Google announced a few new features for their products today. It is always interesting to see what they have brewing over at the Googleplex. These are the two features I found to be the most interesting:

Gmail Custom Time

As I was checking my Gmail today, I noticed some read text up in the top right corner. Eager to see what it was, I clicked on it and was taken to a page explaining the new feature added to Gmail.

The feature is called “Custom Time” and it allows you to set a certain time for your emails, even if it is in the past. We no longer have to worry about being late on E-mails. By setting the date back, the E-mail will show up in the recipients inbox in the right order based on the date you set.

I sure wish this feature would of came out a lot sooner. I have had a lot of E-mails that I have responded to later than I should have. The only downside to the feature, is how far back in time you can go. When asked on how far back you can go, Google responded with:

“Yes. You’ll only be able to send email back until April 1, 2004, the day we launched Gmail. If we were to let you send an email from Gmail before Gmail existed, well, that would be like hanging out with your parents before you were born — crazy talk.”

I can’t wait to start using this feature at work. If I do not feel like responding to someone, I will wait until their out of the office and send them a back dated E-mail. When they come back, I will simply say “I sent it to you like a month ago, I suggest you look back in your inbox.”

It looks like some users have already started using it, on Google’s page which can be seen here, they posted a few testimonials including this one:

“I used to be an honest person; but now I don’t have to be. It’s just so much easier this way. I’ve gained a lot of productivity by not having to think about doing the ‘right’ thing.”

gDay™ with MATE™

If that wasn’t enough, Google also introduced gDay™ with MATE™ today. It allows you to search Google one day in advance. That way you can find results that haven’t even been created yet. This opens up countless possibilities. Betting on sports will never be easier since you can look up the scores ahead of time.

It will change the way the internet is used from now on. Even today’s new is old news now.

On case you actually believed this post, I just wanted to say…April Fools Day!

So yesterday was Easter Sunday and I must admit mine was anything but ordinary. There was no Easter Egg hunts or Easter Bunnies in this story, just booze, partying, and some bad decisions. From the beginning of the day until 12 am, my Easter was out of control.

It started by waking up at 9, about as hungover as you can possibly be. My friend walks in and invites me to church and I agree to go since it was Easter.

So the next thing I know, I am sitting at church with my 3 friends. One of them is whispering in my ear that this would be a great place to meet girls. Probably not the best thing to talk about at Church.

From there, we ended up going to Gordon Biersch and drinking way more beer than anyone ever should on Easter. I was three sheets to the wind before we left the place. We decided to hop in the car and drive around looking for a strip club. Little did I know, it is a lot harder than you think to find a strip club open on Easter Sunday, even in Phoenix.

After driving around, we stopped in at the grocery store and bought a ton of booze. There is nothing better than walking around the store with 2 bottles of booze in your hand, only to run in to the receptionist I work with. That was an awkward hello, see you tomorrow…

We partied pretty hard at our place and drank a ton of margaritas. I played some pool, but it got boring after I beat everyone a few times. So we decided to go out at this point, and ended up heading to 6 lounge in Scottsdale.

It was a good time considering we ended up paying $150 for VIP bottle service. 1 liter of Sky vodka and it was all over. Not sure how I am going to pay for it, maybe I’ll get lucky and get 200 Adsense clicks today

I woke up this morning hurting like hell. I left my credit card at the bar, and I am pretty convinced my right arm is broken. I couldn’t even straighten it this morning. I’m hoping I just slept on it really bad.

So that was my Easter Sunday, pretty eventful I must say. We also made plans to go to Lake Havasu on Friday, and then drive to Las Vegas from there so I can meet up with my parents. I promise, this is going to be one interesting week. It’s going to be a lot of booze, a few bad decisions, and some more road trips that will surely make some good stories.

So did you do anything special for Easter? Feel free to comment on this post.

Well first off, let me start by saying Happy Easter to everyone. My Easter has been anything but ordinary, so come back tomorrow to check out my post recapping the days events. I promise, it will be interesting.

In the mean time, you can check out this funny video of my roommate dancing with his Captain Morgan costume on:

Happy Leap day everyone. Today is February 29th, the day we only get every four years. So what am I doing with my extra day? Working

I have never really looked into Leap Day so I thought I would do a little research (aka googling) to see what I could dig up about this day. To my surprise I found some interesting facts about Leap Day.

