Gemini* and Gopher

• Personal/Opinions

  • Alex Schroeder’s Diary — Üetliberg

  • The Film by SUMAC and Moor Mother

    My first encounter with Moor Mother's work was the 2020 album 'Who Sent You?' by the free jazz band Irreversible Entanglements. From there I discovered Moor Mother's solo albums. Her work really resonated with me. The subject matter is engaging, but even more so the impassioned delivery captivated my attention.

    Across her various projects Moor Mother has covered a wide range of musical styles. Free jazz, experimental hip hop, hardcore. So it wasn't a huge surprise to see her collaborate with the post-metal band SUMAC. The result is a genre-defying cacophony. It is certainly not something everyone will enjoy, but I have really enjoyed my first few listens. I highly recommend the album to anyone interested in experimental music or spoken word.

  • More on Nostalgia

    Carl over at datagubbe.se talks about nostalgia in the context of retro-computing, which piqued my interest because I had mentioned nostalgia previously in the context of the OCC [0].

  • Two more bits of surrealism while out and about in Boca Raton

    I was out driving to grocery store [1] when I saw an old man walking on the street (our neighborhood is sans sidewalks—typical for Lower Sheol), white hair, white moustache, white beard, set off by the entirely black suit he's wearing, along with a heavy black outer coat. Mind you, it's about 90°F outside (30°C for those of you who are not living in one of the three countries in the world to still use the Imperial System). That's not the oddest thing though. No, he's carrying what looks like a small wheel covered completely in fur.

    It turns out it's a type of hat the man wears on certain religeous holidays. I wasn't sure what religeous holiday it was, but whatever it was, it apparently requires a hat that looks like a furry wheel while wearing all black.

  • saturated

  • pious august updates:

    took a long bike ride & picked up two books--Simone Weil's 'Waiting for God' and Thich Nhat Hanh's 'Fragrant Palm Leaves'--along with a new journal & a lavender candle. purchasing these items, expending money, potentially not in line with the theme of the month, but i'm excited to write about each of these books with the candle burning nearby. investing in a scene. also, the night run was so successful, i think i'm a night runner now. i'm just excited for it to get dark so i can run around.

• Technology and Free Software

  • Internet/Gemini

    • Re: Re: Re: Hello Gemini

      I've actually found that many clients follow TOFU. At least the ones that have more than a few commits in their repo. I use Amfora on CLI and Lagrange on GUI and Android. But I've tried a few others and they all usually throw up a message and ask if you want to trust the new cert.

      It is part of the spec and there are enough GUI and TUI clients that are feature full and that should be something users look for. I mean, why not?

    • Uptime update! (from the oh-so-important department)

      Looks like we're nearing 500 days -- neat!