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This is another version of Walter Mischel's marshmallow experiment-- in the 1960s, a group of four-year olds were given a marshmallow and promised another, only if they could wait 20 minutes before eating the first one. The researchers then followed the progress of each child into adolescence and demonstrated that those with the ability to wait were better adjusted and more dependable (determined via surveys of their parents and teachers), and scored an average of 210 points higher on the Scholastic Aptitude Test. - Tom Stocky

@Ruchira - This girl was hilarious, I was laughing so hard that I had tears in my eyes ;-) - joergkurtwegner

"We all know how hard it can be to decide which cereal to have for breakfast, what with the many dozens of delicious options to choose from. Fret no more mi amigo, with this handy flowchart you’ll no longer have to make those early morning decisions." - Tom Stocky from Bookmarklet

Honey Bunches of Oats of course! - Rob

"You know when you go to another country and have no clue what the coins of the local currency are worth? ... Designer Mac Funamizu puts an idea out there that might solve the woes of international visitors. se wedges and proportions to indicate how much the money is worth." - Tom Stocky from Bookmarklet

Currency for the hard of thinking? You could take your eye out with that quarter! - Ken Morley

These become even funnier if you listen to the songs as you're looking through the infographics. - Tom Stocky from Bookmarklet

all of the Chrome feature videos put together in one place =) - Tom Stocky

"66% more people than normal chose the stairs over the escalator. Fun can obviously change behavior for the better." - Tom Stocky

This is awesome, but my afterthought is that the first time is fun, but everyday, it would no longer be novel, and people would go back to the escalator. If you tried to make every set of stairs fun, you'd get a sort of 'fun fatigue' effect as well. It works well in small doses, but there's an even cheaper and easier way to fix it if you really want to: remove the esclator, use elevators for disabled. :) - Ray Cromwell

I like these videos. They're all a bit weird, but in a good way I think. =) - Tom Stocky from Bookmarklet

New Tab Page :)) - nursel

Great time at the Campfire One tonight, watching Bruce and Kelly and Andrew launch GWT 2.0 and Speed Tracer. Ran into plenty of old friends (Bret, Dion, Ray, Iein, Niall) and nice to finally meet Matt Mastracci. Congrats on the launch, guys! - DeWitt Clinton

Fred Sauer was wearing the HTML 5 baseball jersey. Apparently they were mysteriously handed out right before and taken back just as quickly. - Matt Mastracci

"The new features will be rolling out in the next few days and will be available globally in English. You can try them out today by visiting http://www.google.com/trends and clicking on a 'hot topic,' which in most cases will bring you to a search results page with the new real-time feature." - Tom Stocky

The number one Hot Topic is "google real time search." - aldenoneil

"We recognize, however, that a crisis for news-gathering is not just a crisis for the newspaper industry. The flow of accurate information, diverse views and proper analysis is critical for a functioning democracy. We also acknowledge that it has been difficult for newspapers to make money from their online content. But just as there is no single cause of the industry's current problems, there is no single solution. We want to work with publishers to help them build bigger audiences, better engage readers, and make more money." - Eric Schmidt - Tom Stocky from Bookmarklet

"How has consumer spending changed over the past 15 years? Do we spend more on some things and spend less on other than we did in the early 80s? In this interactive, based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, you can explore just that." - Tom Stocky from Bookmarklet

Hm.. looks like the insurance companies are getting rich. THe amount spent on personal insurance and healthcare has gone way up! - Piaw Na

What's interesting is that personal insurance growth is non-linear. There was a huge 2% jump around 2000. What explains this? Besides the recession, was there some big legislative change that year? 9/11? - Ray Cromwell

State-by-state heat graph of the top 50 search terms for Thanksgiving on Allrecipes.com -- pretty cool. - Tom Stocky from Bookmarklet

Californians ranked well below average on everything except Mashed Potatoes and Gravy. And Tofurky, I suspect, though it didn't make the list. - DeWitt Clinton

at a julefrokost Tom? I love the herring with curry salad :-) - Rasmus Lauridsen

No julekfrost, just dinner with a friend -- I wanted to try some traditional Danish food. =) - Tom Stocky

