Google's basic service has eliminated the routine use of many reference sources and gives every user access to a dazzling source of information. The astonishingly good gets even better with the extended list of specialized products.
This morning, I dabbled with SketchUp, a tool for creating 3D models which can be imported into Google Earth. Because time and firewalls prevent downloading the program, I explored the warehouse of models of famous sites.
On Google Scholar, I took a look at my son's list of publications. Joe J. Harrison is a post-doc at the University of Washington and writes things like, "Chromosomal antioxidant genes have metal ion-specific roles as determinants of bacterial metal tolerance". Who knew?
My personal Google favourite is the image search which allows me to find pictures of unusual things like angel wings. That was a customer's request and she was impressed with the thousands of pictures revealed by this search.
Last year while making sketches for window painting for Stampede, I wanted a model for the back end view of a horse. You guessed it; I googled "horse rear end" and found all the images I needed.
I think this makes me Joe's smart-ass mother.
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