Google celebrating the birthdays of anonymous dead people

Ally Dick

What are Google playing at ? Nearly every day now the Google logo celebrates the "birthday" of someone "famous". Today it's Mary Blair's birthday (who). She is 100 years old......and she died in 1978. Absolutely ridiculous.....

stupidusername

"ridiculous"

I like it, I like learning interesting stuff about people I've never heard of!

alchemist33

If only there was some easy way you could find out who she was...

InkSlinger67

I can't wait for 29th November to see who they choose.....It's literally a toss up between Rosemary West and Ryan Giggs

cocoshovel

I rarely even pay attention to the google logo, and if I do notice a change I never click it.

J. Marston

She has a Wikipedia profile, where's yours?

Basq

Any art student worth their salt should know her..

Wetai

If you know their name, they're not anonymous.

J. Marston

J. Marston wrote: »

She has a Wikipedia profile, where's yours?

Tbf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ally_Dick

Dardania

Deleted User wrote: »

I like it, I like learning interesting stuff about people I've never heard of!

too right. it's the essence of the world wide web...

They've actually been criticised for not featuring doodles on the typical American patriotic memorial days...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Google#Doodles

J. Marston

Deleted User wrote: »

Tbf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ally_Dick

A UEFA cup winner, fine acheivement.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Deleted User wrote: »

I like it, I like learning interesting stuff about people I've never heard of!

Ya its nice to take a moment out of your day to read up on someone from history who you otherwise would probably never have known existed.

krudler

Ally Dick wrote: »

What are Google playing at ? Nearly every day now the Google logo celebrates the "birthday" of someone "famous". Today it's Mary Blair's birthday (who). She is 100 years old......and she died in 1978. Absolutely ridiculous.....

Mary Blair (October 21, 1911 – July 26, 1978), born Mary Robinson, was an American artist who was prominent in producing art and animation for The Walt Disney Company, drawing concept art for such films as Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Song of the South and Cinderella.[1] Blair also created character designs for enduring attractions such as Disneyland's It's a Small World, the fiesta scene in El Rio del Tiempo in the Mexico pavilion in Epcot's World Showcase, and an enormous mosaic inside Disney's Contemporary Resort. Several of her illustrated children's books from the 1950s remain in print, such as I Can Fly by Ruth Krauss. Blair was honored as a Disney Legend in 1991.

there ya go. are you a Disney Legend? didnt think so.

Pherekydes

InkSlinger67 wrote: »

I can't wait for 29th November to see who they choose.....It's literally a toss up between Rosemary West and Ryan Giggs

Not C.S. Lewis? :eek:

InkSlinger67

Pherekydes wrote: »

Not C.S. Lewis? :eek:

Nah, his past is too shady!

holystungun9

Deleted User wrote: »

I like it, I like learning interesting stuff about people I've never heard of!

Hi, I like doing sudoku and going for long walks on the beach. I also collect action figures and classic comics. I keep them in their original packaging. To unwind, I like to arrange my action figure in different orders, e.g. one week by date they first were introduced, after that I like to mix it up with some alphabetical order or else by awesomeness of their special powers.

holystungun9

holystungun9 wrote: »

. To unwind, I like to arrange my action figure in different orders, e.g. one week by date they first were introduced, after that I like to mix it up with some alphabetical order or else by awesomeness of their special powers.

How do you determine which powers are the most/least awesome?

iora_rua

I wouldn't mind if it was done in a less distracting manner. The other day it was some spooky looking thing waving at me and pointing to a letter in the word 'Google'. I ignored it and got on with my day, still ignoring it, but found it very annoying. Unless they make it a static 'advert', I'm going to change my browser!

iora_rua

iora_rua wrote: »

Unless they make it a static 'advert', I'm going to change my browser!

That'll show 'em

Saila

Ive got a square in the top right corner of firefox, I rarely go to the home page anymore

saila wrote:

oh la di da mister fancy pants :rolleyes:

Saganist

Ally Dick wrote: »

What are Google playing at ? Nearly every day now the Google logo celebrates the "birthday" of someone "famous". Today it's Mary Blair's birthday (who). She is 100 years old......and she died in 1978. Absolutely ridiculous.....

Haha. Its amazing how full circle we have come...

holystungun9

Deleted User wrote: »

How do you determine which powers are the most/least awesome?

*ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod, a girl's talking to me, ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod my palms are so sweaty !!!*

erm, hello................eh, so do you like..........stuff?

--Kaiser--

Ally Dick wrote: »

What are Google playing at ? Nearly every day now the Google logo celebrates the "birthday" of someone "famous". Today it's Mary Blair's birthday (who). She is 100 years old......and she died in 1978. Absolutely ridiculous.....

Better than celebrating one's ignorance

partyatmygaff

iora_rua wrote: »

I wouldn't mind if it was done in a less distracting manner. The other day it was some spooky looking thing waving at me and pointing to a letter in the word 'Google'. I ignored it and got on with my day, still ignoring it, but found it very annoying. Unless they make it a static 'advert', I'm going to change my browser!

You do realise changing your browser isn't going to affect Google's homepage, don't you?

Ally Dick

If someone is dead, it's not their birthday anymore. That's my main problem

Ficheall

If the person hasn't just been born within the past 24 hours then it's not their birthday either. It may be an anniversary of their birth day, which is what Google makes note of...

strobe

Ally Dick wrote: »

If someone is dead, it's not their birthday anymore. That's my main problem

It kind of is, they were still born on the same day.