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

Hello and welcome to h2g2--we're glad to have you here!

My name is Jeff and I'm one of the ACEs (Assistant Community Editors) here at h2g2. If you need any help or have any questions, don't hesitate to leave me a message on my user space (by clicking on my name above) or respond to this posting by using the "reply" button below.

If you want to change your name to something more personalized than "Researcher 189745", you can do that by going to this link: <./>UserDetails</.>

Also, feel free to check out my list of places to visit around h2g2 at A579431 You might also want to take a look at The Post Page of Useful Links at A616718 (courtesy of h2g2's own online weekly newspaper, <./>ThePost</.&gt.

Welcome aboard and enjoy the experience.

Jeff


P.S.: Can't see CNN doing anything like this. If they tried, I don't think it would be nearly as great as h2g2.

Thanx, Jeff.
I posted an query to an other Ace, so if she replies I'll have two guides to the Guide. I'm already slightly in love with this place.

So, Washington State? I've been to Seattle, but that's many years ago. I'm a student, also. Math & physics. Norway.

I'll check out the SETI-thingie, and my name is personalized - as recommended. Of course I'll have to find a way to make my user number 42. It always warms my heart when people spontaneously says 42 when asked if they know the answer.

So long,
The Lone Deranger

Hi Lone Deranger (glad to have a name to call you now ),

h2g2 does kind of have that "sticky" feel to it: before you know it, you'll be stuck here for longer than you expected and may develop an addiction to it

As for your researcher number, I looked at it and couldn't figure out how to make it into 42. As a math student, I'm sure you'd be more likely to figure it out than me If you need help figuring out, try leaving a message at A530560 , and Argon0 (U77080) will work on it for you.

Jeff

Hello, again, Jeff.
I've noticed how most personal spaces are quite nice. You have a suggestion of where I should turn to get some inspiration and a little guidance?
(I've given the 42-thingie some thought, but haven't reached it yet. I'll get there, though.)

Lone Deranger

Hello,

If you're looking for inspiration for your personal space, I'd just recommend looking around in general. Just by clicking on peoples' names in conversations and in the "Who's Online" window, you can browse through a lot of personal spaces and see how other people use theirs (by doing this, you also run across a lot of the interesting people here on h2g2 ).

Looking at your personal space, with the colors and special characters, it looks like you're already using GuideML--which is handy for making neat-looking pages. If you happen to see a feature on someone else's personal space, and you want to see the GuideML code they used, there's a way you can do this. Just go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/testuserpageXXXXXX and fill in their user number where the X's are.

For example, you can view the GuideML for your own personal space by going to http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/testuserpage189745

Jeff