The stage adaptation of Douglas Adams’ iconic sci-fi comedy is scheduled to open in London this autumn.
Towel Day: Geeky Towels!
Towel Day is an annual celebration observed on May 25th by fans of the author Douglas Adams and his iconic science fiction series, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
I find your lack of towel disturbing
This fantastic tee design by Jayveezed is available from Redbubble (£18) and mashes The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy with Star Wars. The result is superb. “I find your lack of towel disturbing” This slogan is deeply geeky because it expertly mashes up two iconic phrases and universes. “I find your lack of faith disturbing” […]
One crazy formula for Pi Day: 1337% of Pi is Everything
Today is Pi Day. It’s March the 14th. You might write that as 3.14. Pi. As you know, Pi is an impressive value. It enables all sorts of mathematical wizardy. Can we make it better? Yes, we can increase it by elite. In other words; leet or 1337. What is 1337% of Pi? Everything. That’s […]
John Dies At the End review
This is a happy story. David Wong had a dull and hard data entry job. When that finished he’d go to his other dull and hard data entry job. Somehow he found time to pull together some thoughts for publication on the web. A few people read these words in the first year. That’s the […]
New Dirk Gently’s Holistic Dectective Agency series coming
The BBC will be showing a new Dirk Gently Holistic Dectective Agency series. It’ll show on BBC Four. Fans of Fisfits, Vexed and Merlin will be interested to know that Howard Overman, who writes for all three, is responsible for the adaptation of the famous Douglas Adams’ novel. Dirk Gently will be played by Stephen […]
The Douglas Adams’ Fail/Fall Whale t-shirt
The most famous whale before the ToT (time of Twitter) must have been the unfortunate Fall Whale created by Douglas Adams. Let’s take a peek at how the BBC’s Radio adaptation coped with the falling whale. It’s not surprising that this icon of geek culture has made it to ThinkGeek. Yes; in t-shirt form.
