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

... and welcome to h2g2. My name is Solnushka and I am one of the volunteer ACEs, which basically means that I flit around greeting new researchers like yourself, spelling really badly in the process and helping out wherever I can.

I sympathize with the decision to get straight down to it, by the way. Dive in with both feet (to mix metaphors), that's the ticket. I also sympathize with the great trips I haven't taken thing, though in my case its cos I seem to have a small phobia about travelling. Not arriving, just the hassle of getting there Still, there's always next time.

So, if you have any questions, please do hit the reply button below and ask away. Go on, you know you want to...

Anyway, here are some links, which you are at perfect liberty to ignore, of course...

The welcome page: http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/Welcome

The smiley page (actually you can go there by clicking on any smiley such as the one above) : http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/Smiley

Ask h2g2, where you can ask anything except 'What is the meaning of life, the universe and everything?':
http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/Askh2g2

The h2g2 newspaper, The Post, which as well as neing a hugely entertaining read also has pages of usful links, including one to all sorts of clubs, gangs, societies and cliques you can join here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/U54963

Hope you enjoy yourself here. See you around, if not before!