| Been a while since my last entry. I had started a few entries but
never completed them. Oh well.
If I've done everything correct, my phlog is now on
circumlunar.space. I want to thank solderpunk [1] for granting
me asylum here. Of course, since the last time I posted
the Gophpocalypse happened [2] and there was much talk about
decentralization. Personally, it did not affect me since my humble
gopher hole is very basic and only relies on concatenation. But it
doesn't mean that I don't disagree with the notion, hence the
relocation. It's time that we cast the seeds into the wind and see
where that takes us. The new digs are an exercise in simplicity
which I appreciate and hope to embrace.
Regarding conservatism and hierarchy [3], I am a proponent of some
conservatism and most of my experiments are simple problems with
hopefully simple solutions. I enjoy seeing my content working on
UMN Gopher. Would new itemtypes be useful? Sure. Solderpunk's SSH
example would be a good solution to implement. We already
have an itemtype for spiderspace, telnet, and so on, so it's
not unprecedented. This has already been discussed, but most
of the content we're producing does not lend itself to a
strong hierarchical organizational structure. That's fine. But I'm
cautious about "improving" gopher and just creating another world
wide web.
I'm going to leave with some lyrics from Butter 08's Degobrah:
Listen, I'm not trying to tell you how to live your life
I'm just saying there are a lot of things out there
That are really important to people that
I don't find much importance in --
Whether it's eat squishies or playing mini golf
Don't look at me; I'm not a role model
This is what I do
It might not be the right answer for you
Do what you gotta do; join an intergalactic youth community
Do something with yourself!
Tags: Gopher, Conservatism, Hierarchy, Butter08
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