Friday, October 28, 2011

Google Machine Friday!

Happy Friday! I recently had the discussion of searching for yourself on the internet, so today I play around with the Google machine to find out what kind of wisdom lays hidden on the interwebs. So yes, I Googled murder!  Here's what I found, what I didn't find, and a few inappropriate things I picked up along the way .  These are just a few tidbits from my thorough inquisition of the Google:

  • I Googled my own name.  I could not find anything pertaining to myself, but there are plenty of links to crap about The Sims video game and apparently there is a porn star whose name is dangerously close to my own (google can get real dirty on you if your head's not on a swivel!), so there's that.
  • Next I Googled my roommate Jon.  I could not find any news articles about his high school track exploits, but not to worry, I learned that he has the same name as the UK's ambassador to Belgium.  One of my other roommates, Kevin, cheated and made himself appear immediately when you search him, but that's just him, internet-witch-magic and protein all day!
  • I had to Google murder (mandatory!).  Besides the standard news and Wikipedia pages, I found this inspirational poster that I know some people will enjoy.


  • I'm slowly realizing that searching Google images is very entertaining, but risky at the same time.
  • "Prestige Worldwide" turned up the traditional Step Brothers references, but apparently there's a business in Hagerstown, Maryland with the name "Prestige Worldwide Lending" (May not be real, but I wonder if it had that name pre-Step Brothers? Free money!) . Boats 'N Hoes!


  • I enjoy Google's tool where it guesses what you're searching as you type.  A personal favorite of mine was after typing "why" and adding a space the first guess was "why can't I own a Canadian?" (actually its some sort of satirical internet thingy), but good question google machine, good question indeed...
  • Google helped me sort through important issues like "was Ben Franklin gay?", "how do you know you are a good kisser?", and "why kittens die".
  • I've you like things that I like, four words for an image search: French Bulldog Halloween Costume. This just happened! Best two results:

I want to go to that 
Dunno why this came up in this search, but its there? Philpott, is this you?

  • I'm realizing this post is quickly turning against cats, but that's ok, I thought this was AMERICA!
  • Happy Halloween time people! "Pumpkin Launcher" is a fitting holiday search that celebrates the long held American right to launch festive objects high into the patriotic atmosphere!
  • For my final Google, I sought how to keep the bears away during the Halloween festivities.  I found this: Bears hate pumpkins, so they smash them! So keep extra pumpkins around to distract the bears this weekend!

Get excited, tomorrow is "tend to your cow" Saturday!

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