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2021-07-06 9:29 PM
Upon finishing my last post, I attempted to view it, only to find that putting unescaped HTML tags in the text of the gemini post had completely screwed up my markup! I made some adjustments to the Converter.py script to fix this. I also wrote some new styles. The colors on the site now are ripped off from my terminal theme, because I am not very good at picking out colors. I've tried viewing the site on three different screens, including a phone, and it has looked good on all of them so far. The stylesheet has some responsive CSS. Next, I'd like to look into changing up the font. The plain sans-serif font is alright, but something else might be more attractive. I use SourceCodePro in my terminal, maybe I'll use my terminal font here as well...
I recently installed Lagrange, as well as Kristall, from the AUR. So far, I have been browsing gemini entirely from the terminal using amfora. However, the more I use Lagrange, the more I appreciate browsing gemini in a GUI client. I think it really promotes discovery, I'm more likely to stumble into new things when I'm browsing in a more full-featured client. When I'm browsing gemini on amfora, I don't like having to open up a new window to view images and audio files. This is a really convenient part of the experience of web browsing. Browsing gemini in a more web-browser like client feels like a good middle ground. The experience feels more interactive, but you are also being intentional about any files you download, and you know that when you go to a gemini capsule it isn't going to load a bunch of JavaScript or fetch a bunch of resources that will slow things down. Lagrange is also just very pretty, it has great fonts and colors. One thing I don't like about it is the scrolling feels awkward. It is almost easier to navigate it using the arrow keys, space, pgup and pgdown. Maybe it's just me. I'd also like to try out more terminal clients. Perhaps I'll go in the opposite direction and install something more minimal than amfora - one of the 100 liners on the gemini software page. It might also be fun to try and write my own minimal client in Python. I'll have to study the one Solderpunk did. If I did that, it would probably just be for my own personal edification. God knows enough people have written gemini clients. But I mean, that's part of what's cool about it. Gemini is perfect for hobbyist coding.
I've been thinking about buying some new parts for my Thinkpad, which I'm writing this on right now. It's a T420S. It works just great but it has a few blemishes that bother me to look at. The left mouse button has kind of a weird dent in it, and the mouse pad is very worn down by the previous owner's use. I really don't use the mousepad much at all since the trackpoint in the middle of the keyboard is more convenient. But it does make the laptop look kinda beat up. There's also a small crack on the palmrest. It also came without a hard-drive cover. This is perhaps the most pressing issue, although not only for aesthetic reasons. I have my hard drive jankily held in with plastic tape right now. So that might be worth fixing.
Just a quick update, bye for now.