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  • Is txtn.ws gone for good?

    From met@ph.or@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 21 15:25:31 2020
    gopher://txtn.ws had several pure Gopher news feeds that were a nice
    reprieve from the ad-ladened WWW versions. The whole site is down and
    I'm wondering if it's gone for good or just undergoing some sort of
    transition, hopefully the latter.

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  • From Bud Spencer@21:1/5 to met@ph.or on Fri Feb 21 19:35:45 2020
    On Fri, 21 Feb 2020, met@ph.or wrote:

    gopher://txtn.ws had several pure Gopher news feeds that were a nice
    reprieve from the ad-ladened WWW versions. The whole site is down and
    I'm wondering if it's gone for good or just undergoing some sort of transition, hopefully the latter.

    Seems so. Hopefully it's not completely gone. We need to keep an eye on
    this one.



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  • From Daniel@21:1/5 to met@ph.or on Sat Feb 22 12:56:19 2020
    On 2/21/20 7:25 AM, met@ph.or wrote:
    gopher://txtn.ws had several pure Gopher news feeds that were a nice
    reprieve from the ad-ladened WWW versions. The whole site is down and
    I'm wondering if it's gone for good or just undergoing some sort of transition, hopefully the latter.

    He posted on his phlog that it's down for good. I was uber bummed as it
    was my source of tech news.

    I've considered erecting my own based on his code but haven't gotten
    around to it. He has a github.

    --
    Daniel

    Visit me at: gopher://gcpp.world

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  • From Bud Spencer@21:1/5 to Daniel on Sun Feb 23 01:50:41 2020
    On Sat, 22 Feb 2020, Daniel wrote:

    He posted on his phlog that it's down for good. I was uber bummed as it was my source of tech news.

    And this was why? Was there a reason for this? Too bad though ...

    I've considered erecting my own based on his code but haven't gotten around to it. He has a github.

    You should! Do the right thing!

    :D


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  • From Daniel@21:1/5 to Bud Spencer on Sun Feb 23 03:22:25 2020
    On 2/22/20 3:50 PM, Bud Spencer wrote:
    On Sat, 22 Feb 2020, Daniel wrote:

    He posted on his phlog that it's down for good. I was uber bummed as
    it was my source of tech news.

    And this was why? Was there a reason for this? Too bad though ...

    He didn't specify why, just stated that it was going away for good and
    then he posted a URL to the code.


    I've considered erecting my own based on his code but haven't gotten
    around to it. He has a github.

    You should! Do the right thing!

    I may soon.

    --
    Daniel

    Visit me at: gopher://gcpp.world

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  • From Bud Spencer@21:1/5 to Daniel on Sun Feb 23 22:33:01 2020
    On Sun, 23 Feb 2020, Daniel wrote:

    He didn't specify why, just stated that it was going away for good and then he posted a URL to the code.

    Right. Mysterious quits are still mysterious :)

    I may soon.

    Sooner the better!


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  • From met@ph.or@21:1/5 to Daniel on Mon Feb 24 10:10:53 2020
    On 2/22/20 1:56 PM, Daniel wrote:
    He posted on his phlog that it's down for good. I was uber bummed as it
    was my source of tech news.

    I've considered erecting my own based on his code but haven't gotten
    around to it. He has a github.


    Ah, thanks for the update, though not pleasing news. Hope you and/or
    others get some RSS-to-Gopher online. I'm personally mostly interested
    in non-MSM and international news FWIW.

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  • From Daniel@21:1/5 to met@ph.or on Mon Feb 24 21:42:19 2020
    On 2/24/20 9:10 AM, met@ph.or wrote:
    On 2/22/20 1:56 PM, Daniel wrote:
    He posted on his phlog that it's down for good. I was uber bummed as it
    was my source of tech news.

    I've considered erecting my own based on his code but haven't gotten
    around to it. He has a github.


    Ah, thanks for the update, though not pleasing news. Hope you and/or
    others get some RSS-to-Gopher online. I'm personally mostly interested
    in non-MSM and international news FWIW.

    Me too. He added some conservative news sites for me as well as a
    variety of tech sites. I was on there constantly.

