Update Log


This is for all of you who actually visit the site on a regular enough basis that you know if something's changed. If this is your first time here, and you don't ever plan on returning again, then this is obviously the wrong page for you to be at and may as well just return to the Gathering. But for those of you intrepid enough to return now and again, here's what's new since your last visit:

• 03 Jan 08.
INDEX:
- Return to Gopher Standard scheme.

POLLS:
- Poll #117 is installed.
- Poll #116 is archived.

BUREAU OF INFO:
- Added April Fools '08 scheme to Banners Gallery.
• 01 Apr 08.
INDEX:
- Martin van Buren Sideburns Society scheme goes up.
• 09 Mar 08.
Added the galleries to Par for the Gophers and Gophers Before Christmas 2007.
• 03 Jan 08.
POLLS:
- Poll #116 is installed.
- Poll #115 is archived.
• 26 Dec 07.
POLLS:
- Poll #115 is installed.
- Poll #114 is archived.
• 20 Nov 07.
POLLS:
- Poll #114 is installed.
- Poll #113 is archived.
• 22 Jun 07.
POLLS:
- Poll #113 is installed.
- Poll #112 is archived.
• 7 Jun 07.
GOPHER GATHERINGS:
- Finally uploaded the gallery from Gophers Before Christmas 2006.
• 26 Feb 07.
POLLS:
- Poll #112 is installed.
- Poll #111 is archived.
• 05 Jan 07.
BUREAU OF INFO:
- Updated the Forum Stats.
• 10 Nov 06.
POLLS:
- Poll #111 is installed.
- Poll #110 is archived.
• 30 Aug 06.
GOPHER GATHERINGS:
- Finally uploaded the gallery from the summer gathering.
- Added information for the winter gathering.
• 03 Oct 06.
POLLS:
- Poll #110 is installed.
- Poll #109 is archived.
• 30 Aug 06.
POLLS:
- Poll #109 is installed.
- Poll #108 is archived.
• 02 Jul 06.
GOPHER FUN:
- Reinstated the Dungeons & Dragons gallery from 2005.
• 27 Jun 06.
POLLS:
- Poll #108 is installed.
- Poll #107 is archived.
• 18 Jun 06.
POLLS:
- Poll #107 is installed.
- Poll #106 is archived.
• 14 Jun 06.
GOPHER FUN
- Uploaded photos from last weekend's Grubfest.
• 03 Jun 06.
POLLS:
- Poll #106 is installed.
- Poll #105 is archived.
• 9 May 06.
POLLS:
- Poll #105 is installed.
- Poll #104 is archived.
- Finally updated the Poll Breakdowns.

GATHERINGS:
- The first details about this year's summer gathering.
• 25 Apr 06.
POLLS:
- Poll #104 is installed.
- Poll #103 is archived.
• 10 Apr 06.
POLLS:
- Poll #103 finally installed.
- Poll #102 finally archived.
• 20 Dec 05.
GOPHER FUN:
- Made the gallery for Gophers Before Christmas 2005, which didn't turn out quite as planned.
• 10 Dec 05.
INDEX:
- Put up the Christmas theme, along with a new, upgraded version of the snow script!

POLLS:
- Poll #102 is installed.
- Poll #101 is archived.
• 28 Nov 05.
GOPHER FUN:
- What a weekend! Added a new gallery detailing our going out bowling.
• 16 Nov 05.
DIRECTORY:
- The new Member Directory is now online. Now I don't have to update anymore profiles!
• 11 Nov 05.
GOPHER GATHERINGS:
- Information now available about Gophers Before Christmas.

DIRECTORY:
- Changed the status of Devin, Ian, Katy, and John.
- Created profile for Sean Murray.
- Updated information in Katy, Jon, Marie, Alisa, Jeff, Erin, and Devin's profiles.
- Fixed Erin's recently changed last name.
• 10 Nov 05.
POLLS:
- Poll #101 is installed.
- Poll #100 is archived.

INDEX:
- Countdowns for Rent and Chronicles of Narnia added.

DIRECTORY:
- Birthday counters brought up to date.
• 01 Nov 05.
GOPHER FUN:
- Josh and Berry bought Episode III on DVD.

BANNERS:
- Halloween 2005 banner added.
• 25 Oct 05.
INFO PAGE:
- A new web banner is added.
• 16 Oct 05.
GOPHER FUN:
- Photo gallery of Phil's Wheelchair uploaded.
• 12 Oct 05.
GOPHER FUN:
- Photo gallery from JoshFest: 2005 uploaded.
• 15 Sep 05.
POLLS:
- Poll #100 installed!
- Poll #099 archived.

