14
Feb

Fun with Yahoo! and Microsoft

I can’t help myself and not writing some fun stuff to about the BIG DEAL and I promise, that I’ll try not to mention it again :). Anyway, since everybody’s talking about it, of course that fake logos and pictures appeared and even more: fark.com also organized a contest for the best photoshoped comic/picture. Here’s one of my favorites:

The blue screen
The blue screen

Moo:
Moo

The New Messenger:
The New Messenger

A new search engine:
A new search engine

02
Feb

Groundhog day

Today, February the second, is Groundhog day.
The legend of Groundhog Day is based on an old Scottish couplet: “If Candlemas Day is bright and clear, there’ll be two winters in the year.”
Every February 2, people gather at Gobbler’s Knob, a wooded knoll just outside of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
Residents contend that the groundhog has never been wrong.
The ceremony in Punxsutawney was held in secret until 1966, and only Phil’s prediction was revealed to the public. Since then, Phil’s fearless forecast has been a national media event.
The groundhog comes out of his electrically heated burrow, looks for his shadow and utters his prediction to a Groundhog Club representative in “groundhogese.” The representative then translates the prediction for the general public.
If Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, it means six more weeks of winter. If he does not see his shadow, it means spring is just around the corner.
Approximately 90% of the time, Phil sees his shadow.
Phil started making predictions in 1887 and has become an American institution.

The movie is excelent by the way :)