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The odd grammatical puzzle usage from the first half of 2010. Otherwise, the term Googlewhack moves squarely into Dave Gorman's corner. Decades from now, it'll be mentioned in his obituary...
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1. Tech Dirt, Wed, Jan 6, 2010
Computing / Internet / Daily
... computer, but I can't for the life of me remember what... basically it's a bug in some software, no human error (or well it's programmer error not a typo) (reply to this comment) (link to this comment) 11. Jan 5th, 2010 @ 10:46pm Re: Re: by Anonymous Coward I know because I've seen the number before, reading about someone debugging something or other... or something like that... but I can't remember where and googling the number itself is a googlewhack releated to this misprice. (reply to this comment) (link to this comment) 12. Jan 5th, 2010 @ 10:53pm by Chadwick No, companies should not be forced to honor outlandish prices. It is ridiculous how selfish our society is becoming. Too many people see mistakes made by retailers as something they can ...
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2. Western Morning News, Sat, Feb 13, 2010
Local News / Internet / Daily
... Postcode part 1 ___ Postcode part 2 ___ powered by Dave stands up to be counted Saturday, February 13, 2010, 10:00 Comment on this story A VETERAN comic tells Su Carroll how he'll be travelling a little easier this year DAVE Gorman strikes me as a kind of mad inventor, coming up with extraordinary ideas on an almost daily basis. He searched for all the other people in the world called Dave Gorman, created a new word - Googlewhack - for things that only occur once on a search engine and harnessed public ingenuity for his radio (and now television) show Genius. Last year he undertook an epic stand-up tour, cycling to each and every venue on the way. "I'm really happy I did it," says Dave. "It was bloody hard but it's ...
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3. Independent News, Tue, Feb 16, 2010
Front Page / Internet / Daily
... 2005, he published the novel 'Yes Man', charting his six-month odyssey to say "yes" where he would previously have said "no". In 2008, 'Yes Man' was made into a Warner Bros. film, starring Jim Carrey. Dave Gorman: Googlewhack Danny Wallace's best mate is also a fan of the comedy journey, having travelled the length and breadth of the land looking for men who shared his name. In 2003, he toured Britain with his show about tracking down people who had authored Googlewhacks, a Google search query that consists of two words and provides only one result. The trip led to a nervous breakdown. Last year, he spent 33 days cycling 1,563 miles to the four corners of the UK, stopping off to do a gig each night. Tom Wrigglesworth: Lena's Law ...
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4. Digital Spy, Tue, Feb 23, 2010
Entertainment / Internet / Daily
... Printer Dave Gorman: 'My shows aren't contrived' Tuesday, February 23 2010, 12:07 GMT By Mayer Nissim, Entertainment Reporter Dave Gorman: 'My shows aren't contrived' WENN Dave Gorman has brushed aside suggestions that his TV programmes are contrived. The stand-up comedian told Metro that he often rejects strange ideas for shows sent to him by members of the public. Gorman said: "People assume I do things thinking they'll become a project but the events in Googlewhack Adventure weren't contrived. They actually happened and it only looks like a project because I gave it a title. "While I was doing it, it was pretty unpleasant and I was having a bit of a breakdown. I'm proud I managed to turn it into a show but don't look back on the events as a fun time." ...
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5. Fast Company (NY), Thu, Apr 8, 2010
Business / Internet / Daily
... contestants against each other in a number of ways to guess which search term is the most popular. Game developer Shift has loaded 10,000 search results onto the game, but you can always update it using the Wii's Wi-Fi--so, the world is your oyster (1,440,000 results.) As well as the basic quiz format, there's also a bomb game (34,700,000 resuits) and a running challenge (46,300,000 results) where your game character runs faster the more popular the search results are. This is not a game for Googlewhackers [2]. Japan is the unofficial home of weird and wonderful games--a lot of which you can find on Nintendo's DS console. Doki Doki Majo Shinpan [3], for example, lets players hunt for high school witches by touching them up, and there was the rather frottage-tastic Project Rub [4], that proved so popular it got a worldwide release. Weirdest one ...
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