GOPHER FUN:
- Finally added a new gallery for last month's Tetris Party!

DIRECTORY:
- Devin's profile updated with a photo, new email, and new quote.
- Birthday countdowns brought up to date.

BANNERS GALLERY:
- Added the "Internet Message Board" and "Return to Flight" materials from July.
• 02 Sep 05.
INDEX:
- Added Red Cross Disaster Relief for Hurricane Katrina to board.
• 09 Jul 05.
POLLS:
- Poll #099 installed.
- Poll #098 archived.
• 29 Jun 05.
GOPHER GATHERINGS:
- Photos from Revenge of the Gophers now online.
• 21 Jun 05.
INDEX:
- Outline for the summer gathering finally made! Text box added.

GOPHER GATHERINGS:
- A more complete outline of the gathering.

BANNER GALLERY:
- Jeff & Erin Wedding layout added, with example.

POLLS:
- Poll #097 archived.

DIRECTORY:
- Birthday counters updated.
• 15 Jun 05.
INDEX:
- Return to Gopher Standard scheme.

POLLS:
- Poll #098 installed.
• 10 Jun 05.
INDEX:
- The Jeff and Erin Wedding theme goes up.
• 29 May 05.
BANNER GALLERY:
- Star Wars layout added.
• 19 May 05.
INDEX:
- Star Wars Episode III opens, so the Star Wars theme goes up.

POLLS:
- Poll #097 installed.
- Poll #096 archived.
• 17 May 05.
POLLS:
- Poll #095 archived.

MEMBER DIRECTORY:
- Member directory structure finally updated!
- Paul's profile updated with a photo.
- Kyle's email updated.
- Journals added to the profiles of Erin, Phil, London, and JamJam.
- New profiles added for Berry and Felicity.
- Birthday counters updated.

GOPHER GATHERINGS:
- Early info on the Summer 2005 Gathering.

GOPHER FUN:
- Fourth of July 2004 uploaded. I had forgotten to upload this gallery with the others in January.
• 10 May 05.
POLLS:
- Poll #096 installed.
• 20 Apr 05.
BUREAU OF INFO:
- How long do you think the new pope will last?
• 03 Apr 05.
INDEX:
- Return to Gopher standard scheme.

POLLS:
- Poll #095 installed.
- Poll #094 archived.

DIRECTORY:
- Birthday counters up to date.
- New information in Paul and Jakab.

BANNERS:
- The new Easter and Anti-Phil banners added.
- Design templates from past three years's April Fools Days now online: El Lizardo (2003), Jeff Fan Site (2004), and Anti-Phil Club (2005).
• 01 Apr 05.
INDEX:
- Anti-Phil Club scheme goes up.
• 26 Feb 05.
INDEX:
- Countdown to Episode III added.

POLL:
- Poll #094 installed.
- Poll #093 archived.
• 02 Feb 05.
POLL:
- Poll #093 installed.
• 15 Jan 05.
GOPHER FUN:
- Added photos from January 7, 2005.
• 06 Jan 05.
POLLS:
- Polls in 2004 archived.
- Poll Breakdown page updated.
- Poll #092 archived.

BUREAU OF INFO:
- A new page detailing forum statistics.

GOPHER GATHERINGS:
- Gophers Before Christmas 2004 is now online!

GOPHER FUN:
- Photo gallery from Ian's birthday party online.
- Three more photos added to Cris' graduation party.
• 04 Jan 05.
GOPHER FUN:
- More photos in the drawing on Phil gallery.
- The Phil's graduation party gallery is up, too!
• 03 Jan 05.
GOPHER FUN:
- Tonight Phil was drawn on!
• 31 Dec 04.
WEBCOMIC:
- The December installment of Ian in Communism Land is online -- at the last moment, no less!

GOPHER FUN:
Ungodly huge gallery of photos from the Christmas party at Jeff & Erin's house on the 22nd posted.
• 13 Dec 04.
WEBCOMIC:
- The November installment of Ian in Communism Land is online.
• 10 Dec 04.
GATHERINGS:
- Weather caused today's gathering to be rescheduled for tomorrow.
• 01 Dec 04.
GOPHER FUN:
- Erin's birthday party photos from October posted.

POLL:
- Poll #092 installed.
- Poll #091 archived.

