Fridaygram: The Clash’s history, Voyager’s journey, personal answers
By +Scott Knaster, Google Developers Blog
Editor
We normally talk about cool and nerdy things on
Fridaygram,
but today we're focused on just the "cool" bit.
The Clash exploded onto the stage
in the late 1970s in the UK. Led by Joe Strummer, The Clash were popular, successful, and
influential. They were often billed as “The only band that matters”.
We’re talking about The Clash right now because
Google
Play has just released a five-part documentary on the band, which you can
watch on YouTube. This
documentary series shows the band at work during the recording and release of its albums,
including hours of previously unreleased footage of Joe Strummer talking about the band. If
you already love The Clash, you’ll enjoy learning about their backstory, and if you’re not
familiar with them, here’s your chance to see what’s up.
Turning from a new subject to one of our
repeat
favorites
here on Fridaygram, this week
NASA
announced that
Voyager
1 has become the first human-made object to reach interstellar space. Launched in
1977, the same year The Clash’s first album came out, Voyager has been teasing us with the
question of exactly where it’s located for some time now. As Voyager project scientist Ed
Stone says, “We can now answer the question we’ve all been asking – ‘Are we there yet?’ Yes,
we are.”
Finally, we’ve added some cool new features to Google search that you might want to spend some
time checking out. Search can now
answer questions about your
stuff. For example, if you ask “What’s my flight status?”, you’ll get a personal
result that shows you whether your plane is on time. You can also ask about your dining
reservations, hotels (“When is my next hotel stay?”), packages, calendar events (“When is They
Might Be Giants?”), and photos (“my photos from Austria last year”). For extra awesomeness,
try this feature with voice search in Chrome, Android, or the Google Search app on iOS. Have
fun!
Voyager 1 has left us behind (or has
it?),
but Fridaygram is
still here for you. If it’s nerdy, cool, or nerdy cool, it’s fair game for us.
