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

Tra la la! It's my 6th h2g2 birthday today!

I signed up just after middday, after jumping across from DouglasAdams.com.

Now what would I do without h2g2?

Happy birthday!

Without h2g2 you wouldn't have been sucked into the best site in the Galaxy and you wouldn't have had half as much fun

congrats, Peta! hope see you around hootoo for long time!

delivers inlimited supply of orange

Nah, carrot is the best!

Have some to go with it

And many happy hootoo returns to you Peta!!

6...you don't look a day over 5!

the orange is because of Dutch Queen is celebrating her Silver Crowning Jubilee this week so Dutch can buy orange by the billions*
....I thought I share few with my hootoo friends!

* inspired by the fields I saw on tv with more than billion tullips!


and carrot even the rabbit who visited bakery did not like it!

ooh, happy birthday!

Traveller in Time trying to figure chicken and egg
"Congratualtions 2192 days of sharing and enjoying "

What would we do without you, more to the point?

Happy birthday, Peta!

Thank you all very much!

I've been working on loads of other communities lately, well messageboards. And the thing I'm constantly trying to emulate is the vibe on h2g2. I'm trying to make them stick together and have a soul. You all know what I mean. h2g2 just has *it*.

I'm trying really hard to develop a collective consciensness in other areas. The h2g2 people do it naturally now. You moderate yourselves, you run yourselves, but all still remain radical, and that really incredible - you just have to step outside to see how unique this area is.

So my genuine sixth birthday wish is to say thank you all for being quite so incredible, and to thank you for leading the way in internet society. You're an amazing example, I constantly refer to you all in things that I say, and things that I do in my daily work. And I really hope that I can take your influence on to achieve the same kind of 'awareness' on the messageboards.

So, to you all, thanks for being every thing I hoped you would be, and so much more.

Aaawww!

But would that vibe have developed on its own or did it need some gentle guidance from the original community editor?

I thought it was tomorrow! That's why I was rooting through the backlog to find this photo:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/B26904

Love ya Peta!

Traveller in Time just returning from an archeological excavation
"< A3956862 > "

Wow thanks Traveller and Jimi!

Real virtual presents!

h2g2 is such a lovely place! Thanks!

Congratulations from me too, Peta!

Though I'll never desert Mustardland, I'm beginning to really enjoy footling around on here!

Katy

Happy (belated) birthday, Peta * box of s*

Peta, given the announcement that just came up, how did you get to be six before h2g2?!

Happy hootooversary anyway

Traveller in Time running up and down in history
"You should ask 'Witty Moniker', they registered way before 'Peta' "

scratch head....

ahum...website does not have to be "live in cyberia" to join! especially insiders!

Someone mention my name?

Happy Hootooversary, Peta... and to me, too.

The new user page shows my sign up date as March 19, 1999. There is an explanation for that on My Space.

Travller in Time congratulating 'Witty Moniker' for replying to the initial email
"


(Why am I still waiting for the confirmation of the Starship Titanic email?)"

Hi Witty Moniker,

Well that join date is really weird! I got the email too, I used to be on Starship Titanic too. The odd thing is that newusers page you're linking to. No idea what is going on in there. People like Ashley Stuart-Noble are listed, and he hadn't even *heard* of h2g2 until he joined, so it really is weird! Anyway great fun and really interesting!

Happy Hootoo to you too!