A Conversation for Old Announcements: January - September 2011
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20 January 2003: h2g2 Listed in Sunday Times Top Fifty Websites
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Jan 20, 2003
GreyDesk, they had to come up with a name when the idea of "Skins" first came up... Before that, it was just "the site"...
20 January 2003: h2g2 Listed in Sunday Times Top Fifty Websites
Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jan 20, 2003
Bugger explaining hootoo, try explaining going to a meet 
- I usually cop out and claim I'm going to a convention, or a local group meet, people understand that.
20 January 2003: h2g2 Listed in Sunday Times Top Fifty Websites
Amy: ear-deep in novels, poetics, and historical documents. Posted Jan 20, 2003
Meets are easily explained. "I'm going to meet with a bunch of people I met online."
It's explaining the where that's normally the problem. 
20 January 2003: h2g2 Listed in Sunday Times Top Fifty Websites
Tube - the being being back for the time being Posted Jan 20, 2003
After nearly three and a half years my flatmates are used to me talking about hootoo... y'know, these are the times when they give me this weird little smile ...
20 January 2003: h2g2 Listed in Sunday Times Top Fifty Websites
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Jan 20, 2003
Feels positively young next to all the old un's lurkin' round this thread.
20 January 2003: h2g2 Listed in Sunday Times Top Fifty Websites
Galen Posted Jan 20, 2003
you feeling young.... 
20 January 2003: h2g2 Listed in Sunday Times Top Fifty Websites
Amy: ear-deep in novels, poetics, and historical documents. Posted Jan 20, 2003
Yeah, my roommate knows the blue gooey screen by now...
20 January 2003: h2g2 Listed in Sunday Times Top Fifty Websites
Smij - Formerly Jimster Posted Jan 20, 2003
We came in under 'knowledge', which is a fantastic testament to the depth and width of research of our Community, and an additional reminder to our own 'Powers That Be' of how valuable h2g2 is to the BBC Search Engine...
...and you can believe we're shouting about it around the Beeb and generally being insufferable big-heads. Cos we deserve it. Well done everyone!
20 January 2003: h2g2 Listed in Sunday Times Top Fifty Websites
Tube - the being being back for the time being Posted Jan 20, 2003
I'll drink even more to that!
Tube
20 January 2003: h2g2 Listed in Sunday Times Top Fifty Websites
Ormondroyd Posted Jan 20, 2003
Yay! We're officially brilliant! 
20 January 2003: h2g2 Listed in Sunday Times Top Fifty Websites
Jim Lynn Posted Jan 20, 2003
"Really? How did Goo get its name then?"
The design was always referred to as Goo - in fact, the original concept was prototyped by Sean pouring the contents of a jar of 'Dinosaur Goo' onto a sheet of paper and taking a digital photo of it. If I can track that photo down, I'll post it somewhere.
20 January 2003: h2g2 Listed in Sunday Times Top Fifty Websites
Amy: ear-deep in novels, poetics, and historical documents. Posted Jan 20, 2003
20 January 2003: h2g2 Listed in Sunday Times Top Fifty Websites
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Jan 21, 2003
Can anyone hunt out a link to h2g2 entry in this "diamond list" I've tried looking for it at the Doors website and all I can find is the top 20 best of the best list.
20 January 2003: h2g2 Listed in Sunday Times Top Fifty Websites
Smij - Formerly Jimster Posted Jan 21, 2003
The first part was published last Sunday (12/01/02), but you have to have a password to access their archives, hence no direct link from here.
By the way, that'snot a 'Top 20', it's just the last 20. The article didn't rank in order, just by catagory. I'm kind of glad we weren't listed in 'Entertainment' simply because it adds a lot of weight to our listing, and to our reputation as a sound resource.
There ya go, folks, one of those rare occasions when buzzwords just happen to speak to truth too 
20 January 2003: h2g2 Listed in Sunday Times Top Fifty Websites
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Jan 21, 2003
Jimster, if you have the password to access it, see if the URL is archived at http://www.archive.org or cached in Google, then post that URL instead...? 
20 January 2003: h2g2 Listed in Sunday Times Top Fifty Websites
Feisor - -0- Generix I made it back - sortof ... Posted Jan 21, 2003
All this "I've been here since .... " talk makes me feel very ancient - it's sort of like "when you see policeman and politicians who are younger than you" - in h2g2 terms it's "when you can remember the italics before they were italics"
I'm not surprised at the listing 
- I am surprised that a Murdoch publication had the good taste to acknowledge hootoo
but .... any excuse for
BURP!!!
'scuse I
20 January 2003: h2g2 Listed in Sunday Times Top Fifty Websites
abbi normal "Putting on the Ritz" with Dr Frankenstein Posted Jan 21, 2003
compliment for hootooers and the powers that be
20 January 2003: h2g2 Listed in Sunday Times Top Fifty Websites
There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Jan 21, 2003
Sorta brings a tear to the eye, don't it 
I'm so happy I could 
Well done everyone *sniff*
20 January 2003: h2g2 Listed in Sunday Times Top Fifty Websites
Lady Neugen Bigeyes;Owlatron`s thundercat;Researcher of the hyperlink;Honorary Muse of card-senders Posted Jan 21, 2003
Well done all!!!
the 
that (more-or-less) swims together achieves recognition from Beeb! Watch out for 
& 
now!
Neugen 
20 January 2003: h2g2 Listed in Sunday Times Top Fifty Websites
Lady Neugen Bigeyes;Owlatron`s thundercat;Researcher of the hyperlink;Honorary Muse of card-senders Posted Jan 21, 2003
Feisor.in the midst of such ,
,
, and 
I have a practical ? for you: can I just type in: http://www.palmersguide.com/james burke under the nifty new heading"my very own links",for now???!!!
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- 61: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Jan 20, 2003)
- 62: Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences (Jan 20, 2003)
- 63: Amy: ear-deep in novels, poetics, and historical documents. (Jan 20, 2003)
- 64: Tube - the being being back for the time being (Jan 20, 2003)
- 65: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Jan 20, 2003)
- 66: Galen (Jan 20, 2003)
- 67: Amy: ear-deep in novels, poetics, and historical documents. (Jan 20, 2003)
- 68: Smij - Formerly Jimster (Jan 20, 2003)
- 69: Tube - the being being back for the time being (Jan 20, 2003)
- 70: Ormondroyd (Jan 20, 2003)
- 71: Jim Lynn (Jan 20, 2003)
- 72: Amy: ear-deep in novels, poetics, and historical documents. (Jan 20, 2003)
- 73: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Jan 21, 2003)
- 74: Smij - Formerly Jimster (Jan 21, 2003)
- 75: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Jan 21, 2003)
- 76: Feisor - -0- Generix I made it back - sortof ... (Jan 21, 2003)
- 77: abbi normal "Putting on the Ritz" with Dr Frankenstein (Jan 21, 2003)
- 78: There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho (Jan 21, 2003)
- 79: Lady Neugen Bigeyes;Owlatron`s thundercat;Researcher of the hyperlink;Honorary Muse of card-senders (Jan 21, 2003)
- 80: Lady Neugen Bigeyes;Owlatron`s thundercat;Researcher of the hyperlink;Honorary Muse of card-senders (Jan 21, 2003)
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