%{----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | date: Sun 17 Dec 2023 11:07:06 AM PST | | subj: tag your it 01 | | auth: bbsing | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------%} Dear [ Redacted ], ░▀█▀░█▀█░█▀▀░░█░█░█▀█░█░█░▀░█▀▄░█▀▀░░▀█▀░▀█▀░░█▀▀░█▀▀░█▀▄░▀█▀░█▀▀░█▀▀░ ░░█░░█▀█░█░█░░░█░░█░█░█░█░░░█▀▄░█▀▀░░░█░░░█░░░▀▀█░█▀▀░█▀▄░░█░░█▀▀░▀▀█░ ░░▀░░▀░▀░▀▀▀░░░▀░░▀▀▀░▀▀▀░░░▀░▀░▀▀▀░░▀▀▀░░▀░░░▀▀▀░▀▀▀░▀░▀░▀▀▀░▀▀▀░▀▀▀░ The idea is simple, you're tagged then you're it, and being it means you must respond in the way in which you were tagged via the format it was created. I know ... I KNOW! it is a pain and a chore to tag back, but that ░▀█▀░█▀█░█▀▀░█▀▀░█▀▀░█▀▄ ░░█░░█▀█░█░█░█░█░█▀▀░█░█ is the game I made up, and you have been ░░▀░░▀░▀░▀▀▀░▀▀▀░▀▀▀░▀▀░ , officially. Being tagged as you have, and it came to you via SNAIL MAIL, created via text editor, your task is to write a letter, via text editor of your choice in plain old text. What is plain text, well its just something simple like a computer editor like notepad, or notepad++, or vim, emacs, pico, nano, winword ... etc. It doesn't do anything fancy except make a text file. ░█▀█░█░█ ░█░█░█▀▄ ░▀▀▀░▀░▀, the letter :) I should write something about me and whatever is going on round here. Or whatever you wish to write about. It can be anything; your wows, your complaints, likes, dislikes, politics, religious or spiritual beliefs and epiphanies, family, updates about happenings in your life work/chores/workouts, ..etc, whatever you wish just make it personal. Before I say what is going on, I would like to say more about the "tag you're it series." This series I thought about a while ago. __ . [_,] . Why even play?: ____ . |--| . Its nice to get mail that isn't a darn bill. Just opening a personal letter from a friend or loved one is so much better than a dang bill or a memo about something I have no desire to make time to read. I think its nice to get something tangible a person can hold on to and grasp in their hand representing consideration from someone else an individual knows or loves. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- About this specific letter formatting: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Character Width = 74 Character set = ASCII ______ File Type = txt | |__| | Storage medium = floppy -> | () | UUID="38EF-D5FA" Backup storage = sdf.org |______| -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I hope you are well [ Redacted ] I love and miss you: |) |) , o _, |/\_|/\_/ \_| /|/| / | \/ \/ \/ |/ | |_/\/|/ / (| PAGE 1.o3 ---------------------------------------------------------------- The letter formatting I chose is for a thing I found on SDF (sdf.org) called gopher. Gopher is a simple and interesting way to share information and it came out long before the world wide web. For awhile gopher died out as modern internet (www) took over. I guess Gopher is making a comeback in certain communities who are tired of web 2 and 3.0, advertising commercial web content. Gopher is still alive and well. There are a lot of gopherholes out there with interesting content created by regular people. There is no html, css, javascript, ..etc required to publish content via gopher. I'll have to print an example gopherhole to show you. Well that is whats been my interest a bit in computer land, ... deciding and trying to put some content up on sdf.org. You can find me with certain browsers at gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/bbsing/ . I have really been struggling with computing lately. Should I even continue doing it? I'm wondering if its a waste of the time I have left in my life. MyLove and I are trying to get our place in better shape so its nice when you visit. Between trying to have a nice life and work, progress is slow around the house. Sometimes I slack because I go outside ride my bike in the forest, smell the forest air, and look at the interesting fungi in and about the flora and fauna. Lately I haven't been outside as much as I like. Not enough cold therapy either. I want get my cold-T started again. MyLove and I have been on our trainer, but for me