Google turns 11

September 27, 2009 @ 2:37 pm

To celebrate their 11th birthday, Google has added an extra “l” to their logo. Clever, clever!

‘Leap second’ to be added at the end of this year

December 11, 2008 @ 5:15 pm

Just like in a leap year when an extra day is added to the end of February, a leap second’s purpose is to readjust atomic clocks to the gradual decrease in rotation of the Earth. This year, on December 31, 2008 at 6:59PM EST, the official clocks of the world will add an extra second to accommodate the time, thus making the clock display 6:59:60PM EST (the clock will show 23h 59m 60s in Coordinated Universal Time at this time).

Well, now you know!