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2026-03-30: The CSV file for the guestbook was being served on
Gopher. This included the IPs of whoever commented.
Thanks for Christopher Williams for reporting it.
2025-12-17: Improved the bot counter on the footer.
2025-12-15: Standardized the headers (using "figlet").
2025-12-14: Made things simpler and more compact.
Moved content into individual sections.
Added uptime counter to the stats.
2025-11-02: Created the GGBB - Gopherverse's GuestBooks Book.
Improved the stats (last update time) on the footer.
2025-10-29: Rearranged the layout (moved the changelog and stats
sections to the bottom of the page and removed the
default Gophernicus footer).
2025-10-26: Turns out my bot counter is EXTREMELY slow (30 seconds
vs. 0.025s). Reverted until I can optimize it further.
2025-10-26: Improved visit counter: now with bot detection!
2026-10-15: Fixed a guestbook bug where if a comment line started
with a type selector or special char, it would not be
rendered correctly.
2025-10-08: Anonymized the guestbook entries. Mirrored on GitHub.
2025-10-07: Created a Guestbook (see below). Source code available!
2025-09-15: Joined the Gopherverse! Started this very "gopher hole"
2025-09-12: Started the Awesome Gopher awesome list (see below).
<-- Stats -------------------------------------------------------->
System uptime: 78 days, 5:04 hrs * Gopher uptime: 78d 4h 55m 22s
Visits: 27654 (1032 valid, 14839 bots, 11783 on queue)
"Gopherhole" last updated on 2026-03-30 17:58:58 (UTC).
This section last updated on 2026-03-30 17:58:58 (UTC).
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