Gopher Still Going Strong

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Net-Gopher-1.15

Net-Gopher-1.15 05/27/2004 05:59 AM

Net-Gopher-1.06

Net-Gopher-1.06 04/22/2004 10:32 AM

Net-Gopher-1.08

Net-Gopher-1.08 04/26/2004 06:09 AM

Net-Gopher-1.10

Net-Gopher-1.10 04/29/2004 12:37 AM

Net-Gopher-1.11

Net-Gopher-1.11 04/30/2004 12:37 AM

Net-Gopher-1.12

Net-Gopher-1.12 05/02/2004 12:22 AM

Net-Gopher-1.07

Net-Gopher-1.07 04/25/2004 12:16 AM

Net-Gopher-Response-XML-0.90

Net-Gopher-Response-XML-0.90 05/07/2004 06:18 AM

Whatever Happened to Gopher?

Whatever Happened to Gopher? 04/28/2004 05:53 AM
Whatever Happened to Gopher?
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,62988,00.html

Answer: the Gopher protocol developed in the 1990s at the University of Minnesota may have been eclipsed by the World Wide Web, but it's alive and kicking (even if somewhat underground). Floodgap.com shows that more than 250 active gopher servers are currently online (almost half of affiliated with American colleges and universities) and can be found on every continent but Africa and Antarctica. Gopher-enthusiast John Goerzen believes that gopher is an excellent alternative to PDA and smartphone Web browsers, and says: "Consider this example: Port-a-Goph, a gopher client in development for Palm OS. Cameron Kaiser wrote this in his spare time and got it working quickly on his own Palm," he said. "Contrast that with the state of Web browsing on handheld devices: Despite many years to improve them, I still regularly run across Web sites that simply do not render at all, or render so poorly that they are unusable."

My LinkSeries Internet Guides were written in 1992 - 1994 that list all the gopher sites for academic research and were used in academic libraries around the world in search of scholarly information from the Internet. These have been replaced and updated with my latest 2004 Internet MiniGuides.

Remembering gopher

Remembering gopher 04/12/2004 06:17 AM
Lore "Brunching Shuttlecocks" Sjöberg has turned in a lyrical reminiscence about the glory days of gopher, the Web's predecessor. My first net-job (after the CDROM crash in the early 90s) was as a commerical gopher developer, and it turns out that were are lots of gopher sites still online:

Despite its relative obscurity, gopherspace is accessible to many more Web users than people realize. Gopher support is built into Mozilla-based browsers including Firefox, most versions of Netscape and Internet Explorer up to version 5, although the degree of support varies. People who want to stick with the familiarity of http can use the public gopher proxy at Floodgap.com, which translates gopher pages into HTML.

Visitors to gopherspace will find a piece of the Internet's history, some of which, Goerzen says, isn't available anywhere else. They will also find The Gopher Manifesto, a document praising gopher's simplicity and elegance.

The Gopher Manifesto describes gopher as "a hypertext Eden" that existed before the clutter and commercialization of the Web. "Is it time for a new Renaissance on the Internet, to bring back the promise of the early years?" it asks.

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Gopher-Mechanize-0.27

Gopher-Mechanize-0.27 01/24/2004 05:35 AM

Gopher: Underground Technology

Gopher: Underground Technology 04/12/2004 04:56 AM
More than a decade ago, gopher took the Net by storm. The Web stole its thunder soon after, but enthusiasts are still keeping it alive -- and bringing it into the future. By Lore Sjöberg.

Aftershock Gopher Server

Aftershock Gopher Server 11/13/2003 03:02 AM
Aftershock 1.0 Released

"a report that Gopher is still alive and
kicking"

"a report that Gopher is still alive and
kicking" 04/13/2004 10:28 PM

Gopher Hole Found in Microsoft IE

Gopher Hole Found in Microsoft IE 06/05/2002 01:41 PM
Finnish computer security company Online Solutions Oy says IE is vulnerable to attack through its gopher client.

Wired News: Gopher: Underground
Technology

Wired News: Gopher: Underground
Technology 04/12/2004 08:48 PM
Gopher: Underground Technology

wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,62988,00.html
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HOWTO turn your bl0g into a gopher site

HOWTO turn your bl0g into a gopher site 04/04/2005 02:24 AM
Cory Doctorow: George Hotelling's April Fools' Day prank was converting his blog to a gopher site -- gopher being a text-only, menu-driven precursor of the Web ("gopherlog, or rlog for short"). In so doing, he created some scripts to simplify the process. He's posted them online for anyone who wants to convert her or his blog to a gopher site.

First, you need to get and install PyGopherd. It's fairly simple, just download it and follow the instructions in the manual to install it, then configure a directory for it to serve. I told it to serve ~/public_html/gopher/ but any directory will do.

