http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070726/kara-and-walt-visit-google-in-dublin/

5-minute tour of Google Dublin, funny narration, lot of exercise balls.

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Avani : Distract me. I'm going mad, and can't stop doing work.
AwesomeFormerCoworker : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QNI3W8UB-s
Avani : (::jawdrop:: ::pick-up:: ::re-drop::) x lots

This post is thanks to jmpava, who thinks I should post this even though most people on this list have heard enough Main Street Electrical Parade to last them the rest of their lives (I still hear bells in my head every time I'm helping set up for a community party).

TMBG covering the Baroque Hoedown
(blog link via inferno0069)

What a life in academia does to a person:

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(Clip from this year's Ig Noble Prize presentation. The Q&A is gold.)

I'm not convinced that Google Print is legal by precedent, but I am amused by the fight nonetheless:

[The Authors' Guild lawyer] said Google's contention that its search program might somehow increase sales of books was speculation at best ( Read more... )