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(   I think I figured out how I want the gopherspace to work.        (
>   A little more artistic maybe? A little more personal. Bonus      )
)   content, you know? In this case an OCC addendum.                 <
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)   This OCC's definitely different. The temptation is to only       >
<   include the positives, but I'm not sure that's honest or fair    (
(   to te challenge. It's probably more interesting to look at      )
)   the full results. Normally with a modern OS I can just spin up   <
)   pidgin, compile a few plugins, and be in my friends' lives as    )
<   normal more or less. Windows is more compile-hostile and the     (
(   chat options, if they work at all, are too hoggish with memory   <
>   to actually run. Before the challenge I made a forum; a couple   )
(   friends joined, at most they stayed for a day. I made the        (
<   SpaceHey becuse I had seen friends link it, but they seem       <
(   abandoned; requests have languished for days. I don't begrudge   >
<   anyone for not going out of their way to hang out with me, I     )
(   did it to myself after all, but the first-day activity gave      )
>   false hope. IRC is nice, but people you see once a year are      (
)   different from friends you've known for years. We're so used     <
<   to ubiquitous communication that losing it is an enormous        )
>   culture shock. Playig games on my TG16 and wanting to let a     <
)   friend know about it but being unable to, things like that.      )
>   I can tell him afterwards, I just have to be patient.            (
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(   Then again, maybe it's just all the myspace angst rubbing off    )
>   Later!                                                           <
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