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  • Re: Is txtn.ws gone for good?

    From Daniel@me@scifidan.com to comp.infosystems.gopher on Sat Mar 21 11:34:43 2020
    From Newsgroup: comp.infosystems.gopher

    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@kevin@bbs.ec (Kevin) to comp.infosystems.gopher on Sat Mar 21 21:50:46 2020
    From Newsgroup: comp.infosystems.gopher


    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 not@not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) to comp.infosystems.gopher on Sat Mar 21 22:43:55 2020
    From Newsgroup: comp.infosystems.gopher

    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@me@sci.fidan.com to comp.infosystems.gopher on Mon Jun 15 00:09:01 2020
    From Newsgroup: comp.infosystems.gopher

    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
    --- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Daniel@me@sci.fidan.com to comp.infosystems.gopher on Tue Jun 16 00:09:32 2020
    From Newsgroup: comp.infosystems.gopher

    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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