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@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-The Go Gopher
+# The Go Gopher
 24 Mar 2014
 Tags: gopher
+Summary: The Go gopher is an iconic mascot and one of the most distinctive features of the Go project. In this post we'll talk about its origins, evolution, and behavior.
 
 Rob Pike
 
 Andrew Gerrand
 
-* The Go Gopher
+##
 
 .image gopher/header.jpg
 
@@ -15,20 +16,20 @@ In this post we'll talk about its origins,
 evolution, and behavior.
 
 About 15 years ago—long before the Go project—the gopher first appeared as
-a promotion for the [[https://wfmu.org/][WFMU radio station]] in New Jersey.
-[[http://reneefrench.blogspot.com][Renee French]] was commissioned to
+a promotion for the [WFMU radio station](https://wfmu.org/) in New Jersey.
+[Renee French](http://reneefrench.blogspot.com) was commissioned to
 design a T-shirt for an annual fundraiser and out came the gopher.
 
 .image gopher/wfmu.jpg
 
 The gopher next made an appearance at Bell Labs,
-as Bob Flandrena's [[https://research.swtch.com/face][avatar]] in the Bell Labs mail system.
+as Bob Flandrena's [avatar](https://research.swtch.com/face) in the Bell Labs mail system.
 Other Renee drawings became avatars for ken, r, rsc, and others.
-(Of course, Peter Weinberger's was his own [[http://spinroot.com/pico/pjw.html][iconic face]].)
+(Of course, Peter Weinberger's was his own [iconic face](http://spinroot.com/pico/pjw.html).)
 
 .image gopher/avatars.png
 
-Another Bell Labs activity led to Renee creating [[https://9p.io/plan9/glenda.html][Glenda]],
+Another Bell Labs activity led to Renee creating [Glenda](https://9p.io/plan9/glenda.html),
 the Plan 9 mascot, a distant cousin of the WFMU gopher.
 
 .image gopher/glenda.png
@@ -45,9 +46,9 @@ For the open source launch in 2009, Renee suggested adapting the WFMU gopher as
 
 (The gopher has no name, and is called just the "Go gopher".)
 
-For the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i0hat7pdpk#t=24m40s][launch]]
-of the [[https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/go][Go App Engine runtime]] at
-Google I/O 2011 we engaged [[http://squishable.com][Squishable]] to manufacture the plush gophers.
+For the [launch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i0hat7pdpk#t=24m40s)
+of the [Go App Engine runtime](https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/go) at
+Google I/O 2011 we engaged [Squishable](http://squishable.com) to manufacture the plush gophers.
 This was the first time the gopher was colored blue and appeared in three dimensions.
 The first prototype was kinda hairy:
 
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ But the second one was just right:
 .image gopher/plush.jpg
 
 Around the same time, Renee roughed out a gopher in clay.
-This inspired a refined sculpture that became a vinyl figurine made by [[http://www.kidrobot.com/][Kidrobot]].
+This inspired a refined sculpture that became a vinyl figurine made by [Kidrobot](http://www.kidrobot.com/).
 The vinyls were first distributed at OSCON 2011.
 
 .image gopher/vinyl.jpg
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ and is one of the most popular things in the Go world.
 
 The Go gopher is a character; a unique creation. Not any old gopher, just as Snoopy is not any old cartoon dog.
 
-The [[https://golang.org/doc/gopher/][gopher images]] are Creative Commons
+The [gopher images](https://golang.org/doc/gopher/) are Creative Commons
 Attribution 3.0 licensed.
 That means you can play with the images but you must give credit to their
 creator (Renee French) wherever they are used.
@@ -87,14 +88,14 @@ The vinyl and plush gophers are copyrighted designs;
 accept no substitutes!
 But how can you get one? Their natural habitat is near high concentrations of Go programmers,
 and their worldwide population is growing.
-They may be purchased from the [[https://www.googlemerchandisestore.com/Google+Redesign/Fun/Go+Gopher+Blue+Squishable.axd?cid=1399][Google Store]],
+They may be purchased from the [Google Store](https://www.googlemerchandisestore.com/Google+Redesign/Fun/Go+Gopher+Blue+Squishable.axd?cid=1399),
 although the supply can be irregular.
-(These elusive creatures have been spotted in all [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinkhamsters/sets/72157627910426064/][kinds]] [[https://plus.google.com/107966629974328136037/posts/TcFA9zHzQB8][of]] [[https://twitter.com/goroutine][places]].)
+(These elusive creatures have been spotted in all [kinds](http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinkhamsters/sets/72157627910426064/) [of](https://plus.google.com/107966629974328136037/posts/TcFA9zHzQB8) [places](https://twitter.com/goroutine).)
 
 Perhaps the best way to get a gopher is to catch one in the wild at a Go conference.
-There are two big chances this year: [[http://gophercon.com/][GopherCon]] (Denver,
-April 24-26) and [[http://dotgo.eu][dotGo]] (Paris, October 10).
+There are two big chances this year: [GopherCon](http://gophercon.com/) (Denver,
+April 24-26) and [dotGo](http://dotgo.eu) (Paris, October 10).
 
 .image gopher/portrait.jpg
 
-_(Photo_by_ [[https://twitter.com/noahhlo/status/437395572081688576][_Noah_Lorang_]]_.)_
+_(Photo by_ [_Noah Lorang_](https://twitter.com/noahhlo/status/437395572081688576)_.)_