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.
posted:
2:23:27 PM
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