Cool, enjoy the danish "cuisine" - Rasmus Lauridsen

"'Our new identity is uniquely dynamic,' said the company's CEO Tim Armstrong in a press release. 'Our business is focused on creating world-class experiences for consumers and AOL is centered on creative and talented people - employees, partners, and advertisers. We have a clear strategy that we are passionate about and we plan on standing behind the AOL brand as we take the company into the next decade.'" - Tom Stocky from Bookmarklet

They' can't afford to pay licensing fees for their stock photography to get that silly 'Aol.' watermark removed? - Kevin Fox

not very cool. Maybe they'll try to by the Firefox brand :-D It worked last time... - Jonas S Karlsson

I really like this one -- only a minute long. This might be a sign that I've worked at Google too long, but I have to admit this gave me goosebumps. =) - Tom Stocky

Me too. Maybe it's just my personal experience (and the fact that I just ended up in the crib phase of this story about a year ago). - Joel Webber

Inspiring :-) - Pavel Kaplin

"Every search is a quest. Every quest is a story." - Tom Stocky from Bookmarklet

Just came across this for the first time. Amazing speech. - Tom Stocky

I always wondered what I looked like sideways. =) Where's the group photo? - Tom Stocky

Ozkan got that one, he'll probably post it soon. - Ozberk Olcer

Sorry about that, Twidroid fail :) - Cem Ozkaynak

Here's more info about Maps Navigation if you're interested: http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2009... - Tom Stocky

Ben heyecanla izlerken resim çekmeyi unuttum, sağlam gelişmeler bizi bekliyor :) - R. Can Göymen

@Tom, thanks :) i'll check it out - Ozkan Altuner

Here's the query in case you're curious. =) http://www.google.com.tr/search... - Tom Stocky

Yes...prensentation is excellent.every says wooww super - Selcuk Ergin from iPhone

hope you liked Istanbul :) - Huseyin Savas

@Tom by the way your presentation was great, we'll be looking forward to use motorola android phones in our country. - Berk Günsev

You can try it out at http://www.google.com/dashboa... - Tom Stocky

"I do believe that you can achieve more if you're willing to take risks," Lars said in a recent phone interview. "There's almost a total correlation between the amount of risk you're willing to take and then the amount of stuff you then potentially can get done." - Tom Stocky from Bookmarklet

Also geniuses behind Google Maps. - Burcu Dogan

"In honor of the 30th anniversary of the Brin family’s immigration to the United States, they have given gifts to several Jewish organizations that aided along the way. HIAS, which helped the family navigate the cumbersome process of leaving the Soviet Union for the United States, paid for tickets, gave them money and helped them apply for visas, received the largest amount." - Tom Stocky from Bookmarklet

Sergey's blog post on the subject: http://too.blogspot.com/2009... - Tom Stocky

"You don’t spread ideas just because they are 'good;' you spread them because of some other trigger or set of triggers has been pulled in your brain. We can now compare millions of viral ideas to uncover the building blocks of contagiousness." - Tom Stocky from Bookmarklet

"It starts very simply. A virus, just one, latches on to one of your cells and fools that cell into making lots more. Lots, lots more, like a million new viruses. This animation shows you how viruses trick healthy cells to join the dark side." - Tom Stocky from Bookmarklet

"We know we can’t do it alone. The way we see it, it’s our job to build the technology not just to help our users explore the world around them, but to enable them to contribute to it, and for others to build upon it." - Avni Shah - Tom Stocky from Bookmarklet

I saw an ad for this on TV last night ... I can't believe it actually exists. You can choose between "determined" and "happy" options. - Tom Stocky from Bookmarklet

amazing. how do people even think of these things? and who buys them??? - Sheila Taylor

"And now in this the twentieth century come these talking and playing machines and offer again to reduce the expression of music to a mathematical system of megaphones, wheels, cogs, disks, cylinders, and all manner of revolving things which are as like real art as the marble statue of Eve is like her beautiful living breathing daughters." - John Philip Sousa, 1906 - Tom Stocky from Bookmarklet

Too funny. Rachmaninoff is even listed on the writing credits for the song. On Wikipedia, "All By Myself" is listed as a derivative work of the 2nd movement: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Tom Stocky

I read "cheeseball" and "Eric Carmen" and thought you had said "Eric Cartman", and I was like, "I don't remember that one from South Park" - Ray Cromwell