Cleaning out my email, got this one in 2007.
Cool Ride…
Ever want to take a look inside Google???
Google Solar Array Mountain View, California
Today, Google employs 20,223 people around the world, receiving a resume every 25 seconds from eager job-seekers, hiring an average of nine new employees a day.
A full-size replica of Virgin Atlantic 's Spaceship One (space tourist vehicle) hangs in the reception area.
Exercise
To work off the pounds, and the stress . . .
Google has its own state-of-the-art gym . . . offering weight-training and a host of exercise machines, rowing machines, lockers and shower rooms, and two swim-in-place wave pools.
Other perks include free haircuts, dry cleaning and laundry, child care, car services, chiropractors and five onsite doctors available for employee check-ups; all free of charge.
Perhaps the most unusual bonus of all... employees can bring their dogs to work with them and keep the four-legged canine in their offices.
We already know that working for Google has certain advantages, but, believe me, this giant of a search engine takes the welfare of its employees seriously as shown by this decompression (stress) capsule that is impermeable to sound and light....
Stress capsule
Moving around the complex:
A slide allows quick access from different floors...
There are also poles available....they are similar to the ones used in fire stations.
Food
Employees can eat all they want for free from a vast choice of food and drink, whipped up by in-house chefs.
Typical Google Lunch
Cookie set-up
Work Station:
Each employee has at least two large screens.
There are 4-6 'Zooglers' per office.
Innovation:
Large boards are available just about everywhere because 'ideas don't always come when seated in the office'says one of Google's managers.
Leisure.
Pool tables, video games, etc. are available in many areas.
Communication.
On each floor, there are private cabin areas where employees attend to personal affairs.
Tech Stop
Having trouble with your computer? No problem...
Bring it to this area where drinks are available while it is being fixed...
Health:
Professional massage therapists are available.
Rest ....
View relaxing aquariums on massage chairs that you control ...
Ambiance.
There are many books in this library...even some about programming!
I would LOVE time out in this room!!
These incredible images of waves in the Hawaiian Islands were taken by Clark Little, the number one photographer of surf.
He is dedicated to photographing the waves and has published a selection of his best images.
Sun glints off wave
Clark Little/SWNS
Sand in surf
Clark Little/SWNS
This shot captures sand from the ocean's floor being swept up by a monstrous wave and resembles a sandstorm.
Little calls it the Sandmonster.
There were clouds of sand ten feet high and I'm standing there.
I'm holding on to my camera and my trigger as long as I can.
Then I have to jump into the cloud of sand to try to get out of danger's way.
His fans pay as much as $4,000 for his gorgeous photos.
Tubular shining
Clark Little/SWNS
Beach - surf crashes down
Clark Little/SWNS
Molten liquid gold
Clark Little/SWNS
White tumultuous water
Clark Little/SWNS
Splash - stunning shot
Clark Little/SWNS
Red mysterious shot
Clark Little/SWNS
Break - wave crashes down
Clark Little/SWNS
Beauty - water drops
Clark Little/SWNS
This shot is his favorite.
With a high shutter speed he caught the brilliant fanned effect of two waves intersecting each other and throwing out this beautiful fan of water.
The Astronaut Who Captured a Satellite
Credit: STS-51A, NASA
Explanation: In 1984, high above the Earth's surface, an astronaut captured a satellite. It was the second satellite captured that mission. Pictured above, astronaut Dale A. Gardner flies free using the Manned Maneuvering Unit and begins to attach a control device dubbed the Stinger to the rotating Westar 6 satellite. Communications satellite Westar 6 had suffered a rocket malfunction that left it unable to reach its intended high geosynchronous orbit. Both the previously caught Palapa B-2 satellite and the Westar 6 satellite were guided into the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Discovery and returned to Earth. Westar 6was subsequently refurbished and sold.
Do you think he put some nutz in camera to get the sqwirl to pose for the picchur?;)
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