INDEX:
- Info box about the upcoming gopher gathering at the zoo.

GATHERINGS:
- Information on Gophers Before Christmas added.

DIRECTORY:
- John's profile added.
• 13 Nov 04.
WEBCOMIC:
- "Ian in Communism Land" finally resumes!

DIRECTORY:
- Paul's journal added to his profile
- Alisa's email updated.
• 10 Nov 04.
POLL:
- #091 installed.
- #090 archived.
• 29 Oct 04.
POLL:
- #090 installed.
- #089 archived.
• 19 Oct 04.
POLL:
- Poll #089 added.
- Poll #088 archived.

DIRECTORY:
- Erin (10.13) and Jakab's (10.16) birthday counters reset.

BUREAU OF INFO:
- Two new Deep Thoughts With Ian.
• 02 Oct 04.
POLL:
- Poll #088 added.
- Poll #087 archived.

DIRECTORY:
- MacAfee's birthday counter reset.
• 06 Sep 04.
POLL:
- Poll #086 created.
- Poll #085 finally archived.

DIRECTORY:
- Birthday counters for Phil (8.27), Mike (8.28), and Jon (8.30) updated.
• 21 Aug 04.
GOPHER FUN:
- Photos from JoshFest: 2004 online!

DIRECTORY:
- Sean has a motto and it's about time.
- Josh's birthday counter updated.
• 08 Aug 04.
GOPHER FUN:
- Cris' Graduation Party added.

MOVIE REVIEWS:
- Spider-Man 2 and The Village added.
• 02 Aug 04.
DIRECTORY:
- A new email for Ian.
- A photo for Andy.
• 12 Jul 04.
BUREAU OF INFO
- A new addition to the site, Unofficial Gopher Fun was inspired by a post from Cris back in March. Anyone who has any events to contribute may do so!

DIRECTORY:
- Kathy's birthday counter reset.
• 07 Jul 04.
WEBCOMIC:
- The July issue of "Ian in Communism Land" is online.

DIRECTORY:
- A new email for Paul.
• 06 Jul 04.
POLLS:
-Poll #085 installed.
-#084 archived.

GOPHER GATHERINGS:
- Eight new photos from Gophers in the Park, taken by Marie. Incidently, they're all from the middle section that Alisa didn't photograph, so it works out nicely!

BUREAU OF INFO
- New entry in Deep Thoughts With Ian.

DIRECTORY:
- Birthday countdowns for Dan (6.17), Jeff (6.27), and Ian (7.7) updated.
- New IM name for Alisa.
- New comment from James.
• 16 Jun 04.
POLLS:
- Poll #085 installed.
- #084 archived.

DIRECTORY:
- Devin's bithday counter reset.
- More info added to London's profile.

MOVIE REVIEWS:
- Entries for Chronicles of Riddick and Saved! added.
• 15 Jun 04.
- The June issue of "Ian in Communism Land" is online.
• 09 Jun 04.
GOPHER GATHERINGS:
- Alisa's photos from Gophers in the Park last month now online.

DIRECTORY:
- Birthday counter in Chad's profile changed to '05.
• 04 Jun 04.
DIRECTORY:
- Corey Schue's profile created.
- Devin's profile updated with personal info.
- Comment added to James's profile.
• 03 Jun 04.
DIRECTORY:
- Devin Collin's profile created.
- James Malcolm's profile updated.
• 02 Jun 04.
DIRECTORY:
- I finally got caught up on the missing files of new people since February:
--- Katy
--- London (#50!)
--- James
--- Thomas
- As usual, these people are free to send me whatever information they'd like in their files that I didn't include.
• 26 May 04.
Well, I finally got all the Gathering's files moved over from my old computer, so now I can catch up with updates.

Alisa sent me her photos of the Gathering, I just need to get them set up and online. I'll do that soon.

POLL:
- #083 installed.
- #082 finally archived.

DIRECTORY:
- Updated birthday counters for: Janice (4.19), Courtney (4.21), Tahirih (4.25), Kresta (4.26), Paul (5.2), Cristine (5.6), Carey (5.7), Kyle (5.9), and Hubbs (5.23).
- Correct birthday and email information added to Hubbs' file.
• 25 May 04.
WEBCOMIC:
- The May issue of "Ian in Communism Land" is online.
- I wrote a special article on the making of that comic.
• 18 May 04.
School is out, and I finally found the time to finish the April installment of Ian in Communism Land! This issue is super-sized!
• 19 Apr 04.
DIRECTORY:
- Paul's profile updated with website, quote and new screenname.
• 13 Apr 04.
DIRECTORY:
- New websites on Shawn's and Jon's profiles.
- Finally added a quote to my profile!
- Updated birthday counters for Bridgette (4.5), Adam (4.8), Matt (4.11), and Robby (4.11).

