The Official h2g2 Winter Party, London 2003

The event of the year (so far) happens this weekend! Researchers have flocked to sign up making this the biggest meet so far. Saturday 25^th January 2003 at around about 2pm is the time, place details can be accessed on the h2g2 Winter Party page.

So, there may still be time to join in, but hurry!

• The Manchester Curry Crawl
  
  Another of the famous Manchester meets has been proposed, this time taking in Manchester's glorious curry mile. No firm plans or dates have been set yet, but some time in early 2003 is suggested. More details on this page

• Proposed Paris Meet
  
  Following on from the end of this year's trip to Alton Towers, there has been an idea to do a meetup to romantic Paris. This entry is to gather together ideas and see what kind of interest there is.

• 2nd annual South West Meet - Spring/Summer 2003
  
  OK, as the 2002 South West meet was such fun some of us thought we'd like to do it all again. So what are we going to do next year? When? Where? Post your thoughts over at The discussion page

• Central US Researchers Group
  
  The planning is in the early stages, and only a possible venue has been decided, in Chicago. If
  
  you live around the Central US area and would like to know more details, then check out
  
  this conversation on the Central US Researchers Group homepage.

We're in the planning stages for an unofficial volunteer project to promote high quality

entries that don't fit the scope or format of the Edited Guide, such as fiction, poetry,

interviews, personal accounts, opinion pieces, etc. The Italics have hinted that they might give

us exposure if we present an acceptable plan. For more info, join our email group
at http://groups.msn.com/theh2g2underguide or read our Proposals for an Underguide Scheme.

The Sporkites are a dedicated group of thingites who

campain for most thingite goals but with a few extras.

1. We will campain to abolish weekdays ALTOGETHER (except thing, a weekly holiday) and
   
   leave only weekends, so Thing, Poets, Doobry and Dontbry go round in an endless cycle.
   
   Despite this, you may still refer to the cursed weekdays, but ONLY to avoid confusion.
2. Our long, long, long term objective is to eventually beat out No!no!no!
3. Two Sporks will be given to each member, and should be posted in conversations.
4. All out sillyness past even the main body of thingites!

Interested? Confused? Worried? Don't be, take a look at the Sporkites page and everything will become clear.

The Uruk-Hai are off to war. Soon Helm's Deep will be beseiged, and what better way to

celebrate than an Uruk Fun Run!.

The Rules are easy. Sign yourself up as either a Good Guy or a Bad Guy, then choose your

race:

• Good Guys: Man of Gondor, Man of Rohan, High Elf, Wood Elf, Dwarf or Hobbit.
• Bad Guys: Orc, Goblin (including Warg Riders) or Uruk-Hai.

The Bad Guys run around H2G2, plundering and pillaging as they go, the Good

Guys must try to stop them. For the purposes of fun, please try to target Lord of The Rings

based pages, or anything run by someone with a "Good Guy" name.

Mystrunner would like to invite you to participate in a

brand new quest that is set to begin on December 31st. If you are interested then take a look

at the Flight Of Daedalus homepage, where all your
questions and queries will be answered. It all looks like jolly good fun, just what you need to

clear away those winter blues.

Sometimes I have trouble figuring out when some of my h2g2 friends can

be expected to be online, since I keep forgetting which time zones they are in, and how many

hours before or behind my zone that is. I plan to make a table listing the timezones and
researchers in each zone - but I need your help!

Write a message to the community on a brick and see it preserved for posterity on the

h2g2 Wall.
'Messages need to be quite short, and there is NO advertising, but you can choose your

own colour.'

'Are you missing h2g2 On The Move? Do you want to be able to use h2g2

on a wireless mobile device, like your phone or palm pilot? Then try inject2g2. This is a work in progress, which allows basic h2g2 use

with minimal bandwidth.'

Are you an expert on something or have you an ability that could help others? If the

answer is yes, then why not register with The H2G2 Guild of

Wizards. If the answer is no, but you need to find someone who can help you with a

problem, then the Guild of Wizards may be able to help.

The h2g2 Living Earth Society hopes that you will

visit and join in discussions about all sorts of natural earth phenomena.

'This is an area where people with an interest in the forces affecting our home planet can

come to discuss news items of interest, share their experiences, seek advice and read

interesting guide entries related to natural phenomena on our planet.'.

The Post is happy to welcome the h2g2 Living Earth Society to its pages; you can read their

first report here

Why not take a look at the People United in Defence of

Depression, Irritability and Natural Grumpiness. It's a new society on h2g2, who

believe it is alright to feel whatever you want to feel, be it happy or sad, it might even tempt

you into joining.
'PUDDING does NOT celebrate or promote sadness, we simply demand our right to

express

natural emotions'.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a virtual racer, well here's your

chance,

visit The H2G2 Sprint and take up the challenge.

'It's just a bit of fun to explore the possibilities of virtual racing around a virtual track.
The idea is to complete the H2G2 sprint track in the shortest time.'

• purplejenny has set up the People for Peace page.

• a girl called Ben offers an insight into meditation on
  
  her The Loving Kindness Meditation page.

• The new, improved Post Links Page
  points you towards the best of h2g2. Everything from information and campaigns to
  
  eating and drinking venues, virtual lands or clubs.

• The Post Archives are a repository for all things
  
  Post related... now revamped and divided into easy-to-follow categories, they are ever
  
  expanding and well worth a visit!

All entries for this feature should be mailed to [email protected]

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