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

Hi Hoosier
h2g2 is an online community based on Douglas Adams’ “hitchhikers” series, but I’m sure you’ve figured that out by now

Reading some of your page makes me think someone has already welcomed you, but I can't find where so I will too!

Everyone I’ve met has been very friendly…mind you, I haven’t started talking to myself yet…

Part of the aim of this place is to establish an ‘edited guide’ which is a lot of entries on a lot of different things. You can find it here http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/index

The Guide has a special code for writing entries to be submitted. You can find out more about that here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/GuideML-Clinic You can also use GuideML to add rather neat effects to your page.. You can also put pictures in using GuideML.

Smiley’s are cute little things like this and . To find out all about them, just click on one.

There are heaps of conversations to get involved in, but sometimes it’s a bit bewildering trying to find them, so an easier way is to jump on one from somebody else’s space who you already know – like mine, for example. (just click on the link up there somewhere).

Have fun!
If you have any problems, just ask.
Oh, and I would advise you to set your preferences to classic goo

GP

GP, Thank you for the welcome and the little tips. I will try to take advantage of them soon. I loved the graphics on your page. It filled me with inspiration.

Why thankyou!
If you'd like to add your own little things like that, learn at www.bbc.co.uk/hg2g/guide/GuideML-clinic and that has a link to the picture library as well. If you want, you could try "The Alternate GuideML clinic, for my dummy self", to which there is a link in my "entries" part on my space.

GuideML, is, as I'm sure you've realised, is the code, similar to html, that we can write our pages with. If you something interesting on someone's page that you'd like to see the code for, use this formula:
www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/TestUserPage######, where ###### is the user number. Very useful!

GP

Now that you've been officially welcomed, I'll point out that while the original intended purpose of h2g2 was to be a Guide which you could look up things in, most of what goes on is idle chat, role-playing and the sort of conversations you would find in an Irish pub. Some "researchers" actually do a bit of research and write articles (known as "entries") for the Guide, but most researchers just sit around and talk. Whichever group you choose to belong to, you will be welcome.

Thankyou Gnomon, and a bass recorder? what's that?

GP

It's a long cylindrical object that I blow in the end of and make wonderful sounds!

and it makes bassy noises?