Then, download feedparser, html2text and this script of my own design to create text files from an RSS feed. Set the output directory to the same one that your gopher server is using, set the RSS feed to your RSS feed and you're more or less done. For extra fun, put the script in a cron job so that it will keep updating with new items. If you do that, you'll also need to rm the old files (which really should be done in my script, but see the part above about this being a hack that needed to work in a couple hours).

There's plenty of room for improvement. For instance you could write a Python script for PyGopherd to parse the RSS feeds, which would cut down on all sorts of problems and be useful to literally tens of people.

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ChoicePoint Strong at 100

ChoicePoint Strong at 100 07/21/2004 09:10 AM
ChoicePoint continues to grow, helped by its aggressive M&A strategy.

How strong is Google?

How strong is Google? 04/30/2004 07:09 PM
News 24 Apr 30 2004 11:11PM GMT

CIA says insurgents now 50,000 strong

CIA says insurgents now 50,000 strong 11/14/2003 05:45 AM
'We could lose this situation' .. devastating CIA report .. Guardian .. more

guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1083847,00.html
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Dick Strong: How Sorry Are You?

Dick Strong: How Sorry Are You? 05/27/2004 10:54 AM
With Wells Fargo buying his company, Strong can now pay a big SEC fine out of his lint drawer.

"Robert Strong"

"Robert Strong" 09/14/2004 08:58 AM

Is Gemstar Really a Strong Buy?

Is Gemstar Really a Strong Buy? 06/17/2004 01:31 PM
The TV Guide company has been dubbed that, but this writer disagrees.

Call That Strong Medicine?

Call That Strong Medicine? 05/21/2004 08:24 AM
Is Eliot Spitzer's deal with Strong Capital really all that?

Red Hat Reports Strong Q2 Results

Red Hat Reports Strong Q2 Results 09/21/2004 08:21 AM
Red Hat reported a profitable quarter for its leading Linux operating system at the expense of Sun and other Unix companies.

Google has a strong first day of trading

Google has a strong first day of trading 08/20/2004 10:15 AM
Computer Weekly Aug 20 2004 2:05PM GMT

First Impression: A Strong Foundation

First Impression: A Strong Foundation 09/21/2004 05:02 AM
"We can't afford to wait for decisions to come down from the top."

-David Murphy , VP, Ford Motor Co.

3M Strong Despite Stock's Slip

3M Strong Despite Stock's Slip 07/19/2004 12:58 PM
Experienced leadership keeps this conglomerate performing well.

Coke Pours a Strong One

Coke Pours a Strong One 04/21/2004 12:51 PM
It reports some lively earnings that investors will find refreshing. Still, there is work to be done.

DragonFlyBSD 1.0A: A strong start

DragonFlyBSD 1.0A: A strong start 08/09/2004 01:16 PM
A year ago, when the DragonFlyBSD project was announced, I scoffed at it. "A FreeBSD fork, and they're not even using the new technology release!" I figured it was just a disgruntled developer's one-man crusade against the programmers he didn't get along with on the FreeBSD team. Imagine my surprise when I read the announcement of the first release. Yes, DragonFlyBSD has survived long enough to gain developer support and meet several of its stratospheric goals. That doesn't mean it works properly yet, but there's a promising future ahead for this operating system.

Man killed in 40-strong brawl

Man killed in 40-strong brawl 07/31/2004 10:37 AM
A man dies after a street fight involving up to 40 people in a Devon seaside resort.

- NHN Posts Strong Results

- NHN Posts Strong Results 04/20/2004 04:43 AM
Hankooki Apr 20 2004 8:41AM GMT

Strong Show of 'Strength'

Strong Show of 'Strength' 07/30/2004 12:01 AM
In a speech that used some variation of the word "strength" 17 times, John Kerry portrayed himself as a vastly preferable commander in chief to President Bush.

IBM demonstrates strong sales

IBM demonstrates strong sales 04/16/2004 03:29 AM
ZDNet UK Apr 16 2004 7:39AM GMT

Dell stays strong in Q4

Dell stays strong in Q4 02/12/2004 07:29 PM
We aim to serve

NHN Posts Strong Results

NHN Posts Strong Results 04/20/2004 06:00 AM
Hankooki Apr 20 2004 10:09AM GMT

Microsoft's Fundamentals Seen As Strong

Microsoft's Fundamentals Seen As Strong 07/23/2004 02:37 PM
Forbes Jul 23 2004 5:57PM GMT

Strong, Ex-CEO Agree to $60M Fine
(AP)

Strong, Ex-CEO Agree to $60M Fine
(AP) 05/20/2004 09:47 PM
AP - Strong Financial Corp. founder and former CEO Richard Strong agreed Thursday to a $60 million fine to settle allegations he made improper mutual fund trades, becoming the highest level executive so far to admit his role in what has become an industrywide scandal.

VF Wrangles Strong Profits

VF Wrangles Strong Profits 07/23/2004 01:02 PM
The company is looking to its jeans brands to propel it toward more success.
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