解读Google中国四大发明logo

昨天，Google中国主页的logo换成四大发明doodle，很让人费解。

众所周知，Google logo都是在节日或纪念日的时候才会更换的，而中国四大发明既非节日更非什么纪念日，在Google宣布退出中国市场之后放上这个logo，很容易人产生联想。

对于这个logo，不同的人肯定有着不同的解读，我的观点如下：

1、隐喻我们还在为古代四大发明而沾沾自喜不思开放，抑或仿佛退回到四大发明的古代？
2、logo里只留下一个“o”和“g”两个字母，正好是“go”，而且是反过来的“go“，预示着Google真的要go了？有趣的是，杨锦麟在昨天的《有报天天读》里的最后点题之字也是“go”。
3、单独看四大发明图案那几个字母，分别是“go”和“le”，谐音读起来就是“go了”或者“够了”。
4、留待大家补充……

Google UFO 系列 doodle 谜底渐渐清晰——纪念 H.G.Wells

Google的这个外星人系列可谓是今年最具悬念的doodle了，每幅doodle都配备了一个相应的谜题，并引领你走向最终的答案。9月5日第一个doodle的谜底是"All your o are belong to us"，结合图像暗示了谜底和外星人有关。而今天的麦田圈doodle的谜面也不难：51.327629, -0.5616088。

这个谜面其实是一个Google Maps坐标——指向英国萨里郡（Surrey, England）的Horsell Woking。在H.G Wells 1898年的科幻小说作品The War of the Worlds（世界大战）中，英国被来自火星的外星人入侵，而UFO降落的第一个地点就是Wells家附近的Horsell Common。

从wikipedia我们可以得知，H.G.Wells生于1866年9月21日，今天距离他143周年诞辰还有6天，我们有充足的理由相信这一系列doodle正是为了纪念他而精心设计的。

Google logo -- Father's Day

祝愿我的父亲节日快乐！我有一个伟大的父亲，是我前二十年的舵手，整个人生的导师。

Google logo -- first day of winter

今天是南半球的冬至，Google新西兰和Google澳大利亚上线了2009年冬至的logo。 虽然日历上今天才到来，但是身处惠灵顿的我早已感觉到了冬季。

新西兰的冬天很长一般从5月就开始了一直要到9月，在这漫长的五个月期间总是连绵的雨水不断，飕飕的大风不停，湿冷湿冷的，是那种渗透在骨头里面的冷。不像是在中国的北方的冬天，户外很冷但是屋子里有暖气还是很暖和的。还有一个相反就是，在新西兰冬天要在屋子里面用抽湿机，洗的衣服要晾差不多一个礼拜才能干。而国内冬天要用加湿器，因为屋里有暖气太干燥了。

掐指一算，这已经是我在新西兰的第八个冬天了，都八年啦.......

南半球是冬天，北半球当然就是夏天了，下面是北半球夏至的logo

Google logo -- April Fool's Day

Today Google has released its April Fool's Day logo - "Gogole" and also launched different services for different countries. Such as 谷鸽鸟看(Google Pigeon) in China, 川柳 in Japan and gBall in Australia.

Go and check them out!

Google logo -- First day of spring

Like Google logo - first day of fall in the southern hemisphere, some countries from the northern hemisphere such as google.co.jp google.co.kr display a logo called first day of spring.

The only differences are color of "G" and "l".

Google logo -- First day of fall

Google New Zealand and Google Australia released this logo to reminder people today is First day of fall. The logo contains a apple, orange, strawberry and falling leaf, which tells people harvest season is arriving.

The Southern Hemisphere starts turning colder and colder.... Back to my hometown China, today is start of Spring. Chinese seasons are traditionally based on 24 periods known as solar terms , and begin at the midpoint of solstices and equinoxes.

