Ah, you always have to love Google Labs...

[jducoeur]

If you haven't already, check out Google's newest service, Gday. It really redefines cutting-edge. This time of year always seems to bring out the most innovative ideas from Google...

ETA: And then, of course, there's the nearly-as-ambitious Project Virgle. Which feels to me like one of those terribly dangerous magical incantations that may be more powerful and uncontrollable than the sorceror in question realizes...

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[umbran.livejournal.com]

I'm more impressed with Virgle, myself.

[dlevey.livejournal.com]

Screw Virgle. They think I'm depressingly normal.

[querldox.livejournal.com]

Virgle's a lot more serious sounding that previous "core Google" (GDay's done by the Aussie office from what I can tell) April Fool's. I suspect because Larry Page and Richard Branson would actually like to do this (let's just say that Larry's responsible for the full-scale model of SpaceShip One hanging over the main stairs in Bldg. 43 in the Googleplex).

Sort of glad I wasn't there for this one; in past years, I was the primary writer's go to guy for technobabble and science/psuedo-science explanations
(the Glutamate Grape flavor of Google Gulp? That was me), so I probably would've ended up having to research and write the Delta-vee type entries and the like.

[jducoeur]

Yes, there's a certain wistfulness about this one. They're usually just gags, but this feels like wishful thinking...

[querldox.livejournal.com]

Well, either they're serious about it or Branson's running with the joke to outside sources; see the first part of this CNBC video (http://www.cnbc.com/id/23904477/site/14081545).

[serakit.livejournal.com]

"Access to the requested URL has been denied to you by SurfControl." It's a Google April Fool's joke! What is there about this that could possibly trigger the web filtration software?

[jducoeur]

I'm trying to come up with a reason, but failing. It's pretty vanilla stuff. But then, most of that filtering software is pretty braindead...

[cellio]

Is this an employer filter? Obviously they're filtering job postings. :-)

[serakit.livejournal.com]

It's a school filter. One that isn't supposed to exist because it was voted to be removed.

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

I think my favorite part of that page was the user comment "This is old news. I read about this announcement yesterday on Google."

Also appearing in today's Google-verse: GMail Custom Time(tm).

Regarding Virgle being an incantation, see the last word on this page.

[jducoeur]

Regarding Virgle being an incantation, see the last word on this page.

Yep. I had originally written the comment based on the Branson video, which has a feel of, "Yes, I'm completely kidding. But I kind of wish I wasn't." But I stumbled across that page almost immediately after posting...