Breaking Google Doodle Olympic Records

The recent series of Olympic Google doodles are really fun. It's a great way to waste a couple of minutes and compete with your friends or co-workers. But it can be very frustrating when you always end up getting a lower score than your buddies ;).. So here is a way to become a champion in the doodle olympics. Keep in mind however that this is a way of cheating the doodle, so if you are not keen on cheating then stop reading  now. :D

Assuming that you are ready and willing to cheat in the doodle olympics, here's how you do it. (Instructions given here are for the Google Chrome browser) For this demonstration I have used the most recent slalom canoe doodle, but the basics are the same for any event. First, take you own cool time and finish the game and obtain your result.

Then right click anywhere on the doodle and select "Inspect element"

In the window that opens, locate the four lines that I have bracketed in green. You can use the search feature on the top right corner of the page element window to locate it quickly. (Click on the image to enlarge)

These are the lines that are required to be changed to change your result. The first line contains you timing. double click on it and change it to your desired timing. The next three lines are for the three gold medals that accompany the timing. The last three letters in these three lines will be "smg" or "smh". Change all three to "smg" to get all three gold medals.

Make the changes and close the page element window to view your doctored result. Now go and brag to your friends! :D

Google Surprises

Google is the most used search engine around the world. It gained its popularity due to its new clatter free approach to searching the internet and its unique result sorting algorithms. While doing the best at what it does, the search engine also has some lesser known "easter eggs". Listed below are some of them.
1. Tilt
Type the word "Tilt" or "Askew" in the search box to find google to show its meaning quite literally.

tilt

askew

2.Let it snow
Introduced as a seasonal special, typing in Let it snow" will cause snow fakes to come down and create frost on the browser window. The search button turns to a 'Defrost' button while also allowing you to wipe your screen by dragging the mouse pointer around.

Let it snow

3.Once in a blue moon
Google Calculator is very useful tool to many people. Finding the value of physical constants, or unit conversions have become so much easier with Google's inbuilt calculator. But what if you want to know the answer to a somewhat childish question, like "What is the loneliest number?" or want to physically quantify the frequency indicated by the phrase "Once in a blue moon", Simply type it in Google!

loneliest Number

Conversion of Once in a blue moon to Hertz

4.Recursion
Type in the word recursion in the Google search box and you will find under "Did you mean" the exact same word link. Clicking this apparently corrected word link will bring you back to the same results with the same "Did you mean" link, thus making you 'feel' the meaning of recursion..

Recursion

5. Google Gravity
Although not an original Google creation this is also worth checking out. Type Google gravity and hit the "I am feeling lucky" button, or Click on the first link out of the search results. This will take you to a Google page where the effect of gravity is very apparent. It also allows you to search using this interface and the search results will also obey the laws of gravity!

Google Gravity