Today is Charles Dickens’ 200th birthday.
To honor the greatest English novelist of the Victorian era, Google is honoring him with a doodle of characters from his works.
Today’s Google doodle is one of the coolest ever as it allows you to become a puppeteer, albeit digitally.
05
Sep
Today’s Google Doodle: Freddie Mercury Animated Video Tribute
Category: Computers, Entertainment
Today’s doodle from Google is reminiscent of the one they did for John Lennon last year.
In honor of Freddie Mercury’s 65th birthday, Google made a video tribute for the man who was best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen.
I am a frustrated guitar player.
So, imagine my delight when I found out that Google has in their homepage a doodle of an interactive guitar. This is one of the coolest doodles ever. You can play the strings using your mouse or your keyboard. I am reminded of the Pacman doodle.
It’s a tribute to Les Paul’s 96th birthday. Paul is a pioneer in the development of the solid-body electric guitar which “made the sound of rock and roll possible”.
Today is Charlie Chaplin’s 122nd birthday.
And guess what? Google is honoring the actor best-known for his work during the silent film era using mime, slapstick and other visual comedy routines to entertain the people.
Clicking the doodle will play a two-minute Google-themed video in Chaplin’s style. Google pays homage to Charlie Chaplin’s creative legacy with their first-ever live action video doodle.
12
Apr
Today’s Google Doodle: Yuri Gagarin and the 50th Anniversary of the First Human Spaceflight
Category: Computers
Fifty years ago, on April 12 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to travel into space, launching to orbit aboard the Vostok 3KA-3 (Vostok 1) spacecraft.
This historic event is commemorated today by Google with a doodle featuring Gagarin and a rocket that launches whenever you put your mouse cursor anywhere on the doodle.
