A little while after I posted a screen shot of Google’s bar code logo, I stumbled upon this version of Google.
![Googles Disappearing Page Googles Disappearing Page](http://thelaughingdm.com/wordpress/images/2009-Misc/Google-BarCode-Logo-02.jpg)
Google was apparently conducting some experiments with a minimal and “fading” home page today. See this for more info and a video of the effect.