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Published March 17, 2023
I've spent the last couple of months familiarizing myself more with Gopher and exploring gopherspace. This is in addition to Geminispace. I have such a calming sense of peace when I'm exploring gopherspace without the inundation with ads or video or photos that so prevalent on the modern web. I haven't had the luxury of exploring as much as I want do since my computer is no longer my own un-shared private system any longer after a series of hardware failures and accidents with other household devices, so for the moment I am forced to share my computer and I loathe it. Work continues on my tutorials but due to the shared computer in addition to other factors it is taking much longer that anticipated. I remain hopeful that I will have my computer back to only my individual use again within the next two months.
I don't think I've explored enough to do a apples to oranges comparison of gopher vs gemini but I have been reading up on many others' thoughts on the subject. I do know for sure however that I prefer Gemini's requirement for SSL encrypted connections. I understand that the way that Gemini gemtext is written, the display of the content is solely determined by the client, but I do know that I really prefer the old "look and feel" of the gopher way of doing things with text being plain text only file, hard wrapped to 72 characters and left justified. It reminds me of a RFC text file and I love that format and look much more than the HTML versions.
Some other work that has been taking place since my last post is that I've working to automate my workflow more. I've stared exploring portainer and webhooks via dockerhub. I've also as part of my digital minimalist/essentialist journey and experience I've been working to consolidate as much as possible where it makes sense. I've mostly been focused on removing/destroy virtual systems that I don't utilize or don't align with my goals. I remain vigilantly focused on security as I consolidate. Now while consolidating, high availability also remains important so I'm trying to determine best solution for the future. Docker will no doubt help play a very big role in this.
I'm not sure what other updates to provide so I'll keep this entry short. If you've been reading my gemlog or following my atom feed, I encourage you to reach out and say hello, I'd love to hear from a visitor.