Wired

I am not a geek! I swear to God, no! Not geek - occasionally hip - yes, cool - absolutely. Geek, buried in tech? No. Which is what I thought Wired magazine was about. They feature all kinds of stories about tech things, but today's blog article on the Obama's dog pick is what made me open the article ... and not disappointed, I read their choice was 'solidly scientific' but the real headline was how pimps are using the 'net to lure kids into prostitution (I'm a parent, that headline disturbs me), on to a question on the ethics of cultivating baby dinos from poultry (why would we want to do this???), and Ryan Air's slam of the evil blogger ... cool stuff ... right up my reading alley.

I like it. Wired.com is your essential daily guide to what's next, delivering the most original and complete take you'll find anywhere on innovation's impact on technology, science, business and culture. Wired.com is a smart site for smart people. Like me.

Doodle 4 Google

Google always kept its homepage clean of clutter, and aside from the occasional French artist who clearly 'caps' on the logo, it's only on special occasions that the Google powers-that-be touch the sacred logo and reinvent it. Dennis Hwang (master of Doodle 4 Google) has the daunting task of celebrating and marking worldwide events and holidays with his doodles. Doodle 4 Google is a competition, hosted by Google, inviting elementary through high school students to have fun with Google’s homepage logo, and yes, doodle with it! Google asked kids in the US to doodle around the theme “What if…?”.

An annual event for Google, schools are encouraged to sign up - the kids produce amazing doodles! If you're interested, click on this link to go to Doodle 4 Google!

Here's a time lapse mini-vid of Chief Doodler Dennis doing his thing - drawing a Google Doodle from start to finish. He creates a doodle that commemorates the Lunar New Year!

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