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

At the risk of sounding like a yokel it's so easy to forget just how incredible the internet is. I mean here I am sitting at my desk in a house just outside Blackpool in the UK and I can send messages and programs and code halfway round the world (all the way round if I really want to be awkward and show off). And I (at least) take it all for granted so often... Perspective: less than ten years ago our beloved founder DNA fronted a TV show called Hyperland, where he talked about a mass, comprehensive, cross-linked data network where you could just browse for whatever you were interested in. I thought this was an intoxicating idea, but pure science fiction... I mean, maybe I'd see it in my lifetime... And here I am less than ten years later and the internet's here and I'm using it... living in Hyperland. I mean, wow... wow!!!