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

"There'll be FAQs, there'll be answers"
There'll be cake and coffee,
A dad-dancing disco with a DJ at the bar.

There'll be upsides and downsides,
and really wild ride sides,
And good friends waving from afar.

Yeah, it'll be fun

and alabaster... loverly loverly alabaster.... oo someone say beer... Right, I'm off to the pub. they've a 6% porter I didn't fancy having at half past midday today when I was last there

This is all so exciting now.

Researcher5 thanks for that description of the emotional moment of the signing.

(Slightly irrelevent point. I liked that pic of you.).

* counting days left on-site *

Hail! to our new alien overlords

Hmm... Did someone say that Brunel will not transfer with us? Just curious if I'm imagining this.

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We'll start off in the new site with the traditional skins - Brunel, Alabaster and Goo. It's not clear yet whether we'll have Barlesque right from the start, but we'll work towards getting it working, because it is really the way of the future - it's expandable and maintainable and extremely flexible.

Then we'll get the mobile apps working, the picture uploads, the video entries, the... (these last few aren't promises, they're predictions)

When y'all are working on barleyesque, feel free to change its look a bit and definitely change its name. It has such bad connotations at the moment for many of us. (Keep the dolphins though).

The mobile apps side sounds promising. This has been a feature which perhaps hasn't been given the necessary resources by the BBC but with reports that nearly 50% of UK users are accessing the internet online, it's something that will clearly be critical for the future.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14731757

The BBCiD thing has been incredibly frustrating for me as a mobile user, frequently having to sign in repeatedly in one session.

Wow.
Just ... Wow.
Finally.

Thanks to all, except the blind mods.
What the h. Thank you Moderators for showing us the way to improve upon the moderation system.

Bye Auntie, we'll miss you.

Hello Not Panicking LTD, we'll learn to love you. If we do not already. And we are surely not panicking, just anxious.

The future looks so bright...

as it's goo not orange

I'm still stunned and amazed. I've been gobsmacked all day that this has finally happened.


I'd like to think of something sensible to say, but words are failing me. *pinches self*




Isn't it all just too amazing!

deep ultra violet and proper looking really vibrant and alive looking dolphins please..no washed out prussian or woosy looking dolphins.

just giving an opinion..of my vision for barlesque

Well done everyone!

Good name, too. I was worrying we were going to get Infinidim...

Woosy dolphins? Who's been feeding then the and ?

Personally I could do without Barlesque, working or not. I'm only just coming to terms with Brunel...

Yeah I can't sleep..

Personally I like Goo, works great on my phone as well as my desktop.

The Future, is History