# Email and X-Files

I exchanged some nice emails with John of g4slv.cloud about gopher
vs. www hosting, and when one or both might be preferable. I talked
about my preferences before [0][1], and I read today that John has
also decided to go gopher-only [2]. John's gopher site is very
interesting, I particularly like the sections on diaries and pencils
[3], and RPN calculators [4]. Give it a visit!

Ricardo at fatelectron.net talks about X-Files and nostalgia [5]:

    ...I'm deep into a re-watch of The X-Files.  I'm on my 40s, and
    something about seeing this show again in 2025 is hitting me
    hard.
    ...
    They say "the old days were better," and maybe that's just
    nostalgia talking.  Maybe I'm just missing a time when I didn't
    have to worry about mortgages and the things that come with
    being an adult.

    But I wonder, does anyone else feel this?  This deep pull to the
    atmosphere of the 80s/90s?  Is it just a trick of memory, or did
    we lose something when the world became so connected and so...
    explained?

I'm a bit older than Ricardo, and I remember 80s and 90s TV
fondly. I still enjoy watching X-Files episodes today, along with
that show's spinoff, "The Lone Gunmen", and other staples like "Star
Trek: TNG". But shows like the X-Files that showcase life in the 90s
do often evoke a nostalgic feeling in me - it seemed like a simpler
time, even though I was an adult by then.

Speaking the X-Files, huld.re's gopher has a great section on that
show's trivia and episode notes [6], and SDF's Schroeder has some
interesting commentary on some of the early episodes [7], and how
they relate to 90s tech and life in general.

[0]: gopher://sdf.org/0/users/thinknix/glog/posting-on-gopher-vs-web.md
[1]: gopher://sdf.org/0/users/thinknix/glog/goodbye-web.md
[2]: gopher://g4slv.cloud/0/phlog/2026-08-15_blog_post_goodbye_www.txt
[3]: gopher://g4slv.cloud/1/hobbies/stationery
[4]: gopher://g4slv.cloud/1/hobbies/calculators
[5]: gopher://fatelectron.net/0/phlog/20250823.org
[6]: gopher://huld.re/1/the-x-files
[7]: gopher://sdf.org/1/users/schroeder/xfiles