Googlified

This is an update for “Python in Google Office” posted yesterday.

The Official Google Blog posted about the Python Missing Incident after the python was found hiding “behind a cabinet”. NYooglers (New York Googlers) cautiously react to the incident, fearing themselves be the victim of April Fools’ Day.

Monday, April 2nd, 10:45 PM, we receive another Facilities Manager email: “After consultations with a herpetology expert at the American Museum of Natural History, our team of Google security and concerned volunteers located Kaiser relaxing behind a cabinet earlier this evening, and he was returned safely home with his owner.” So, it all ended happily, and Kaiser is now at his owner’s home to stay.

Snake on a Google (building)!

ValleyWag (exclusive!) reports that a Python is on the loose at Google’s office in Chelsea, New York City. Not the programming language Python, but a REAL, 3-foot long snake (Python 3??)!

Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 10:24 PM
Subject: [Everyone-ny] Pet Snake Missing in NYC office

Dear Googlers:

The timing of this email could not be more awkward. Over the weekend, a pet snake belonging to a Googler was released from its cage in a 4th floor cubicle near the Tech Stop. The snake is a 3-foot long, brown and grey ball python named Kaiser. Ball pythons are nonvenomous and are commonly kept as pets. …

Tempting as it might be, this is not an April Fool’s joke! …

[quote from ValleyWag's Python on the loose at Google]

I am quite certain it is not an April Fool’s Joke (from Google), since it’s currently April the 2nd in New York. Even snakes got a sense of humor on April Fools’ Day.

Hopefully it will be found soon.

UPDATE: The snake man - ValleyWag “track down” the owner of the snake, hmm, he looks a little familiar…

UPDATE 2: Confirmed by Google.