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I'm starting to feel really upset
Posted Jan 21, 2011
I was very excited about the upcoming redesign. I loved the new FP with the dolphin and emphasis on Douglas Adams, and have been hoping that the redesign would be an opportunity for the community to come alive again, new people joining, old one's coming back and an actual renewal or the place.
There were lots of problems identified in the beta testing in November. Now that the new site has been semi-launched I have to say it's sufficiently bad that I'm not using it. I'm working very hard in RL at the moment, and even though the weekends are pretty quiet at h2g2 these days I was still looking forward to hanging out here for a few days and checking out the new toys. But it's so bad that not only am I using alabaster but I don't even want to be onsite. I don't think I've felt like that about h2g2 before, and that's what's upsetting me.
There's lots of discussion happening in Announcements, Ask, and the new Feedback pages, and I'm sure on Monday the Eds will start responding. The problem is that I can't shake this feeling that the things that are important for the community to function, the things that *enable* our communication (and in the end communication is what this place is all about) have been dropped either because they're invisible to TPTB or they're considered unimportant.
I just feel like we've been waiting a long time for the bbc to put something into h2h2 to revitalise it (all last year we've been waiting), and now the Eds and the tech people are saying 'didn't we do well?', and we've been left with a site that doesn't actually work.
I really want to swear now.
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kea's smiley test
Posted Jan 21, 2011
Some of the smileys seem to be blocked by the filter. So...
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awwww....
Posted Dec 24, 2010
From h2g2: A906923 ... (Dec 25, 2002)
8 years (tomorrow) and still here 
and still loving the place and the people here.
Have fun for the holidays everyone, and if that's not possible then take care. 
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NZ town evacuated in bomb scare...
Posted Oct 27, 2010
... not really. A local farmer left 65 sticks of wet and unstable dynamite on the steps of the Balclutha police station because he didn't know how to dispose of them (he then phoned them and let them know it was there).
They evacuated the centre of town until the bomb squad get there from Christchurch (600km away).
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/regional/60579/dynamite-on-police-station-steps-forces-evacuation
I love living in NZ. Long may it remain a backwater 
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Night all...
Posted Jun 4, 2010
Had a lovely evening into the wee small hours. Am a satisfied kea now, having had some stimulating conversations, lots of laughs, and some silly moments... the best of h2g2 in ages.
Still laughing about the horse.
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