Right now, I'm up too late, having a drink, listening to Tangerine Dream, and diving fairly deep into some internet forums I like to frequent. It's nice, and it's a very specific vibe I have been cultivating for decades.
You see, I grew up in the middle of nowhere and sort of desperately pined for connection. For some reason I got the impression that things like radio, TV and the internet, especially after midnight, were windows into deep unknown and unknowable worlds which fascinated me.
In the mid 2000s I discovered a local public access show which many locals of nerdier proclivities remember fondly which aired long after midnight and consisted of music videos and other sundry things I really enjoyed. I was introduced to some of my favorite music through this.
This is indeed how I discovered the Pub in particular and Gemini in general. The Great Pause of 2020 afforded me many opportunities to spend many nights exploring the Internet. I found many interesting places (including the Internet's best-kept secret... if you know, you know) and met many interesting people during this time.
In ways it makes me envy the explorers of old, war-dialing to find new and interesting BBSes to connect to, in this unexplored frontier that was.... well, not quite the Internet yet, but something sort of like it.
It seems I and many others are inclined to leave these ephemeral, quickly-forgotten messages in bottles for whomever finds them.
The Pub could disappear at any moment, especially since m15o, the founder and owner, hasn't been seen for a very long time.
These are messages in a bottle, cast adrift on a vast and unknowable sea.
The infrastructure seems in tact. All is automated. This looks like it's gonna last as long we keep posting.
~bartender a beer for me... Dark, the one that looks just like coffee. Have a drink on me ~softwarepagan.
I got some NFD from a poor bastard that is watering the plants on the shore/garden in midnight...