{"id":410,"date":"2006-04-01T08:59:32","date_gmt":"2006-04-01T15:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2006\/a-gulp-of-romance.html"},"modified":"2007-02-11T08:22:42","modified_gmt":"2007-02-11T14:22:42","slug":"a-gulp-of-romance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2006\/a-gulp-of-romance.html","title":{"rendered":"A Gulp of Romance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, so I&#8217;m a little behind.  I missed out on the drink, but now I&#8217;ve caught up.<\/p>\n<table width=\"106\" align=\"right\">\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/googlegulp\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" vspace=\"3\" hspace=\"3\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Beta Carroty (Google Gulp)\" src=\"\/images\/beta-carroty.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Every year about this time <strong>Google<\/strong> comes out with another product or &#8230; revelation.  This year, it&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/romance\/\">Google Romance<\/a>.  That&#8217;s right, Google can not only help you find love, it can organize the whole dating process.  Check out the main Google Romance page, and don&#8217;t miss the Press Release.<\/p>\n<p>Last year it was Google Gulp.  That&#8217;s right, a drink &#8211; and the most technologically advanced drink of all time.  Click the bottle to visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/googlegulp\">Google&#8217;s Google Gulp page<\/a> (wow, say that 5 times fast).  Don&#8217;t miss the Frequently asked questions, either.  I highly recommend Gulp over Romance.  Is that because I&#8217;m a guy?<\/p>\n<p>More past Google bombshells:<\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/technology\/pigeonrank.html\">Google&#8217;s technology explained<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Get a job at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/jobs\/lunar_job.html\">Google Copernicus Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Google&#8217;s new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/intl\/en\/mentalplex\/\">MentelPlex technology<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Not one of their annual offerings, but much more functional, try searching <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/intl\/xx-klingon\/\">Google in Klingon<\/a> (if you know Klingon) (or even if you know <em>a<\/em> Klingon)<\/li>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.junglepop.org\/2006\/04\/google_gulp_1.htm\">JunglePop<\/a> for helping me catch up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, so I&#8217;m a little behind. I missed out on the drink, but now I&#8217;ve caught up. 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