Mountain View, free Google wifi city-wide

Today I took an afternoon trip to Mountainview, California. I needed to take care of some business, and I don't currently have internet at my new place in San Jose (and I wanted to talk advantage of the unlimited bus and rail pass I have in the area as well as the rediculous half-off-all-food happy hour special at an Irish restaurant on the "strip").

Mountainview is a very small, modern, chick, high-tech, hangout. It is also home to the Google-plex, Google's world-wide headquarters.

A side reason I relocated to this part of the world was to advance my odds at getting in at Google.

At this point in time I would like the average reader to either advance with caution, or turn their head the other way and progress down the page to the Google image in order to not be sickened by reading a grown man begging.

Google, if you are reading this is for you (I know you have everything on the internet in your files, so note this). For years now I have completely taken whole-hearted advantage of you without paying a dime. I have never even offered to bid on a single ad-word from you, pay for your corporate office data-storage system, or for that matter really purchased much of anything from your "sponsored links". Now I invite you to return the favor. Take advantage of everything I have to offer by incorporating me into one of your plethora of international offices. Anyone who has ever met me, including a few of your employees who are pulling for my cause, will attest that I will excel in whatever I put my mind to. Don't miss this opportunity, because within a matter of one month I will be with another company, committed to performing them a service. You can either reach me on this blog, or else at HireEricHensel@gmail.com. Thanks, you won't regret it.





Ok, so back to my entry. The cool thing about Mountainview is that it is like the prototype city for all advancements the future may hold. This is of course because Google and other large scale change the world companies are headquartered here. For starters, they have implemented free wireless internet in every square inch of the city. The locals here are in high demand of hardware that takes the Google wifi signal and turns it into a wired internet connection in their homes and offices to reroute for routine useage.

In addition, when you arrive here you notice how clean and posh it is. More importantly, you see that the restaurants are from all different worldly cuisines, namely Indian, Thai, Chinese, etc. They are also suprisingly affordable and offer some great deals. Of course you will have to deal with the annoying Scientology office which is oddly misplaced in the midst of all the exciting restaurants on the "strip". Lastly, you will notice they have free bike storage in the city and on the light rail transport service. Who would have thought saving the environment and fighting American obesity could be so easy?

It took me nearly half a dozen trips to Mountainview to enjoy all of its wonders. Once I visit the Google Campus for either a job interview (if I am of the fortunate) or at least as an invitee of my friends I am sure I will be a believer of their culture.

Who knows if this all continues the unavoidly challenging and ever-present question of "What is American Culture?" may eventually be answered thanks to the creation of warming corporate American culture!

Ciao for now...
Eric