i / gopher.someodd.zip 70 iPresenting smallnet documentary at brcon2025 / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i ___ _ _ / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i | _ \ _ _ ___ ___ ___ _ _ | |_ (_) _ _ __ _ / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i | _/ | '_| / -_) (_-< / -_) | ' \ | _| | | | ' \ / _` | / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i |_| |_| \___| /__/ \___| |_||_| \__| |_| |_||_| \__, | / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i |___/ / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i _ _ _ / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i ___ _ __ __ _ | | | | _ _ ___ | |_ / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i (_-< | ' \ / _` | | | | | | ' \ / -_) | _| / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i /__/ |_|_|_| \__,_| |_| |_| |_||_| \___| \__| / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i _ _ / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i __| | ___ __ _ _ _ __ ___ _ _ | |_ __ _ _ _ _ _ / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i / _` | / _ \ / _| | || | | ' \ / -_) | ' \ | _| / _` | | '_| | || | / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i \__,_| \___/ \__| \_,_| |_|_|_| \___| |_||_| \__| \__,_| |_| \_, | / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i |__/ / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i _ / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i __ _ | |_ / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i / _` | | _| / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i \__,_| \__| / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i _ ___ __ ___ ___ / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i | |__ _ _ __ ___ _ _ |_ ) / \ |_ ) | __| / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i | '_ \ | '_| / _| / _ \ | ' \ / / | () | / / |__ \ / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i |_.__/ |_| \__| \___/ |_||_| /___| \__/ /___| |___/ / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i╔─*──*──*──*──*──*──*──*──*──*──*──*──*──*──*──*─╗ / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i║1 ........................................ 1║ / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i║2* ........................................ *2║ / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i║3 ........................................ 3║ / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i║1 ...........Posted: 2025-08-05........... 1║ / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i║2* Tags: gopher art smallnet my_interviews *2║ / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i║3 ........................................ 3║ / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i║1 ........................................ 1║ / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i╚────────────────────────────────────────────────╝ / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i / gopher.someodd.zip 70 iIf you haven't noticed, I am a member of Bitreich, which is one of the / gopher.someodd.zip 70 iforerunners in not just preserving The Internet Gopher Protocol, but propelling / gopher.someodd.zip 70 iit forward. The Gopher Protocol is a very simple barebones protocol from the / gopher.someodd.zip 70 iearly 90s which predated the web. Think of a different way of navigating / gopher.someodd.zip 70 iinformation than a web browser, kinda. / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i / gopher.someodd.zip 70 iBitreich hosts a yearly conference which is held both online and in person via / gopher.someodd.zip 70 itheir very neat conferencing ecosystem. They have a "conference in gopherspace" / gopher.someodd.zip 70 iguide[1] where you can read more. / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i / gopher.someodd.zip 70 iI had the honor of speaking at brcon2025 last Saturday, August 2nd: / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i* brcon2025 general archive[2] / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i* brcon2025 post-talk announcement[3] / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i / gopher.someodd.zip 70 iI presented my in-progress documentary which covers the smallnet: from Gopher / gopher.someodd.zip 70 ihistory, to smallnet present and future. Fun interviews with most of the / gopher.someodd.zip 70 ioriginal Gopher RFC people, like Mark P. McCahill, Bob Alberti, Paul Lindner. I / gopher.someodd.zip 70 ialso interviewed Cory Doctorow and Melon King (of MelonLand). I mentioned plans / gopher.someodd.zip 70 ito interview the founder of Bitreich for this documentary and also that this / gopher.someodd.zip 70 idocumentary plans to bring awareness to a retro tech/video game museum which is / gopher.someodd.zip 70 iimportant to me/I volunteer at: The MADE[4]. Interestingly, I noticed I wasn't / gopher.someodd.zip 70 ithe only one talking about museums. / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i / gopher.someodd.zip 70 iHere's my copy of the assets from the talk, although you can find the originals / gopher.someodd.zip 70 ion the official brcon2025 archive[5]: / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i* .ogg recording of my talk[6] / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i* slides (.zip of .md files)[7] / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i* transcription of the .ogg recording[8] / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i / gopher.someodd.zip 70 iIf you explore the archives, you'll see there's actually a lot of really amazing / gopher.someodd.zip 70 iwork being done in gopherspace, with `.ogg` recordings and transcripts. On that / gopher.someodd.zip 70 inote, one of my favorite things about Bitreich is its ecosystem. For example, / gopher.someodd.zip 70 iall the presenters used a very unix-y streaming setup for audio and presenting / gopher.someodd.zip 70 iusing a tool they called `catpoint` (like PowerPoint, but text-based). / gopher.someodd.zip 70 iPersonally, I streamed to their server using `ffmpeg`--which was a lot of fun. / gopher.someodd.zip 70 iThankfully, for my expediency I used ChatGPT to help with exactly what command I / gopher.someodd.zip 70 ineeded to accomplish such with their Darkice server. All this lines up with a / gopher.someodd.zip 70 ilot of my philosophy which was passed on to me from wonderful Unix boomers: / gopher.someodd.zip 70 idon't reinvent the wheel, these old tools, like icecast, are tried and true. / gopher.someodd.zip 70 iKeep it simple, not monolithic. Interoperable. Let people use the tools they / gopher.someodd.zip 70 iwant. / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i / gopher.someodd.zip 70 iHere are some highlights I've chosen from brcon2025: / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i* 20h's presentation on Gopher Game Programming[9] / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i* Hackathon, developing out features for `sacc`, which is definitely my favorite / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i TUI gopher client. / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i / gopher.someodd.zip 70 iHack the planet! / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i-- someodd / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i## Footnotes / gopher.someodd.zip 70 i / gopher.someodd.zip 70 0[1]: They have a "conference in gopherspace" guide: gopher://bitreich.org:70/0/con/2021/brcondoc.en.txt gopher://bitreich.org:70/0/con/2021/brcondoc.en.txt gopher.someodd.zip 70 0[2]: brcon2025 general archive: gopher://bitreich.org/1/con/2025 gopher://bitreich.org/1/con/2025 gopher.someodd.zip 70 0[3]: brcon2025 post-talk announcement: gopher://bitreich.org:70/0/usr/20h/phlog/2025-08-02T18-35-01-802997.md gopher://bitreich.org:70/0/usr/20h/phlog/2025-08-02T18-35-01-802997.md gopher.someodd.zip 70 h[4]: The MADE: https://themade.org URL:https://themade.org gopher.someodd.zip 70 0[5]: the official brcon2025 archive: gopher://bitreich.org/1/con/2025 gopher://bitreich.org/1/con/2025 gopher.someodd.zip 70 is[6]: .ogg recording of my talk: /assets/posts/brcon2025/2025-08-02-someodd-gopher-documentary.ogg /assets/posts/brcon2025/2025-08-02-someodd-gopher-documentary.ogg gopher.someodd.zip 70 / gopher.someodd.zip 70 9[7]: slides (.zip of .md files): /assets/posts/brcon2025/gopher-documentary.zip /assets/posts/brcon2025/gopher-documentary.zip gopher.someodd.zip 70 is[8]: transcription of the .ogg recording: /assets/posts/brcon2025/2025-08-02-someodd-gopher-documentary.ogg /assets/posts/brcon2025/2025-08-02-someodd-gopher-documentary.ogg gopher.someodd.zip 70 / gopher.someodd.zip 70 0[9]: 20h's presentation on Gopher Game Programming: gopher://bitreich.org:70/0/con/2025/rec/gopher-game-programming.md gopher://bitreich.org:70/0/con/2025/rec/gopher-game-programming.md gopher.someodd.zip 70