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The Guide Entries are four sound recordings available on the iTunes Music Store, read by Stephen Fry, and written by Fry and Joby Taylor (with the exception of the How to be Cool entry, which was also co-written by Tim Browse). They were released to promote the Hollywood movie version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. A fifth, the Guide to Fanboys, was released only as text (see below) and a sixth, the Guide to Websites, can be heard on the official UK movie website. Methods and media for sound recording are varied and have undergone significant changes between the first time sound was actually recorded for later playback until now. ... The United States iTunes Music Store. ... Stephen Fry on the cover of his autobiography (US Edition) Stephen John Fry (born 24 August, 1957) is a British comedian, author, actor, and director. ... The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is a science-fiction movie based on the book of the same name by Douglas Adams. ... The cover of the first novel in the Hitchhikers series, from a late 1990s printing. ...

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Guide to Technology

The "Hitchhiker's Guide to Technology" discusses technology, armchairs, and tea.


It introduces the cup of tea test, a method of determining whether one is using technology. The procedure is as follows. // Technology [from Gr. ...

  1. Make yourself a cup of tea.
  2. Attempt to use the suspected technology.
  3. If your tea is cold by the time you have managed to get the object or service working properly, you are almost certainly dealing with some form of technology.

Guide to Blogging

  • The "Hitchhiker's Guide to Blogging" discusses Blogging.

Full transcript can be found at http://obli.net/item/106 This article is about a type of web application. ...


Guide to Deadlines

Full transcript available at http://obli.net/item/190 Deadline can refer to several things: A deadline is a point in time at which something must be completed. ...


Guide to How to be Cool

  • This entry discusses how an individual can truly be cool, instead of by following crowds, but concludes by suggesting the listener attend a showing of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is a science-fiction movie based on the book of the same name by Douglas Adams. ...

Guide to Fanboys

  • According to the exclusive news from comingsoon.net, this was a fifth entry released by Touchstone Pictures as part of their promotion of the movie with the other four entries above. However, this entry is not available as sound recording on the iTunes Music Store.

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