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The first child Google engineered from a 23andMe "sample kit" waits for its brethren to hatch

Jackson West · 07/07/08 06:00PM

Googler parents complaining about the soaring cost of childcare should be glad that the executive in charge wasn't Marissa Mayer. This photo, taken when Google senior UI designer Kerah Pelczarski took her infant over to Aunt Marissa's Four Seasons penthouse apartment, gives one a taste. Mayer was having Seattle artist Dale Chihuly's signature colorful blown-glass art installed in November 2006. I don't know if I'm more surprised that Pelczarski let the infant play on a floor full of glass, or that Mayer let Chihuly use tertiary colors. But given Mayer's predilection for mixing business and pleasure, I have to think a Mayer-designed childcare center would have cost much more than $50,000 per student a year. Have a better caption? The best one will become the new headline. Thursday's winner: "This is how we elect the board of directors" by giddieup. (Photo by marissa)

Hotmail? Hot bride!

Jackson West · 07/02/08 06:00PM

Sabeer Bhatia, the Hotmail founder who gleaned a cool $400 million in the email startup's sale to Microsoft, got married this year to the gorgeous Tanya Sharma, heiress to the Baidyanath Group fortune. This picture of the bride and groom from the nuptials held on "the exclusive Malaysian Island of Langkawi" was published by our new favorite anonymous blogger covering the Indian tech and outsourcing scene who promises further dish. Have a better caption? The best one will become the new headline. Yesterday's winner: "I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do." by kadedworkin.

"I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do."

Jackson West · 07/01/08 06:00PM

With the takeover of CNET by CBS Interactive complete, the parent company's signature logo in the subsidiary's signature orange watches over employees at the San Francisco office. Have a better caption? The best one will become the new headline. Friday's winner: "It isn't broken, it's reorged." by sarahfu67.

"Affirmative... I poked one. It was dead."

Jackson West · 06/27/08 06:00PM

Spotted in Dolores Park, a group of Firefox 3 fans building a robot from household items. Can you suggest a better headline? Do so in the comments. The best one will become the new headline. Yesterday's winner: "Spoiler Alert: Eric Schmidt Named As Final Cylon." by WagCurious. (Photo by JP Puerta)

Spoiler Alert: Eric Schmidt Named As Final Cylon

Jackson West · 06/26/08 06:00PM

And I thought I was joking about Robot Steve Jobs — Google is already developing the Cylon army that eventually attempts to destroy humanity. Can you suggest a better headline? Do so in the comments. The best one will become the new headline. Yesterday's winner: "Yeah? Is this Yahoo HQ? I heard you are running low on people." by G2GdoB2B. (Photo by Marcin Wichary)

Those Mormons might be on to something

Jackson West · 06/24/08 06:00PM

Dodgeball founder and departed Googler Dennis Crowley celebrates his 32nd birthday by embracing his sister. Can you suggest a better headline? Do so in the comments. The best one will become the new headline. Yesterday's winner: "Yet another Valley Mashup" by jim_rock. (Photo from Dennis Crowley)

Yet another Valley Mashup

Jackson West · 06/23/08 06:00PM


Yes, everyone in the comments have been clamoring for Valleywag's Owen Thomas to come back. While he told me to ignore the rabble, I figured I'd treat his fans to Thomas and Very Special Correspondent Paul Boutin sharing an intimate moment at last week's Reddit party. Can you suggest a better headline? Do so in the comments. The best one will become the new headline. Friday's winner: "Quadruple snap in an A formashun!" by godospoons. (Photo by Brian Solis, bub.blicio.us)

"Quadruple snap in an A formashun!"

Jackson West · 06/20/08 06:00PM

Sydney residents stop drinking XXXX Export and making fun of the wankers in Melbourne to wait in line for the opening of a new Apple Store, where they were greeted by the typical forced enthusiasm from employees. Can you suggest a better headline? Do so in the comments. The best one will become the new headline. Yesterday's winner: "FUCK IT, WE'LL DO IT LIVE! THIS THING SUCKS!" by matto. (Photo by Catherine)

"FUCK IT, WE'LL DO IT LIVE! THIS THING SUCKS!"

Jackson West · 06/19/08 06:00PM

A reader who watched a recent episode of Cranky Geeks thought the ring on Natali Del Conte's finger meant she got hitched. An instant message to the perky, petite host of CNET TV's Loaded, shown here preparing for a show, confirmed what we already knew, since the ring is on the right hand, not the left. Can you suggest a better headline? Do so in the comments. The best one will become the new headline. Yesterday's winner: "How can I insult this guy's architecture in 140 characters or less?" by oaktowner. (Photo by Andrew Mager)

Damn, forgot this job came with a side of Scoble

Jackson West · 06/17/08 06:00PM

Valleywag's very special correspondent Paul Boutin is back, but could a meeting with Robert Scoble at Supernova presage Scoble's return as our mascot as well? Nah. Can you suggest a better headline? Do so in the comments. The best one will become the new headline. Yesterday's winner: "You're gonna need a warrant for that search, officer. Or a web browser." by ThatKid.

"You're gonna need a warrant for that search, officer. Or a web browser."

Jackson West · 06/16/08 06:00PM

A Google Street View driver ran afoul of the Presidio's park police at this popular view spot overlooking the Golden Gate — plenty more pictures where that came from. Can you suggest a better headline? Do so in the comments. The best one will become the new headline. Friday's winner: "My arched right eyebrow? That means that I am pheeling phrisky.." by actionhero11. (Photo by Damian Spain)

Google begins testing its new camouflage Steath Shuttle

Jackson West · 06/12/08 06:00PM

A tipster says this is a "Google Shuttle going green by picking up tree limbs while driving down Garcia Ave." What can't Google do? How about suggesting a better headline? Do so in the comments. The best one will become the new headline. Yesterday's winner: "Anyone got a cigar they want me to light?" by m0nty.au.

I'm leaving, Larry said there'd be girls here

Jackson West · 06/10/08 06:00PM

Google engineering VP Vic Gundotra, right, presumably sending reports back to the Android team from just before yesterday's announcement of the latest iPhone version by Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Can you suggest a better caption? Do so in the comments. The best one will become the new headline. Yesterday's winner: "Tumblr? I just met her!" by fairoak. (Photo by Vasanth Sridharan)

Tumblr? I just met her!

Nicholas Carlson · 06/09/08 06:00PM

IAC subsidiary CollegeHumor's Hottest College Girl in America Party, held Thursday night at New York club Room Service, was not an official Internet Week party. Yet above, we have Tumblr's David Karp, said college girl and a piece of tape in photographic proof that such a minor detail didn't stop New York digerati attending. The photo needs a caption. Make your suggestions in the comments and we'll rename the post with the best one. Friday's winner is Vulture with: "Serge Faguet cameos in a John Hughes movie VH1 special."