<s>
A	O
phlog	B-Application
,	O
also	O
called	O
an	O
rlog	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
daybook	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
a	O
blog	O
,	O
that	O
runs	O
off	O
a	O
Gopher	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
phlogs	B-Application
are	O
typically	O
hosted	O
from	O
home	B-Application
servers	I-Application
running	O
some	O
sort	O
of	O
UNIX	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
,	O
because	O
a	O
user	O
account	O
on	O
the	O
server	O
is	O
usually	O
required	O
to	O
update	O
the	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
quite	O
a	O
few	O
phlogs	B-Application
floating	O
around	O
gopherspace	B-Protocol
but	O
the	O
vast	O
majority	O
are	O
not	O
updated	O
regularly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phlogs	B-Application
usually	O
arranged	O
as	O
a	O
directory	O
structure	O
with	O
the	O
title	O
or	O
date	O
of	O
each	O
entry	O
,	O
has	O
a	O
separate	O
folder	O
for	O
archives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
few	O
sentences	O
under	O
each	O
link	O
to	O
a	O
blog	O
entry	O
as	O
a	O
summary	O
,	O
or	O
to	O
host	O
the	O
phlog	B-Application
as	O
one	O
single	O
text	O
or	O
HTML	O
file	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
HTML	O
files	O
cannot	O
be	O
read	O
by	O
some	O
pure	O
gopher	B-Protocol
clients	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
phlogs	B-Application
are	O
maintained	O
by	O
hand	O
as	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
text	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
exists	O
to	O
convert	O
posts	O
from	O
a	O
WordPress	B-Application
blog	O
into	O
plain	O
text	O
files	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
using	O
the	O
gopher	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
word	O
"	O
phlog	B-Application
"	O
is	O
derived	O
from	O
"	O
blog	O
"	O
but	O
with	O
the	O
"	O
ph	O
"	O
from	O
"	O
gopher	B-Protocol
"	O
instead	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
b	O
"	O
from	O
"	O
web	O
"	O
and	O
appears	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
coined	O
by	O
Jeff	O
Woodall	O
on	O
April	O
22	O
,	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
phlog	B-Application
can	O
also	O
be	O
known	O
as	O
a	O
gopherlog	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
known	O
usage	O
of	O
the	O
term	O
"	O
gopherlog	B-Application
"	O
was	O
by	O
George	O
Hotelling	O
as	O
an	O
April	O
Fool	O
's	O
Day	O
joke	O
on	O
April	O
1	O
,	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
