Ten years and counting 
9/26/2008 09:00:00 PM 
The Google doodle tradition started a long time ago (in summer 1999, in fact) when Larry
and Sergey put a stick figure on the homepage to signify that they were out of the office
at Burning Man. Nothing against stick figures, but our logo designs have become rather
more varied since then. Today you'll see a special design that commemorates our 10th
birthday. We've incorporated a little bit of history by using the original Google logo
from 1998. And since everyone keeps asking what we'd like for our birthday (besides cake
and party hats) -- the first thing we thought of was a nice new server rack.

Posted by Marissa Mayer, VP Search Products & User Experience, and Dennis Hwang,
Webmaster
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/ten-years-and-counting.html
 

Google are filthy rich stinking hippies too. They have obtained worldwide acceptance for
what they do.
If Google can do it, so can I!