{"id":1067,"date":"2005-04-09T13:30:46","date_gmt":"2005-04-09T17:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/and_now_for_ano"},"modified":"2005-04-09T13:30:46","modified_gmt":"2005-04-09T17:30:46","slug":"and_now_for_ano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=1067","title":{"rendered":"And now for another change of pace&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy has a multi-part blog on Xanga.<\/span><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xanga.com\/skin.asp?user=h2g2_zaphod\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=307,height=308,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Zaphod_pix\" title=\"Zaphod_pix\" src=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/ripples\/images\/zaphod_pix.gif\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; float: left; width: 177px; height: 177px;\" \/><\/a>It is a wonderful Spring Saturday morning. The sun is shining brightly, a soft wind is blowing, and birds are nesting. Our quiet country roads are clogged with city visitors looking for new homes.<\/p>\n<p>I should be outside instead of blogging, but I found something I had to share: The Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy has a multi-part blog on Xanga! <\/p>\n<p>One of my readers is blogging on Xanga and while checking it out I discovered three very well-done promotional blogs which will open the door to a new universe of blogging: <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>The entertainment blog. <\/em>This is a whole new genre for me and it is a hoot! <\/span><\/p>\n<p>They have created a multi-part blog site with &quot;blogs&quot; for three of the main characters: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xanga.com\/skin.asp?user=h2g2_arthur   \">Arthur Dent<\/a>,&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xanga.com\/skin.asp?user=h2g2_marvin\">Marvin the psychotic robot<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xanga.com\/skin.asp?user=h2g2_zaphod\">Zaphod Beeblebrox<\/a>. The comments are fascinating. It will be interesting to see where they take this, but it is off to a great start.<\/p>\n<p>It also contains a most <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xanga.com\/skin.asp?user=h2g2_zaphod&amp;tab=weblogs&amp;fid=0&amp;nextdate=4%2F6%2F2005+9%3A37%3A32+AM&amp;direction=n&amp;bflag=\">entertaining movie trailer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a Douglas Adams fan you will rejoice. If you have been spending time on another planet for the past twenty years, this is your chance to meet more engaging aliens, a bumbling hero in a bathrobe, and a permanently depressed robot.<\/p>\n<p>Mark your calendar for April 29. The movie will appear in local theatres, or the earth will be invaded again. <\/p>\n<p>Either way, you have something to look forward to.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some <a href=\"http:\/\/movies.yahoo.com\/shop?d=hv&amp;cf=trailer&amp;id=1808411970\">different trailers<\/a> for this movie.&nbsp; Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>Tag: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Hitchhiker%27s+Guide\" rel=\"tag\">Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy has a multi-part blog on Xanga. It is a wonderful Spring Saturday morning. The sun is shining brightly, a soft wind is blowing, and birds are nesting. Our quiet country roads are clogged with &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=1067\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1794],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3R4iK-hd","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1067"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1067\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}