Gemini* and Gopher

• Personal/Opinions

  • Golden leaf

    Golden leaf

    In the rays of the setting sun.

    In this brief moment - a statue infinite for eternity.

    I return, I return, I return.

  • quietly

    he enters and takes a seat in a comfortably-lit corner near the bookshelf.

    he paws at the menu and orders an espresso.

    this feels like a familiar place, he thinks as he scans the surroundings.

    he listens to the rain falling outside a nearby window as he begins to browse the shelf.

  • 🔤SpellBinding — AEILNPX Wordo: REBUS

• Technology and Free Software

  • "Staff Engineer" book notes

    These are my personal takeaways after reading "Staff Engineer" by Will Larson. Note that the book contains much more knowledge wisdom and that these notes only contain points I personally found worth writing down. This is mainly for my own use, but you might find it helpful too.

  • Executing commands via NNCP

    In a network of connected nodes where you all exchanged public keys, it is possible to do file requests. For this to work, the node with the files needs to specify the directory with the files and the node wanting the files needs to use the `nncp-freq` command to do a file request.

    But what file to request? One solution is for one side create a file listing all the other files and make this filename known to friends. Then run a job to recreate the file on a regular basis.

  • Desktop Nostalgia

    I decided to install MATE a bit over a week ago since I'd become frustrated with modern GNOME and felt like XFCE wasn't quite right as I had it configured. I have to say, I really am enjoying it. Maybe it's just that I have memories of GNOME 2, but I like how every part seems to have a clear purpose and I can see what's important without it taking up too much space. I often get the sense that a lot of UI design is more about replicating a certain digital aesthetic than making sure the components are functional.

  • Programming

    • Remy Noulin's capsule — Sheepy and Pretty c