More weird Dr Who stuff found via Sparks...

Google has life-size Tardis too, however I couldn't find it last time I looked. (Maybe it dematerialized??)

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Crazy stuff here at Google...

Originally shared by Frances Haugen

And I thought my heart couldn't be melted by Google magic anymore... Today the Google+ team was surprised at our weekly All Hands meeting to find out we were having a surprise beach party right outside our building! Check out the wave pool they installed in the parking lot and various Googlers surfing!

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I've always loved naming machines. Starting out as a sysadmin it was one way you could have fun, especially when setting up large clusters. Here's my fun names through the years:

A Sun 3/80 lab named after japanese authors - kimitake, mishima, yukio, (can't remember the rest)

30 X Terminals named after creatures in the B52s Rock Lobster song. (Sea-Robin, Bikini-Whale)

I'm sure some people can guess what this set of NeXT machines were named after: hafnhaf, ashpool, mrfrosty, tessier.

Prod backend hosts at hi5 were named after the Simpsons (moe, bart, etc.) We ended up having so many we had to name machines after the guest-stars. ssh'ing into lindaronstandt or michellepfeiffer at 3am was a real spelling test.

Currently at Google I have machines named arcwelder and huskerdu for my dev purposes. Other musical acts that have had the honor of their own machine name over my career include mudhoney, danzig, and even... anthrax.

Originally shared by Paul Lindner

#qotd

What's the most creative name you've ever give to your computer?

#qotd is my occasional "Question of the Day" non-feature feature. At some point it will become a way for people to connect on diverse topics across their circles. Reshare or comment, just use #qotd

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Have an Address Book? Want to invite some friends? We have the solution for you. You can now upload contacts on the Find and Invite page by clicking on the Upload address book button :

https://plus.google.com/circles/find

You'll need an address book file on your computer. Get one by performing any of the following actions:

Outlook -

Select File > Import/Export > Export from the main menu

Choose Comma Separated Values (Windows) > Select "Contacts" > Save exported file

Outlook Express -

Select File > Export > Address Book from the main menu.

Select Text File (Comma Separated Values).

Click Export.

Your Other Gmail account -

See https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=24911

Apple Address Book -

Open the Address Book application on your Mac. Click on the 'all group' of your contacts. Select File > Export Vcards.

Thunderbird -

Click Addressbook, Select Personal Address Book. Click Tools, then Export. Save as *.csv.

Others -

Most other contact managers or email systems support contact export in VCard/VCF/CSV format. Consult your local help system to find out how. Leave a comment if you want to share you exporting experience.

-- If you have problems please feel free to click on the 'Send Feedback' link in the lower right.

Happy Inviting!

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A totally different type of Gopher than what I'm known for :)

Going to have to pick one of these up tomorrow at the Google Store...

Originally shared by Peng Ying

I wish this wasn't 11.95.. what the crap man

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