Good idea - I thought I'd put some feelers out. And this list is my home. So I thought I'd start here.
On Wed, 15 Jul 2026 at 14:14, Craig Newman via use-livecode < [email protected]> wrote: > David. > > Do you want a separate conversation off the use-list? Why not leave it > here, or much better, post the project to the forum which is a better > platform for an ongoing multi-user project. > > Craig > > > On Jul 14, 2026, at 5:44 PM, David Bovill via use-livecode < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Even the Mice never knew the answer to that question. > > > > I spent a lovely week at his place in the South of France - in return for > > some small contribution to Starship Titanic. Got given a fun mission. > Still > > if anyone is interested - get in touch. It’s an open invite - here first. > > > > On Tue, 14 Jul 2026 at 19:31, Douglas A. Ruisaard via use-livecode < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I've always wondered why he didn't pick the prime 43 instead. > >> Doug > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: use-livecode <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > >> Colin Holgate via use-livecode > >> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2026 11:15 AM > >> To: How to use LiveCode <[email protected]> > >> Cc: Colin Holgate <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy > >> > >> I had worked with Douglas in the launch event for the Macintosh Portable > >> in the UK. It was a Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy themed event. Then > >> during 1991 I was programming the Expanded Books, and go together with > >> Douglas to show him how that was going. I did also get to spend some > time > >> with him at book shows that Voyager had a booth at. One time I was stood > >> there, with just me and him, and so I dared to ask him ‘why 42?’ He > told me > >> how that came to be the answer that he used. > >> > >> > >>> On Jul 14, 2026, at 12:07 PM, Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode < > >> [email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> I was at Voyager when Adams visited the company about 1991 which led to > >> Voyager Co in Santa Monica publishing the Expanded Book of The Complete > >> Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and the CD-ROM Last Chance to > See—both > >> in HyperCard. > >>> > >>> He sat down with everybody and just talked. > >>> > >>> I don’t know that I have enough time or energy for such a project, but > I > >> do work in audio editing and know others that do. > >>> > >>> HyperTalk (not LiveTalk) was the beloved language of that golden age. > >>> > >>> Peter Bogdanoff > >>> > >>>> On Jul 14, 2026, at 8:47 AM, David Bovill via use-livecode < > >> [email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> 42 is most definitely a sacred number - as is 0207 222 7701 - which I > >>>> just learned was frighteningly close to my first girlfriend's > >>>> telephone number - and a major reason for many nuisance calls. > >>>> > >>>> On Tue, 14 Jul 2026 at 16:40, Craig Newman via use-livecode < > >>>> [email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Is 42 an even number???? > >>>>> > >>>>> Will this be a LC stack that looks like the Guide? I think I can > >>>>> suggest a couple of words to put on the cover. > >>>>> > >>>>> Craig > >>>>> > >>>>>> On Jul 14, 2026, at 11:15 AM, David Bovill via use-livecode < > >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I've been quietly working away on a new project for the last couple > >>>>>> of years - that I'd like to share here on my favourite list first - > >>>>>> to sense the temperature, and guage if there is a will and interest > >>>>>> to > >>>>> participate. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Long story short, through a set of improbable historical > >>>>>> coincidences, we have inherited the rights to use the characters > >>>>>> and story lines for Hitchhikers Guide - to build a real world > >>>>>> working copy of the Guide > >>>>> itself. > >>>>>> Our aim is to re-imagine what such a guide would look like given > >>>>>> all the amazing tech we have now to build it with, and for some > >>>>>> completely irrational reasons hand over the rights to all of this > >>>>>> to whoever shows > >>>>> up > >>>>>> and helps us build this thing. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> This is my first post on this, it's not marketing, or hype - just a > >>>>>> shout-out - or as we call it a Request for Guidance - to see if > >>>>>> there are any good people out there interested in helping to build > >>>>>> the Guide in Livecode, and in so doing reach out to a new > >>>>>> generation of coders. We are looking to interest a new generation > >>>>>> of coders experimenting with AI - > >>>>> but > >>>>>> alos artists, and lovers of sci fi. We hope that this project could > >>>>> bring a > >>>>>> new eneration of creators to Livecode and the beautiful language > >>>>>> that we share - and that Douglas Adam's was a big fan of - > LiveTalk. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> What do you think? 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