 I'm trying to overhaul my gemini server and running in to some frustrating and silly problems that largely stem from the amount of crap I'm trying to stuff in to a single server. It's nothing major, I can see the edges of the issue, I'm just not familiar enough with this server software to know exactly where to put the bits to make it do the things. If I can focus on it tonight, I'll resolve it quickly. I'm tired and this is annoying so maybe I won't do it tonight. We'll see. 34 comments
So, in all likelihood, I'll post a gemlog about the new influx of users to mastodon and make a mastodon thread about gemini.  @ajroach42 I've been tempted to write a Gemini client for my silly ROSE environment. It seems like the sort of app that it's well suited for. @ajroach42 I saw someone describe Mastodon as people who are more interested in writing microblogging software than actually microblogging. While I don't think that's true, I definitely get those vibes from Gemini. Everybody wants to write a Gemini client/server but no one wants to write Gemini content. Kudos for putting your article in the actual medium! @audiodude Yeah, that's not really how Mastodon feels, but I do get some of those vibes from gemini.   @ajroach42 oh where's that old gemlog of mine.... ahh, here we go, from about a year ago - I tried to walk a friend through setting up a gemini server the other day, and that went really badly. Like, explaining the fedi to new folks is tricky, you know? Explaining Geminispace to someone who doesn't make a distinction between the Web and the Internet is ... getting them to understand why or what gemini is... that's hard. When I say "geocities moment" I don't mean "Easy" exactly. Geocities was compelling. It was exciting to use. It made you feel like a part of a community. I understand what I want out of gemini, but I don't want that in isolation. I want to find and/or build the things that make gemini compelling for other people to use. @ajroach42 I feel like an integration with a tilde would help here. but again idk, when I was bigger into tildes they all seemed to blur into varying degrees of "computer programming on a shared computer programming server" which I think is too close to "using the protocol to write about using the protocol" Yeah! When I was a regular on a tilde, it was a great place for lots of little small web services and gopherholes. There is a fair amount of that kind of meta meta sometimes, but I usually enjoy myself. @ajroach42 does gemini potentially have utility for avoiding corporate-governmental censorship and surveillance? @Ethancdavenport Lots of utility for avoiding corporate surveillance, not so much government.  @ajroach42 Geocities also was one of the most horrid spam / website collection ever. Having a site there meant to have to endure having a well-done site basically littered with awful blinking gif animated, HUGE banner ads .. EVERYWHERE. not to mention being the training grounds for popup blockers. xD @ajroach42 it is simply addendum to the "using geocities as glorious example for anything", which has become a "trendy thing nowadays. We cannot @ginsterbusch I was there, I remember what it was like. I believe it was a net good, and I'd rather not fight about it. Alright. I'm back on this bullshit today. What's your favorite gemini server? I've been using gmnisrv, and it's fine! But I'm open to other suggestions. Basically, I'm going to build a Limited Tilde or a GeminiBBS for myself and maybe two or three other folks. If it works well, we'll harden it, open source it, and open sign-ups. @ajroach42 I'm still using gmnisrv because I just can't be bothered to spend time on changing it since it works fine. There are some that have CGI though if you want to do fancier stuff than I do. @ajroach42 yeah I read something that tried to explain Gemini the other day because someone mentioned it on here and uh ..I did not understand by the end of said thing I read. I'd like to though!  |
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Along the way, though, I've been thinking a lot about Gemini, and I've started writing what will become a gemlog post about gemini and about where and how it does/can fit in to my life, and where and how it might fit in to other people's lives.
I'm not a big fan of the whole "use the thing to talk about the thing" meta discourse, but I gotta get those thoughts out in order to get back to the rest of it.