So I was reading some of the other phlogs here and I wondered how some of them seem to order the entries from most recent to least recent. When I just put text files in a directory, the default sort was the opposite. This led me to the phlog of user Snowcrash. Turns out he uses a gophermap file and updates it with a script. It seems that, further, he uses the script to format and generate the entries. That script appears to be a shell script. I like it. I need to figure out how to delivery a hardy "good job" to Snowcrash. It's a good solution, but I believe it is meant to work primarily with the shell on SDF. This doesn't really suit me. I want to be able to write my entry and update my phlog from my local machine. So, maybe I'll write my own script. Before I get started, I need to set my goals. My local environment: -Powershell -Public key authentication to SDF configured -scp - or maybe a Powershell module -A text editor -A directory to hold text files -A local copy of gophermap What tasks do I want to do initially: -Pass a text file containg the phlog entry -Rename the file to the format "<year>-<month>-<day> - <Witty Quip>" -Add this entry to the top of the gophermap. -Upload renamed entry and gophermap to SDF This should be pretty doable. I see the possiblity for a lot of enhancements, but this feels like a good starting point. So before wrapping for today, I have to address the question I know is on the mind of the average reader (assuming there are any really). Why Powershell? The simple answer is, "I like Powershell". At my work , I'm required to use a Windows-based PC. I don't love it, but it gets the job done. The default configuration doesn't support bash. We can use python, but it's a special request, so not everyone has it. Every workstation has Powershell. So at work I have some experience with it. My daily driver at home is a Google Pixelbook. In fact I'm writing this entry in Visual Studio Code installed on the Linux container on the Pixelbook. Also on this Linux container I have installed Powershell. So, I get to keep my Powershell skills sharp and I can still use the script on my Linux boxes. So why not Powershell?