Technology, Books and Other Neat Stuff

Yes, there is still a Veronica^*, Santa Claus^**...

...which means there are still people using Gopher! There also appear to be a bunch of Jughead servers out there, too.

Now, I wonder what happened to WAIS?

^*I suspect the link will only work in Mozilla browsers, as they're pretty much the only ones that still support the gopher:// protocol.

^**And yes, I know the original quote was “Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus”...

We finally finished watching The Lost Room last night.

Another excellent piece of television - this time, the closest thing I've seen to a visual version of a Tim Powers novel. The story involves layers of conspiracy in a broken world, where mystery is wrapped in the mundane, and with one man in the position to make the choices needed to, if not set things right, then at least change the road that is being travelled.

That and the desert landscapes of the American south west...

Recommended.