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

I just arrived from another personality. welcome to my world

Hiya New Boy. What should I call you in this incarnation?

My official name is kleverkloggs

Hmm. What does it say in your address bar? Is the word "alabaster" in there? (ie: what skin did you choose when you signed up?)

You can also change your name from "Researcher Blah" by clicking on Preferences

Hey - you asleep?

its all default at the moment

so you dicsovered im slow

Now that was an interesting typo.

OK. I think the default skin is Brunel at the moment so I'll along and see what a Personal Space looks like in it and send someone to let you know.

...and here's a link for you :-D http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/F28103?thread=229404&latest=1

Or even: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/F28103?thread=229404&latest=1 OK. I see the problem now. I was looking at it in Alabaster. :-/ Forgive me? Right at the bottom of your page there's a section called About Me. It's headed with the words "Welcome to the Personal Space of Researcher 215780." On the right hand side, just under the title, there's some blue writing that says "Edit Page". Click on that and Bob's your uncle. (Well, only if he's one of your parents' siblings;-))

Hello, kleverklogs!
I came across you on the "De Myelin Nation" thread & I'd like to say welcome on two counts:

1) Thanks for visiting us at the Nation, your name has now been added to the list on the front page there, so do feel free to wander around & join in on any conversation that takes your fancy.

2) A general welcome to h2g2, hope you're enjoying it so far. It can be a very confusing place when you first join, especially if you're like me & pretty new to the world of computers. However, there are a LOT of very friendly people around to help, one of the ways to get advice is by having an "Ace", a member of h2g2 who volunteers to try & help "newbies" find their way around. I'm an Ace, so if you need any advice, please get in touch & I'll do my best.

The easiest way to contact me is either by pressing the reply button at the end of this message, or by clicking on my highlighted nickname at the top of this message. That will take you direct to my home page, where you can wander around as much as you like & get to know a bit about me & my friends.

I am going to add you to my "list of friends" simply so I can get in touch with you easily, since this is a bit difficult as you haven't written anything in your Personal Space. This is why Madam Kat is trying to encourage you to do this!
You don't have to put much at all, even "hello, I'm kleverklogs" will do & you can always erase it later & replace it with something else.

Anyway, if you get lost on "hootoo" (the 1 fingered way to type h2g2!) just click on to "My Space" at the top left of every page & you'll get straight back to your own place.

Another useful button is the "help" at the top of every page; this isn't just for dire emergencies, but has lots of good advice on how to navigate your way around hootoo.(especially in the FAQ's section, frequently asked questions)

Hope to speak to you soon,
Terri.

Oh good, an ACE. I didn't realise you were one Terri. Is Yoda a ace? (Or just a cat-ace-trophy?)

A big TY Terri. u r a Ace.
I am getting there slowly. just not sure where "there" is. Have been guided into putting an intro on my page.
I now see I was miles away the other day. Peeps talking about address bar and I was looking at the Title bare. cant tell my ad from my tit. Damn these abbreviations!
I guess in the span of time i am a newbie at computers - only been programming them since 1980, but hootoo doesnt seem to fit comfortably into my mindset. perhaps my mind has been set too long.

Oops! I knew I'd do this one day, talk rubbish to someone who actually knows a hell of a lot more than I do!

Mind you, I get the impression that programming the "Beasts" is way different to playing around on them, which is what I do.
I also get the impression that hootoo is a particularly confusing site, but since I've never joined any others I don't really know!
I'm still trying to convince my RL friends that this is NOT some sort of "chat room" where depraved vicars with a taste for juvenile guinea-pigs can link up with sado-masochistic ballet dancers.
-- although of course it's entirely possible that these categories describe any of us perfectly! Hooray for role-play!

So, you've been successfully bullied into making a home-page have you! I'm off to have a look!

Terri
&
Yoda (never mind the Ace badge, where's the Siamese Smiley?)

Terri you said >>I'm still trying to convince my RL friends that this is NOT some sort of "chat room" where depraved vicars with a taste for juvenile guinea-pigs can link up with sado-masochistic ballet dancers.<< Or perhaps it was Yoda purred it...
and i thought i had found heaven ... ah well continue my quest. and i might just find an if fires off a shot or two

Have you tried tandoori gerbils? (more chai vicar?)

-- all tastes catered for here mate!

Why don't you pop over to my journal space, it could do with some livening up (trying to get back on to the front page! Tell any other loonies you meet!)


Terri

Hey Kleverklogs, where you been hiding?

Sorry folks - bin on another planet - taken over by the msn yahoos. plus work's been frantic, not to mention the old sex life. whoops - am i allowed to say that word on here?