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Google Doodle Celebrates Birthday of Douglas Adams

Posted by samzenpus on from the bring-a-towel dept.

mikejuk writes "Today's Google Doodle celebrates the fact that today would have been Douglas Adam's 61st birthday. For any fans of Adam's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy this isn't to be missed. The interactive doodle takes us aboard the Heart of Gold spaceship where the towel — the essential travel item for any intergalactic voyager sits on the console besides the, also very necessary cup of tea, which is also a reference to a Dirk Gently novel, The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul. There are lots more tributes hidden including Marvin — the real one not the one in the film, a Babel Fish and more. Have fun exploring but make sure you click on the search symbol to find out more about Douglas Adams and his work."

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  1. Film? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm glad no one has ever made a HGTTG film. They would have screwed it up.

    1. Re:Film? by rilister · · Score: 3, Funny

      "Getting a movie made in Hollywood is like trying to grill a steak by having a succession of people coming into the room and breathing on it."
      Douglas Adams

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      'This writing business. Pencils and what-not. Over-rated if you ask me. Silly stuff. Nothing in it' - Eeyore
  2. Douglas Adams... by SternisheFan · · Score: 4, Funny
    It is no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase 'As pretty as an Airport' appear. - Douglas Adams

    http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Douglas_Adams/

  3. I was so upset at the reminder of his death... by Dexter+Herbivore · · Score: 4, Funny

    that I threw myself at the ground and missed. On the bright side, I now know how to fly.

  4. Re:No, he's 49 by Dexter+Herbivore · · Score: 4, Funny

    By using Google to find it.

  5. Re:Wow... by Erbo · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, only the ones that promise excitement and adventure and really wild things.

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    Be who you are...and be it in style!
  6. Re:No, he's 49 by filthpickle · · Score: 3, Funny

    He decided that it was a waste of time. You wouldn't comprehend anyway.

  7. Re:Marvin by Beardo+the+Bearded · · Score: 3, Funny

    See, the TV and movie Marvin are the same. Marvin keeps getting all his parts replaced, given that he's several times older than the universe itself.

    New chassis, new interface, new hydraulics, everything's been replaced several times in different tech levels and different planets...

    (except for one bank of painful diodes on the left side. )

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