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

Not long ago, our Robbie held a TEDx talk in London, and we are pleased to announce that the talk is now available online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM1CUnfdQ2M&feature=youtu.be

It's a very personal talk, about the mind, about persistence of mind, loss, and being connected beyond life's end.

We hope you enjoy it!

Milla for Ops

For those still sticking to Ripley skins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM1CUnfdQ2M&feature=youtu.be

Oh. Thanks!

Gaah. "To loose a loved one" How COULD they?

Maybe there's a spelling demon on the lose.

Someone check to see if A1049979 is still in his cage.

Has he ever been in his cage?

I seem to produce a heartbreakingly large number of typos every day.

I think I'm chann3lling Titivilus.

Ignore the typos. Robbie's talk is amazing.

True!

Yes, it's very moving. That was my first reaction on clicking on the link, that's all.

Milla,
Thank you for sharing that video. I'd never yet seen Robbie Stamp, though I'd seen Douglas Adams numerous times. In the video, Robbie conveys his heartfelt emotions surrounding the friendship he had with Douglas, and he recognizes the "ancestral" impact his presence makes on his progeny. It has given me pause to consider my own connections with family, in the past and right now, and gives me the impetus to share more regularly of myself. What more does any man or woman have to give, but their love and their memories?

We are -- each of us -- living time machines (as I recall Ray Bradbury once stating). We take our audience to places they may only partially remember, and to places only we have been and seen. We transport them into situations from which they can learn, we share the emotions we ourselves have felt and had to deal with, we watch their response to determine if there is indeed kinship in our thinking. We are the ones to demonstrate that our individual histories can be woven into a beautiful growing tapestry, a vibrant picture of all that mankind does and is capable of achieving.

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(I've actually met Robbie and shaken his hand...)

How about that! A (loo)brush with greatness...

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Douglas Adams asked for advice once. Well, suggestions more like. I gave. And he took

Plus I have met and Milla several times - in four different countries no less - and even travelled with her. Beat that!

Pierce, I believe you hold ALL the trump cards...

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Now Pierce, I just need to know WHAT advice!

He was asking for a piece of that would fit into a radio program he was working on.

Not a big deal, really, but of course it pleased me that he went with my suggestion

those are really interesting thoughts about memory and time...