Google X Pulled, Archived & Mirrored
Since Google just pulled their new Google X product and the forums are ablaze, I’m posting a screenshot at full resolution, as well as the archived mirror of the code and a live frontpage demo:
A zip archive of the Google X homepage can be found here (~90kb). Here is the announcement from their blog, in case it goes down too:
Today is an amazing day: A small idea – a fun late-night coding jaunt to help me learn Javascript & DHTML – has just launched on Google Labs. I never expected it to make it as far as it has when I wrote it a month ago, especially since my “real” job is working on Keyhole, where I’m having the time of my life taking our cool 3D mapping application and putting the power of Google behind it. It’s fulfilling to have the opportunity to reach the audience we always dreamed of when we started Keyhole five years ago, and that by itself is absolute coolness.
And now there’s Google X, which came about because I wanted a quick fun way to access all of Google’s services. I gave it to a few friends in the company, who gave it to their friends, some posted it on their blogs, others sent it around on mailing lists, and it eventually made its way to Marissa Mayer, who liked it enough to say, when do you want to put it up on Labs? So after some spit and polish from some enthusiastic Googlers and the keen eye of the UI team, Google X is here. I hope all of you enjoy it – especially Mac users, who I’m sure will appreciate its lineage.
Chikai Ohazama
Software EngineerPosted @ 4:40 PM / Permanent Link
Just to let people know, I’m sending a bunch of trackback to optimistic and excited Google X blogs posts, for notification and to point them to this archive.
Update #1:
The mainstream media have picked up the story:
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03/17/google_x_files_disappear/
- http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1777017,00.asp
- http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/03/16/googlex/index.php
- http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5621247.html
- http://slashdot.org/articles/05/03/17/0149248.shtml?tid=217&tid=1
- http://news.com.com/Googles+X+files+vanish/2100-1032_3-5621247.html
Update #2:
Here’s a live version of Google X displayed like the day it was pulled. The effect is pretty cool–I am not sure why anyone would want to take it down.
Update #3:
The Google Media Hotline (+1.650.930.3555) didn’t answer the telephone, so I left them a message. You can find the Google media contacts posted on their website. They just got back to me: “Thank you for your interest in Google, but unfortunately, we’re not providing comment.”
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