Happy New Year 02/06/22
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Well, gopherspace... happy new year! It's February, so I'm quite late
in my well wishes. But you know what they say about that.
This year (not connected to any sort of resolution), I think I'll move
on from 60col. It was real, and it was fun... but it wasn't real fun.
I mean, really, this big wide screen, all this real estate, and I've
got to resize my terminal so that my neck isn't craned all the way to
the left all the time? I think it might be time for something else.
Of course, if you really think about it, the only thing that makes
much sense at all is to not insert line breaks, and to let things wrap
based on the terminal size. The only problem there is, today's reader
and today's writer aren't really interested in long form for the most
part. And so, when you don't wrap, you get a visually unappealing
sparsity that's no fun for anyone.
But seriously, 60col is pushing it. Maybe 80 columns, or 100, or some
other magical number. I know there have been actual debates on the
issue. I don't know if I can be bothered to search them out though.
No matter. Have a happy new year, no matter what your terminal looks
like, and no matter what happens with the columns!
Watched the movie "Harvey" this evening, the one from 1950. The main
character in that is just so darn positive and easy-going. He just
isn't worried about life. What a way to be!
