It annoys me a little bit that the Nexus 7 is advertised on Google's search homepage. Am I just way too whiny or is this bothersome to others as well?
You mean the blurb below the search box, "The playground is open. Nexus 7: the new tablet from Google"? Doesn't bother me as I barely notice it. However, sometimes I do get annoyed with the logo changes. Shrug...
Doesn't bother me (I didn't even see it until I saw it on AC's main page), since I usually go to https://encrypted.google.com (which it doesn't show up on)