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Contains selected posts from my blog, and ocassional content exclusive to my
Gopherhole.
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I've always had a soft spot for Gopher. I was fortunate enough to take my
first steps on the Internet back when Gopher was still around, and while even
then it seemed clear to me that the Web would "win" and render Gopher
obsolete, I witnessed debates with its fans who argued passionately for
Gopher's benefits.
Gopher never died, of course: not completely. It still runs wild and free on
the modern Internet. It's even enjoyed a minor resurgence in popularity in
recent years, as the "smolnet" has taken root and people have taken an
interest in reinventing the simpler, safer, faster, lighter, and
more-interpersonal Internet.
I believe that Gemini is our best bet for a future "Gopher-like" system, but I
think that Gemini, Spartan and Gopher all have their own interesting charms.
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My Gopherhole mostly acts as a partial mirror of my weblog. Want to see?
(DIR) 2024-04-13 Council Disenfranchisement
(DIR) 2024-04-03 you are a printer we are all printers
(DIR) 2024-03-28 Quickly Solving JigsawExplorer Puzzles
(DIR) 2024-03-27 Oxford's Area Code at OGN 57
(DIR) 2024-03-09 BBC News... without the crap
(DIR) 2024-03-08 RSS > ActivityPub
(DIR) 2024-02-22 Sonarr > Huginn > Slack
(DIR) 2024-02-19 Freedom of the Mountain
(DIR) 2024-02-06 Shiftless Progressive Enhancement
(DIR) 2024-02-05 100 Days To Offload
(DIR) 2024-02-02 Netscape's Untold Webstories
(DIR) 2024-02-01 Reflecting on Bloganuary
(DIR) 2024-01-28 Automattic Shakeup
(DIR) 2024-01-10 Happy Birthday Matt
(DIR) 2023-12-18 It Is Only Q
(DIR) 2023-12-18 They See Me (Blog)Rolling
(DIR) 2023-12-14 The Underground Blog
(DIR) 2023-12-14 Magician Roles
(DIR) 2023-12-07 I don't want your data
(DIR) 2023-12-06 FreeDeedPoll.org.uk, Punk Rock Edition
(DIR) 2023-11-23 The Frosted Pane
(DIR) 2023-11-16 It Takes Two
(DIR) 2023-11-15 Household Finances Revisited
(DIR) 2023-11-13 Pen Pals Wanted
(DIR) 2023-11-08 Gemini Squared
(DIR) 2023-11-08 Gemini and Spartan without a browser
(DIR) 2023-11-04 Making WordPress Fast (The Hard Way)
(DIR) 2023-11-01 Incredible Doom
(DIR) 2023-10-13 Reading Rolled Papyri
(DIR) 2023-10-09 Absence/Presents
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(HTM) www: Dan's main blog
(HTM) gemini: Dan's gemini capsule
(HTM) spartan: Dan's spartan instance
(HTM) finger: Dan's finger server
(HTM) fedi: @dan@danq.me
(HTM) email: gopherhole@danq.me