Monday, December 24, 2007
This year, Google has teamed up with the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) to ... track Santa Claus. Every five minutes, Santa’s progress in delivering all the precious packages around the world is updated on the Google Map.
According to a short video on the map, NORAD has confidently calculated that Santa and his reindeers travel at around 100 times the speed of the “shinkansen” bullet train in Japan.
A quick check tells me that it means Santa travels at around ... 3000 kmph. That is MACH 2.4. These reindeers must be on amphetamines. No wonder Rudolph has a red nose that glows.
Last time I checked, he was somewhere over Russia.
Track Santa on the NORAD site and see if he’s anywhere near you :)
Happy Christmas & best wishes for 2008 !
Monday, October 15, 2007
Great day today.
After 2 months at DoubleClick Performics, I passed the Google AdWords Professional Exam, also known as the GAP test. I had to wait today to take it, because Google updated it just now. Had I passed it before today, I would have had to take it again after October 15th.
Anyway, I’m happy to say I got it, with 81%. In order to pass, one needs to get 75% correct answers and over to multiple choice questions, under 1 hour and 30 minutes. The user interface for the test is very well done. A timer shows how much time is left. The examinee can skip questions, and tick them off for review. The best strategy is to answer rapidly, and then come back to the questions you marked for review and try to answer them with the time that’s left.
If you’re thinking of taking the test soon, make sure you go through the Google AdWords Learning Center.
