h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

It worked for me, surprisingly. When the zip opens, you get the results of the relevant Google search, the second result being the Los Angeles Times article entitled "Gideon Sundback, who did not invent the zipper, gets a Google Doodle"

Interesting article.


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>> The zippers on trousers have an overlapping flap of material. <<

There was a period, somewhere between the late hippy era (1968)
and the end of disco (1979) when exposed zippers on trousers and
jeans were in fashion, often with a large teething ring at the sip.

These seem to fall out of favour with the advent of pop top cans and
the hedonism and greed of the 1980s. And while a cursory search
for 'exposed zippers' revealed no historical record it does seem that
exposed xippers are making a comeback, especially on the back end
of assorted contemporary ladies' fashions.


~jwf~

You really want that to be a trouser zipper, don't you.

On Google.de they are celebrating Keith Haring today. Actually, not quite my cuppa , just thought you might like to know.

Ditto here in Blighty.

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I love Keith Haring's pictures. I have cushions with motives of his pictures, and I used to ask for a Keith Haring calendar when people asked me what I wanted for my birthday.

I have read a couple of links to 'bios' of this artist
all of which say he died young at age 31. None say how.


BTW: that zipper guy from a while back...
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-gideon-sundback-google-doodle-20120424,0,4136561.story


~jwf~

"I have read a couple of links to 'bios' of this artist
all of which say he died young at age 31. None say how. "

Obviously you didn't consult wikipedia.

"Haring died February 16, 1990 of AIDS-related complications"

Which would explain why the other bios were a bit cagey.

Yes.

And, if I may say without risk of being called homophobic,
it confirms my suspicions. If suspicions is the right word.
Some might say prejudgment on superficial evidence.
Artists, eh.


~jwf~

The next doodle?

http://www.google.com/doodle4google/vote.html#utm_source=sem&utm_medium=google&utm_campaign=SKWS

Interesting

F S

And one for the elections in France:

http://www.google.fr/

Howard Carter's 138th birthday. Very nice collage of Tutankhamun treasures.

North America has a Mothers' Day doddle today.
Not sure if others can see it but here's Canada's.

https://www.google.ca/

The two Os are kids to the little mother g.


~jwf~

Geez! When did http://www.google.ca/
get that extra s in the URL?

~jwf~

It's Mother's day here in Germany, too, so we've got it on google.de

Cute

nothing on my doodle today but FB is flooded with Mothers Day greetings, so it's probably the UK out of synch.

The Edward Lear one yesterday (celebrating his 200th birthday) was it included an owl and a pussycat, one of my all-time favourite poems

http://www.rhymes.org.uk/the_owl_and_the_pussycat.htm

So busy playing with today's Google doodle Moog synthesiser I completely forgot what I was supposed to be searching for and would definitely rather stay at home and play with it than go to work! All those knobs to twiddle and noises to make

MC

My coworker has VERY loud speakers with a subwoofer.

Best doodle ever!
I remember when a program like that woulda cost a bundle.
There's gotta be a way to download and save it.

~jwf~