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:Author: 		Tobias Schlitt
:Date:			Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:00:29 +0100
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Why towel day was in May 25th?
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    As you might remember, I blogged a few days ago, that you shouldn't forget
    your towel for yesterday, Towelday. This tribute to Douglas Adams (one of
    the most skilled science fiction authors in my eyes) was quite a funny
    thing, since people looked quite strange, when I walked around with a nice
    blue (not really authentic, AFAIR the original one was white) towel.

As you might remember, `I blogged`__ a few days ago, that you shouldn't forget
your towel for yesterday, `Towelday`__. This tribute to `Douglas Adams`__ (one
of the most skilled science fiction authors in my eyes) was quite a funny
thing, since people looked quite strange, when I walked around with a nice
blue (not really authentic, AFAIR the original one was white) towel.

.. __: /opensource/blog/0457_dont_forget_your_towel.html
.. __: http://www.towelday.kojv.net/
.. __: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_adams

Anyway, at the `PHP usergroup Dortmund`__ meeting yesterday (hey, we were
actually 2 with a towel there, shame on you, `Kore`__!), we were wondering,
why Towelday was held on May 25th instead of May 11th? `Jakob`__ enlightened
me: If you consider 5 (May) and 25 as hex numbers and add them 2A, which is 42
in the decimal system. That says all, doesn't it?

.. __: http://phpugdo.de
.. __: http://kore-nordmann.de
.. __: http://westhoffswelt.de


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Comments
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- Frank Quist at Sat, 27 May 2006 11:49:18 +0200

  According to the towel day website, the date of two weeks after Douglas'
  Adams' death was mostly chosen so people could take notice on time:

  "It was first slated for one week after his death, but that didn't give us
  nearly enough time to get the word out. So we moved it to two weeks after
  his death.  This question also appears in the form"

  I like the 2A explanation better, though.

- D Clyde Williamson at Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:29:45 +0200

  No one makes jokes in Hex....

  Hail Eris

  ;-)