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

Did the architect use Darth Vader's helmet as a model?

shush!


if Lucas hears that he'll demand a hefty licensing fee!

Oh. I see. Does the new building have a theme?

sith towers

theme?

It's post-modern architecture. glass with funny angles and twisty stainless steel is the theme.



I've heard that the architect gave some blither about it representing the winding river flowing through the grid of city streets. Right . . .

http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=edmonton&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=&hnear=Edmonton,+Division+No.+11,+Alberta&ll=53.540941,-113.493698&spn=0.149954,0.445976&t=h&z=12

I'm really getting sick of these people:

'PETA sues Edmonton over elephant'

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/02/01/edmonton-lucy-peta-zoocheck-takes-city-to-court.html

They should just euthanize Lucy, like PETA does with virtually all of the strays they take in.

Thank goodness she isn't yet under stress from the self-righteous do-gooders responsible for said lawsuit (that being the stress of travel).

I bet there's more than one keeper down at the zoo teaching Lucy how to throw a pie.

Let's hope so!!

Maybe Lucy would like a Tea Party.

You can keep your Tea Parties, Paul.



Right. Just got back from Vader's Helmet (the Art Gallery).


I'm very, very pleased. Lots and lots of fine gallery space and you don't see the silly steel ribbon from any of it.


Most satisfactory.

Yes, never judge a woman, a museum or a restaurant by its cover.
It's what's inside that counts.

Books of course continue to be packaged in all too obvious ways
by publishers who fear we need a coded guide to our selections.
Bless 'em.

The shiny metallic chrome dust jacket on The God Delusion being
a perfect example of target marketing.


~jwf~

Where does that leave Kindles, then?

'Where does that leave Kindles, then?'




In the dustbin of history, one hopes. The sooner the better.

I must say, the AGA looks much better in real life than it does in StreetView: http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&q=53.5475,-113.492778&ie=UTF8&ll=53.544429,-113.489054&spn=0.00233,0.005466&z=18&layer=c&cbll=53.544603,-113.489138&panoid=KfnZ9qDhpzwLel_cwrNx0A&cbp=12,35.73,,0,-11.34

*'Where does that leave Kindles, then?'
In the dustbin of history, one hopes. The sooner the better.*

Beware the iPad, my son, The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun the frumious Bandersnatch!

I currently have open on my iPod- Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, The Count of Monte Cristo, Paradise Lost, Abbot's Flatland and Alice in Wonderland, not to mention the consuming, buzz killing, leaves a little in translation from Mother Russia *classic* War and Peace, all being reread and conveniently bookmarked so I can dip in at leisure at any opportunity, even while waiting for *talent*.

Complete with page turning sound effects as well.

Carry those around in your man bag all day.

My old Palm Zire 72 is still going strong. It's got Wealth of Nations, Frankenstein, Princess of Mars and a dozen other titles in it, plays music, takes pictures and video, plays movies. I use it to keep track of bills I have to pay, as my grocery list, and to play solitaire when I'm in the loo.

When it finally craps out, I'm thinking I'll replace it with an old fashioned paper daytimer and a deck of cards.

>> Complete with page turning sound effects as well...<<

I've been wondering (worrying) about that.
Is there any variation to the sound? Or is it a constant?

I mean half the fun (and a large part of maintaining a healthy
subconscious awareness of one's own mind) is the subtle clues
our bodies (hands) send to our ears via the different speeds and
energies we input to the turning of pages. If the sound is always
the same how will I know if I'm excited, contemplative, angry or
bored by what I'm reading. I realise that making dramatic page
turning noises is usually a woman's game in situations where an
audience might be present (like reading a newspaper at the breakfast
table or flipping through a magazine in a waiting room) but in the privacy
of my own reading I count on these subtle variations in the sound of my
turning pages to tell me what I'm feeling below the cognitive level.


~jwf~

LOL definitely a shovel in the car you never know where you are gonna get stuck.. god did i find that out the hard way.

~jwf~, yes in fact the page turning sound varies with the speed of the finger motion. You must have a programming fan.

steampop, move here to Metro Vancouver where never is heard a discouraging word and the snow is not here, just the hay.