Make your own barcode, just like Google
Google devoted its home page to the humble barcode today – and now you can too.
By Andrew Heining | 10.07.09
What’s black and white and read all over? Barcodes. And boy do you people like them.
The Web was buzzing about barcodes today because Google decided to commemorate the 57th anniversary of the first ever patent on them with one of their popular doodles.
Many commenters on Amy Farnsworth’s post talked of trying to scan the Google logo rendered in “Code 128″ with limited degrees of success – using everything from commercial barcode scanners to cellphone cameras. Others jumped in with conspiracy theories – that barcodes are somehow related to the devil, or would in some future time be used to catalog a society overrun by machines. It’s all pretty fantastic.
That got us thinking – how do you make your own barcode? A quick search (it doesn’t even have to be done on Google) brought us to this free online barcode generator. It’s running a bit slow after today’s miniature barcode renaissance, but visitors can use it to create barcodes in any of five formats to share with friends, post on a cubicle wall, or just generally geek-out with.
Told of the barcode’s humble origin – and that the original design was composed of concentric circles – many have asked about the more complex versions of barcodes now in use. You may have seen them on mail, retail packaging, or, more recently, in the pages of Golf Digest magazine.
UPS uses a two-dimensional barcode called MaxiCode. They include “offset rows of hexagonal modules arranged around a unique finder pattern,” and are capable of storing not only shipping class information, but the package’s intended address as well. The square codes even include error-detection technologies, so they may be read even when the bumps of a long journey obscure the image.
Those who pick up the November issue of Golf Digest magazine will see similar two-dimensional barcodes accompanying certain articles. These, when scanned with a smartphone equipped with the Microsoft Tag app, take readers to video tutorials related to the article they accompany. Some might say it’s surprising to see such innovation from a golf magazine, but the move makes sense – golf is one sport dominated by ever-changing technology. Why wouldn’t a publication committed to following it be the same?
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What are your thoughts on barcodes? What other oft-overlooked technology are you fascinated by? Leave a comment or drop us a line on Twitter – we’re @CSMHorizonsBlog.
Oh, and for those readers with access to a scanner (some mobile phones work, too) take a crack at decoding the image above!
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10. ashelly rocks | 10.07.09
this is what i think it says,
please do not interup me now i am busy and another thing i think it is saying how r you doing matten……!
i have a qustoin to ask how do you now what the patterm on the secret code is ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
12. Rick | 10.07.09
I have also seen a lot of codes from a service called ScanLife. I have received some material from Sprint and they link to different websites. They also have a place where you can create free codes.
14. John Schneidawind | 10.07.09
You might take a look at this coverage of Neustar’s announcement on mobile 2D barcodes.
16. Scott Blake | 10.07.09
I make art with barcodes. Check out my barcode portraits of pop stars using actual UPC barcodes from real products that relate to each person. Example: Barcode Elvis made with barcodes from his music CDs. More at Barcode Art dot com
22. 007 | 10.07.09
Hya its 007 the barcode suituation is a cool thing now you can put ya best mate up for sale
25. Mar66lyn | 10.07.09
I love the barcode. Send us a few more surprises. Took me a while to figure out what had happened. Nice to celebrate the events in our lives.
29. secret | 10.07.09
i still dont get it. you still did not tell us how to make a barcode or the message tob that one. this is boring and i am wasting my time so bye!
35. John Kirk | 10.07.09
Great, a tool used to sort huge quantities of dull inventory can be used to make everybody and everything bland and unremarkable. While we are at it why don’t we sandblast all the individuality off too. Pathetic.
40. faultbreak | 10.07.09
Barcodes are being replaced by RF chips. Soon, there won’t be any barcodes.
46. NoWayDidGoogleDrawByHand | 10.07.09
Barcodes is boring without scan readers to view them. Barcodes is like an inside joke. Only the barcode knows the punch line. 
