Jim Henson, the famous puppeteer and mind behind The Muppets, would have celebrated his 75th birthday on September 24th, 2011. Google is celebrating the man with an original Google Doodle on their search page that allows people to play with digital puppetry. Six digitized puppets based on Jim Henson's work are arranged in the G-o-o-g-l-e layout and with a click of the button … [Read more...]
Archives for 2011
Microsoft’s Bing Kicks Off Fall With Beautiful Time-Lapse Video on Home Page
Bing, Microsoft's search engine, has always had high quality photos on its homepage. When Google tried to do the same thing, they received a lot of lashback. Today, with the official beginning of Fall, Bing is using a grand time-lapse video to show the sunrise from Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming by Bob Glusic/Wilderness Video. The video is HTML5, so you'll have to be using … [Read more...]
HP Makes It Official – Moves Onto Their Next CEO, Meg Whitman
It's been a rough year for HP. August 6, 2010 HP's then CEO Mark Hurd resigned following some misappropriation of funds and later, a sexual harassment suit. On September 30th, Léo Apotheker was elected to be the CEO of HP. Since then, stock value has plummeted and in very recent months HP has made some very questionable decisions. A fire sale on the HP TouchPad led to … [Read more...]
Draw a Stickman – A Fun, Interactive Story
Check out http://www.drawastickman.com for a fun interactive story powered by Flash. You draw a stick figure and then the story commences where the stick figure asks you to draw some other things for them. … [Read more...]
Tim Cook Has A Hard Time Reigning Things In After Replacing Steve Jobs
After Tim Cook evolved from COO to CEO following Steve Jobs' resignation, it looks like he's having a hard time controlling the staff according to this CollegeHumor video. http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6612603/steve-jobs-substitute-with-christopher-mcdonald … [Read more...]