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Longevity
Posted Apr 8, 2006
Speaking to some of the old team this week, I made a frightening discovery. I've now been a member of the h2g2 team longer than any other person in the site's history. Jim Lynn and Peta are still around, of course, but they've been a part of the wider DNA team for nearly four years; Sam was the previous-longest, at exactly four years, but I overtook him back in February. Everyone else left before they got to their fourth year.
How did that happen?
And as Natalie joined two weeks after me, if I leave, she'll be the longest-serving...
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Eek!
Posted Feb 1, 2006
Today, I entered a new marketing category. Yesterday I was in the 25-34 age bracket, and today I'm... not.
Can I still play with toys now I'm 35? There are so many remote controlled dalek variants on the way this year and I just *have* to get them all.
And then there's the 12" David Tennant Doll and the 12" Tom Baker (with Cyberman as part fo a double pack), and the remote controlled K-9 and... and... and....
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Inappropriate Giggles
Posted Aug 30, 2005
Just read this news story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4198766.stm
Apparently the ruby slippers from the Wizard of Oz have been stolen...
(WAIT for it...)
Police are looking for a green woman with a broomstick and a dog fixation.
Badoom-TSH!
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The new h2g2 pet!
Posted Aug 17, 2005
Well, we all know the true power behind h2g2 is a well-trained hamster - or hampster, as some might say. We thought it was about time that he got the fame / credit / blame for everything, so we've decided to give him his own page.
Say hello to Elton: A710092
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What's white, shiny and sitting on my desk at home?
Posted Aug 11, 2005
After years of dithering, I've finally made the leap from PC to Mac with the purchase of an iMac.
Okay, so I know people who have Macs tend to love their machines more than PC users do - I mean really *love* as oppose to a mere obsession - but it's not difficult to see why. The instructions to set it up were hilarious: Pop on a flat surface, plug in, add keyboard and mouse - hurrah, you're done! For a cable-tangled idiot like me, that was a great relief.
The strange thing is, it seems to have had an effect upon everyone else I deal with. I called my telephone/internet provider to ask for a new modem and it arrived this morning as they promised without any hassle. A book I ordered from one of Amazon's market dealers turned up in exquisite form just 48 hours after I ordered it. Last night, I bought a new mattress and was astounded that - unlike everyone else I'd been to, who said it would take upwards of a week - they could deliver tomorrow!
I know my Mac friends said that converting would make my life easier, but this is a little more dramatic and far-reaching than I expected.
... and then this morning, a designer who works near to me reminded me that Douglas Adams bought the very first Mac in the UK (his friend and my idol Stephen Fry apparently bought the second). Seems I'm in very good company here...
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