49. Aladdin | 10.07.09
can humans be bar coded at birth storing their DNA and ID, no need to live in chip n pin age……….
50. GrandMa | 10.07.09
I don’t like barcodes… what is wrong with English? I was so
revolted, I looked up your phone number but will not call
since the mystery of its appearance here is solved. You do keep
me on my toes !
51. bbsound | 10.07.09
That’s funny. I thought google attacted.
Some says it’s cool other says dumb. LoL
53. Jordan O’Dell | 10.07.09
I think that if a barcode retains information, possibly personal, why should cellular phone o companies produce an application to read one? It’s pointless. Why would I care where a damn AP magazine was going anyways? But barcodes are intricate also. And interesting. Regardless of what’s replacing them or not. And why would you want to make your own barcode? Stupid.
55. brianc | 10.07.09
Barcode will be here for a long while. Other technology are too costly at the moment. I would say another 50 or so years.
56. Mary | 10.07.09
The bar code has to say Google though for awhile I thought something had happened to the site.
60. KK | 10.07.09
AWESOME! This is so coooooooooooooll I NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE SECERET MESSAGE IS!!!!
61. Kawaii | 10.07.09
omg thats soo cool i wanna create my own secret message lol maybe my name maybe a film who knows???………. LOOOOOOL!!
64. Archon | 10.07.09
49. Aladdin | 10.07.09
can humans be bar coded at birth storing their DNA and ID, no need to live in chip n pin age……….
That was possibly the dumbest thing I’ve read today. Thanks for playing.
66. Nick Biren | 10.07.09
Someone said bar codes are a thing of the past?
Been to a grocery store lately? looked at a can of soda? a pack of cigarettes? a candy-bar? a magazine? your Costco membership card?
I’m thinking RFID has got a lot of work to do to make bar-codes a thing of the past.
67. gary | 10.07.09
i think the barcode thing is cool but when you go to the picture at the top of this page and enlarge it to see it better. its an entirely different barcode.
68. NUMBER 1 JONAS FAN!!!!! | 10.07.09
i think YOU SHUOLD MAKE A COOLER ONE LIKE MAKE A BARCODE ONE ON GOOGEL LIKE MAKE IT PINK WITH GLIMMER INCASE IF you do it!!!!! ILL HELP YOU WITH GOOGEL!!
70. Erich | 10.07.09
To those who think it’s stupid or useless. The VA Hospital’s have started to test using them for patient/drug errors. A drugs barcode doesn’t match a patient, no wrong drug/dose error. Wish my hospital used it.
73. tommydip | 10.07.09
bar codes can save the U.S. it can bring real democracy will bring a higher standard of living for all.
printing the vote sheet. and for every vote they will be a bar code. the will be combination to make up master bar code. in this way we can check the master code easily by scanning it for eased count
74. LaChaBenn | 10.07.09
I just got a new laptop (yesterday) I seriously thought something was wrong with my browzer..This Is Amazing, not “dumb.”
what is the secret message?
75. Jacque Bauer | 10.07.09
I printed it out, and went to Home Depot’s self-checkout lane. NOW I OWN GOOGLE!
AT least until my credit card some due. Until then, WATCH OUT!
77. yomamma | 10.07.09
it says, “POPTARTS RULE!!!” lol nahh i dunno(:
barcordes are pretty freakin’ awesome though!
maybe it says “Google knows ALL” or “Google knows EVERYTHING” cos well, Google DOES know everything 
78. JoJos critic | 10.07.09
Jojo, your an idiot. Barcodes are how almost all the stores in the world seperate all the information within that item from the 2980789689 other products on the shelves. technology couldnt run pretty much without that barcode. so go eat a butt
80. Alex | 10.07.09
this is so 21st century kind of thing! you right out stuff and mail it or something and if somebody if cheaking your mail you can trick them by making the writing in bar code! it is just like sign language or the little dots for blind people
90. Barcodes_Are_Not_Dead | 10.07.09
Barcodes aren’t dead or a thing of the past. Look at how many every day items have a SN/ID/Sku in barcode format somewhere on them. Barcodes are how stores manage and quickly process large amounts of inventory. Everyone from the large manufacturer to the online web store is effected by barcodes in some way or another and many people are still tapping into the productivity increases of Barcode Scanners for quick entry of long numeric IDs. The usage of RF chip may indeed be on the rise but I imagine it will be a long time before large scale manufacturers will pay the price to convert to RF when a simple sticker with some ink on it will more than suffice.
