The Gumption Blog » google http://www.gumption.com/blog Resisting Gumption Traps Since 1995 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:45:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Giftag and Google App Engine (GAE)- Video Case Study http://www.gumption.com/blog/2009/01/27/giftag-and-google-app-engine-gae-video-case-study/ http://www.gumption.com/blog/2009/01/27/giftag-and-google-app-engine-gae-video-case-study/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:52:09 +0000 evol http://www.gumption.com/blog/?p=301 The Giftag team that Thomas works with at Best Buy was asked by Google to talk about their experience re-platforming giftag.com for Google App Engine. Curt, Jerry and Thomas really show their enthusiasm for the platform. They recognize the constraints and limitations but see them more as rules to follow rather than barriers.

If you are curious about the t-shirt Thomas is wearing, it’s the most recent The Skullcranes attire.

]]> http://www.gumption.com/blog/2009/01/27/giftag-and-google-app-engine-gae-video-case-study/feed/ 1 I (Heart) Google http://www.gumption.com/blog/2007/05/17/i-heart-google/ http://www.gumption.com/blog/2007/05/17/i-heart-google/#comments Thu, 17 May 2007 23:10:47 +0000 thomas http://www.gumption.com/blog/2007/05/17/i-heart-google/ Today I found myself having to answer an obscure math question: what’s hexadecimal 59 divided by hexadecimal FF. I didn’t have a physical scientific calculator available so I tried a number of web-based calculator widgets (because I didn’t want to install new software just to do some hex arithmetic and I certainly wasn’t going to do it manually with a computer sitting in front of me).

None of them could answer this silly question.

So then I thought, what about searching google? Maybe someone has posted the answer somewhere on the web. I went to google and typed in “0x59 / 0xFF” and got something even better.

Apparently google’s had a built in calculator/converter for a while now, but it was a rather pleasant surprise for me.

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