By the pricking of our thumbs...
October 31, 2007
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Google Tip of the Day gadget
October 24, 2007
You can add the gadget to your iGoogle homepage, or generate code to embed it in your web page or blog.
We know that many of you have tips and tricks of your own; soon we'll be adding functionality so you can submit your own tips that can be featured in the gadget. For now, if you have a tip you'd like to share, you can post it in our Google Group for Tips.
Southern California fire maps
October 23, 2007
The Orange County Register - Updates from the Register on each of the fires, including evacuated areas, start time, origin, property damage, etc.
Wildfire Photos - Photos from the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Wildfire Videos - Videos from the San Diego Union-Tribune.
2007 Wildfires - Burn zones and evacuation centers from the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Los Angeles Times 10-22-07 Fires - Fire news from yesterday by the Los Angeles Times.
Malibu Wildfire Info From blog.sudosu.net - Specific information about the fires in Malibu. Updates are based on news from the TV and web.
Update: There's now a Google Earth overlay. Read more on the LatLong Blog. (10/25)
If you build it, they will eat it
October 12, 2007
Our first step was to use Google Earth and Street View to get aerial views and photos of the building. Spanning an entire city block, the massive structure was originally constructed in 1932 to house the Port Authority of New York; today, it's Manhattan's second-largest building in square footage. Next, our pastry chef, Danita Holt, drew up the blueprints. After a few weeks of developing the plans, it was time to start pouring the foundation. The actual production took four days, with seven of us (two sous chefs, two pastry chefs, our executive chef, a line cook, and me) working on it. In total, we used 630 eggs, 105 pounds of sugar and 20 pounds of butter. The finished product was five feet long, three feet high and two feet wide. Now that's a lot of cake!
Perhaps even more challenging, we had to make sure there was no waste -- every last bite had to be eaten. The day after the celebration (when we did make a sizable dent), we served cake 'donuts' for breakfast. We got even more creative for lunch and offered an anniversary cake trifle and an amazing Oreo-infused anniversary cake pudding. Throughout the day, we put platters of leftover cake in the micro-kitchens, game room and library. The last of our creation was consumed on the balcony on Friday night around 7 p.m. by a group of hungry engineers.
This was one of the most memorable projects I've worked on so far. I can't wait to see what we do when our office turns two.
