| I've been lazy for the past week procrastinating on writing about
the joys of retro/limited computing, modems, phones and VOIP.
Well, do I have news for you: I'm *still* not going to write about
that today.
Instead, I'm going to write a much shorter entry regarding
Tomasino's recent phlog on gophermaps [1]. For the most part, I
agree with his stance regarding this. Gophermaps are great for
links to related content and in my opinion makes for a pleasant
experience. Where I feel we diverge is with regards to client
choice. In my situation, using an "outdated" client is strictly a
choice, however, I can't assume that everyone else has the same
luxury. There may be users running on older equipment and
operating systems that don't have the latest software available.
Finally, simply suggesting using client X reminded me of the days
where websites were "designed for Internet Explorer Y" and
"designed for H x V resolution".
I certainly hope Tomasino doesn't take this personally, as I
understand that he's trying to do (and succeeding) what many of us
are: produce interesting content in an enjoyable format.
So instead of ranting, I've brought a solution. It's not
production ready, more of a proof of concept -- something I bashed
together to see if it would work. Because of this, I will not
include a handy link but will instead just post the URL in text.
Nillify will take a gophermap URL and try to convert it to text.
gopher://sdf.org/1/users/dokuja/nillify
It's pretty dumb, quick, and dirty, but it may be useful. Maybe
I'll play around with it more when I get a chance (ha!).
On another note, tfurrows [2] wants to prepare for the general
exam. Hey! Me too! If you're interested, maybe we can shoot study
questions or talk theory sometime. Anything that'll make learning
fun should make it easier to recall.
Also, welcome and welcome back mnw [3] and snowdusk [4]!
Huh, maybe that wasn't so short after all...
Tags: #gopher #hamradio #welcome
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