Google Rotated and Mini Google
“Mini Me, if I ever lost you I don’t know what I would do. (pauses)
I would probably move on, get another clone but there would be a 15
minute period there where I would just be inconsolable.”
– Dr. Evil, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Both of the following fun ways to browse Google need the Internet
Explorer browser, so feel free to skip this chapter if you’re using
Firefox or any browser other than Internet Explorer.
Google Rotated (blog.outer-court.com/rotated/) shows you the normal,
actual Google (with all of its functionalities)... except that everything’s
rotated 180°. Including the Google homepage, the search results, and
even the web pages you click on in the results. When people visit
Google Rotated they’re usually either trying to adjust their monitor, or
bend their neck leftwards.
Mini Google (blog.outer-court.com/mini.html), on the other hand, doesn’t
make you bend your neck. Then again, it may make you move your
face really, really close to the screen... ‘cause it’s tiny. About the size of
your thumbnail. Good luck searching for something with Mini Google,
and good luck hitting on a search result page – as a bonus, if you
managed to do that the page you clicked on will be mini too!
