Yeah, it was super annoying actually.  Google is my home page on both my 
home and work machines, so each time I loaded I E up today, I got Pacman, 
complete with siren.  I had to quickly type in another web address to shut 
it up.  I bet Google's going to get some unpleasant emails from the 
crotchety types out there.  Only four more hours till it goes away!
Catherine Getchell
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Duane S. Farrar" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] What just happened? Pacman theme song out of nowhere


> Thanks, everyone! I figured it out soon after my post. Pacman's 30th
> anniversary? Now I just feel old...
>
> Duane
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dan Rossi" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 2:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] What just happened? Pacman theme song out of 
> nowhere
>
>
> Google says its Pac-Man logo is its first animated, playable commemorative
> logo. Productivity likely took a precipitous drop on Friday as office
> workers discovered an animated, playable version of Pac-Man in Google's
> logo on its home search page.
>
> The company unveiled the logo, a Pac-Man maze oriented around the word
> "Google," on Friday morning to commemorate the game's 30th anniversary.
> Pac-Man, developed by Namco and released in 1980, became one of the most
> popular video games of the decade and helped usher in a boom period for
> arcades and home consoles.
>
> Google said users will have 48 hours to play 255 levels of the game before
> it goes down.
>
> The logo's designer, Marcin Wichary, said in a blog post that Pac-Man and
> Google were a natural fit for each other.
>
> "Theyre both deceptively straightforward, carefully hiding their
> complexity under the hood," he wrote. "Theres a light-hearted, human touch
> to both of them. And we can only hope you find using Google at least a
> quarter as enjoyable as eating dots and chasing ghosts. You know, without
> actually needing any quarters."
>
> The company has often celebrated historic dates, inventions and events
> with customized logos, known as "doodles." The first was introduced in
> August 1998 to celebrate the annual Burning Man arts festival in Nevada.
> The first animated doodle, featuring a falling apple, was introduced
> earlier this year, in January, to honour Sir Isaac Newton's birthday.
>
> Other doodles have commemorated the invention of the bar code, Lego,
> Albert Einstein's birthday and the 25th anniversary of Tetris, an online
> video game.
>
> The Pac-Man doodle is the first to be animated and playable, the company
> said.
>
> -- 
> Blue skies.
> Dan Rossi
> Carnegie Mellon University.
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> Tel: (412) 268-9081
>
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