So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

During his recent concert in Boston, Moby asked those in the audience who had played with a 20-sided die to put their hand up. A few did, including couple of his band mates. As Moby went on to explain, if you knew what a 20-sided die was, then you were a geek, as you probably would have played the one game where such a die is used in, "Dungeons and Dragons" at some point during your youth.


Another example of supreme geekdom is knowing all the characters of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", a trilogy in four (or actually five) parts. Or knowing what was the answer to the meaning of life found in the Hitchhiker's trilogy. Ok, ok, it was "42". And the only reason I know is because I used to really like an 80's band, "Level 42".

Now, Douglas Adams' masterpiece of a comedic sci-fi story has been made into a movie. Before you think that Hollywood botched it again, according to the online guide, h2g2 (found on the links to the right), Adams always wanted to turn his stories into a movie, after having converted them to a BBC radio show, a BBC television show, a play, a computer game, etc. According to Adams' brother, the movie is bang on with the interpretation of the characters. I'm looking forward to seeing the movie when it comes out.