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The Googol Conglomerate

Pictures taken during the first Google Puzzle Hunt

Date: 06/27/2007
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You know, they did a really good job terraforming Mars... looks just like Earth!

Date: 06/27/2007
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Not really sure how to hack other teams, but I promise I won't do it.

Date: 06/23/2007
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The way Ian's pictured here looks almost exactly like an old friend of mine from high school. Is Doona Nooth an anagram of something?

Date: 06/27/2007
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Wei-Hwa shows off the latest in Mars fashion.

Date: 06/27/2007
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Our Noogol gift... dominos and balloons. IDAKOTAWUM sounds like a nice place to visit...

Date: 06/23/2007
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Ah, that's what you do with an IDAKOTAWUM! (My daughter is now enjoying the balloon.)

Date: 06/23/2007
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It's always good to have something to read while doing your business.

Date: 06/23/2007
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I promised Mike I wouldn't make the recording of him singing the all-time worst song available to anyone, but unfortunately I had to let Seattle solvers see the whole thing.

Date: 06/27/2007
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All Stacy and I knew was that one of the tiles was the boxcar, and we used the strangest math to calculate where everything else went.

Date: 06/23/2007
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I was sick of dominoes by this point, so Mike took over the second half. Eventually, everyone joined in to get it finished.

Date: 06/23/2007
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Okay, so it was my first time inside Google and I took a tourist shot. So sue me!

Date: 06/23/2007
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And today's entry for "Least Efficient Way to Escape a Bomb" is...

Date: 06/27/2007
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I think the server got too much into the spirit of the game show "Diminishing Returns".

Date: 06/23/2007
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Everyone breathlessly waiting to enter in an answer... I think that's Larry Hoskins cheering on the server guy.

Date: 06/23/2007
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Logging in... again

Date: 06/23/2007
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"Rhetorical!"

Date: 06/24/2007
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It's funny how I was the only person on my team who *didn't* know this.

Date: 06/24/2007
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The infamous twelve hour solve, otherwise known as "How to Drain Simon's Brain"

Date: 06/24/2007
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Those all-wall whiteboards sure are handy for extra-long numbers.

Date: 06/24/2007
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Mike laughs in frustration as we try to get the final startup solved.

Date: 06/27/2007
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Seattle was wondering why they couldn't solve Ouroboros until GC told them there was something "thematically relevant" needed for the solve.

Date: 06/24/2007
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All personnel and startups solved! Second Breakfast was only one of five (six?) to do so.

Date: 06/24/2007
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Wei-Hwa shows of his wiki skills. Meanwhile, Seattle is still furiously solving the meta-meta (and did!)

Date: 06/24/2007
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Final picture: Our solve board.

Date: 06/24/2007
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