92. bamo | 10.07.09
I use RFID at work but the cost of printing a 1D ot 2D bardcode will always be less. if you wish to pay an extra .30 per item at the store enjoy.
93. Zachary, USN | 10.07.09
Has the elder President Bush figured out the *magic* of barcodes yet?
It was one of the public embarassments that contributed to his loss for reelection.
95. Me | 10.07.09
Oh wow, this is awesome. I thought that some did hack into google lmao. :oP I was like… ||| || ||||| ||| | :oO
98. brian | 10.07.09
awesome but totally random compared to the normal stuff that makes up “google’s” name
100. Kristina | 10.07.09
So, I have a barcode scanner at my work and I printed out Google’s homepage just to see if it really said Google. It does. MLIA.
102. atombomb1945 | 10.07.09
The barcode is one of the best inventions for storing limited amounts of data. Think of it. As long as the paper, card, or plastic that it is printed on remains intact, and the paint does not fade, the barcode would be readable for decades, if not longer.
Trivia fact: Barcodes appeared on some items in the series MASH, all though it was not invented for almost ten years after the Korean War.
103. Ricardo | 10.07.09
I’ve been using the same barcode for 40 years. Two fingers means, “Barman, make it a double.”
104. AJ Crowe | 10.07.09
The barcode says: Be sure to drink your Ovaltine! The know it all dunce who said it read “Google” obviously doesn’t know what he is talking about.
105. Arod | 10.07.09
Some people don’t know that the barcode on items like CD’s and food products just represents the number that is beneath the barcode. Once a cashier couldn’t get the scanner to work… she had no idea how to enter the number manually but I taught her.
106. pongman | 10.07.09
Barcode? Is that a certain type a dress that you have to wear when you go to your neighborhood bar?
110. Stacie | 10.07.09
I think people toying around with barcodes is just another step in getting us conditioned to liking them so they can mark us for the beast. You won’t find me making a barcode anytime soon.
Am I the only one who is smart enough to see this coming or too bold to say anything???
Wake up people and get smart.
111. felix | 10.07.09
omg what does it say…’be sure to drink your ovaltine’ or ‘google’ i dont know the code either what is it? thx u guys rok! so does google.com! yah u peeps!
113. Marc | 10.07.09
Bytescout.com has free barcode generator and reader software. The reader is neat, just scan or download an image with a barcode, select the file and it will decode the barcode and tell you what format the barcode is in.
115. chris | 10.07.09
i think googles bar code means traffic in sense. there’s different way of looking at things.
116. Sima - South Africa | 10.07.09
I must I was pretty taken aback when I saw when of the PCs at the library today with these strange lines and the usual Google search bar. For some reason I decided to click on them when I got to my room and to my surprise there were comments from all over the world about the “BARCODE”.
I think they pretty amazing, but would like someone from the Google staff to officially decipher the one on the home-screen for those of us who don’t have scanners though.
It’s a small world isn’t it?
_________________________________-
“Doubt is the beginning of wisdom.”
118. Skye | 10.07.09
i think the whole barcode idea is awesome!
and i think its really weird that someone else name skye commented on this 0.o
119. hornetpride | 10.07.09
I was able to scan the barcode on the site directly off the screen with no problem…to my surprise it said “Google”.
