Hey folks -
Sort of a shameless plug. I've created a
finger service that serves as a companion to my
BBS. I've been whoring out a friend's finger
service to advertise my board and have been
epically lazy about doing my own. While I'll
keep that old finger around, this one is far
more than a business card.
The idea came from using the weather
finger. It's something I've used constantly
for at least the last dozen years or so. When
I first learned about it, it never occurred to
me that finger could be used in such a way. So
I did some digging. Old, underused protocols
doing cool shit is hella rad.
Right now the feature set is limited, but
there's more coming soon. Some of the features
are adapted from doors I wrote for my BBS
(hence the "companion" part).
Others are being spun out of a door currently
in development that will serve as a baseball
portal. For the non-US crowd: baseball is our
national pastime, whether the rest of the planet
finds that remotely interesting or not.
Current offerings:
dictionary - definitions via API movie query -
movie info via API baseball - schedules, scores,
and league standings via API
The baseball portal will be expanded to include
a lot more information. The sub-fingers will
be updated with the respective triggers as
new features come online. Once I'm satisfied
with that, I'll move on to other ideas in the
toolbelt. I want this finger to be dope as hell.
Anyway, if you're a smolnet nerd and curious,
411 below.
--
Daniel
sysop | air & wave bbs
finger | info@bbs.airandwave.net
movie query - movie info via API
Sort of a shameless plug. I've created a finger service that serves as a companion to my BBS.It's good to keep finger alive. I added you to my H3TEXT > . Looks good
Old, underused protocols doing cool shit is hella rad.
For the non-US crowd: baseball is our national pastime, whether the
rest of the planet finds that remotely interesting or not.
On Sun, 17 May 2026 03:30:29 -0700, Daniel wrote:
Old, underused protocols doing cool shit is hella rad.
No cap.
For the non-US crowd: baseball is our national pastime, whether the
rest of the planet finds that remotely interesting or not.
Pity you couldn?t get the rest of the world involved in some kind of competitive series ...
Although you know what they say about polls and statistics. Still, it's fairly clear that baseball no longer has the same pull on the national consciousness that it once did.
On 2026-05-18, SpallsHurgenson(NG) wrote:
[...]
Although you know what they say about polls and statistics. Still, it's
fairly clear that baseball no longer has the same pull on the national
consciousness that it once did.
I guess you could say people are getting rain checks on baseball?
Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> writes:
On 2026-05-18, SpallsHurgenson(NG) wrote:
[...]
Although you know what they say about polls and statistics. Still, it's >>> fairly clear that baseball no longer has the same pull on the national
consciousness that it once did.
I guess you could say people are getting rain checks on baseball?
They cannot afford tickets. The prices are ridiculous; a family
of four might pay $500 to attend a single game (more or less depending
on the seat and concessions).
On the other hand, baseball is popular in much of latin america,
and massively popular in Japan and Korea.
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