Recently, I’ve noticed that I’m statically charged all the time. It started a couple of months ago. It can be pretty painful too, particularly when I touch objects that, well -uh- conduct. Better stay clear from me. You too, cat. And particularly the dog.
Google’s April Fools Day joke seems to have leaked out to the public. For some kind of reason this reminded me of the first time I heard people talk enthusiastically about a search engine called Google, which I wasn’t familiar with. That was in 1999 and I think it was brought up in an Argentinian restaurant.
Which also brings me to OPML. I’ve mentioned it earlier, but I’m utterly convinced of an impending breakthrough in the Gopher protocol, a protocol that happens to be quite similar to OPML. The idea is the same: use hierarchical structures to display information:
A hierarchical arrangement of information is familiar to many users. Hierarchical directories containing items (such as documents, servers, and subdirectories) are widely used in electronic bulletin boards and other campus-wide information systems.
I always thought ‘Gopher’ was an unfortunate name for an Internet protocol: I propose to rename it to something like GOPML.
1. Interesting to see how data is exchanged in the Gopher protocol. It’s all ASCII BASED !!!!. No seriously. In about 10 years, someone will reinvent the ASCII numbering system and call it OPHELL.
2. I claim my couple of seconds of fame when I heard my name mentioned in a podcast an audio recording. I told you I’d be famous one day. Luckily nobody knows that I’m only pretending to be the proprietor of this site. Have a safe April Fools Day.
3. Now in your browser: Gopher support!. Yes you there in the corner, you can now bring out those gopher servers!