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Title: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dudeman313 on February 14, 2016, 11:47:16 PM
I wanted this to be a thing. Whenever there's a pretty cool G-Doodle, post it here. Today, Valentine's Day, there are three Doodles.
Here's one:
(https://www.google.com/logos/doodles/2016/valentines-day-2016-5699846440747008-5096695956242432-ror.gif)

And here's another:
(https://www.google.com/logos/doodles/2016/valentines-day-2016-5699846440747008-5703128158568448-ror.gif)

And a third.
(https://www.google.com/logos/doodles/2016/valentines-day-2016-5699846440747008-5129251808346112-ror.gif)
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on February 15, 2016, 04:43:53 AM
Are Google Doodles what they call Google custom banners? Anyway those looked kinda cool actually lol. But in the past they had static images that were really epic sometimes, usually in reference to a big technology milestone of the past or something.
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dudeman313 on February 15, 2016, 06:19:50 AM
Yup. In 2010, there was a GD in May that was actually a Pac-Man game. You can find it whenever you google "pac-man".
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Snektron on February 15, 2016, 04:46:44 PM
The google custom banners are amazing. The doctor who one had some game in it too, and recently there was one with a small game about peppers.
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dudeman313 on February 15, 2016, 05:39:57 PM
I liked the Beethoven one. It was a game where you put together notes of his songs by sound.
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dudeman313 on February 29, 2016, 01:37:18 PM
(https://www.google.com/logos/doodles/2016/leap-year-2016-5690429188079616-hp.gif)
Leap Day, 2016! ;D
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Yuki on February 29, 2016, 02:06:35 PM
Hehe, nice one.
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dudeman313 on March 08, 2016, 12:09:35 PM
(http://www.google.com/logos/doodles/2016/international-womens-day-2016-5748446948491264-thp.png)
It's International Women's Day!
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dudeman313 on March 10, 2016, 12:37:32 AM
It's Clara Rockmore's 105th B-Day!  :D
(http://www.google.com/logos/doodles/2016/clara-rockmores-105th-birthday-5705876574830592.2-hp.gif)
This one's also a game, but you'll have to go to Google (http://google.com) for that. :)
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on March 10, 2016, 05:54:06 AM
It seems gone now, unless it's because I'm browsing from a desktop PC in Canada? What was the game?


On a semi-off-topic note, the "zerg rush" easter egg still seems to work.

(https://img.ourl.ca/gg.png)
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dudeman313 on March 11, 2016, 11:12:48 PM
Article (http://abruzzo.tv/news/2016/03/11/google-celebrates-clara-rockmores-105th-birthday-with/) about the doodle.
Actual doodle here: http://www.google.com/doodles/clara-rockmores-105th-birthday (http://www.google.com/doodles/clara-rockmores-105th-birthday)

Pac-Man Doode also still works.
(http://i.imgur.com/2P9Pcjm.png)
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dudeman313 on March 17, 2016, 01:50:09 PM
Happy St. Patrick's Day from Google!

(http://www.google.com/logos/doodles/2016/st-patricks-day-2016-4834639321497600-hp2x.gif)
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: ben_g on March 17, 2016, 04:11:04 PM
Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on March 10, 2016, 05:54:06 AM
...
On a semi-off-topic note, the "zerg rush" easter egg still seems to work.

(https://img.ourl.ca/gg.png)
Yeah, google has a lot of fun easter egg. Among those, the breakout is my favorite (do an image search for 'atari breakout')
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on March 17, 2016, 06:24:30 PM
Yeah I remember Breakout now. I forgot about it, probably because it didn't work in anything else than Chrome and Firefox at the time. Pac-Man on Google Maps was also amazing.
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dudeman313 on March 17, 2016, 10:32:28 PM
Google also has an entire blog/archive completely dedicated to their G. Doodles here. (http://www.google.com/doodles/)
It even has an entire section of interactive doodles specifically, so you can check that out here (http://www.google.com/doodles/?q=interactive), too.
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dudeman313 on March 20, 2016, 02:39:12 PM
Happy Spring!
(https://www.google.com/logos/doodles/2016/first-day-of-spring-2016-northern-hemisphere-5727786629070848.4-hp.gif)

To me, the "e" looks like it's thinking: <_<  >_> "Mission accomplished."
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dudeman313 on March 21, 2016, 05:05:13 PM
Doodle 4 Google National Winner!

(https://www.google.com/doodle4google/2015/images/doodles/akilah-johnson_winner.jpg)

Quote from: GoogleIn 2015 we asked kids everywhere to doodle about "What makes me...me." Congratulations to the National Winner, Akilah Johnson.
See contest gallery.

BTW, the doodle is called "My Afrocentric Life."
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dudeman313 on March 22, 2016, 11:01:40 PM
Holika Festival 2016.

