Saturday, October 22, 2005

Baby boy named Google

How big a fan are you of Google? I mean, what lengths are you ready to go to show that you are a die hard fan of the billion dollar company, which is being viewed as the next big thing in computer world after Microsoft.

May be you would set the homepage of your browser to Google and use only Google Services and Tools, shunning all the competitors of Google. May be you would start wearing T-Shirts with Google written across it?

But are you such a big fan that you would name your son/daughter as “Google”?? Stunned? Well, that is exactly what Mr. Walid Elias Kai, a Lebanese, and his Swedish wife Carol Kai have done.

Walid, is an avid fan of Google. He’s a Ph.D. candidate in search engine marketing, and is currently working on a new Google Service from his home. When he was blessed with a son on Sept 12th of this year, he decided to name it Oliver Google Kai.

The decision drew rounds of laughter from his near and dear ones. Walid’s brother commented, "Yeah, and you should name the next one 'yahoo fuji nikon'"!!! But Walid persisted, and the name was registered in the Swedish registery.

When people ask Walid whether Google would have a tough time in his school due to his strange name, Walid was quoted as saying,“ Absolutely not, if he is using Google Search engine and he is building new idea with his friends around The Psychometric and Informational Structural Mind. Thanks.”

Here’s a photo of the young Google. He’s cute!!!



He has his personal website and blog too.

I wish him a long, happy and healthy life. I am sure that his parents are eagerly waiting to hear Google Talk!!! (Pun intended)

3 Comments:

At October 22, 2005 10:30 PM, Blogger silverine said...

Poor baby. Hope he wont be the butt of peer jokes when he grows up.

 
At October 24, 2005 11:02 AM, Blogger Parth Anand said...

Oh well I dont get this concept of naming kids with what is "hot" and "in" concept. Naming them after filmstars,characters etc..is at one level but this takes it a little too far...
Also, Gwyneth Paltrow has named her girl "Apple"..
To the parents it may seem fun but it, at times, turns out to be a nightmare for the kid.

 
At October 24, 2005 4:26 PM, Blogger Arun R said...

@ Silverine:

Thats what everyone is quizzing his dad. He seems to be confident that nothing would happen. The only thing we can do is wait and see.

@ Parth:

True. But some parents are so obsessed, u cannot reason with them. Its true that the child has to sufer. Lets hope nothing like that happens in this case.

 

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