less than I should. Soon I will lift weights, and CT. This Monday we get the broken windows in our house replaced. It took awhile to get all of that coordinated, paid for, and implemented. So when you arrive we will have clear windows! If I'm lucky this Wednesday, I'll get a shower working. My friends are coming over. They is going to help me. He has experience working on houses from working on his own. I will be excited to have a working shower. MyLove will be more excited than I am. My spirit is sometimes low, but less than before. I'm scared of getting older, I'm working at overcoming that pain and my issues with it. I think during the COVID shutdown, I aged more than normal. Maybe I buried my head in work and goals I didn't notice how things were changing. I'll study Buddhism to attempt to gain the wisdom I need to deal with the pain and suffering of life. I wish I would have started years ago, time isn't on my side. I'm trying to make every moment count with MyLove, it goes fast. My dreams are not nightmares anymore. Its been a long time since they haven't been that way, which is making me happier. More on that later. %{---------------------------------------+ ███████████████████████████ | IF you want to play, its simple. | ███ ▄▄▄▄▄ █▀ █▀▄█ ▄▄▄▄▄ ███ | You just have to open that editor and | ███ █ █ █▄ █ ▀█ █ █ ███ | write back, put it in an envelope and | ███ █▄▄▄█ █ ███▄█ █▄▄▄█ ███ | stamp it and get to your post :) | ███▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ ▀ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄███ +---------------------------------------%} ███ █▄▀█▄ █▄▄▀ ▀▄▄ ▀▄ ▀███ ███ ▀▄ ▄▀█▀ ▄ █▀ █▀█▀▄███ %{---------------------------------------+ ███▄▄███▄▄█▀▀▄█ ▀█▀ ██ ███ | REPLY via USPS | ███ ▄▄▄▄▄ █▄█ █ ██▄ ██▄▀███ | | ███ █ █ █▀ █▄▀▄▀ ▀█▀▀▀███ | Mail to: | ███ █▄▄▄█ █▀▄█ ██ ▄▄▄█▄███ | [ Redacted ] | ███▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄█▄███▄▄█▄█▄████ | [ Redacted ] | ███████████████████████████ | | +---------------------------------------%} PAGE 2.o3 --------- I love you and miss you! - Your bbsing -------------- ========================================================================= Examples of Gopher; landing page @ URL:gopher://gopher.club:70/1/users/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- _ _ _ ___ ___ ___| |_ ___ ___ ___| |_ _| |_ | . | . | . | | -_| _|_| _| | | | . | |_ |___| _|_|_|___|_| |_|___|_|___|___| |___| |_| "you dig it" .. gopher.club is a collection of featured SDF user 'phlogs' in chronological order. When you're ready to have your phlog listed here type 'phlog' at the shell. [13] [18-Dec-2023] zoerhoff zoerhoff's gopherhole/ [14] [18-Dec-2023] allyfaye Simple Words/ [15] [17-Dec-2023] jdd cyber scrapheap/ [16] [17-Dec-2023] hp gohperspace/ [17] [17-Dec-2023] jynx RPoD Phlog/ +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |[18] [17-Dec-2023] agk Where the horsemen hang their hats/ | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ [19] [16-Dec-2023] ja gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/ja// [20] [16-Dec-2023] tyjak Tyjak public home space/ +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Anna's gopherhole: Where the horsemen hang their hats. | | | | | | _ . , . . | | * / \_ * / \_ _ * * /\'__ * | | / \ / \, (( . _/ / \ *'. | | . /\/\ /\/ :' __ \_ ` _^/ ^/ `--. | | / \/ \ _/ \-'\ * /.' ^_ \_ .'\ * | | /\ .- `. \/ \ /==~=-=~=-=-;. _/ \ -. `_/ \ | | / `-.__ ^ / .-'.--\ =-=~_=-=~=^/ _ `--./ .-' `- | | /jgs `. / / `.~-^=-=~=^=.-' '-._ `._ | | | | | | [14] About Anna | | | | =====Diary===== | | [17] December 17: Peace | | [18] December 8: Hope | | [19] November 29: Negligence | | [20] Diary archive/ | | | | =====Reference===== | | [23] Kitchen/ | | [24] First Aid/ | | [25] Common Simple Emergencies/ | | [26] Uses this | | | | =======Links======= | | [29] Bongusta! aggregator/ | | [31] Directions/ | | [32] Gopherpedia/ | | | | This personal GopherSpace courtesy of | | [35] The SDF Public Access UNIX System .. est. 1987/ | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ PAGE 3.o3 ----------------------------------------------------------------