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Tuesday, 14 September 2004

John Scalzi reminds us, in an archived entry from 1998, of an old UNIX feature:

Probably the best thing to call this [new blog] is a ".plan". Plan files, for the blissfully technologically ignorant, are small files that reveal who a holder of a particular internet account is (by way of the "finger" function. Don't ask). Plan files generally hold very basic information, but a few folks who have them use them as a place to jot down their thoughts on their life, world events, sports, movies, what have you. In short, a place to muse, somewhat publicly. It's not about anything in particular, just what that person is thinking at that moment.

Does anybody still use finger and .plan files? Or have I, who haven't done anything substantive from a command line since 1997, let my UNIX geek credentials lapse? My .plan file once read, "Be young. Have fun. Drink Pepsi." That tells you how long ago it was.

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