Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

May the luck o' the Irish be with ye! 
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For some reason, today's Google icon went away, which isn't fair, since it's only 11 pm! So this is the 2008 Google logo. How about the 2007?

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I don't like this as much. It's a lack of pizzazz. Was 2006 any better?

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Hello! I like this one the best! I can just imagine the Google logo sighing as it lay down to lounge in the bed of shamrocks. 

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2005 gets points for incorporating the traditional cartoon leprechaun hat. Though for some reason the shade of green for the Google logo is really bothering me. 

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Here's 2004, and though the pattern is pretty, it's not Saint Patrick's Day without shamrocks. I also have to note some patterns I'm seeing in other special Google logos. Father's Day often includes a dad in a hammock. Mother's Day only has flowers. For some reason Persian New Year is different than regular new year, and thus worthy of a special logo. 


For some reason Saint Patrick's Day isn't important enough in 2003!

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At least 2002 has something. Not a particularly spectacular something, but something nonetheless. 

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Yay, a pot at the end of the rainbow! Way to go, 2001!

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I just noticed in 2000 that they used to have a TM at the end of Google, apparently through 2003 that was the case (judging from these pictures. 

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So 2000 was the first year they really started the Google logo thing. But I just can't get over how weird the old Google named use to look! It's all chunky and different. Me no likey. Exclamation point!

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