(http://www.google.com/logos/doodles/2016/holika-festival-2016-5722532684496896-hp2x.gif)

There are other doodles for today, so far I've only been posting the "shown in US" doodles.
This obviously isn't from the US, but I just really liked the doodle. All I know about the actual festival is that you get to cover things with coloured powder. :w00t:
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dudeman313 on March 31, 2016, 11:32:37 PM
My Birthday! 13 at last! :w00t:

(http://i.imgur.com/dYjTAaK.png)
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dudeman313 on April 06, 2016, 03:25:57 PM
Here's the 120th Anniversary of the 1st Modern Olympic Games!
There are several of these, but here's one:

(https://www.google.com/logos/doodles/2016/120th-anniversary-of-first-modern-olympic-games-6314245085986816-5635415851663360-ror.jpg)
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on April 16, 2016, 07:58:14 AM
Quote from: Dudeman313 on March 22, 2016, 11:01:40 PM
Holika Festival 2016.

(http://www.google.com/logos/doodles/2016/holika-festival-2016-5722532684496896-hp2x.gif)

There are other doodles for today, so far I've only been posting the "shown in US" doodles.
This obviously isn't from the US, but I just really liked the doodle. All I know about the actual festival is that you get to cover things with coloured powder. :w00t:
While this looks nice, I feel bad for people who were browsing Google from a 3G mobile data connection on that day. That GIF is 895 KB large >.<

Quote from: Dudeman313 on March 31, 2016, 11:32:37 PM
My Birthday! 13 at last! :w00t:

(http://i.imgur.com/dYjTAaK.png)
Image doesn't work
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dudeman313 on April 16, 2016, 03:21:46 PM
Hrm. It used to. I don't have it anymore.  :-|

And yeah, that GIF is pretty huge. Might be the reason why it wasn't shown on this part of the globe. :P
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dudeman313 on April 22, 2016, 07:09:16 PM
Earth Day!

(https://www.google.com/logos/doodles/2016/earth-day-2016-5741289212477440.4-5728116278296576-ror.jpg)
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on April 23, 2016, 07:08:19 AM
SHouldn't an Earth Day one be pitch black or something, since we technically have to turn OFF all lights at 8 PM? :P
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: JosJuice on April 23, 2016, 11:42:24 AM
Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on April 23, 2016, 07:08:19 AM
SHouldn't an Earth Day one be pitch black or something, since we technically have to turn OFF all lights at 8 PM? :P

No, that's Earth Hour. Earth Hour is in March and Earth Day is in April.
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dudeman313 on April 23, 2016, 02:42:51 PM
There's an Earth Hour? ???

Also, there were several Earth Day doodles, but I decided to only post that one.
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on April 24, 2016, 05:40:26 AM
Oh ok. I thought they were the same thing, for some reasons.
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dudeman313 on April 24, 2016, 09:11:23 PM
Is Earth Hour a Canada thing? :P
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on April 26, 2016, 03:38:01 PM
I don't think so? According to Wikipedia it's worldwide and 7000 cities participates in it.
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: calcplays on April 28, 2016, 08:43:22 AM
Today's doodle celebrates the 162nd birthday of Hertha Marks Ayrton, British scientist.

(http://www.google.com/logos/doodles/2016/hertha-marks-ayrtons-162nd-birthday-6049205031272448-hp2x.jpg)

(not in Canada, though)
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on April 28, 2016, 07:01:21 PM
Hm nice. Also for some reasons Earth Day banners did not always show up in Canada, even if I put .com at the end of the URL instead of .ca.
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dudeman313 on May 03, 2016, 05:38:06 PM
I wonder why?

Also:
Happy Teacher's Day!

(http://i.imgur.com/KxWrVne.gif)
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on May 03, 2016, 05:55:27 PM
Woah, that one looks very cool O.O
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: calcplays on May 03, 2016, 11:43:19 PM
The pencils in today's Google Doodle may lead some bizarre Benjamin Button backwards-aging type existence if the longer, newer pencil is leading shorter ones.

Or it is just to commemorate Teacher's Day.
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on May 03, 2016, 11:45:25 PM
What do you mean calcplays? I don't know who Benjamin Button is, other than that there's a movie called the Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: calcplays on May 04, 2016, 02:09:24 AM
A brand new wooden pencil is at the maximum length it will ever be. Through general usage, it gradually whittles down to a point. Size decreases with time, inevitably. As SpongeBob SquarePants (a cartoon character) once remarked, "As my ideas grow, you shrink." In today's Doodle, however, the "teacher" pencil is longer than the "student" pencils.  Growthwise, the short pencils have nowhere to go. Why would they learn? How could the clearly less utilized pencil be the leader of the group?

