Today started off as pretty much your average day: got up, had a shower and thought about doing some revision but decided it could wait another day. We had been invited (/my mother rudely invited the whole family) to have sushi at the Google office in Victoria, with our neighbour who works there.
We arrived and I was amazed by the pure amount of colour and luxury in just the offices. It looks like one of the most interesting and fun places to work - brightly coloured couches spread out everywhere, coffee stops scattered around, clusters of stripey chairs decorated with pretty cushions, beach-house and Dice-shaped conference rooms, and a 'tech stop' so if anything technology-related goes wrong it can be fixed, and if no one is there to help you, it is linked up by a webcam to the technicians in the opposite building on the other side of the road...a m a z i n g ! It really makes me want to work there!
After a great lunch, we moved on to Liquid Galaxy. This isn't some sort of weird drug, nor is it melted chocolate; Liquid Galaxy is something much more amazing (and sickening) than either of those things. It is, in essence, a multi-screen version of Google-maps, where you can go anywhere as if you were flying a plane, or walking in the streets or mountains anywhere in the world. It's absolutely amazing, but after some time of badly using the gear stick, I have to admit, I felt a little travel sick.
Even some of the buildings were 3D and you could go inside them - although that requires a particular skill of precision that I do not own. Such a great day :)
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