BUREAU OF INFO:
- Deep Thoughts with Ian added to the listing.
- Info on the next meeting on the Gatherings page.
• 12 Apr 04.
One new page and one updated page!

- Every issue of the "Deep Thoughts with Ian" column has been collected into one comprehensive collection.

- Updated the "Hmmm" Tally. Grand total of all "hmmm" messages is now 555.
• 04 Apr 04.
INDEX:
- Returned to Gopher Standard scheme.

POLL:
- #082 installed.
- #081 archived.

DIRECTORY:
- Added a new comment to Phil's profile.

BANNER GALLERY:
- "Jeff Fan Site" banner added.
• 01 Apr 04.
April Fool's Day update:

INDEX:
- Changed the board into the "Jeff Osthimer Official Fan Site." Tee-hee!

POLL:
- Added special poll #081 for the Jeff Fan Site.
- Archived #080.
• 30 Mar 04.
DIRECTORY:
- Jeff's profile updated with a new picture ('bout time!), IM name, website, and comment.
• 20 Mar 04.
INDEX:
- Since today's the beginning of spring, the snow can finally go!

POLL:
- Poll #081 installed.
- #080 archived.
• 15 Mar 04.
WEBCOMIC:
- The March issue of "Ian in Communism Land" is posted!
• 10 Mar 04.
DIRECTORY:
- Updated Andy's profile with new IM, email and webpage.
• 01 Mar 04.
POLL:
- Poll #080! I chose this one out of all those suggested because it's something that's been bugging me since I began doing the polls.
- #079 archived. Seem's Phil is in line for a beating.

DIRECTORY:
- Updated Carey's profile with his new email and webpage.
• 19 Feb 04.
The February issue of Ian in Communism Land is finally up! Thank you to the guest artists who took part in this!
• 16 Feb 04.
MEMBER DIRECTORY:
- Robby's profile complete.
• 15 Feb 04.
MEMBER DIRECTORY:
- Jon's file fixed.
- Profile for Robbie added, and awaiting whatever information he may wish to contribute:
--- Last name
--- Birthday
--- Location
--- Home Page (if any)
--- Personal comment
--- Photo
• 03 Feb 04.
POLLS:
- Poll #079 installed.
- #078 archived.
• 26 Jan 04.
POLLS:
- Poll #078 by Jeff installed. I lost Marie's poll again, so I'm sure to hear about it.
- #077 archived.

MEMBER DIRECTORY:
- Erin's file updated with a (very) personal quote.
- New photo added to Sean's file.
- Birthday countdowns reset for '05: Aliesha, Marie and Andy (whose b'day is today!).
• 12 Jan 04.
MEMBER DIRECTORY:
- Photo added to Cris' profile.

GOPHER GATHERINGS:
- Photos from Gopher Before Christmas 2003 added.
• 04 Jan 04.
MEMBER DIRECTORY:
- Jake's file added and awaiting further data.
- A new section, Member Statistics, added to the bottom of the Directory.

BUREAU OF INFORMATION:
- This Update Log, featuring just about every update to this site over the past three years is now available. Note that this only includes those updates that I posted about and thereby have record of.

- The monthly webcomic, "Ian in Communism Land" debuted.
• 01 Jan 04.
Happy New Year.

POLL:
- Poll #77, by Jeff, installed. Since this is going up so late, I've taken the liberty of rewriting it to reflect.
- Poll #76 archived, along with...
- ...All polls from the year 2003.
- Poll Breakdowns page also updated. This will be the only time an update to that page will happen in under a six-month span. I just wanted to have equal points in the year to remind me to update it biannually.

EVERYWHERE ON JOSHGULCH.COM:
- This is something that should have happened months ago. When I was preparing my webpages to be uploaded onto the new server, I should have installed a special javascript to handle the copyright date at the bottom of the page. I made the script just for that purpose. But for whatever reason, I didn't add it. So now, instead of every page being outdated, I went through over 300+ individual pages and added this script to them. Then I reuploaded them all. This took me all freaking day, and I'm so sick of computering now. So if anything doesn't work right, let me know.
• 26 Dec 03.
POLL:
- #076, a repeat of #29, posted. Now a Gathering holiday tradition thanks to Alisa last year.
- #075 archived.
• 17 Dec 03.

