i've always liked the simplicity in google's homepage. you're just presented with a text box and off you go. i'm a big fan of how they switch up the doodles every once in awhile for a birthday, holiday, or big event. the recent birthday of pac-man was pretty cool, where you could play the game. i also found it funny that they changed the i'm feeling lucky button to insert coin. recently they've released their search engine site using ssl (https://www.google.com). today another new feature i noticed, perhaps it's been there for awhile? you can set a background image for your page now. while i appreciate the simplicity of the original default search page, i thought maybe i'd switch it up and put in a background image. i've always liked photos and pictures that look out onto water, especially ones that look out onto piers. it kind of looks like a bridge between land and water, and eventually sky. i think i just like the vastness of the water and sky. anyways, i'm working on a big post about abandoned churches in buffalo, concert venues in manhattan, and preservation. i hope to be able to tie everything up into something coherent. in the meantime, hope you all have a good weekend.
ps if you haven't played google pac-man, here's the link. http://www.google.com/pacman
