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!