Gemini

Gemini Chess

Fri, Jun 7, 2024 - 600 Words

I’ve had a go at making a two-player chess game for Gemini. If you want to try it out it is available at the link below. There is also a version of wordle there, though I made this before I realised that there is already a much better wordle clone available on gemini, Wordo.
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OFFLFIRSOCH 2024 - Flights

Tue, Mar 26, 2024 - 300 Words

In response to Solerpunk’s 2024 OFFLine-FIRst SOftware CHallenge, I wrote a command line script for looking up flight ‘information’ offline. Solderpunk post on OFFLFIRSOCH My submission on github As with all things Solderpunk related, I loved the general concept behind this and was eager to participate.
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Gemtext and Image

Thu, Apr 14, 2022 - 2800 Words

One of the most noticeable things about Gemini is that it is text-based. Sure, it can support images but, depending on the client, these are mostly left hidden. Gemini gains a lot of its identity from this emphasis on text.
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Auto-Making a Gemini Index

Sun, Apr 11, 2021 - 500 Words

A few days ago on Mastodon, I came across a very useful toot by Fixato. He had provided a comprehensive shell command for updating you TLS certificates in light of the recent update to the agate server.
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Gemini Capsule Update

Wed, Mar 31, 2021 - 400 Words

Nothing much to report here. I updated the capsule structure to try make it more minimal and even easier to manage. Now, I only have one page (Gemlog) for all my posts.
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Comitium and Gopher

Sun, Mar 21, 2021 - 400 Words

I’ve added a new ‘feed’ section to my capsule. It uses ‘comitium’ by alex/nytpu. Alex’s Capsule Comitium The timing of comitium’s release was perfect. I have recently been browsing gopher a lot more and I was missing the ability to subscribe to feeds.
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Smolnet

Sat, Mar 20, 2021 - 600 Words

More on the alternative internet.
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Problems with Gemini 1

Sun, Feb 21, 2021 - 900 Words

Problems, in the best sense Much of the Gemini ‘content’ I’ve found so far, at least, some of the most engaging and unique, centers on technical questions about Gemini itself - how to set it up, navigate it, write in it, etc.
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Problems with Gemini 2

Sun, Feb 21, 2021 - 1000 Words

Navigation Part 1 A problem: ephemerality: content seems less ‘solid’ than on the web, less well mapped out and less defined. A corresponding idea: ‘Maps’ are ways of drawing boundaries, of creating identities.
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