So I made this door: https://github.com/hmderdoc/CalenDoor/releases

I'm sure in some regards it's quite obvious what this is and does; what might not be obvious is why I wanted to make this, but here's a hint it has to do
with the telnet gateway portion.

The utopian vision is I didn't just make this so people have a calendar app, although it works for that, the vision is that by creating shared calendars
there's a way to drive users to a specific place at a certain time, if you create a calendar event with "telnet://somebbs.net" as a location at 11PM on
Friday, and you open CalenDoor you will be able to just hit a key to connect to somebbs.net when the event comes along.

The problem I'm trying to solve is fragmentation and general BBS lifelessness. Sometimes I hear about time-boxed BBS related events such as chat meetups,
testing sessions, demos, game parties, etc from many sources, irc, discord, mrc, forums, word of mouth etc. but I am sure there are just as many I don't
hear about or I hear about them and forget about it. In some ways this door is also designed with a first time BBS user in mind - it sort of sets
expectation about when and where to expect activity rather than walking into a ghost town. I might put it in my logon sequence personally as I think a
filled calendar would certainly make the BBS world look more alive.

The main things preventing my utopian vision would mainly be around how to aggregate and manage events. Right now I'm bundling a shared calendar "BBS
Events" and that might work provided someone could act as good steward, reach out if you are interested in helping manage a calendar or have any ideas for
calendar management. I certainly could build some API + form thing for scheduling intake on that calendar but that feels like a separate project from the
door.

I tried not to get too crazy with this app with my personal flair and just treat it like a utility without a lot of fluff - it's at v 0.1.0, give it a try,
if it doesn't do something you want, LMK, maybe it can be changed.
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Yeah, I want to know when my 30 day pills are due to be filled within 28 days.. then i'd use it.. But yeah the Social Calendar sounds like a decent idea
if people around wherever can put down an event that's going on and have area's and such..be pretty nice I'm thinking..especially for demoscene compo

)=. The Lazy man never has Wok's .=(

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Re: Re: New: "CalenDoor" - sy
By: Darksix to Hm Derdoc on Thu Jun 25 2026 02:25 pm

Why not use it as an Advent Calendar on the main part of synchronet
bbs.. if DMan would allow it..once you get all the bugs and such
squashed?

i have mixed feelings about that stuff. should everything people make be
added to synchronet bbs when we can just add it if we want it if it's kept separate?


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Re: Re: New: "CalenDoor" - sy By: Darksix to Hm Derdoc on Thu Jun 25 2026 02:25 pm

Why not use it as an Advent Calendar on the main part of synchronet bbs.. if DMan would allow it..once you get all the bugs and such squashed?

i have mixed feelings about that stuff. should everything people make be added to synchronet bbs when we can just add it if we want it if it's kept
separate?

Well back in the days everything was either calendar or database related, or both.
But if it does what it says on the tin (as i've erd it called) then, why not?
I do see some problems with mathing and area handling though especially if it was
set to Richard, Hardener. or Random gibberish here locations, but would be nice to
see if there were events such as lan parties of a decent size for doom or quake2.
Or Demoscene, and demo parties especially, I don't even think any happen in ohio
for Demos, but it'd be nice to know if they did/were. Though we do have the old ass hardware thing that goes on once a year a state away a bit.. Be nice to be reminded of that too.. But yes, suppose it could be added as a door drop.

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