122. tapacocha` | 10.07.09
insane how Google does not have more imagination, they are not going places anymore
126. Grace | 10.07.09
Barcodes are neat, I think I know how to read them I’m not sure. I think you have to put it on a piece of paper. Then you put the piece of paper to eye level and boom it’s a word
127. 8==> | 10.07.09
really intresting but i wish i could creat my own bar code. the web never loads.
128. Openyoureyes | 10.07.09
everyone has their own barcode the government is behind all off this. open your eyes and see what the govt is doing to all of you it is making you all look stupid because you guys are admiring the barcode. The government is blinding your eyes.
131. dcm | 10.07.09
Go and look up “CueCat” on Wikipedia and then let’s talk more about the Golf Digest innovation.
Technology has marched on, so you don’t have to use strictly traditional bar codes with MS Tag, but the idea is the same.
A while ago, you could buy a CueCat from eBay and follow Internet instructions on “neutering” it so it would work without the software that came with it. You could then use it as a cheap bar code reader instead of buying something more expensive if you wanted to play around with bar codes. It does work. I don’t know if they are still obtainable.
133. unknown | 10.07.09
this is really different. i think that it would be a little confusing to use for notes.
135. beaster | 10.07.09
woah there thats like so cool… i never knew barcodes said anything i thought they were just lines haha. I have like no clue what that says
136. The MarketSmith | 10.07.09
QR codes are pretty cool too! We use them for augmented reality applications.
http://www.themarketsmith.com
137. Ann | 10.07.09
Some of you people don’t even make sense…. it’s just for a cute idea….get a grip!
I LOVE THE CUTE INTRESTING IDEAS GOOGLE COMES UP WITH!
i like change and fun things on the computer
SOOO just deal with it.
139. Toju Mikie | 10.07.09
the barcode reads:
Value = Be sure to drink your Ovaltine!
Type = CODE128
Page = 1
Direction = 1
Bounding rectangle = (112,11), (488,379)
got it from
http://www.softeksoftware.co.uk/onlinereader.html
142. Don N. | 10.07.09
Sorry jo jo, barcodes are not a thing of the past. Barcodes will be around for many, many years to come.
143. Toju Mikie | 10.07.09
the bar code decodes to:
Value = Be sure to drink your Ovaltine!
Type = CODE128
Page = 1
Direction = 1
Bounding rectangle = (112,11), (488,379)
decoded from:
http://www.softeksoftware.co.uk/onlinereader.html
146. CC | 10.07.09
Not Ok!
I’m not thrilled at celebrating a barcode. I’m thrilled
at knowing my webbrowser didn’t get hacked into.
150. n/a | 10.07.09
Did anyone even think to mention the fact that Japan has been doing stuff like this with QR bar codes since the 90’s? Really guys it’s not that innovative, more like about time we caught up.
151. Andrew | 10.07.09
This is great- barcodes have their own beauty, in a weird, monochromatic way.
Actually, for those of you interested in barcodes, I did a series in my comic that involves barcoding people-
http://www.lewiscomic.com/?p=245
152. Danielle G. | 10.07.09
sweet, I’m sure glad it’s just a theme and not a computer malfunction! Gosh you scared me!
156. maria | 10.07.09
wow this is so cool i love barcodes even thogh they are confusing and they lok like if your making them just like them
159. Egyptian Papyrus | 10.07.09
This is really cool from google… I think google no longer even need to put the name in English anymore to gain traffic… this is really cool and I was impressed.
162. cramenator | 10.07.09
Well there’s one more thing my iPhone can do… temporarily amuse me with barcode scanning.
163. Jas | 10.07.09
I have to say that this is so dumb. Getting this barcode won’t make me money so it is such a waste of time. Lame.
164. Bulon Ramadhin | 10.07.09
Google is funny. Only Google would put barcodes that say wierd things and make you think it was hacked. I miss the Creativeness in Google. Make me proud and spell out “google” with something crazy. LOL
168. IndependentVoter | 10.07.09
I actually invented the first barcode, in 1969. I snuck into a blues bar in Ann Arbor, Michigan when I was only 16 (but 6′ 4″) and sat at the bar. Every time i wanted a refill of my beer, I just slid it across the bar towards the bartender’s side and left it sitting there, empty. He quickly learned this meant I would like another refreshing adult beverage. Thus, the first bar code was born.
