Monday, April 25, 2005

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Portable

Images: Douglas Adams
Info: DouglasAdams.com, Bio, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Yes, it really does exist. It's been around for years, in fact. Almost since the first moment people could "upload" stuff to the Information Superhighway, Adams' devotees started posting online entries in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Now the BBC has created a portable device interface ( "a version of h2g2 specifically designed with smartphones and PDAs in mind so that the Edited Guide can be accessed from anywhere within range of a mobile/cellphone transmitter") which allows you to take this resource with you as you cruise the Galactic Highways.
From the BBC site:

h2g2 was launched in April 1999 as a real-life, online guide to Life, the Universe and Everything. Playing fast and free with the ideas of Douglas Adams (and why not, h2g2 was his idea too), the site enabled a community to come together, share experiences and work towards building a guide that could be as useful and informative as it was entertaining and inspirational. With over 7,000 entries now available in the h2g2 Edited Guide, we felt it was about time we made Douglas' original vision that little bit closer to reality and brought h2g2 into the palm of your hand...

Just another case of Life imitating Art mocking Life.

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