It will go away tomorrow, though, and something else will take the Doodle's place .
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on May 04, 2016, 02:27:37 AM
Oh right, true. :P Then maybe the Google Doodle doesn't make much sense if the leading pencil is the teacher, since it should have been shorter. :P
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dudeman313 on May 05, 2016, 02:02:00 AM
I see that now. Maybe Google has invented to growing pencil. :P
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on May 08, 2016, 07:23:02 PM
At least if we had growing pencils maybe this would reduce the amount of pencil beggars at school. <_<
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dudeman313 on May 11, 2016, 06:37:21 PM
Yeah. :D My teachers are always complaining about lending pencils and never getting them back.
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: alexgt on May 11, 2016, 06:44:33 PM
But people would still loose pencils :P
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on May 11, 2016, 07:53:36 PM
Yeah true. Over here I think the issue is that some students have poor families and parents expect other students to just lend them new pencils and paper sheets >.<. Or some students might just do it because they're too lazy to refill their pencil/paper supply. >.<
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dudeman313 on May 20, 2016, 01:48:04 AM
Yeah. :P

Also, It's Yuri Kochiyama's 95th Birthday!

(https://www.google.com/logos/doodles/2016/yuri-kochiyamas-95th-birthday-5723472594468864-hp.jpg) (https://www.google.com/search?q=Yuri+Kochiyama&oi=ddle&ct=yuri-kochiyamas-95th-birthday-5723472594468864-hp&hl=en)

You can learn about her by clicking the image. :)
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on May 20, 2016, 06:29:59 AM
Interesting, I didn't know that Japan or Japanese people got involved into the african-american vs white relation improvement campaings back then.
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dudeman313 on May 20, 2016, 12:59:43 PM
Me neither. It's a very intriguing topic. :walrii:
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dudeman313 on June 10, 2016, 01:42:48 AM
It's Phoebe Snetsinger's 85th birthday! Again, click the image for more info.

(https://www.google.com/logos/doodles/2016/phoebe-snetsingers-85th-birthday-5179281716019200-hp.gif) (https://www.google.com/search?q=Phoebe+Snetsinger&oi=ddle&ct=phoebe-snetsingers-85th-birthday-5179281716019200-hp&hl=en)
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on June 11, 2016, 05:53:54 AM
So Twitter scared me today with fake pictures of an Hilary Clinton Google Doodle. It looked like Google had set their background to Hilary Clinton but in fact it was just a Youtube video thumbnail. But there was still some controversy about Google allegedly rigging the politics search results (I don't know if it's true). ANyway false alarm :P
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Yuki on June 11, 2016, 06:18:59 AM
I think she already pretty much won the Democratic primaries by winning California, though.

(inb4 off-topic political debate)
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on June 11, 2016, 07:16:22 AM
Isn't Trump winning it all instead? Most news seems to imply that he's 100% guaranted to win <_<

But again the news often like to cause hype about nothing with their sensationalism tactic. <_<
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dudeman313 on July 05, 2016, 05:36:48 PM
Juno reaches Jupiter!

(https://www.google.com/logos/doodles/2016/juno-reaches-jupiter-5164229872058368-hp.gif) (https://www.google.com/search?q=Juno+probe&oi=ddle&ct=juno-reaches-jupiter-5164229872058368-hp&hl=en)
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on July 06, 2016, 01:56:33 AM
I love the pixel art. :D ALso on that Jupiter topic I can't wait to see what they find there. :)
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dudeman313 on July 10, 2016, 01:31:17 PM
Yeah, me too. On a side note, has there been any plan at all to begin the search for Planet X?
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on July 19, 2016, 08:53:41 PM
I don't know, but I know that there is an adult-only shop franchise that has the same name in Quebec City so I lol'ed a bit at the Planet X name O.O
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Yuki on October 30, 2016, 06:22:54 AM
https://www.google.com/doodles/halloween-2016

Cute doodle today.
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Snektron on October 30, 2016, 09:40:25 AM
This one is pretty amazing
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: WholeWheatBagels on October 30, 2016, 09:53:53 PM
Agreed. The cat is adorable
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: Dudeman313 on October 31, 2016, 02:53:35 AM
Yaas! I love the game. My hi-score so far is 17630.
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: ben_g on October 31, 2016, 10:35:30 PM
Quote from: Juju on October 30, 2016, 06:22:54 AM
https://www.google.com/doodles/halloween-2016

Cute doodle today.

(http://img.codewalr.us/halloween.png)
:(
Title: Re: The Google Doodle Thread
Post by: calcplays on November 01, 2016, 12:12:57 AM
Over the time since this Doodle's publication, I have gotten a score of 80370. There is quite some room for improvement, with better use of combos and protection of hearts.