Can I receive royalties?
169. David | 10.07.09
I heard that some geeks can read barcodes as easily as normal people read the alphabet. No need for a scanner then? Weird!
171. Ryan | 10.07.09
“but the move makes sense – golf is one sport dominated by ever-changing technology.”
Really? GOLF is dominated by ever changing technology? Seems like it’s been pretty much the same since it started…
172. justin | 10.07.09
i also thought someone hacked google earlier until i scrolled over the thing and it said invention of barcode lol awesome
173. Scott D | 10.07.09
Barcodes are definitely not a thing of the past. They are more heavily used in manufacturing today for traceability on parts than ever before. It could either be a printed label or a code that has been laser etched onto the surface
174. RECOIL | 10.07.09
They have been using barcodes for rave flyer forever! Used to use them myself 
175. incognito | 10.07.09
you people hilarify my life cuz i’m a freshman and i totally knew it was like the history of bar code day or something. newsflash: i m nerd. and my number one goal in life is to work at google in cali-for-ni-a the land of my DREAMS. anyways, there was some philosophical insight into.. well nothing. that wasnt philosophical at all. sorry folks of the web! bee tee dubbs: boycott facebook, stay away from twitter, and dont text until your thumbs fall off. just make real friends ok?
177. Paloma | 10.07.09
this is soooooo AAAAAWWWWWWWEEEEEESSSSOOOOMMMMMEEEEE
OH AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
181. davem | 10.07.09
brianc,
Bar codes will be here for a while. Just spent the day discussing why our particular industry is not moving to other technologies instead. Main reasons are bar codes work well when they fit your needs, and they are cheap. Don’t know that I’d try to predict what we’ll be using in 50 years, though. I was using punched cards 30 years ago!
182. Dirk | 10.07.09
What about the tracer implant’s barcode? Amd Microsofts tag app is a very conveniant way of tracking where you are, and what your interested in.
183. Paloma | 10.07.09
i know what it means:GOOGLE i proved it to myself by going to http://www.barcodesinc.com/generator/index.php
185. Taylor Scully | 10.07.09
“Barcode will be here for a long while. Other technology are too costly at the moment. I would say another 50 or so years.”
Whoever said this is an idiot. Barcode Technology is useful, but it will not be needed in 50 years and very much sooner. They are already working through technology to replace it. The fact of the matter is that technology is being rapidly enhanced this day and age. I am a computer engineer and there are plenty of corporations working invidually to enhance technology. NASA themselves has over 20 major projects that will revolutionize space travel.
So please, don’t write about something you don’t know about.
187. Amanda M. | 10.07.09
Ovaltine, huh? is that for calcium or something? thanks for the health tip.
188. K | 10.07.09
When I saw Google I thought something was wrong with my computer. Then I thought it must be a special Google page… Its really interesting because I didn’t know barcodes were so old. COOL!!
189. soccer rocks | 10.07.09
cool i thiink that the bar code are so going to rock! they are the newest and coolest no wonder that google has them!
190. melissa | 10.07.09
this so cool that u could make ur own barcode :)and this is not a dun idea i like it
191. Mirriam Rodriguez | 10.07.09
I LOVE BARCODES AT FIRST I DIDNT UNDERSTAND WHAT IT SAID UNTIL I THOUGHT OF BARCODES LIKE AT STORES LOL=)
193. 123 | 10.07.09
It says google!!!!!!!!!!!!! It only took me a few seconds to figure out!! And I am only 11!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
194. Tiana | 10.07.09
I liked that the “it doesn’t have to be Google” is a hyperlink to a review on Bing.com
Hahaha!
