Google Logo Honors Morse Code

google logos

i just love the way that Google changes their logo on special days such as halloween, st. george's day and samuel morse's birthday. its just soooo cool!!!! lol :P

Lainie of NY @ Apr 29, 2009 15:45:54 PM

morse code

is this week special in some way

bill of WA @ Apr 28, 2009 00:29:21 AM

google morse code logo

So cool, color helps descises the code

gary of FL @ Apr 28, 2009 00:15:38 AM

SOS for distress

If you have to pick just a bit of Morse Code to learn, learn "S" (...) and "O" (---). That way you can at least signal a distress message, whether with a hammer, a stone, a horn, a whistle, rocks in the sand visible from the air -- the possibilities, luckily, are many, and require no batteries.

Doug Logan of CT @ Apr 27, 2009 19:15:42 PM

lol

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lol of AR @ Apr 27, 2009 17:58:56 PM

Electronic Sanskrit

Well, now, wasn't THAT the synesthetic doubletake! A military brat rather than a ham, I still get a kick out of drivers' roadway "comments." Let there be enough curious post-boomers out there to keep Morse code from becoming electronic Sanskrit.

Meg of HI @ Apr 27, 2009 15:43:43 PM

Code for fun

Two years ago when the FCC dropped the requirement to be proficient in Morse code to earn an Amateur Radio license, many thought it would be the end of code. But much like Tom Sawyer's whitewashing the fence, when it was no longer manditory, the use of code, just for the FUN of it, went up significantly!

While "hams" now use computerized digital, vhf, uhf, satellite and other very modern communications, Morse code is still considered an art form and very much alive. Much like enjoying antique cars, we don't use them every day - but sometimes it;s nice to get out the old telegraph key and play.

Allen Pitts of CT @ Apr 27, 2009 15:11:36 PM

Morse Code

Many a sailors rescue… silent successes… so many SOS’s… all via the art of Morse Code. Reviving this very basic form of communications may well prove it’s worth for years to come.

Doesn’t require but a pair of wires to touch together or a flashlight to blink… why even a mirror flashing sunlight is good for many miles of reliable messaging. Requires no computer or complex apparatus… just a pair of minds willing to learn and use the good cells given them. So here’s to Samuel Morse … may the code be un-broken and remain serving many for millennium to come. dit dit dit, da dit da

Peter Name of ME @ Apr 27, 2009 14:09:43 PM