting+fun+facts; jackson+jackson+australian+the+cat+empire; olympic+hockey+game+schedule; telefrancais; bali+surf+report; naked+china+travel+environment; interpreting+dreams+dreams+with+a+lot+of+blood; voicie+votre+facture; january+26+1985+chinese+zodiac; chinese+folk+tales+how+chinese+history+has+shaped+its+present; damian+omar+valdez; finland+culture; great+lake+swimmers+beijing+ticket+ cool+new+music+from+Canada; the+joy+of+learning+how+to+learn+fun; chinese+zodiac+rat+monkey; hornborg; united+nations+drivers+license; cro+magnon+skull+how+many; acupuncture+tongue+diagnosis+pulse+diagnosis; 46+Fangjia+Hutong; sandra+bullock+hair+pictures; something+for+kate+light+at+the+end; Moldova; Surreptitious; adam+sandler+i+love+to+eat+turkey+in+a+big+brown+shoe; alexi+murdoch+all+of+my+days; breandan+benson; canadian+mulled+wine; chinese+slang; craig+Cardiff; genghis+khan; vodka+history+and+culture; how+fast+does+caffeine+enter+the+bloodstream; human+evolution; linda+mcgrew; matt+mays; slang+for+friends+hommies; south+park+and+Canada+why+do+they+make+fun+of+Canada;
Of course, a blog on my love for Google would have to involve some Google results; namely, on Google.
Have you ever wondered what other people Google and how often? well I did, so I Googled it.
The Google search engine receives about a billion search requests per day. That is 1 per person on earth per week (when I googled what the current earth's population was to get you that totally nerdy fact, I found this worldometers site where you can watch as the world's population, Carbon dioxide emissions and Current average temperature (Celsius) are all increasing before your eyes.
Your last useless fact of the day involves the most popular top ten searches on Google for 2008 in the UK:
1. Facebook, 2. BBC, 3. Youtube, 4. Ebay, 5. Games, 6. News, 7. Hotmail, 8. Bebo, 9. Yahoo, 10.Jobs
And since I didn't know what 8 was, what did I do? Well of course, I googled it.
I don't think I'd need anything else!
DID YOU KNOW THAT Google is a mathematical term 1 followed by one hundred zeroes?
Don't believe me? Then google it.
Ok, so yeah, I like to google stuff ......a lot. I would have hated to live in a time where information wasn't a click away! If it weren't for googs:
1. I'd never win lots of money from people betting against my knowledge
2. I'd never prove my points quickly and effortlessly
3. I'd know about 1000000 fewer useless facts
4. I would never know how to make a bomb or poison someone with anthrax
5. I could not keep my finger on the pulse of global up to the minute weather and economics (ie, if/when my weather is better than yours and if/when I have made money from Toyota, Starbucks, or GE stocks)
6. Almost all of my how? and why? questions would go unanswered
7. I'd be a much less fulfilled person..... what did you used to do without google!?!?! Honestly, thats like asking what people did before beer....just simply unfathomable.
Bastian and I kept a journal on our trip a few weeks back. And all the while kept a list of things we would google when we had time. Page 1.
So what have I googled this week? This is a list directly from my Firefox history from April 1 to April 6, 2010. I promise I have done nothing to alter any of this list or hide anything potentially embarrassing or incriminating.
http://www.google.com.hk/search:
steve+o-l; white+fingernails; liver+disease+malnutrition; suomi+pronunciation; sloth+ATPase; 100+year+old+eggs; divorce+rates+of+non+divorced+parents; iron+ore+direction+magnet; lenovo+laptop; why+is+water+white; will+farrell+funny+or+die; IELTS+france; Finnish+passport+refused+entry; ; how+to+read+palms; if+you+can't+smell+can+you+still+taste; google+facts; canada+fashion+distributor; asivo+laptop; bordeaux+jobs; mother's+day; direction+of+the+magnetic+pull+of+earth+can+be+seen; world+health+beijing; beijing+to+Helsinki; divorce+rates+differ+between+english+and+french+Canadians; why+is+U2+album+named+joshua+tree; french+wine+from+Bordeaux; 100+year+olg+eggs+china; anchorman+intro+there+was+a+time+before+cable; anchorman+quotes+top+of+a+mountain; asio+laptop; beijing+to+hong+kong; canadian+travel+estonia+Europe; cheap+computers+hong+kong; china+eastern+airlines; china+entrance+visa+administration+hong+kong; copper+in+rock+gets+pulled+by+the+earths+magnetic+field; espoo+finand +postal+code; fashion+distributor+America; finnish+passport+refused+entry; finnish+swedish+bali; helsinki+fashion+organic; how+do+i+say+ok+in+finnish; how+far+is+helsinki+from+hong+kong ; how+to+read+palms ; jet+star+asia; kimmo+lahti; learn+finnish; me+too+in+finnish; organic+cotton+fiber+organic+fibers+clothing+why; the+veer+union; value+asia; visible+light+spectrum+water; what+are+the+most+common+google+searches; why+does+a+sloth+move+so+slowly
Considering that was only about 5 days of googling, you can maybe gather how much dumber I am getting by the day due to this minor addiction of mine. While going through my history, I noticed some other things that made me smile that I have googled so far just this year:
Hussy; how+do+you+say+breasts+in+bahasa+Indonesian; THE+UNDERDOG+TAB; china+interesting+fun+facts; jackson+jackson+australian+the+cat+empire; olympic+hockey+game+schedule; telefrancais; bali+surf+report; naked+china+travel+environment; interpreting+dreams+dreams+with+a+lot+of+blood; voicie+votre+facture; january+26+1985+chinese+zodiac; chinese+folk+tales+how+chinese+history+has+shaped+its+present; damian+omar+valdez; finland+culture; great+lake+swimmers+beijing+ticket+ cool+new+music+from+Canada; the+joy+of+learning+how+to+learn+fun; chinese+zodiac+rat+monkey; hornborg; united+nations+drivers+license; cro+magnon+skull+how+many; acupuncture+tongue+diagnosis+pulse+diagnosis; 46+Fangjia+Hutong; sandra+bullock+hair+pictures; something+for+kate+light+at+the+end; Moldova; Surreptitious; adam+sandler+i+love+to+eat+turkey+in+a+big+brown+shoe; alexi+murdoch+all+of+my+days; breandan+benson; canadian+mulled+wine; chinese+slang; craig+Cardiff; genghis+khan; vodka+history+and+culture; how+fast+does+caffeine+enter+the+bloodstream; human+evolution; linda+mcgrew; matt+mays; slang+for+friends+hommies; south+park+and+Canada+why+do+they+make+fun+of+Canada;
Of course, a blog on my love for Google would have to involve some Google results; namely, on Google.
Have you ever wondered what other people Google and how often? well I did, so I Googled it.
The Google search engine receives about a billion search requests per day. That is 1 per person on earth per week (when I googled what the current earth's population was to get you that totally nerdy fact, I found this worldometers site where you can watch as the world's population, Carbon dioxide emissions and Current average temperature (Celsius) are all increasing before your eyes.
Your last useless fact of the day involves the most popular top ten searches on Google for 2008 in the UK:
1. Facebook, 2. BBC, 3. Youtube, 4. Ebay, 5. Games, 6. News, 7. Hotmail, 8. Bebo, 9. Yahoo, 10.Jobs
And since I didn't know what 8 was, what did I do? Well of course, I googled it.
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