very imaginative results

http://www.google.co.uk/events/doodle4google.html
http://news.com.com/Schoolgirl+wins+Google....html?tag=alert

inspired by Google's logos

http://www.google.com/holidaylogos.html

Sillage, I haven't visited those links yet but I must say, your Avatar (if that's what it's called, not so sure, really) is lovely! Subtle but cool.

One of these days I will learn how to do moving Avatars. But for now, I'll just stick with my Cat in the Hat.