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February 20, 2007
Google, you %$^^ tease, you
I love Google and all its works. If the name wasn't so masculine, I'd probably have the hots for it. Especially as Google is essentially an inviting opening in which you insert yourself. But I want to take note of a rare pet Google peeve, perhaps a feminine vice, I call the Google Tease. I bet you share the peeve and teasing experience, and I've contrived a gibberish situation to make it work.
Basically, you know the very helpful proper version. You type in something like "Presdent Nixon" and it comes back with some dyslexic entries above which is the very thoughtful "Did you mean: President Nixon?" And you click the link which is the words President Nixon and there you have what you were looking for.
Google rocks.
Now the peeve.
I've contrived a gibberish illustration to illustrate. You can try this at home.
Let's say you are looking for something you are not quite sure of, I don't know, like Funky Cold Medina or better still, the following:
true sdewqa lodino
Because you heard it somewhere, perhaps in Andalusian history, but weren't quite sure. Then comes the disappointing but not unexpected: Your search - true sdewqa lodino - did not match any documents.
But wait, Google doesn't let you down.
It also springs in front of you an unexpected hope: Did you mean: true sdewqa ladino ?
You Andalusian types especially can relate, though this is universal pleasure. I'm gonna score, you say, as you head towards the seductive promising link. And then you make your move.
You click on the link, and it says................:
Your search - true sdewqa ladino - did not match any documents.
GOOGLE, you are a %$^% TEASE!!!!
But I still love you anyway.
Posted by Matthew Hogan at February 20, 2007 08:45 PM
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Dear MH,
this got nothing to do with your post, but I thought you'd appreciate it anyway:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5i2If4R2u_U
--MSK
Posted by: MSK at February 21, 2007 05:25 PM
Not sure why.
Posted by: matthew hogan at February 21, 2007 09:00 PM
Dear MH,
the video is obvious, no? The great Christiane Amanpour gets disected by Iranian State TV. Even if one doesn't speak Persian (and mine is pretty weak) one would get the general idea.
For some reason I thought you'd see the irony. But maybe it was just very late when I came across the vid. ;)
--MSK
Posted by: MSK at February 22, 2007 04:02 AM

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