h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Totally. Since I got it in... I guess it was about 1997, but how long I've had it isn't important, it's more how often I'm on-line.

I have this daily routine I *have* to get through, or else I'm dangerous to myself and others.

I most often operates with two windows at a time, so if I'm loading something on the one I have the other.

1 window:
I go to the Michael Ball fan club forum and check all the posts. Then I go to the Ballpoint site (a Michael Ball site) to check for updates. Then I check the AboutMichael site (another Michael Ball site) for updates. Then I check the official Michael Ball site for updates. Then I check the Balliosi site (another... you guessed it: Michael Ball site) and look at the daily picture calendar there (and in December, their extra Christmas calendar). Then I go to h2g2, since that's where I am most of the time.

2 window:
I check my Hotmail account. Then I check my older, retired Hotmail account. After that, I just surf for hours whatever I'm interested in at the moment.

If I don't do this every day, I go out of my skull. My father almost killed me when he got the telephone bills (we had ISDN back then - now we have ADSL).

If I don't earn the internet addict-prize I don't know who does.

I've actually gotten to the point where in normal conversation I will attempt to use h2g2 smileys by making "<" and ">" motions with my hand, and drawing the code for the smiley I wish to use in the air. So, if I'm congratualating somebody, in the middle of my paragraph I will randomly trace "< bubbly >" into the air, half expecting a to appear.

-Strider

know what you mean Strider...
I keep talking in smileys, and writing them in real letters!

I love using the internet - I can do without it, especially when I'm travelling and can't get to it.
But when I'm at home I HAVE to check emails, H2G2 and various other sites where I have friends. Takes a little while to say the least!

You think you're so tough, because you use smileys in normal letters ?
I've never ever written a regular letter and use mail services only to get items ordered in Internet shops.

Criously, I don't have to surf the 'Net every day (although when I start, I can sit for hours, esp. recently as I have got a 24h/day connection to the "world", oh yeah!). Anyway, I spend a lot of time in front of my (and not only mine ) computer.

I keep telling myself that I can stop anytime I want (never really wanted to ) and when I am spending holidays in mountains or somewhere I can live without the machine.