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

I like this new feature of the guide; ithink it's quite good for impressing your friends. But there's a snag, you see? There already is a site like this, and it's a whole lot more comprehensive. It's called "This Day in History", and is sponsered by the History Channel. One can enter a date, and it will come back with a list of events throughout history that occured on that date, not to mention birth- and death-days and top five songs on the charts that week. It can be found here: http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/index.html

I am sorry that you feel that way. Things on the internet are rarely original. The site that you are quoting from is one of a handful that I could name are wholely devoted to this format or run a similar thing.

Where I think h2g2 is unusual though is it it allows you to contribute. There are a number of sites packed full of recipes, but it did not stop h2g2 from asking its researchers to come up with the best way to cook a chicken!

Thanks for the feedback.

The feedback is undeniably the best part of H2G2, making it unique. All other reference sites that I've seen have no way you can add anything to the article, be it an opinion, a correction, a fact they might have missed, or anything else that would make the article better.

Thanks for the praise on my article, it made me feel quite happy. Mark will get his wish.



p.s.: Did anyone mention "on a spit, above an open flame, in the woods, surrounded by wolves"? That may not give you the best flavor, but it sure adds a dash of excitement!