The Member Directory upgrade went online this afternoon.

I also went and added Phil's review of ROTK to its page.

• 16 Dec 03.
MEMBER DIRECTORY:
- New information for Cris and Paul. Both are awaiting photos.
- A new photo has been added to Marie's file.
- Rico's file has now been changed to his real name, Robbie. Not that I have a clue who he is, but at least the file's accurate to my knowledge.

MOVIE REVIEWS:
- The Last Samurai reviews added.
- Page for Return of the King added, awaiting the reviews I'm sure will come in the next 48 hours.
• 15 Dec 03.
Paul's profile updated.
• 14 Dec 03.
I finally got the new Gopher Gatherings page up. This is a list of all the past get-togethers of gophers. Now each gathering has its own information page, complete with photos of the event!

Special thanks to Cris for the photos of Gopherpalooza and Jeff for the Christmas 2002 photo.
• 13 Dec 03.
Cris' profile updated.
• 12 Dec 03.
POLL:
- Poll #074 up by Jeff.
- #074 archived.

BUREAU OF INFORMATION:
- On the Information Page, I redesigned the web banner. Essentially it's smaller and has the darker gopher that came around after the first banner was made. I also made a smaller linkin' button.
• 05 Dec 03: Christmas Update.
INDEX:
- Added the Christmas theme! Santa Gopher banner, snowfall, and festive poll color.

BUREAU OF INFORMATION:
- Added What Gopher Gathering Member Are You? quiz.
- Following a problematic post this afternoon, I revised the Forum Rules. In particular, adding the obvious to #3. I also fiddled with the layout.
- Added a fourth section to the Poll Format Notes, about polls being too long. Please, no polls with choices over 40 characters (including spaces).

MEMBER DIRECTORY:
- Added file for A. J. Any missing information would be gladly appreciated.
• 01 Dec 03.
POLL:
- #073, by Jeff, created.
- #072 archived.

DIRECTORY:
- Shawn's (Josh's Brother's) birthday countdown reset for '04.
• 10 Nov 03.
POLL:
- #072 installed.
- #071 archived.

MOVIE REVIEWS:
- Reviews for The Matrix: Revolutions added. I'm surprised that more reviews for this movie weren't posted.

DIRECTORY:
- Steph's profile added.
- Sean's updated as per request.

BANNERS GALLERY:
- Halloween "Devil Cat" banner added.
• 03 Nov 03.
Began compiling this Update Log. All information prior to this date is cued from the board archives. For the most part, all updates are here. However, the farther back you go, the more likely some will be missed. Additionally, many of the links are still attached to the old Angelfire pages. Use discression when clicking them, as their recent counterparts are available on the new server.
• 31 Oct 03: Halloween update.
GATHERING:
- The site's been possessed by a fiendish feline foe. I've already called a priest to handle this.

POLL:
- #072, by Sean, installed.
- #071 archived.

DIRECTORY:
- Birthday counters updated: Erin, Jakab, and Alisa.
- DJ Foy's profile updated with a photo and birthday.
• 07 Oct 03.
POLLS:
This is where the updates are at!
- The new (and controversial) poll #071 is up.
- 070 archived ...
- ... in the newly redesigned Gopher Poll Archives.
- Now this is the big one: I created a brand new Poll Breakdown page, which lists how many people did what polls, as well as a listing of every poll that includes Ian.

DIRECTORY:
- MacAfee's birthday countdown reset.
• 13 Sep 03.
INDEX
- Links to Bureau of Info and Poll Archive changed to their new locations.

POLL
- Poll #069 added, written by Jeff.
- 068 finally retired to archive.

MEMBER DIRECTORY
- Photos added to Janice, Phil, and Jon's files.
- Quotes added to Phil, Jon, and Marie's files.
- Josh's file updated with new information.
- All birthday countdowns brought up to date.

MOVIE REVIEWS
- New reviews added to Matrix Reloaded.
- Reviews for 28 Days Later... added.
• 24 Jul 03.
Summer updates are few and in between. Here, finally, is one!

POLL:
- #068, by Jeff, put up.
- Marie's poll Archived.

DIRECTORY:
- A few new profiles created: Erin Byrne, Rico, and two of Josh's relatives.
- Updated birthday countdowns for Jeff and Kathy Osthimer, and Ianovich Malkovich.
• 15 Jun 03.
POLL.
- A new poll added, from Marie.
- #068 FINALLY archived.