So what exactly is Leap Day?

Wikipedia had a great statement that detailed Leap Day as the following:

“Although the modern calendar counts a year as 365 days, a complete revolution around the sun takes approximately 365 days and 6 hours. Every four years, an extra twenty-four hours have accumulated, so one extra day is added to that calendar to keep the count coordinated with the sun’s apparent position.”

So basically are calender is screwed. And to fix it, we just need to throw an extra day in there every four years and everything is fine and dandy. I love it.

It is not officially considered a national holiday, which is why we all have to go to work and school. However, I did find an interesting article at ThisLondon.com (full article) that said “companies in London are being urged to give staff the day off on February 29 - to help the environment.” It really is a good idea to try and make Leap Day a “green” holiday to encourage people to help the environment. The sad fact remains, one day off from work is not really going to change much for the environment. In fact, if everyone had off in the United States today, people would probably drive more. To the malls, movie theaters, beaches, you name it.

What really caught my attention in the article though, is where it mentioned that “the extra leap year day, traditionally when women can propose to men, could help to tackle climate change.” I read the part about women proposing to men and thought, not once have I ever heard of this. So once again, I went back to my friend Google and had to look into this.

What did I find?

Sure enough, Leap Day is the one day where women are typically encouraged to propose to men. Wikipedia had a paragraph that really goes into details about this:

“There is a tradition that women may make a proposal of marriage to men only in leap years, further restricted in some cases to only February 29. There is a tradition that in 1288 the Scottish parliament under Queen Margaret legislated that any woman could propose in Leap Year; few parliament records of that time exist, and none concern February 29.[1] Another component of this tradition was that if the man rejects the proposal, he should soften the blow by providing a kiss, one pound currency, and a pair of gloves (some later sources say a silk gown). There were similar notions in France and Switzerland.”

So apparently in some countries, women can propose to men throughout the entire Leap Year, while others only allow it on Leap Day itself.

So I must say to the women of the world, please do not propose to me today. I really don’t want to spend my whole weekend trying to find a pound of gold, a silk skirt and some gloves…

Happy Leap Day!

Last night was another great time. We went out in Tempe to the Valentine’s Day Party I was talking about in my previous post at Zuma Grill. They were giving out gift bags with a bunch of Hustler stuff in them. T Shirts, breath mints, and you guessed it, condom necklaces.

It was a fun time and the place was packed. I did not have any red dress shirts so I managed to put a sweet outfit together with a tie and all. The Fuck’em Bucky T shirt was the frosting on the cake. There was no cover charge when we went and tHe drink specials were very reasonable, $2 Miller Lites and $4 Vodka Redbulls. I had a few(?) of both and unfortunately I am feeling it as I type this post. I woke up this morning and was not looking forward to going to work. Thank God Its Friday…

This weekend should be pretty fun. We signed up for a volleyball tournament on Sunday that is happening at our apartment complex. It’s always fun to hang out with other residents and get to know your neighbors. Our apartment complex, The Trillium Papago, is also putting on a free breakfast Saturday morning in the great room. It will be tough to make it there since it’s in the early AM, 10:00 to be exact. But who doesn’t like free pancakes? Were planning on golfing Sunday so we can get some practice in before the TV show starts filming this Tuesday. I am very excited for the show and hope we can win the thing.

I also need to start figuring out my plans for the next few weeks. Were heading to Hollywood for a few days sometime in the next few weeks and were also trying to squeeze in a trip to Honolulu in April. The Kokua Festival is there April 19 and 20th and Jack Johnson will be performing along with Dave Matthews. It would be fun to go back there and see some of my friends that are still living out there.

I am not sure what the plans are for tonight but I have a feeling we will be going out somewhere, either Tempe or Scottsdale. There is a lot of stuff going on this weekend so it won’t be to hard to find something. Stay tuned as I will absolutely, positively, be making a post tomorrow.

But first things first, I need a nap…Let the countdown to 5 begin.

PS. Keep the comments coming, it is nice to see everyone commenting on some of my posts!