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Yeah, But what Does Your Name *Look* Like?
Bwah hah hah. OK, So I'm bored. And it's January. In Canada. What the hell else is there to do...
Just for fun, go to Google, and hit the tab for image search. Then type in your name (Last, first) and see what happens. The search engine is constructed to look for the words you type in priority (same as other text-based searches) and then return the image found physically nearest to the words.
Just a few ferinstances, typing "Butterfly Man" returned the top 3 images of mothman himself (you media slut you). Martin came out 8 in his rankings. But Nicky was pages and pages and pages of other Nicks, and I frankly gave up. "The Jim Show" returned over 76,000 entries.
Sometimes it's funny to see what little images have to do with text, other times just funny to see what else is closely associated with your name.
The first image that popped up after typing my dad's name was a leather-clad, long-haired, acid rock band. Trust me, it's hilarious if you know my dad.
Traa laaa laaa ... off to find a life now...
Lynne
Ok, Ok. After 10 minutes reconsideration, I thought I'd better add to this. I mean, the object is not to see how many times *you* pop up - you generally get over than about 2 minutes after plugging in your first high speed line. Rather, the fun was in the randomness of non-exact things I found. My sister-in-laws' name, for example, pulled a site along the lines of fatasstexaschicks. Juvenile, I'll grant.
[ 01-28-2002: Message edited by: Lynneski ]</p>
Just for fun, go to Google, and hit the tab for image search. Then type in your name (Last, first) and see what happens. The search engine is constructed to look for the words you type in priority (same as other text-based searches) and then return the image found physically nearest to the words.
Just a few ferinstances, typing "Butterfly Man" returned the top 3 images of mothman himself (you media slut you). Martin came out 8 in his rankings. But Nicky was pages and pages and pages of other Nicks, and I frankly gave up. "The Jim Show" returned over 76,000 entries.
Sometimes it's funny to see what little images have to do with text, other times just funny to see what else is closely associated with your name.
The first image that popped up after typing my dad's name was a leather-clad, long-haired, acid rock band. Trust me, it's hilarious if you know my dad.
Traa laaa laaa ... off to find a life now...
Lynne
Ok, Ok. After 10 minutes reconsideration, I thought I'd better add to this. I mean, the object is not to see how many times *you* pop up - you generally get over than about 2 minutes after plugging in your first high speed line. Rather, the fun was in the randomness of non-exact things I found. My sister-in-laws' name, for example, pulled a site along the lines of fatasstexaschicks. Juvenile, I'll grant.
[ 01-28-2002: Message edited by: Lynneski ]</p>
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