195. Christina | 10.07.09
Okay I really don’t like the idea of having a scanner in my phone. Of course I’m not oblivious to the i-phone, and they have everything from GPS to twitter on there, but this really is just kind of creepy.
You are supposed to be able to decode the barcode from a smartphone or Iphone or something.
What purpose does this truly serve? OKAY OKAY so we come up with a fantastic addition to an invention to do what? To have a tutorial on golf? Pretty soon it will be like this to do anything. To check into work, to be trained, and most importantly to communicate without seeing others.
I’m totally on the consiracy and against the micro-chip in humans or dogs, against barcodes in your phone, against the smart card that taps… Too much 1984 for me… Well that being said, if it wasn’t used for monitoring what your doing and your interests, then it would be a fantastic thing.
201. Melissa | 10.07.09
I REALLY LIKE the fact that you can now take a picture of the new style barcodes that are on advertising and in public places, and it will connect your iphone with additional info. I wonder who will be the first to find a way to make a template so they can spraypaint their own personal barcode graffiti on something and people will be able to interact with it using their smartphone. This could go in many great directions (and of course, it will be abused.) Very interesting!
203. Umer | 10.07.09
Barcode…. WHat is thad, sounds like something my grandfather would be interested in. Dude now we use electromagnetic cards. Which we just pass over the thingy and it’s tada. No point in dragging a torn shoe. huh.
204. Alexis | 10.07.09
When I went to look something up on Google I thought there was something wrong with it!!!! Why would they put that???? That’s kinda weird if you ask me….
209. Pat Man | 10.07.09
Google has there own bar code decoding software. I put the image in and it came out as google. Figures.
210. Emily B | 10.07.09
I was wondering why Google was all messed up without a logo today. Until I clicked on the barcode a few times and took me here.
211. Fanny | 10.07.09
i give this a 50/50. kinda interesting but kinda dumb. is thier a point do this? bring back the normal google logal
212. Chad | 10.07.09
The barcode here says “Be sure to drink your Ovaltine!”
Just FYI for everyone here who thinks it says Google.
Chad Smith
From Radio Shack Twin Falls Idaho
213. Mike Martin | 10.07.09
I think it’s creepy & can’t even look at the Google page (that I have set as my default page.) I’ve been using Yahoo all day long, as a result.
214. Melissa | 10.07.09
Here’s an unintended consequence of the inventors of the barcode: As a freshman at the Air Force Academy, I had to memorize the barcode pattern on the Hershey’s Chocolate syrup and recite it to the upperclass cadets if I wanted to make some chocolate milk to drink with my dinner. Hazing? Maybe. Hilarious? Yes. Did I make my freshman do it when I was an upperclassman? Of course.
“Sir, the barcode is as follows: thin bar, thin bar, thin bar, space…”
215. Matt | 10.07.09
Im RFID+ Certified~ BarCodes are a thing of the past (but still good for document storage)
219. SAB | 10.07.09
Gosh, it’s lame when google comes out with a simple thing and everyone must jump on the boat….. I would be happy when google comes out with “I am sofa king we todd ed”!!!
221. EasternMind | 10.07.09
Yeah, I’ve actually used that barcode generator before to put official barcodes on my albums. Pretty cool!
222. GR | 10.07.09
There is a barcode on nearly everything you buy at a retail store. There is a bar code on nearly every letter you get. Bar codes are not going away anytime soon… like in your lifetime.
223. Alex | 10.07.09
For at least 10 years now you have been able to make your own barcode as easy as changing fonts in MS Word. Just download and install a free barcode font, start a new document, and change the font from Times New Roman, or whatever your default font is, to the barcode font. Then type anything you want and it will apear as a barcode. You can then print that barcode and take it to a store with a computer and barcode scanner. Have them open notepad and then scan the tag and whatever you typed will appear on the screen.
