Gopher is Not the Web

Posted on June 27, 2019 by dotcomboom

Every now and then, I see new Gopher clients and sites popping up. And that’s great—we’re keeping this protocol alive for the next generation. However, I can’t help but think some of the methods of doing so is restrictive, only … Continue reading →

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Inject heroin into my nutsack

Posted on May 24, 2019 by borb

Hello hello!
This is your local crackhead vegetable tuning in Continue reading →

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Cavy Wars

Posted on May 19, 2019 by caby

Hi I’m gonna ramble about my guinea pigs. Drama, action, suspense and much more

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The Web is a Shitty App Platform

Posted on May 9, 2019 by mariteaux

I’m a big believer in implementing as little as possible to get the task at hand done. I’m as minimalist as it gets. Proprietary, open source—ultimately doesn’t matter to me so long as it gets the job done as simply as it can.

So why in fuck’s name did we give everything away to the web? Continue reading →

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How a Fusion Drive Ate Our Gopher

Posted on April 30, 2019 by mariteaux

The story of how I lost everything because I trusted the marketing. Continue reading →

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4/27 – Blogging Still Isn’t Cool

Posted on April 27, 2019 by bulb

A new look, an old CMS, some badgers, some slapcore—it’s time for a recap. Continue reading →

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snake crashes in

Posted on April 25, 2019 by dotcomboom
:googlesnake:

Hellooooooooooo

The snake is here and ready to rumble, going to screech about Gopher, CCSO, Xfire, and AvantGo or something soon but until then see ya next time, gonna play some Billiards on Wii Play for now

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*heavy breathing*

Posted on April 25, 2019 by caby

just played minecraft for 6 hours

how are you all doing?

might draw a cat or something

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Introducing the Somnolescent Blog

Posted on April 25, 2019 by mariteaux

One long-winded night ago, I had the idea of adding a group blog to the site. Maintaining our subsites is fun, but not all of the Somnolians are at that level yet, or have the time to. Plus, it’s a little tedious to do it by hand. Continue reading →

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3/15 – Start Again

Posted on March 15, 2019 by bulb

A Somnolian joins the fray with a new site, and we’re visited by a gopher snake. How about a quick recap? Continue reading →

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