DIRECTORY.
- Birthday countdowns for Hubbs, Chad, and Dan reset.
• 07 May 03.
POLL.
- #066 created, by Alisa.
- #065 archived.

DIRECTORY.
- Ashley file created.
- Marie's been bumped back up to the Frequent Members. Yay!
- A number of birthday countdowns reset of '04 (Tah, Kresta, Sean, Cris, Carey, Kyle).

HOMEPAGE.
- My summer semester schedule is up for those who actually find some use of it.
- The navigation buttons on my site are on the fritz again (bloody Angelfire). I'm saving their repair for an upcoming upgrade. In the meantime, links at the top of pages still work.
• 20 Apr 03.
Happy Easter! I've got a little spring cleaning for you.

BUREAU OF INFORMATION.
- At the end of the page, all files I didn't have any better place for went under a heading called "Tidbits." Last night I divided this under "Tidbits," which are pages of interest (Hmmm Indeed, Phil's Pirate Pictures), and "Archives," which are pages that were used for one thing and then filed (Monthly MacAfee, To Tah or Not to Tah).

MEMBER DIRECTORY.
- Since it opened last June I was rather unhappy with the Member Direcory's appearance. Basically, the three member sections (frequent, occassional, and visitors) were each their own separate table. Each was a different width as a result. Now it's all one uniform table. I also added the date of the first post beside it. Now I think it looks better!
- Reset Adam's, Matt's, Janice's, and Courtney's birthday counters for 2004.

"HMMM" INDEED!
- Set up a new page with the two previous "Hmmm" tallies (7 March and 29 April 2002). Why? Comparison? Who knows. It's fun.

GATHERING INFORMATION.
- I did away with the Board of Trustees. It was a happily democratic idea when I set it up so long ago. The board was all of three weeks old, after all. Over time, this fell by the wayside and got forgotten. Half the Trustees stopped posting. We never did anything as Trustees. It didn't warrant my keeping it around.
• 04 Apr 03.
MEMBER DIRECTORY.

I finally brought the Member Directory up to date, shuffling members to their current status:

- Janice, Matt, Chad, Bridgette, Jakab, and MacAfee were moved from "Frequent Members" to "Occassional Members" due to their lack of posting. Whatever happened to these people?

- Carey was moved from "Occassional" to "Frequent," as he visits more often.

- There are currently 38 people in the Directory. Of that, 12 are "Frequent Members."

I also made a list of members arranged by first post for my personal reference. This will make moving members from one section to another easier, since they are arranged by first posting (in descending order).
• 03 Apr 03.
Cookbook information - Please read!

COOKBOOK.
- I'm giving the Cookbook project until the end of April. If no one else sends in any recipes then I'm scrapping the whole thing. Seventeen people voted that they would contribute, but as of yet only four have. So you have 27 days left to submit a recipe before I pull the plug on the project. Did everyone lie in the poll?

INDEX PAGE.
- Restored to its former glory.

POLL.
- Poll #065 created.
- "Cookbook" poll archived.

BUREAU OF INFORMATION.
- NEW PAGE: Banners Gallery, featuring all the banners that have been displayed on the site over the years.
- Phil's Pirate Pictures added here.
-"Links" page removed due to lack of interest.

MEMBER DIRECTORY.
- Paul added to the files. Things I don't know about Paul: Birthdate, IM name, Email.
• 01 Apr 03.
"El Lizardo's Lounge" April Fool's Day prank instigated! Weee!
• 17 Feb 03.
It's about time! This is the first update since 4 January!

POLL:
- Poll #62.

BUREAU OF INFORMATION:
Two new info pages created:
- Gopher Gatherings. A page featuring info on past and future gatherings of gophers.
- Gopher Links. Just an idea I had, a place where Gathering users can suggest their favorite websites for all to see.

NOTICE:
I need more sites for the Links page. Please supply any you'd like to add. Thank you.
• 04 Feb 02: Gathering's Second Birthday.
Happy Birthday Gopher!
• 01 Feb 02.
Memorum to Columbia astronauts placed on index page.
• 04 Jan 03.
POLL:
- Poll #061 created.

POLL ARCHIVE:
- The Poll Archive has been broken up into years. Now, instead of all the old polls being on one long page, they are sorted over the past two years on separate pages.

MONTHLY MACAFEE:
- The final closure.

