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!
       
       Tags: Gopher, Conservatism, Hierarchy, Butter08
       
 (TXT) [0] Text-only version
 (DIR) [1] gopher://circumlunar.space/1/~solderpunk
 (DIR) [2] gopher://gopher.black/1/phlog/20180310-black
 (TXT) [3] gopher://circumlunar.space/0/~solderpunk/phlog/on-gopher-conservatism.txt