Google Chrome

Google has had an interesting week, hasn't it?

First, a comic book is leaked, discussing Google Chrome, their new open source web browser. It creates plenty of buzz, and the browser itself was relased on Tuesday.

The big launch comes, many people download it, and a few even read the EULA. Those that did read it were horrified, as the agreement seemed to give Google the rights over any content you submitted through their browser. Fortunately, Google quickly removed the vague language from the EULA.

Just when everything was starting to settle down, a serious security flaw was found in Google Chrome!

In the real world, chrome has the reputation of making something look good, but not doing anything to improve the workings. Let's hope Google Chrome doesn't take on this association.

While Google works to put Chrome back together, why don't you try and put Google itself back together? Below is a mixture of three images. Below are the description, in the order they're employed in the puzzle (which, as you'll see in the instructions below, is important):

1. The Googleplex welcome sign


2. Google co-founder Sergey Brin (with the purple background)


3. Google co-founder Larry Page (with the dark classroom background)

(Java required)
Click here to see the rules for this puzzle.

The object of this puzzle, called FlipSwitch (conceived and programmed by Eric Harshbarger), is to put together any 1 of the 3 images used. The images are designated in a certain order, as described above. Each time you click a particular square, that square's image, as well as the images in each square in the same row and column, will move forward to the next image in the sequence. Any square containing the 3rd image will be changed to the 1st image.

The Scramble button will give you a new arrangement of picture pieces with which to work. The Increment button will move each square's image to the next one in sequence. The Solve button will show one completed picture. To see the complete set of pictures, click Solve, then click Increment to go through the complete pictures one by one.

Let everyone know how you did in the comments!

(Googleplex welcome sign image courtey of Coolcaesar. Sergey Brin image courtesy of James Duncan Davidson/O'Reilly Media, Inc.. Larry Page image courtesy of Ehud Kenan.)