Where to Gopher? (zaibatsu), 01/29/2019
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Normally, I'd cover  this topic on my grex.org  phlog. It is
meant,  here at  the onset,  to be  a short  post about  the
decision-making  process for  one, like  me, who  has phlogs
segmented by subject matter. I  really want to mull over the
whether or  not multiple phlogs  is a Good Thing(tm),  and I
want to question *where* one should really be phlogging.

Of course, these are silly questions, and I accept that they
may only produce muddled, silly thoughts.

First, as  a bit of  background, I  have a half-dozen  or so
phlogs, and I attempt to write on specific subjects for each
phlog. There is  some overlap, and I don't  always follow my
own rules. It's basically a mess.  I did it because I wanted
to support multiple systems, and I thought it would help. It
brings be joy, so I do it.

With that out of the way, here's my current rub: my two main
(that is to say, oldest  and largest) phlogs, on sdf.org and
on grex.org, are running on  systems that have not proven to
be  highly  accessible.  I  don't  mean  to  claim  anything
technical here, I'm only saying that perceptually, these two
systems are  the ones  that are most  frequently unavailable
when I attempt  to use them. Don't tear my  head off, I know
that it's not a valid metric. It's how I feel.

Some of my smaller phlogs,  in contrast, always work. When I
visit their links, I get content.  When I try to login, they
work smoothly.  It's arbitrary  and subjective, but  it's my
perception nonetheless.

Here's  the  kicker:  sdf.org  and  grex.org  are-among  the
systems where  I have  gopher content-the  *oldest* systems.
They've  been around  the  longest, weathered  the tests  of
time,  and  continued through  hardships.  Some  part of  me
believes that this  means they will outlive  the other newer
systems out  there. This  is also hogwash,  but it's  how my
brain is wired.

When I feel  like writing something for  gopher, I generally
look at a list of my phlogs and try to determine two things:
1) which phlogs  match the subject that I  feel like writing
on;  and,  2)  which  phlogs haven't  had  enough  attention
recently.  I use  a complex  algorithm called  "The Feelings
Engine" and I choose a place to write.

Lately, my Feelings Engine has been having some hiccups. The
code clearly  states that I  ought to stick to  my subjects,
not worry about  longevity, and balance the  load across all
systems; but, the Engine doesn't always produce the expected
results.  This post,  for  example, might  have been  better
suited  on  grex as  previously  explained,  because of  its
philosophical nature, or on sdf.org because of its technical
nature-  in any  case, it  didn't belong  here, yet  this is
where the Feelings Engine sent it.

As I don't know how to  debug the Feelings Engine very well,
I'll probably  just continue using  it in its  broken state.
Hopefully I'll  eventually figure it out,  because it drives
me nuts when it's out of wack.