Peter Carl Fabergé's birthday with Google Doodle

Google is celebrating Peter Carl Fabergé's 166th birthday with this nice Doodle.

Peter Carl Fabergé was a Russian  jeweler, best known for the famous Fabergé eggs, made in the style of genuine Easter eggs, but using precious metals and gemstones rather than more mundane materials. Read More on wikipedia!

Doodle is celebrating Bob Moog's 78th birthday

Google's celebration of Bob Moog's 78th birthday with this cool doodle on its homepage. Bob Moog was an American created the Moog Music.

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Akira Yoshizawa's 101st birthday celebrated by Google doodle

Google is celebrating 101st birthday of Akira Yoshizawa with this beautiful Doodle.

Akira Yoshizawa (14 March 1911 – 14 March 2005) was an origamist, considered to be the grandmaster of origami. He is credited with raising origami from a craft to a living art. According to his own estimation made in 1989, he created more than 50,000 models, of which only a few hundred designs were diagrammed in his 18 books. Read more on wikipedia!

Akira Yoshizawa

Google Doodle honours Louis Daguerre with Doodle

Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (November 18, 1787 – July 10, 1851) was a French artist and physicist, recognized for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography. Google Doodle honours Louis Daguerre with Doodle on his 224th birthday.

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10 Gmail gadgets to try

There is a powerful but little known Gmail feature that lives in Labs called “Add any gadget by URL.” Once you turn it on, you can add iGoogle gadgets (or any gadget specified by an .xml file) to the side of your Gmail account. While most of these gadgets are built by third-parties and not owned or maintained by Google, they can be super handy.

To install any of these gadgets, follow those steps:
1) From your Gmail account, go to the Labs tab of Gmail Settings.
2) Look for the Lab “Add any gadget by URL.” Enable it, then click “Save changes.”
3) Go to the new “Gadgets” tab under “Settings” and add the relevant .xml address.

Here’s a list of a ten I’ve found worth trying out: