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

After nearly four years of helping to build this site along with the rest of the italics and the h2g2 Community, I've decided to hang up my staff badge. That's right folks, I'll be leaving h2g2 and the BBC at the beginning of January 2004. This is entirely my decision - I've got other things I have to work on now and the new year seems like a good time for a brand new start.

I've learned a great deal working on h2g2 and I'm very proud indeed to have played a small part in leaving behind a fantastic site that loads of people will continue to use, where they can freely exchange information with other people and learn a great deal in the process.

h2g2 is a great site and it has been a genuine privilege to have been a member of the team.

I'll miss my dear old colleagues but I won't miss h2g2 - I'll be using it myself, long after I've supposedly 'left'.

All the best,

Sam.

Good luck with everything in the futue Sam!

we'll miss you Sam!

all the best with the future!

Many thanks to you both! I'm still around till the beginning of January next year but I'll no doubt be seeing alot of you both on site.

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Not sure which one I feel yet...

Best of luck anyway Sam - don't forget when you bring a record out, let us know, you've probably hundreds of potential sales from this site alone

Good luck, and may you never end up trying to blag a bunch of us into the towers on a saturday again, or be lost by the same bunch at oxford circus.

Phil

At least you did the only sensible thing in the circumstances...

Yes pubs are appealing aren't they

Good Luck & play on

As your dad would have said: 'One drop of rain upon your window pane, doesn't mean to say there's a thunderstorm coming...'

I look forward to downloading a ripped copy of the album...

Cheers mate, it's been a pleasure having you watch over all us Scouts.

FM

live the dream, dude

Bagsy a copy of your first disc! Sam was the one who trained me up and taught me all his bad habits. As he'll still be here for a while yet, I'm going to pick his brains and see if I can crack that final h2g2 mystery - answers on a post-card, please

That final h2g2 mistery?


YOu mean, just where does Mina hide all the biscuits?

Final as in very last?

I'm sorry you're not going to be working on h2g2 any more, but I'm really pleased that you'll be persuing a dream... When will I be able to add a Sam Semple cd to my collection?

I can't say 'when', exactly, but I can say that I will try very hard to make sure that this does happen one day.

All the best, Sam. And we'll *all* be wanting to hear what comes out of this, so keep us posted.

and more importantly, have fun
It's a priviledge to have you looking after us scouts and I look forward to seeing you around site as a sort-of-regular researcher

Ahh! Thank you very much one and all. You can always keep up with the latest goings-on at http://www.samsemple.com - I've got a message board of sorts up and running. Amyway, I'm not leaving till January, and you'll definitely see me around site.