Once he was there, he would pitch his idea to the folks at Google. It's an idea he thinks fits right in with the Google spirit and business model.

"So I figured I'd get down here, walk in through their front door, ask for a meeting and one of two things would happen: They could give me a meeting and five days later I'd come back and make my pitch and then I'd go home, or they'd turn me away at the door."

On Feb. 5, Stanton had launched the Web site www.cangooglehearme.com and put together a basic Web page and posted one entry. Stanton said he didn't intend to create a blog about the process of meeting with Google, but that's what happened.

Before he left for California, Stanton spent a few days preparing his presentation. So when he boarded the plane, he carried his Flash presentation with him on his laptop and in many backup forms, including versions that worked on a Mac, Windows and Linux. He has it on a CD, flash drive and a version that he uploaded to the Internet.

"I figure that if you're going to show up at someone's front door, you might as well come prepared," Stanton wrote on his Web page. "Anything less would just be rude. I've got the camera with me, so I'll try to make a video update once I'm down there."