Google Doodle

Conservative Wingnuts Celebrate Easter by Complaining About Google Doodles, Like Jesus Would

This weekend, Americans of varying denominations gathered with friends and family to celebrate. Reciting from the haggadah, Jews congregated around the seder table to commemorate their ancestors’ passage from Egypt. Christians marked the death and resurrection of Jesus. And in a markedly newer observance, conservatives decried their persecution at the hands of search engine for not…

Ugh, Today’s Google Doodle Is Really Good

As the world continues to freak out over that (now former) Google employee’s offensive memo, Google went and did something cool for once. It made a good Doodle. No, seriously, it’s true. To celebrate the 44th anniversary of the block party that (the story goes) started the hip hop movement, today’s Google Doodle is an…

Today’s lovely Google Doodle celebrates the 101st birthday of inventor and actress Hedy Lamarr, who we have to thank for wifi. Thanks again, Hedy.

Today’s Google Doodle Celebrates the Genius of Boolean Algebra

Today’s Google Doodle — in most of the world, at least — celebrates the 200th anniversary of George Boole’s birth. We all have a lot to thanks Boole for, as he created the mathematics that underpins the logical operations of computing. Boolean algebra, as its become known, is the branch of mathematics that operates on…

Today’s Google Doodle Pays Tribute to Godzilla Co-Creator Eiji Tsuburaya

Today’s Google Doodle celebrates the 114th birthday of Japanese special effects director Eiji Tsubaraya, who was one of the co-creators of Godzilla and the main force behind Ultraman. In his honor, Google has ten minigames you can play aping all steps required to make the practical effects Tsubaraya was a master of. Rather than stop-motion…

Who on Earth is Inge Lehmann?

Click on today’s Google Doodle that sits atop its search results — a little exploded drawing of the planet — and you’ll be taken to a list of results telling you all about Inge Lehmann. Google’s automated algorithm says it’s her 127th birthday today, although we suspect she’s dead. So that’s fact #1. Inge Lehmann…

For Google’s 15th birthday, Motherboard put together every single Google Doodle ever created into one looping animated GIF. Yeah. That’s 1,809 frames of doodles. Watch it in full here.

Google honors French physicist with interactive pendulum doodle

Today marks the 194th birthday of Léon Foucault, the French physicist who used a pendulum to confirm the rotation of the Earth. Today’s Google Doodle pays tribute. The interactive doodle is based on the Foucault pendulum, a device introduced in 1851 to confirm the long-held assumption that the Earth spins on its axis. Foucault’s most…

The Greatest Google Doodles From Each Year of Google History

Today marks the official 15th birthday of everyone’s favorite startup search engine turned tech giant turned Big Brother. And even though many have had their gripes, it’s hard not to look back at our Google-fueled time online with a sense of fondness. Because no matter where you might find yourself in life, you know that…

Escape from Roswell with Google’s Intergalactic Point-and-Click Doodle

Today is the 66th anniversary of Roswell, whatever Roswell really was. But according to a festive Google Doodle, it was definitely an alien crash-landing. And also a point-and-click adventure. If you can spare a few minutes—you can spare a few minutes—it’s worth investigating, with or without a crew of federal agents. [Google]

Celebrate the Roswell UFO incident by playing Google’s doodle game

Today marks the 66th anniversary of the Roswell UFO incident. To commemorate the milestone, Google has put together a fantastic black-and-white interactive doodle in which you have to help a crash-landed alien return home. It’s quite possibly the best Google Doodle yet! At the opening of the game, users watch as a UFO falls out…

Maurice Sendak gets an animated Google Doodle for his 85th birthday

Author and illustrator Maurice Sendak passed away last year, but tomorrow would have been his 85th birthday. In his honor, Google has posted an animated Doodle running through some of Sendak’s classic books. The Doodle has already appeared on New Zealand’s Google, and I expect the rest of us will be seeing it on our…

Google Honors Inventor of Petri Dish with Gross/Awesome Doodle

Today, Google honors German bacteriologist Julius Richard Petri (born May 31st, 1852), the scientist credited with the invention of the Petri dish – a ubiquitous research tool particularly suited to raising cell cultures and revealing how gross-and/or-fascinating the world is, generally. The animation shows a series of Petri dishes sprouting Google-spelling bacteria after being swabbed.…

Google Doodle pays a stylish tribute movie artist Saul Bass

Today would have been legendary graphic designer Saul Bass’ 93rd birthday. As a tribute, Google has transformed their doodle into an amazing collection of Bas- inspired movie titles and posters, and it’s gorgeous. Bass created over 40 title sequences including Psycho, Vertigo, Around the World in 80 Days, Big and has created many classic posters…

Challenge Your Friends and Claim Zamboni Dominance With Today’s Google Doodle

This morning Google blessed bored office drones around the world with another playable doodle that celebrates Frank Zamboni’s 112th birthday. The game has players guiding the iconic ice resurfacing machine he invented back in 1949 across a rink, as more and more skaters mar its surface between rounds. It’s no Grand Theft Auto, but certainly…

Finally, Google Doodles Bob Ross, America’s Favorite Doodler

It’s about time Google Doodles doodled the doodle king. Bob Ross, whose palette and afro invaded our living rooms for decades of insta-nature art adventures, graces the search giant’s home page today. Ross, for those not familiar, combined a soothing tone, steady hand, and incongruous haircut worked spent decades working his canvas magic on public…

Today’s Google Doodle Is a Huge Animated Tribute to Winsor McCay’s Cartoons

Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo was an iconic comic strip first drawn in 1905. Today’s Google Doodle celebrates the cartoon in an animated strip which sees Little Nemo embark on an adventure through Google-Land. McCay’s a hugely celebrated cartoonist and arguably inspired much of the work of Walt Disney numerous other animators along the way. The…

Here Are the People Behind Google Doodles

Google Doodles are the Cracker Jack prizes of the Internet, the digital back of the cereal box, a quirk that humanize the giant search company. And it’s funny because the Doodles themselves exist in a sort of mysterious world—they pop up one day and then disappear. Very few people know about the process of creating…

Today’s Google Doodle Lets You Run the Hurdles

You might not be good enough to compete at the Olympics, but if you’re reading this blog, you’re probably adept when it comes to button tapping. So, make the best use of your skill set by playing Google’s new Olympics doodle, called Hurdles 2012. Left and right arrow keys to run, space bar to jump……

Did You Catch the Mars Rover Easter Egg In Today’s Google Doodle?

The Curiosity landed safely on Mars today, marking a historic day for space exploration. But did you catch the rover in the background of today’s Google doodle? We didn’t either until a tipster pointed it out to us. Don’t feel bad if you’re only noticing the rover parachuting over the Olympic stadium just now. For…