NOTE: Although the Monthly MacAfee link is no longer available on the Gathering's index page, it can still be found in the Bureau of Information.
• 29 Dec 02.
I hope everyone had an enjoyable holiday. I've been kept sufficiently busy on other things, but finally got to the much-needed updates!

GATHERING:
- On Christmas Eve I added the new holiday banner. It was taking me so long to simply add the image because I was being so bogged down by pop-ups. Getting more and more ticked off, I finally decided to go for the Network54 Premium plan. So now it's ours!

POLL:
- This is actually the same poll we used last year. Alisa suggested reusing it, so I simply reset the original results that I still had laying around. All the old polls are still there, although I do plan on grooming them out in the near future.
- The archive has had the old poll added. This too will be further modified soon, being broken into years rather than having everything presented on one page.

This is the last update until 2003!
• 24 Dec 02: Christmas Update.
Notice anything different? No banner, no ads, no popups?
My gift to all of you in the season of giving.
Merry Christmas.
• 10 Dec 02.
This should be it for now...

DIRECTORY:
- Janice's file completed.
- A new file added forTahirih!
• 09 Dec 02.
I believe these are the last of this weekend's updating.

THE MONTHLY MACAFEE:
- The final issue of the Monthly MacAfee, ending its year-long run. Thanks to everyone who's supported it over the past thirteen months, and an additional thanks to Jeff, who provided the CD which made this finale special.

POLL:
- New poll added, old poll archived.

BUREAU OF INFORMATION:
- A section made pertaining to "Gopher Polls." Why? Because:
- New page added, containing my requests for Poll Format Notes (Adapted from my 21 August post).

DIRECTORY:
- Birthday countdown reset for 2003 for Shawn (Josh's brother).
• 08 Dec 02.
INDEX:
- SNOW!!! Does it slow anyone's system down?
- That extra "Gopher Gathering" text title was finally removed. I added it back before I made the graphic, and never really thought about it until now. So the extraneous title is no more.

DIRECTORY:
- Janice added, although I need to know the following info:
--- Last name.
--- Birthday.
--- IM name.
--- Home page.
--- Comments.
(Only supply what you want listed, of course.)
• 26 Nov 02.
Just in time for the annual stuffing!

INDEX:
- Lights Before Christmas shindig reminder posted.

POLL:
- Poll 059: I had to come up with something.
- "Pizza" archived.
• 09 Nov 02: Thanksgiving Update.
Thanksgiving Edition! Hooray!

INDEX PAGE:
- Thanksgiving banner put up.

POLL:
- Adam's poll created.
- Old poll archived.

MONTHLY MACAFEE:
- November 2002: The penultimate issue!
- Tomorrow will be one year since Issue 1.
• 26 Oct 02.
POLL:
- Dan suggested this one.
- Old poll archived.

DIRECTORY:
- Alisa's and Jakab's birthday countdowns set for 2003.
• 12 Oct 02.
Poll:
- Poll #057 created.
- Archive updated.

HomePage:
- "Contributed by Annie (Applegarth)" section added to Links Page. Four sites, including her home page.
- Finally fixed the mouse-over problem from when I switched to banner ads. Now every navigation button should work.
• 06 Oct 02.
Poll:
Jeff suggested this one last week, but Ian made one first.

The Monthly MacAfee:
A festive Halloween edition!

Member Directory:
MacAfee's birthday countdown updated for 2003. I'm going to save these updates 'till the end of the month and do them all together.

Side Note:
Today, 6 October, the Poll Archive turns 1 year old.
• 06 Sep 02.
Ian suggested an addition to the Member Directory earlier: Instant message screennames.

I've added all those I know, but I missed a number of you.

But anyhoo, with the exception of the above lot, and a few others who never post anymore, the Member Directory now features everyone's screennames! Hooray!

The Gopher Gathering Member Directory
• 04 Sep 02.
After a two month summer break, the Monthly MacAfee is back with a new edition, just for you kiddies!
The Monthly MacAfee: September 2002
• 26 Jun 02.
Updated:
-New poll on board.
-Old poll in Poll Archive.

New:
-Created Jon's file in the Directory. Pending information: Last name, birthdate.
• 19 Jun 02.
Completed Chad's Directory profile.
• 18 Jun 02.
New stuff in the Member Directory.

Updated Files:

Adam-
Photo and birthday added.

Jeff-
Comment added.

