# Stupid Google Tricks **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 6, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-google-tricks/608680 "2012-01-06T23:37:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-google-tricks/608680/1 "2012-01-06T23:37:52Z")
We’ve had threads on individual Google tricks before, but I thought it’d be fun to do a compilation thread. Inspired by stumbling across one right now: I decided to figure out if my wife’s name has any awesome anagrams (it does), so I googled “Anagram.” Now you do it. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-google-tricks/608680/2 "2012-01-06T23:44:55Z")
Tilt And [Google Gravity](http://mrdoob.com/projects/chromeexperiments/google_gravity/) ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-google-tricks/608680/3 "2012-01-07T01:24:16Z")
I’m **Salami Leavening** :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-google-tricks/608680/4 "2012-01-07T01:25:56Z")
OOOPS. Make that **Lanai Evangelism** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-google-tricks/608680/5 "2012-01-07T01:28:34Z")
> [@Atomic\_Mama](#): > > I’m **Salami Leavening** :eek: That’s pretty cool, but she’s **Harrow Shit Now!** ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-google-tricks/608680/6 "2012-01-07T01:28:59Z")
do a barrel roll ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-google-tricks/608680/7 "2012-01-07T01:40:36Z")
I anagramed my real name, please refer to me from this day forward as… _ **Jib Sizzle Oh Rip** _ ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-google-tricks/608680/8 "2012-01-07T01:44:15Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > do a barrel roll Doesn’t do anything for me What’s it supposed to do? ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-google-tricks/608680/9 "2012-01-07T01:55:08Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Doesn’t do anything for me > What’s it supposed to do? …a barrel roll (the screen, that is) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-google-tricks/608680/10 "2012-01-07T09:37:20Z")
Google _recursion_ ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-google-tricks/608680/11 "2012-01-07T13:33:45Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Google _recursion_ Nothing is happening for me… ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-google-tricks/608680/12 "2012-01-07T13:54:22Z")
Are you sure you’re spelling it correctly? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-google-tricks/608680/13 "2012-01-07T14:27:39Z")
I think several of you are missing the point. For some of these you need to look at the “Did you mean?” lines. Anagram… Did you mean: Nag a Ram? Recursion… Did you mean: Recursion? Tilt and Barrel Roll are ones that do something with the screen, but not on all browsers. Askew also works similar to Tilt ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-google-tricks/608680/14 "2012-01-07T14:48:22Z")
As a recent thread (I think it was from last month) noted, if you go to Google Maps and request walking directions from “Rivendell” to “Mordor”, Google gives the following message: “Use caution – One does not simply walk into Mordor.” ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-google-tricks/608680/15 "2012-01-07T15:19:40Z")
Another couple fun Google Map finds: If you get directions from Japan to China, you’ll see a step in there “Jet ski across the Pacific Ocean.” There are a few of those out there (I think one involves kayaking). Try hovering around Tunisia and searching for ‘droids’. ---
**Author:** ![StephenG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@StephenG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StephenG)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-google-tricks/608680/16 "2012-01-07T15:42:45Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > do a barrel roll > > Doesn’t do anything for me > What’s it supposed to do? This doesn’t work in IE. You need to be using Firefox or Safari/Chrome. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-google-tricks/608680/17 "2012-01-07T16:16:44Z")
> [@StephenG](#): > > This doesn’t work in IE. You need to be using Firefox or Safari/Chrome. I thought it took advantage of HTML 5. Does an updated IE support that yet? If not now, anyone know when? ---
**Author:** ![StephenG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@StephenG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StephenG)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-google-tricks/608680/18 "2012-01-07T19:11:23Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > I thought it took advantage of HTML 5. Does an updated IE support that yet? If not now, anyone know when? Ah, fair point. I only know about IE 8 and earlier, not IE 9. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-google-tricks/608680/19 "2012-01-07T19:19:15Z")
Barrel roll and tilt don’t work on Safari 5.1.1. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-google-tricks/608680/20 "2012-01-07T21:15:43Z")
> [@StephenG](#): > > Ah, fair point. I only know about IE 8 and earlier, not IE 9. Per [Wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ie9#HTML5): > [@](#): > > Internet Explorer 9 includes support for the HTML5 video and audio tags. > > The audio tag will include native support for the MP3 and AAC codecs, while the video tag will natively support H.264/MPEG-4 AVC.Support for other video formats, such as WebM, will require third-party plugins. I use FF, so don’t know if this is accurate–or if this would include the barrel roll. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-google-tricks/608680.md?page=2)