Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1995 02:08:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Doctor Bob" Rankin
To: TOURBUS@colossus.net
Subject: Gopher Jewels
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TOURBUS - 01 Aug 1995
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Welcome back! The TourBus is now carrying over 11,000 riders from 40+
countries. Today our scheduled stop is at the Gopher Jewels site, but
first this message from our very first TourBus sponsor...
************************* MAKE THE LINK! ****************************
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enhances the skills of the more experienced user.
"Make the Link" will focus on how to gain maximum advantage from
this simple to use, yet very sophisticated Internet tool. In the
workshop, you'll learn about these topics and much more:
* How to gain access to the WWW (and set up SLIP/PPP accounts)
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* Designing a home page with HTML and installing it on the Web
* Publicizing your home page through USENET, mailing lists, etc.
Make the Link Workshop begins on Sep 25 and runs until Nov 19th. The
cost of the workshop is $20 US. To get more info on Make the Link
Workshop, send e-mail to "info@arlington.com". To sign up for the
workshop, please send a message to "majordomo@arlington.com" with the
line "subscribe links2b" in the BODY of the message.
************************* MAKE THE LINK! ****************************
The Gopher Jewels Project, brainchild of researcher David Riggins, is
is probably the most comprehensive gopher site on the Internet, even
though it has been dormant since late 1994.
Gopher Jewels was an attempt to catalog the best features found on sites
around the world. It offers solutions to navigating information by
subject as an experiment in the evolution of information cataloging.
The focus at G-J is on locating information by subject and does not
attempt to address the quality of the information that is pointed to.
Gopher Jewels offers the following:
- Over 2,000 pointers to information by category
- Search of all menus in Gopher Jewels
- Gopher Tips help documents
THE MOTHER SITE
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Let's pop in and see what we can find. Point your gopher to the address
"cwis.usc.edu", and we'll be almost there.
If you're a unix geek, most likely the command "gopher cwis.usc.edu" will
get you started. Once you reach the University of Southern California
gopher site, select "Other_Gophers_and_Information_Resources", and then
"Gopher_Jewels" to complete the first part of our journey.
Webheads: Point, click, shout or whatever floats your boat, but get thee
to the URL "gopher://cwis.usc.edu", and make the same selections as above.
CONTENTS OF GOPHER JEWELS
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OK, We're in... Let's have a look around and order up a few goodies from
the main menu.
Gopher-Jewels
--> 1. GOPHER JEWELS Information and Help/
2. Community, Global and Environmental/
3. Education, Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities/
4. Economics, Business and Store Fronts/
5. Engineering and Industrial Applications/
6. Government/
7. Health, Medical, and Disability/
8. Internet and Computer Related Resources/
9. Law/
10. Library, Reference, and News/
11. Miscellaneous Items/
12. Natural Sciences including Mathematics/
13. Personal Development and Recreation/
14. Research, Technology Transfer and Grants Opportunities/
15. Search Gopher Jewels Menus by Key Word(s)
If you're new to gopher, then by all means check out the "Gopher Tips
and Help" information found under:
--> 1. GOPHER JEWELS Information and Help/
If you're the type that "don't need no stinkin' help files", then you can
probably hack your way around using the arrow keys.
SOME DAYS YOU STEP IN IT...
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And some days you don't. I took a little jaunt around the joint and then
checked my sneakers... They were clean. So I recommend a thorough mining
expedition of this site, but first let me point out a few items to give
you a flavor for what you might find out there.
(Excuse me... You in the back of the bus... please don't fool with the
emergency door. This won't take but a minute!)
--> 3. Education, Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities/
I picked "Arts & Humanities", made my way to the "Center For Safety
in the Arts" and found out that eating "48 Non-Toxic I'm a Toys "R"
Us Kid! Crayons" would supply me with significantly more than the
recommended daily allowance of lead.
Under "Education", the "ERIC Services / AskERIC" menu brought me to
an article on "Using M&M cookies to work math problems". Sheesh, I
hope you can eat these...
--> 4. Economics, Business & Storefronts/
Next I tried "Products & Services - Storefronts" and found The
Internet Mall. Wow. Over 2000 Net-based cybermerchants hawking
their wares.
--> 6. Government/
Here I found "Federal Agency & Related Sites" so the FBI Gopher was
a natural choice. The selection "UNABOM Case" brought me to a sketch
of the UNABOM suspect. Remind me to ditch those dark shades...
--> 8. Internet and Computer Related Resources/
In the "Internet Cyberspace Related" category, I found "Clearinghouse
of Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides". I wonder if Ed McMahon
is hanging out around there.
--> 11. Miscellaneous Items/
Don't miss the American Heart Association's recipe listings! I'm gonna
try that "Chicken with Spanish Sauce" thingie tomorrow.
--> 13. Personal Development and Recreation/
I didn't see any Neanderthals pumpimg iron here, but under "Fun Stuff &
Multimedia" you can find Games, Humor, Music, and other ummm, stuff.
--> 15. Search Gopher Jewels Menus by Key Word(s)
Hey, why not check on the weather while we're here? By cleverly
using the search term "weather", I found the University of Illinois
Weather Machine, and was able to determine the following:
IT'LL BE CLEAR THROUGH 400 AM IN EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW
ENGLAND. TEMPERATURES WILL DIP DOWN INTO THE 55 TO 65 DEGREE RANGE WITH
LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS.
G-J MIRROR SITES
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Pick the G-J site nearest you, it should make your spelunking a bit
snappier...
Australia
Host=info.monash.edu.au
Path=Other/sources/Gopher_Jewels
URL: gopher://info.monash.edu.au/11/Other/sources/Gopher_Jewels
Great Britain
Host=gopher.csv.warwick.ac.uk
Path=remote/other-gopher/Gopher_Jewels
URL: gopher://gopher.csv.warwick.ac.uk/11/remote/other-gopher/Gopher_Jewels
Israel
Host=gopher.technion.ac.il
Path=Other_gophers/Gopher_Jewels
URL: gopher://gopher.technion.ac.il/11/Other_gophers/Gopher_Jewels
Turkey
Host=gopher.bilkent.edu.tr
Path=Gopher_Jewels
URL: gopher://gopher.bilkent.edu.tr/11/Gopher_Jewels
World Wide Web Version
EINet Galaxy integrates Gopher Jewels into its expanded directory
capability.
Galaxy's Gopher Jewels are searchable and in most cases the
underlying documents on the Gopher's are themselves searchable.
If you want to go directly to the Galaxy's Jewels portion use:
http://galaxy.einet.net/gopher/gopher.html (searchable form)
http://galaxy.einet.net/GJ/index.html (traditional structure)
COMING SOON
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A TourBus scoop! Patrick will take us on a tour of the (gasp) new and
improved beta-test Yahoo site. Sit tight...
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