New Files:

-Mark Arquette

-Nigel Hampson
• 06 Jun 02.
It's been almost a week in the making, but I've finally got the kinks worked out of it.

Here now, for your perusal, the one and only Gopher Gathering Member Directory.
• 01 Jun 02.
The Monthly MacAfee for the Month of June is now available.
Monthly MacAfee Episode VII: Campin' We Will Go

I also planned out the rest of the year, so I'll be ready come each month.

Also, I just finished an άber-Update that involved moving every single Gathering page on Angelfire to a "gopher" subdirectory. This makes life easier for me when I need to update, 'cause it's all together. But everything had to be renamed, every link fixed, and all the pictures corrected. So if you find anything I missed, let me know. I also went through every page and set the font name and size to match the board.
• 13 May 02.
May edition of The Monthly MacAfee posted.
• 07 May 02.
A new poll, by Ian, added.
• 04 Apr 02.
Guess who was born and died this month?

MacAfee celebrates his life, for better or (likely) for worse, in the new Monthly MacAfee!
• 26 Mar 02.
Alisa declared evil via poll.
• 24 Mar 02.
There at the top is a new thing of sorts.

Rather than having a gaggle of assorted links at the top of the index page, I compiled everything into one neat little source. It also allows for more junk to accumulate.

The Gopher Gathering Bureau of Information
• 22 Mar 02.
Poll added to see if Alisa is evil.
• 06 Feb 02.
Monthly MacAfee: February 2002.

It's up now.
• 04 Feb 02: Gathering's First Birthday.
I had the maximum topics per page set at 35 since the beginning. We've gotten up to 26 pages that way, with a total of 886 threads (not individual posts, of which there's thousands of). Considering that the archival links at the bottom of the page were piling up, so I changed the max topics to 50. Now we've got 18 pages of posts, so it's a little more ordered.
• 11 Jan 02.
Here at the Gathering, I finally got the new poll up! "Presents!" has been added to the Poll Archive, which will in itself be archived next week to allow for the addition of 2002 polls. "Next Week on Enterprise" also has the new episode "Silent Enemy," following a month of reruns. I'll be posting an Updated episode guide soon, too.
• 01 Jan 02.
Happy New Year, kids. I have here for you a new installment of...

THE MONTHLY MACAFEE
• 01 Dec 01.
The December installment of The Monthly MacAfee is now online. Enjoy!

The Monthly MacAfee
• 21 Nov 01: Thanksgiving Update
Thanksgiving theme added.
• 10 Nov 01.
Up at the very tip-top, you'll find the newest addition to the Gathering:

The Monthly MacAfee!

A new dosage every 30 days!

Of course, any submission of pictures by you guys is greatly exaggerated. In fact, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks if you do.
• 01 Nov 01.
We're back to the "Gopher-Standard" scheme again, until about Thanksgiving. I've got stuff planned!

The logo at the top of that pages has just been upgraded. I fiddled with the contrast and got a better looking one. You can compare to the old logo at this handy dandy reference page.
• 31 Oct 01: Halloween Update.
Halloween theme added.
• 06 Oct 01.
I collected all of our poll results in one handy dandy volume:

The Gopher Gathering Poll Archive

I'll keep it updated with each poll.
• Most updates in this timeframe were not documented, so many are missing.

• 24 Mar 01.
Network54 changes their forum appearances, causing the Gathering to look different for a while. This was eventually sorted out and restored to its former appearance. The change happened as I was taking down the Easter decorations. (Full report)
• 01 Mar 01.
You may have noticed I made a few little changes last night. At the top of the main page, you'll find the Gopher Gathering Information, which basically gives... information about the board. Who we are, what we're doing, and how we can't be held responsible for the behavior of idiots. I've also got the Gopher Gathering web banner there. Stick it on a page if you've got one. The "Trustees" pages are stand-ins. I don't have the stuff for the Gopher-style pages ready yet. But the final versions will be bigger and cooler.

I've also messed with the Gopher Chat links a little bit. Now, on the main page, the link that says "Go To Gopher Chat" will take you to the Gopher Chat Schedule, where there's the link to Gopher Chat. I plan to replace the link with a graphic.
• 08 Feb 01.
It's up! At the top of the main page is the new chat room, Gopher Chat. We'll hafta figure out a schedule for it, though. What times and dates are the best for meeting?

Gopher Chat
• 05 Feb 01.
Named "The Gopher Gathering" after a suggestion by MacAfee.
The forum rules are written.
• 04 Feb 01.
Message forum goes online.


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