Gemini* and Gopher

• Personal/Opinions

  • Weird Phone Calls

    Yesterday, I received a weird phone call from my Mum. One of those where you are not sure if you heard the caller right. "Your Dad has fallen through your brother's roof".

    Well, the first thing is why was Dad on my brother's roof? Which roof? Secondly, is he alright?

    It turns out that my Dad was helping my sister in law with patching the garage roof. One of the winter storms had lead to a hole appearing and some quick patching with an old door. So my Dad was using the old door as a roofing board when suddenly he fell through the roof. The door landed on him after, just to top it off. He landed on his side and was thankfully able to get up after. A swift trip to a minor accident clinic lead to him ended up in accident and emergency. Thankfully nothing broke. Just a lot of bruising and injured pride.

• Technology and Free Software

  • Redragon m908 mouse experience

    I wanted to try out a MMO mice so I bought redragon m908. I chose it because I found FOSS utility to configure it's features from linux.

  • Small Phones

    In 2010, the average smartphone screen diagonal length was just under 4 inches. That length has swelled to around 6.5 inches in 2026. To be honest, while the larger size makes things like mobile terminals much easier to use, I tend to like the smaller screen size for everyday use.

    Recently I bought an original Unihertz Titan, and the screen has a relative-small 4.5-inch diagonal. However, the display has a square aspect ratio, contributing to the phone's enormous size. I've heard that Unihertz actually bought surplus Blackberry Passport display units for use in the Titan. I don't know if that's true, but with the included keyboard and the rugged design, the Titan is a beast.

  • Exploring Racket

    I can't seem to stick to one language; this is why I'm not great at any of them (but that's a different gemlog entirely).

    Something re-sparked my interest in Lisp and I started looking around again at the Lisp derivatives. I landed on Racket. I've gotten farther in Racket than I ever did with Lisp, and I think the editor, Dr Racket, has something to do with it, along with the support for new Racketers.

  • RCM: The Ruby Configuration Management DSL

    RCM is a tiny configuration management system written in Ruby. It gives me a small DSL for describing how I want my machines to look, then it applies the changes: create files and directories, manage packages, and make sure certain lines exist in configuration files. It's deliberately KISS and optimised for a single person's machines instead of a whole fleet.