April 2005 – Page 4 – Something Odd!

Google had to start somewhere..

This photo clearly shows the early origins of the Google search engine. It’s really amazing how things have advanced in recent years!

AJAX Matters – Asynchronous JavaScript and XML and XMLHTTP development information

AJAX Matters – lots of xmlhttp links!

Corporate Imagery – McDonalds and Apple

Will Pate had some fun in McDonalds a few days ago. He took a picture of one of their McCafe cups and was verbally set-upon by a member of staff demanding that he delete the photo!
Reminds me of my visit to the Apple Store in Chicago. I took a few photos in there, but was nicely asked by a young guy to stop as photography wasn’t allowed inside the building. I still have the photo, would it hurt to post it here?
I’ll be back there in a few weeks so I may try again!

How To Preserve Photos For 500 Years

How To Preserve Photos For 500 Years – fluff article from Forbes, but you really didn’t expect them to tell how you could preserve your photos? Microfilm is recommended but hopefully when JPEG is superceeded by something else there’ll be a Unix command I can use against my archive of photos.

MonkeyFilter | Everyday Tips

Lots of great everyday tips here. Several useful tips and some very bizarre ones!

This is Beaumont, Cork

Google Maps is now available in Ireiand and the UK. Here’s Beaumont in Cork. Unfortunately, Blarney isn’t on the map!
At least I found where I work, I think.

Cardinal O'Leary flies cheaper

Looks like a new cardinal in Ireland. Almost as funny as Pope Idol this morning on TodayFM!
Roll on the Pope jokes.. (thanks Darragh)
Later… Niall O Loughlin has a caricature of the new Pope on his site. Tut tut. Bold boy! 🙂

Call out Gouranga be happy!!!

I don’t get much spam any more. Greylisting keeps 99% of it out so when spam does get through it’s a surprise.
This morning I received the following from nitaigouranga@aol.com:

Call out Gouranga be happy!!!
Gouranga Gouranga Gouranga ….
That which brings the highest happiness!!

Looks like lots of other people received this mail too!
The Urban Dictionary has a humorous definition of gouranga:

A word that appears on motorway bridges in north west UK. It’s only purpose is to annoy drivers who are left with a nagging curiosity for the rest of their day until the next day when it ceases to become important ever again.

A New Pope

Pope Benedict XVI was elected earlier today. I can’t say it’s surprising they voted for Cardinal Ratzinger as he was easily the most well known of the cardinals. My initial impressions of the man aren’t good. He’s conservative and rigid, but hearing commentary through the day gives me pause for thought. I have heard that the media vilified him wrongly, so his Papacy may not be as clear-cut as people think.