224. S | 10.07.09
those 2 dimensional bar code things that you said Golf Magazine will be featuring have been available (widely) in Japan since at LEAST 2004. you can find them on ads, posters, food products, and use them to visit websites for more information,watch a video, buy more stuff.. whatever the manufacturer wants you to visit a website for.
228. Ashley | 10.07.09
I thought something was wrong with my computer lol i think this is cool!!!!!!
229. Dustin | 10.07.09
Probably just says the month day and year of the barcode patent. Cool that Google celebrates all these anniversaries.
231. j clem | 10.07.09
i thought something happened to my computer but i get it. it dont say anything they just wanted to know what we thought about it.let me think ???????????????????? its ok i like it
232. hyoung912 | 10.07.09
hey my brother works for Scan Source, which is a company that sells equipment that prints and reads bar-codes. Needless to say, they have their hand in just about every business ever, so he makes bank. not a bad market
233. Lane | 10.07.09
I work in a library. All our items have barcodes. There are barcodes everywhere It’s great the the Barcode is being recognized.
238. Tony in Yonkers | 10.07.09
Does anybody know what the front and back barcode means on your letters you recieve at home? There is a black barcode on the front and a red [or light pink color] barcode also on the back.
Readers want to know.
239. BrOoKiE | 10.07.09
i think this is sooooooooooooo cool how people can make thier own bar codes and test their friends aso yah!
240. Sage | 10.08.09
oh wow this is so cool i think ill do this man dude its so awesome like you guys should try it out sometime this barcode thing its great!!!
245. Dan | 10.08.09
Why not just download your own barcode font? Like here: http://www.barcodesinc.com/free-barcode-font/
Then you can just type in barcode!
(Don’t forget your asterisks at the beginning and end!)
246. ProtectMeFromtheBeast | 10.08.09
omg the people that say it is the mark of the devil are SO right!!
the barcode reads - “Be sure to drink your Ovaltine” which is an anagram (jumble) of
RED EVIL BEAST KNOT TO RUIN YOU
It is! Rearrange the letters for yourself.
Red is the strongest of the colors in the Google logo, it is also the color of the devil.
Knots were an ancient form of puzzle, which is what an anagram is.
Save yourself NOW !
249. Ludwig | 10.08.09
I’m sorry, But i scanned and deciphered the Barcode and it says ‘Google’ in one reader and ‘GoogleG’ in the other, so it’s wasn’t exactly a big mystery - especially considering the logo always contains google in some form
250. wild lady amy | 10.08.09
A yea how do you barcode comercial insanity? Its just one more way to keep every thing neat and orderly so we don’t know the rest of the story!
251. Andrew Heining | 10.08.09
Congratulations to “Butters” – you were the first to decode the secret message in our barcode (Be sure to drink your Ovaltine!)
“T,” “AJ Crowe,” “J’Fuzion™,” “Toju Mikie,” “Hank H,” “Barcode,” “Chad,” and “ProtectMeFromtheBeast” also cracked the code.
252. Michael | 10.08.09
Well, I guess Google has taken over the world already. When I checked–at about 11:30 Eastern Time in the U.S.–there is no barcode doodle. Bummer. They don’t need my information. Oh wait…they already HAVE everything I know!
253. brian | 10.08.09
To the posters above: The VA Hospital has been using barcodes for over 10 years to decrease/elimate medicine administration errors. RFID won’t be widely adopted for sometime due to it’s cost per chip vs cost per barcode: dollars per chip vs pennies per barcode.
254. Carrie | 10.08.09
Waitt!8>! i think google is just trying to change the backround not putting some special codess in…you guys are analyzing this way toooo deep!and what is with google and the beast numberr, it makes no sense??
257. Jason | 10.09.09
Now I can get this tattooed on me and truly become apart of the machine. Stay off the grid? I am the grid!
259. Thomasjohn Mille | 10.09.09
When we celebrate the birthdays of all the starving children of the world with the same news and vigor of the bar-code…well, then Amen.
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