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November 19, 2020

Hey, I have a passably functional Gemini server!

I don't know why this is such a big deal to me, but I've actually enjoyed the process of getting this thing set up. I feel a little Like Dirk Gently in "The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul":

...To be able to move from total ignorance of something to total desire for it, and then to actually own the thing all within the space of [about a week] was, for [Nate], something of an epiphany.

I'm impressed with the clean and fairly simple layout of Gemini, I'm impressed with the totally decentralized nature of it, a return to a weirder, murkier, and more limited time in web history.

So why am I here? What are my goals?

As the domain implies, I enjoy writing. I write a lot of stuff.
I think text-first layouts should make a comeback.
I like playing with new shiny technologies.
I like doing things that aren't under the control of a major corporation.

Look, I don't have a grand purpose here. I'm just glad to be aboard. I'll clarify things as I go along. Probably.

Some Fun Setup Stuff

I'm really enjoying the back to basics nature of Gemini. Right now I'm using cron to update my server with new files every five minutes. It's a really nice return to basics. Yes, this paragraph was added specifically to test my cronjob.

Wow I really fell down the rabbit hole here.

I have created syntax highlighting for Panic's Nova editor (see my home page for links) and now that's available on the Panic Extension Library and everything. I'm using the highlighting right now and it looks pretty good! I like Nova, for all of its limitations. The editor is clean and splits up nicely into little sub-windows for terminals and file browsers and editing windows, etc.

Now I'm thinking about writing a little script that makes it easy to edit daily logs, although honestly this isn't that hard. But tinkering is fun!

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