An unofficial blog that watches Google's attempts to move your operating system online since 2005. Not affiliated with Google.

Send your tips to gostips@gmail.com.

August 27, 2009

Google ASCII Art

If you Google [ascii art], you'll find an ASCII representation of Google's logo next to the search box. It's a geeky Easter egg closely related to the witty use of the "did you mean" feature to help you understand recursion.


{ via Marissa Mayer }

20 comments:

  1. Nice! Good job Google.

    ReplyDelete
  2. 10 clr
    20 ? "sweet"
    30 goto 10

    ReplyDelete
  3. The lower-left vertical slash in Letter L is color black, not green.

    ReplyDelete
  4. ___ _
    / __|___ ___ __ _| |___
    | (_ / _ \/ _ \/ _` | -_)
    \___\___/\___/\__, |_\___|
    |___/

    ReplyDelete
  5. That Chris guy has had the domain chris.com forever. Wish I could have registered it first, but am happy with my domain for now.

    Does the ascii art look the same in other browsers?

    ReplyDelete
  6. Yeah, as long as the font is equally spaced (such as Courier, Lucida Console, etc.

    ReplyDelete
  7. http://pastebin.com/f28fe31c0

    ReplyDelete
  8. ___ _
    / __|___ ___ __ _| |___
    | (_ / _ \/ _ \/ _` | -_)
    \___\___/\___/\__, |_\___|
    |___/

    ReplyDelete
  9. Are there other key words like "ascii art" that trigger other google logos?

    ReplyDelete
  10. ╔═╗╔═╗╔═╗╔═╗╔╝║
    ║║║║╚╝╚╝║║║║║║║
    ╠═║║║║║║║║║║║║║
    ╚═╝╚╣║╚═╝╚╩╝╚═╝
    ╔╝╚╗║╚╗╔═╗╔═╦╝╚╗
    ╠╗╔╣║║║║║║║═╣╗╔╣
    ║║║║║║║║╚╣║╦╝║║║
    ╚╩╩╝╚╝╝╚═╝╚╩═╩╩╝
    ╔═╗╔╗╔╗╔╝╚╗╔═╗
    ╚╝║║║║║╠╗╔╣║║║
    ║║║║╚╝║║║║║║║║
    ╚═╝╚══╝╚╩╩╝╚═╝

    ReplyDelete
  11. ___ _
    / __|___ ___ __ _| |___
    | (_ / _ \/ _ \/ _- | -_)
    \___\___/\___/\__, |_\___|
    |___/

    ReplyDelete
  12. __
    / / |
    ___ ___ ___ (___|
    |___ | | )|___)|
    __/ | | / |__ |

    ReplyDelete
  13. great google is something to be explored lovely

    ReplyDelete
  14. I read Coogle. Have you tried google gravity yet?

    ReplyDelete
  15. ╔═╗╔═╗╔═╗╔═╗╔╝║
    ║║║║╚╝╚╝║║║║║║║
    ╠═║║║║║║║║║║║║║
    ╚═╝╚╣║╚═╝╚╩╝╚═╝
    ╔╝╚╗║╚╗╔═╗╔═╦╝╚╗
    ╠╗╔╣║║║║║║║═╣╗╔╣
    ║║║║║║║║╚╣║╦╝║║║
    ╚╩╩╝╚╝╝╚═╝╚╩═╩╩╝
    ╔═╗╔╗╔╗╔╝╚╗╔═╗
    ╚╝║║║║║╠╗╔╣║║║
    ║║║║╚╝║║║║║║║║
    ╚═╝╚══╝╚╩╩╝╚═╝

    ReplyDelete

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.