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The original Google "doodle" was in 1998 when Sergey Brin and Lawrence E. Page were attending the Burning Man Festival, to show that they were out of the office and unable to help if the systems were to crash. [3]
The first Google Doodle honored the 1998 edition of the long-running annual Burning Man event in Black Rock City, Nevada, and was designed by co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to notify users of their absence in case the servers crashed.
Burning Man is a week-long large-scale desert event focused on "community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance" held annually in the western United States. [1] [2] The event's name comes from its culminating ceremony: the symbolic burning of a large wooden effigy, referred to as the Man, that occurs on the penultimate night, the Saturday evening before Labor Day. [3]
Dating back to 1986, this year’s Burning Man starts on Sunday, August 27, and continues through Monday, September 4. Its theme is “Animalia.” The art and fire of Burning Man, in pictures
The internet’s go-to homepage is popping off today. On Sept. 25, Google published its latest Doodle celebrating the worldwide appeal of popcorn. In addition to the art viewable on its homepage ...
Danica Patrick’s time at Burning Man brought plenty of fun in the sun — and a mystery love interest.. Patrick, 42, shared a plethora of photos from the Nevada art and self-expression festival ...
During the Burning Man festival of 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin designed Google's first "doodle" for the purpose of notifying users of their absence. Subsequently, Hwang was assigned to create special Google logos. [4]
Firefighters and other rescue crews chased the man, who slipped through a safety perimeter and sprinted for the flames at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday. Graphic images show the man diving head-first ...