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

Hiya Ox.
*Pours the c)_( Ox asked for earlier.*
Sorry about the delay! How you doing?

*accepts fresh tea with a huge smile*

All's well, BB, thanks!

GAK!

I was wrong! (It's been known to happen from time to time... )

No Font tag in GuideML.

*sigh*

The little I do know just makes me wish I knew more...

*makes little whimpery noises and wishes she were home with her fiancee*

I miss Charlie. I'm gonna go send him an e-mail to that effect. I'll be back in a mo...

About fonts, I know this much: you can only have the fonts that are on the machine of the person viewing your page! They are working on a way to embed fonts in a webpage, but at the moment you either use the familiar handful that are universal to the user base, or you create a GIF or JPG that contains the text you want to display. That only really works for headlines and bylines.

Grim Squeaker! Bluebottle, that's wonderful. Is it from Discworld or did you make that up? I must try it on Styx if he ever has a real conversation with me. Right now he just demands food then goes out or to sleep. Pretty clear he's not MY pet rat!

I miss Quorthon. Evidently there's no cybercafe where he is right now!

Thanks, one and all for the advice on the fonts...sooner or later I'll get it the way I'd like!

You never met the Grim Squeaker??? Why - he was the BEST h2g2 ID ever. I'll see if I can find his page - he used to hang around the original F&F.

He was Abi.

cheezdanish, the command is what's technically known as "deprecated". That means it works but the Guide wishes you wouldn't. The only functions it will do are COLOR and SIZE.

Grim Squeaker can be found:
http://www.h2g2.com/U99234

You're right, that's a great page. I'm half sorry you told me who it was.

Ok ignore the unvieling we won't tell you who it was Ok.

Nods sagely

Hi Looney, have you got your brother sorted out yet?
*puts NZ water on to boil for green tea*

Not really Lil. He is renting one place and has an option to buy another. The one is is looking at buying is a life-style block - a newish house and 15 acres of grazing land sitting on top of a hill in the countryside. A surprising choice for a person who has spent the last 29 years working as an auditor in central London where he also lived. He is waiting on valuations and engineer reports. Some furniture is in storage and the rest is at his flat.

His furniture took six weeks to get from London to Wellington. it then took two weeks to move it from Wellington to Napier (200 miles). Ironically the ship called at Napier before going to Wellington.

Green tea sounds great.

Hiho, back again.

(people come and go so quickly here... )

Feeling a little better, got some chocolate in my body. I could really use some chammomile, tho... c(_)

Bonjour, mes amis!

CD, is there any chance I can get a tarrot reading? Just wondering

Aw, shucks, Irv, I didn't bring my cards with me today. Sorry.

But, hopefully by Monday, Tuesday at the latest, Madame Impossible will open up shop! I'll post the Address here when she's officially open. All she needs is a sign, a portrat and a couple of ambiance graphics. But you can see from posts a little while back, until I can get onto a Mac, I can't get the graphics to load.

But, soon, my lovely, soon...

I'm on a Mac. I don't know if there's anything I can do for you, but if you want my eMail adress or any of my Instant Message Identities. Actually, they're no secret. You can eMail me at U55075@aol.com, you can IM me at MrJavaW on AIM, or at [email protected] on MSN Messenger Service. I can't right now remember my ICQ, which I never use, but if you want that, I can give it to you.

~Irving

Cool! Well, I'd take you up on that, but the portrait isn't done yet, and I'm gonna be using my dad's Mac tomorrow, but thanks anyway!

You are certainly welcome!

jing-a-jing

Greetings, all. Irv, you're here!

I'd like a Kona, black, please.