Stochastic Musings: Kelvin to Rankin, Ba-da-Binged Google and Independence Day Google Logo

Kenny Rankin died of lung cancer

Kenny who? The name just rang a tiny bell in my mind and the first thing that came into my mind was Chicken Roasters and the unit of temperature we get to convert from Kelvin in grade school science class.

Kenny Rankin's website www.kennyrankin.com

The name sounds familiar, but I can’t remember where I’ve heard the name. So I Googled my way to finding out who Kenny Rankin was and then I remembered his name from the Jingle magazine I had circa 1980′s. Probably most of us do not know him, but if you heard his songs, you’d get the same “ahhh…sya pala yun!” reaction just like I did. 

Kenny Rankin popularized songs such as “On and On” (on and on…she just keeps on trying..), the ever famous national anthem for closet queens “Hiding Inside Myself” (so I hid inside…Till I almost died..yes I hid inside and I cried), and one of the famous contender to the ultimate Boyfriend-Girlfriend theme song “What matters most” (…what matters most is that we loved at all…)

I grew up listening to a couple of his songs and sometimes in a weird way, those songs that you grew up with gets embedded in your subconscious and becomes part of your childhood memories. And you somehow feel a sense of losing a part of yourself when someone that you grew up with passes away, even if you are not really related to the person. It’s like saying Big Bird died of A(H1N1) to the Gen “W” (and a couple of Gen X) kids who grew up watching Sesame Street.

Which is more pleasing to hear: I Googled Bing… OR …I Binged Google?

This is how I Binged Google

Microsoft, in its bid to capture the search engine market, lauched its repackaged search engine, Live Search, which is now called Bing. The Microsoft focus group came up with the name Bing, because according to them, it was short, memorable, easy to spell and it would function well as a URL around the world (what the hell does that mean?). But I think they forgot to consider that it doesn’t sound good when used as a verb. Google’s rise to fame can also be attributed to the fact that its name is being used as a verb in everyday conversation which is why it made its way to everyone’s vocabulary. I’m not so sure if the same would work well for Bing.

Philippine Independence Day Google Logo

This is the first time I've seen Google put up a special logo for the Philippine Independence Day celebration

Google is known to add pizzazz to their already very colorful trademarked logo for every significant event within a year. I’ve seen it change for Christmas, Halloween, and even to celebrate the Beijing Olympics. But this is the first time I’ve seen it change for the Philippine Independence Day Celebration. Probably not everyone saw this, but if you went to the dotph URL for Google (www.google.com.ph), you’d get to see their logo change to add the Philippine Flag. Cool!

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