    I'll post on here and on IRC if/when I do it. It'll likely reside on my existing hole.

    --
    Daniel

    Visit me at: gopher://gcpp.world

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  • From Daniel@21:1/5 to met@ph.or on Sat Mar 21 11:34:43 2020
    On 2/24/20 9:10 AM, met@ph.or wrote:
    On 2/22/20 1:56 PM, Daniel wrote:
    He posted on his phlog that it's down for good. I was uber bummed as it
    was my source of tech news.

    I've considered erecting my own based on his code but haven't gotten
    around to it. He has a github.


    Ah, thanks for the update, though not pleasing news. Hope you and/or
    others get some RSS-to-Gopher online. I'm personally mostly interested
    in non-MSM and international news FWIW.

    I'm considering a basic free aws account (if they're still offered) and
    a cheap domain name to point it to. I'm hosting my own hole on an old
    laptop and wish not to reformat my phlog to host news too. And for a
    news service like txtn.ws was, I want to guarantee uptime.

    --
    Daniel

    Visit me at: gopher://gcpp.world

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  • From Kevin@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 21 21:50:46 2020
    I'm considering a basic free aws account (if they're still offered) and
    a cheap domain name to point it to. I'm hosting my own hole on an old
    laptop and wish not to reformat my phlog to host news too. And for a
    news service like txtn.ws was, I want to guarantee uptime.

    It might be better maybe just a cheap Raspberry Pi off your existing con nection non ?

    I run mine (gopher.is) off of a VM machine running off of my router

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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@21:1/5 to Daniel on Sat Mar 21 22:43:55 2020
    Daniel <me@scifidan.com> wrote:
    On 2/24/20 9:10 AM, met@ph.or wrote:

    Ah, thanks for the update, though not pleasing news. Hope you and/or
    others get some RSS-to-Gopher online. I'm personally mostly interested
    in non-MSM and international news FWIW.

    I'm considering a basic free aws account (if they're still offered) and
    a cheap domain name to point it to.

    Last I saw the free accounts only lasted one year, plus I wouldn't
    trust them not to change their mind about whatever free deal they're
    offering at the moment later on either.

    I tried to sign up for one once. The system didn't accept my credit
    card which is required to sign up (even for the free account, which
    is a worry in itself). My email to support never got an answer. I
    figured they were showing all the signs of an organisation that
    considers itself big enough that it doesn't have to care about small
    customers.

    I'm hosting my own hole on an old
    laptop and wish not to reformat my phlog to host news too. And for a
    news service like txtn.ws was, I want to guarantee uptime.

    Presumably you've noticed hosts like SDF.org and the Tilde servers: gopher://tildeverse.org/1/

    Not AWS levels of reliability, but at least not likely to kick you
    out one day unless you pay them $$$.

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  • From Daniel@21:1/5 to Computer Nerd Kev on Mon Jun 15 00:09:01 2020
    not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) writes:

    /snip
    Presumably you've noticed hosts like SDF.org and the Tilde servers: gopher://tildeverse.org/1/

    I may just do that instead. I'm in the process of creating a door game
    for bbs-land and writing a column for an eMag.

    Once I can prioritize it I'll find a way to erect a gophernews site.

    I may ask for assistance on scripting and identifying sources. Honestly,
    I'd use it mostly for tech news but would want to include many other
    types of news similar to what txtn.ws had. God I miss that gopher hole.

    --
    Daniel

    Visit me at: gopher://gcpp.world

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  • From Daniel@21:1/5 to Kevin on Tue Jun 16 00:09:32 2020
    kevin@bbs.ec (Kevin) writes:

    I'm considering a basic free aws account (if they're still offered) and
    a cheap domain name to point it to. I'm hosting my own hole on an old laptop and wish not to reformat my phlog to host news too. And for a
    news service like txtn.ws was, I want to guarantee uptime.

    It might be better maybe just a cheap Raspberry Pi off your existing con nection non ?

    I run mine (gopher.is) off of a VM machine running off of my router

    I'm exploring options. I may just use available services to host. We'll
    see.

    I have projects lined up so I have time to think about it.

    --
    Daniel

    Visit me at: gopher://gcpp.world

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