Across the Universe...watch this!

Worth viewing in Blu-ray, if possible...wonderful film!

Three is the new two...

So we're told. Nanoseed is scheduled to join Ari and Ella's playgroup in mid-January '09! LB is feeling great...and we're both preparing to play zone defense, 24 x7.

Google Design Principles

Read the full post on the User Experience Team blog...

1. Focus on people—their lives, their work, their dreams.
2. Every millisecond counts.
3. Simplicity is powerful.
4. Engage beginners and attract experts.
5. Dare to innovate.
6. Design for the world.
7. Plan for today's and tomorrow's business.
8. Delight the eye without distracting the mind.
9. Be worthy of people's trust.
10. Add a human touch.

Happy Passover...

...to those that recognize this holiday! Reminds me of how Gmail saved the day a few years ago, and enabled us to have a wonderful (yet brief) seder!

Calling all NASA fans...

Holy wow...these are cool pics!

More MB Air craziness...

Would you make the same decision?!

MB Air

Two interesting tidbits, shortly after the much-hyped introduction of this beautiful (yet not ideal) machine -- here and here.

The flu has arrived...

...says the Google Doc. Details here.

Happy Birthday, LEGO!

We're honoring the 50th anniversary of the LEGO Brick on our home page today...

Larry and Sergey have always had a thing for LEGOS:

* A programmable plotter , Larry built out of LEGOS, years ago. He said the following on his Stanford webpage, while in grad school:

Legos and other lesser construction toys have been quite important to me. I have constructed numerous amazing contraptions out of Legos. I built a four foot wide inkjet printer out of Legos (and a few things from the hardware store and a bunch of electronics).

I attriubute (his typo, not mine) a great deal of my understanding and ability with mechanical devices to Legos and similar construction toys.

* Early hard drive enclosure (10, 4GB drives), encased in "faux" Duplos (see them in action)
Note: Sergey says they couldn't afford the authentic LEGO product!

* LEGO-infused photoshoot, as part of this TIME Mag cover story

Simply awesome...!

Step 1: Visit www.google.com
Step 2: Input these search terms: find chuck norris
Step 3: Click "I'm feeling lucky"

Note the site restrict!! ----> "pages from Chuck's Beard"

Attention Bay Area oenophiles!

This one is for you...

If you like drinking wine and discussing its attributes, we might be looking for you.

With our expansive (and continuously expanding) wine list, we need someone who can take a few hours per month to sample our new wine offerrings and compare/contrast with our existing wines. You will jot down your thoughts which will then be included in the monthly Educational Memo that is sent to our servers. While we need you to dissect individual wine notes for each wine, more importantly, we will need you to tell us what you believe the differences are between, say, the 7 different Pinot Noirs that we may offer.

A perk of this position is that you will be able to attend many of the wine and liquor events exclusive only to restaurant insiders as a rep of our restaurant. Spirits (and free food!) are almost always served at these events. Attendance isn't mandatory (and won't be compensated) but will be made available to you should they pique your interest.

If you are interested in this position, please send a quick email detailing your interest and qualifications for this position. Please also include what you are asking for as fair compensation.

Invisible Octopus...wow!