Friday, June 24, 2005

Hitchhiker Guide to the Galaxy and Pop Culture

The influence of the Hitchhiker Guide to the Galaxy (HHTTG) is so profound in today's pop culture consciousness and other aspects of life, that even if you have not read the book or seen the movie, chances are that you have encountered the following in some point in your life:

  1. Asteroid Douglasadams was named after the author of HHTTG.
  2. The Minor Planet Centre of the International Astronomical Union also named an asteroid Arthurdent after the main character in HHTTG, Arthur Dent.
  3. Radiohead's song Paranoid Android pays homage to Marvin the Paranoid Android.
  4. Radiohead's album, OK Computer is a reference to a phrase uttered by Zaphod Beeblebrox.
  5. The popular instant messaging program, Trillian was named after a HHTTG character of the same name.
  6. The popular online translation website, Altavista Babel Fish is named after the Babel Fish, a parasitic organism that is used as a translator, in HHTTG.
  7. One of the most popular message boards on the Internet is GameFAQs' Life, the Universe, and Everything, which was named after the third book in The Hitchhiker's series.
  8. South Park's Towlie often says, "Don't forget to bring a towel," an obvious nod to the sound advice of The Guide.
  9. The game "GoldenEye: 007" features the "Mostly Harmless" multiplayer award for player who earned the least kills in a match. In HHTTG, "Mostly harmless" is the revised entry used to describe Earth.
  10. The online children's game Neopets features an item called the Pan Galactic Gargle Slushie. This is the kiddie version of the The Hitchhiker's Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster. According to the guide, the Gargle Blaster is one the best (and most dangerous) adult beverages in this or any other galaxy.

Sources:
http://stuffo.howstuffworks.com/
http://www.google.com/
http://www.msnbc.com/

6/24/2005 12:59:26 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00) # Comments [6] Movies
Tracked by:
"ephedra free diet pills" (ephedra free diet pills) [Trackback]
"play free three card poker online" (play free three card poker online) [Trackback]

8/5/2005 7:04:34 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
In your free time, take a look at some information dedicated to official poker rules http://www.poker-new.com/official-poker-rules.html
stud poker http://www.poker-new.com/stud-poker.html
longest poker game http://www.poker-new.com/longest-poker-game.html
on line poker http://www.poker-new.com/on-line-poker.html
rules for texas hold em card game http://www.poker-new.com/rules-for-texas-hold-em-card-game.html
free poker http://www.poker-new.com/free-poker.html
online poker tools http://www.poker-new.com/online-poker-tools.html
free poker game download http://www.poker-new.com/free-poker-game-download.html
poker on line http://www.poker-new.com/poker-on-line.html
poker strip http://www.poker-new.com/poker-strip.html
free online texas holdem http://www.poker-new.com/free-online-texas-holdem.html
texas hold em poker game http://www.poker-new.com/texas-hold-em-poker-game.html
texas hold em strategy http://www.poker-new.com/texas-hold-em-strategy.html
casino poker http://www.poker-new.com/casino-poker.html
free online poker http://www.poker-new.com/free-online-poker.html
holdem http://www.poker-new.com/holdem.html
poker terms http://www.poker-new.com/poker-terms.html
celebrity poker http://www.poker-new.com/celebrity-poker.html
free poker game http://www.poker-new.com/free-poker-game.html
texas holdem poker game http://www.poker-new.com/texas-holdem-poker-game.html
free poker chip set http://www.poker-new.com/free-poker-chip-set.html
strip poker games http://www.poker-new.com/strip-poker-games.html
world series of poker http://www.poker-new.com/world-series-of-poker.html
poker hands http://www.poker-new.com/poker-hands.html
basic rules of poker http://www.poker-new.com/basic-rules-of-poker.html
strategies for texas hold em http://www.poker-new.com/strategies-for-texas-hold-em.html
texas holdem http://www.poker-new.com/texas-holdem.html
poker tour http://www.poker-new.com/poker-tour.html
free texas hold em http://www.poker-new.com/free-texas-hold-em.html
poker star http://www.poker-new.com/poker-star.html
- Tons of interesdting stuff!!!
how to play poker |dg39zAT NOSPAMmail dot ru
8/6/2005 12:28:10 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
In your free time, take a look at some helpful info on game poker party http://www.hackerssupply.com/poker-party.html
- Tons of interesdting stuff!!!
Jackie s Strip Poker Party VIDEO |xe2pinxrsyen7grAT NOSPAMdoes dot it
8/6/2005 7:58:53 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
You can also visit the pages on online poker http://online-poker.available-poker.com/
party poker http://party-poker.available-poker.com/
texas hold em http://texas-hold-em.available-poker.com/
poker games http://poker-games.available-poker.com/
pacific poker http://pacific-poker.available-poker.com/
empire poker http://empire-poker.available-poker.com/
free poker http://free-poker.available-poker.com/
poker rules http://poker-rules.available-poker.com/
poker http://www.available-poker.com/
texas holdem http://texas-holdem.available-poker.com/
.
party poker |jqfAT NOSPAMhome dot com
8/7/2005 6:07:39 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
You can also check out some relevant pages about party poker http://www.littledevildoubt.com/party-poker.html
empire poker http://www.littledevildoubt.com/empire-poker.html
poker rooms http://www.littledevildoubt.com/poker-rooms.html
poker games http://www.littledevildoubt.com/poker-games.html
poker http://www.littledevildoubt.com/poker.html
.
party poker |iAT NOSPAMmail dot com
8/17/2005 12:38:57 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
You are invited to take a look at some relevant pages on pacific poker http://www.hebei-gelatin.com/pacific-poker.html
poker http://www.hebei-gelatin.com/poker.html
texas hold em http://www.hebei-gelatin.com/texas-hold-em.html
poker rooms http://www.hebei-gelatin.com/poker-rooms.html
texas holdem http://www.hebei-gelatin.com/texas-holdem.html
... Thanks!!!
party poker |4AT NOSPAMsee dot to
8/18/2005 3:27:11 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
You can also check some relevant information about online casino http://www.blevensdamman.com/online-casino.html
gambling http://www.blevensdamman.com/gambling.html
blackjack http://www.blevensdamman.com/blackjack.html
roulette http://www.blevensdamman.com/roulette.html
online gambling http://www.blevensdamman.com/online-gambling.html
- Tons of interesdting stuff!!!
casino |qdr9b9qAT NOSPAMdoes dot it
Name
E-mail
Home page

Comment (HTML not allowed)  

Enter the code shown (prevents robots):
<May 2008>
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
27282930123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
1234567

About Me

My Photo
Name:Samuel Chow
Location:Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Other Profiles

 Last.FM
 Flickr
 MyBlogLog
 Technorati
 

Login

Sign In

Steal These Buttions

Website Related
IE Tested Firefox Test
CSS Validated CSS Validated
Email Me Extreme Tracking Web Statistics
Blog Related
Audioscrobbler Creative Commons Licensed
Listed on Blogshares  

Page rendered at 5/17/2008 12:12:32 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)

Contact Cybersam

Copyright 2000-2008 Cybersam.org All rights reserved

The content of this site are my own personal opinions and do not represent the views of MIT or Analog Devices in anyway. In addition, my thoughts and opinions often change, and as a weblog is intended to provide a semi-permanent point in time snapshot you should not consider out of date posts to reflect my current thoughts and opinions.