Google logo -- Saint Patrick's Day

Saint Patrick's Day，是纪念爱尔兰的守护神，圣博德主教（约385–461年）的节日，在每年3月17日举行。
这一天是爱尔兰人的国庆节，同时也是北爱尔兰的银行休假日与爱尔兰共和国、蒙特塞拉特和加拿大纽芬兰与拉布拉多省的法定节假日。在加拿大其他地区、英国、澳大利亚、美国和新西兰，圣帕特里克节虽然广为庆祝，但不是法定节假日。

Google logo -- International Women's Day

3月8日是国际劳动妇女节，又称三八节、妇女节、三八国际妇女节,是世界各国妇女争取和平、平等、发展的节日。一个世纪以来，各国妇女为争取自身的权利做出了不懈的努力。

1909年3月8日，美国伊利诺斯州芝加哥市的女工和全国纺织、服装业的工人举行规模巨大的罢工和示威游行，要求增加工资、实行8小时工作制和获得选举权。这是历史上劳动妇女第一次有组织的群众斗争，充分显示了劳动妇女的力量。斗争得到全国乃至世界其他国家妇女群众的广泛同情和热烈响应，最后取得了胜利。

第一次世界大战前,战争的阴影笼罩着世界，帝国主义企图瓜分殖民地。1910年8月，在丹麦首都哥本哈根召开了国际社会主义者第二次妇女代表大会。出席会议的有17个国家的代表，会议讨论的主要问题是反对帝国主义扩军备战，保卫世界和平；同时还讨论了保护妇女儿童的权利，争取8小时工作制和妇女选举权问题。领导这次会议的著名德国社会主义革命家、杰出的共产主义战士克拉拉·蔡特金倡议，以每年的3月8日作为全世界妇女的斗争日，得到与会代表的一致拥护。从此以后，“三八”妇女节就成为世界妇女争取权利、争取解放的节日。

1911年的3月8日为第一个国际劳动妇女节。

2004年Google谷歌推出第一个三八妇女节庆祝Logo

Google logo -- Carnival

Today Google Brazil launched it's Carnival logo. Actually, I went down to Wellington for the Cuba Carnival yesterday. New Zealand is a small country, didn't get its logo. Good for you Brazil! 

It was a great day! The sun came out, and the Carnival lived up to its reputation as New Zealand’s largest street celebration, with an estimated crowd of around 150,000. It reminded me of life back in Asia where you see people everywhere!

Google logo -- Valentine's Day

Yesterday was Valentine's Day Google released two doodle logos. first one is G XOgle, some people may ask what does "XO" mean? The answer is Hugs and kisses, also love and kisses.

The Oxford English Dictionary states that X is "used to represent a kiss, esp. in the subscription to a letter There is no general consensus on the origins of the O as a hug. The O could relate to the shape formed when two hands are crossed in a hug, forming a type of O. The 'X' may also refer to the pursing of the lips when kissing.

Similarly, written letters or greetings cards often include 'X' after a person's name or signature to indicate a kiss.

There is much debate on whether X's represent hugs or kisses. Some argue that X's represent kisses, but due to the "hugs and kisses" paradigm, some contend that 'X' is in fact lined up with the 'hug' and 'O' with the kiss. Also, arms crossing while hugging indicate an X while puckered lips form an O.

The second logo is a couple of happiness birds, who lean on each other.

Also you can see the previous year's Valentine's Day logos 2000 to 2008 here .

Google logo -- Charles Darwin

Charles Robert Darwin FRS (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist who realised and demonstrated that all species of life have evolved over time from common ancestors through the process he called natural selection. The fact that evolution occurs became accepted by the scientific community and much of the general public in his lifetime, while his theory of natural selection came to be widely seen as the primary explanation of the process of evolution in the 1930s, and now forms the basis of modern evolutionary theory. In modified form, Darwin’s scientific discovery is the unifying theory of the life sciences, providing logical explanation for the diversity of life.

His 1859 book On the Origin of Species established evolutionary descent with modification as the dominant scientific explanation of diversification in nature. He examined human evolution and sexual selection in The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, followed by The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. His research on plants was published in a series of books, and in his final book, he examined earthworms and their effect on soil.

In recognition of Darwin’s pre-eminence, he was one of only five 19th-century UK non-royal personages to be honoured by a state funeral,]and was buried in Westminster Abbey, close to John Herschel and Isaac Newton.

Description form wikipedia

Google logo -- Happy Valentine's Day

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