Google - Back in Black
Google and I are still fighting. So when he showed up at my door yesterday I was excited, figuring he was coming to apologize and beg for forgiveness..and maybe even bring flowers. WRONG! Google was dressed in black. Which was weird, and when I asked him about it.. this is what I got:
Google users in the San Francisco Bay Area will notice today that we “turned the lights out” on the Google.com homepage as a gesture to raise awareness of a citywide energy conservation event called Lights Out San Francisco.
On Saturday, October 20, 2007, Lights Out San Francisco invites the entire city of San Francisco to install one compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL) and turn off all lights for one hour, from 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm PDT. According to estimates, turning the lights out in San Francisco for even one hour could save as much as 15 percent of the energy consumed on an average Saturday night.
Given our company’s commitment to environmental awareness and energy efficiency, we strongly support the Lights Out campaign, and have darkened our homepage today to help spread awareness of what we hope will be a highly successful citywide event.
This is just getting ridiculous, if he doesn’t make this up to me…I might just ‘turn the lights off’ on our relationship too!