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OmegaPaladin's Gopherhole | |
Welcome to my corner of the Underground Internet. | |
Gopher used to be the way to access information online. Before | |
the World Wide Web, there was a powerful protocol for accessing | |
information and directories online. I remember seeing guidance on | |
Gopher citations for academic papers. Then the Web happened. | |
So why use Gopher? | |
No Ads. No spyware. Just straightforward plain text. | |
Gopher runs like lightning over any connection, even dialup. | |
I will be duplicating a lot of this on a Gemini capsule, as I like the idea | |
behind Gemini, and it has a bit more flexibility. | |
Search all Gopherspace | |
Search Veronica-2 | |
My Gopherlog - welcome to the Phlogosphere | |
Ricochet | |
One of my hobbies is working as a Ricochet moderator and poster. Ricochet | |
is membership-drived site where most of the content is written by members, | |
and we have a Code of Conduct to keep things from degenerating. My work | |
there has been linked by major bloggers, including Glenn Reynolds of | |
Instapundit. One of my favorite parts of Ricochet is the fictional | |
writing by various members. I decided to create a general archive of | |
Ricochet fiction here. | |
Ricochet Fiction Archive | |
Shortened links for the Ricochet Fiction Archive | |
Gopher! | |
Web Proxy! | |
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Useful text files archived: | |
Character Survival Advice | |
Originally from | |
Written by Willem Van Driel based on many suggestions, this delightful | |
text guide vanished into the ether. I am preserving in on Gopher | |
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From the Ashes is a Sci-Fi play by post game that I help run on | |
SpaceBattles.com, a vBulletin webforum. | |
You can access the subforum here: | |
From the Ashes 2.0 Rules in elegant retro plaintext. | |
Shortened links for the FTA Retro Rules | |
Gopher! | |
Web Proxy! | |
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So how do you get involved with the Underground Internet? | |
First, it's a good idea to learn about Gopher. | |
Quux and Floodgap are the hubs of Gopherspace, and have plenty of | |
useful information. Floodgap has detailed information on | |
Gopher clients | |
gopher.floodgap.com | |
gopher.quux.org | |
I recommend using OverbiteFF with Pale Moon, a web browser | |
that is like Firefox without the bloat and keeping the classic | |
interface. They play well together. | |
Pale Moon | |
OverbiteFF | |
Then you can get an account on SDF.org, a public access UNIX | |
server, which has plenty of things to do besides Gopher. | |
You will need to be verified, which only takes a few bucks | |
gopher://phlogosphere.org | |
Make sure to read up on MKGOPHER and study the guides on the | |
Gopher server. It's easy to write, especially compared to | |
HTML, but you need to have a cheat sheet for the syntax for | |
making Gophermaps, which are the equivalent to webpages. | |
Gopher Server Guide | |
Example Gophermap | |
Gophermap for what you are reading now |