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Links 19/07/2023: Bubble 6.0 Released, Posting from Haiku OS





  • Gemini* and Gopher

    • Personal/Opinions

      • Books and Zines

        I publish a purely digital* zine here on gemini. But I'm a pretty big fan of real, physical, zines too. Books too. I like to read and it's a mix of paper books and epubs. Another thing I'm a fan of is small indie authors and publishers that focus on the thing they are passionate about. Today I discovered Microcosm Publishing thanks to @rasterweb@mastodon.social on the fediverse. Microcosm is a small indie book and zine publisher/distributor and they have lots of really cool stuff available. DIY books and zines, graphic novels/comics, queer empowerment, health both mental and physical, feminism and more. I was like a kid in a candy store browsing everything on the website! I ended up spending more than I planned but I'm excited about the stuff I have on the way.

      • Acceptance isn't where 'you' think it is

        Inasmuch as words can express the underlying substance of words, acceptance isn't something "self" *does*, but "behind the within", as it were, ceasing its pretence of sorts that said self is anything more than thought, thus no different than the sub/nested-thoughts it *thinks* it has....

      • Book Review: Mindstar Rising

        I like science fiction and fantasy novels, but in those genres it's often hard to find standalone novels or serials; it's far more common to see stories that span a trilogy or more. Several weeks ago, while perusing a local secondhand book shop, I came across just such a book: Peter F. Hamilton's debut novel "Mindstar Rising".

        Set in a near-future dystopian Britain, Mindstar Rising tells the story of Greg Mandel, a ex-military freelance detective equipped with a "gland" in his brain that allows him to sense the thoughts and emotions of those near him. He is hired by a mega-corporation Event Horizon, whose elderly CEO and his ambitious granddaughter are beset by an unknown force sabotaging some o f his most profitable operations. The investigation sets off a chain reaction that entangles Greg with a street gang, a seductive but ruthless business executive, and the very fate of Event Horizon and the country he fought to protect.

    • Technology and Free Software

      • Posted from Haiku OS

        In 1990 there was an operating system called BeOS developed by Be Inc. BeOS was meant to be a "multimedia" focused alternative to Mac OS and Windows. Unfortunately BeOS failed to gain traction, and Be Inc was acquired by Palm, Inc in 2001. Despite that, BeOS lives on today thanks to the wonderful work of the Haiku project.

      • Software Releases/Announcements

        • Bubble v6.0: Atom Feeds, Expanded Help

          You can now get an Atom feed of All Posts, subspaces, user feeds, issue tracker feeds, and tag-filtered feeds. In other words, everything that was available as a Gemini feed can now also be accessed as an Atom feed. These new feeds contain the full contents of posts (as HTML) so they can be used for following users and subspaces via a regular RSS reader.

          Atom feeds are widely supported on the web, so while the BBS capsule doesn't currently allow direct access via HTTPS, you can use a portal like portal.mozz.us to fetch these feeds in any online or web-capable tool that understands RSS.

          Some Gemini aggregators like CAPCOM support Atom/RSS feeds, so now you are able to submit your Bubble-based gemlog or microblog feeds via Atom, too. This has some advantages to plain Gemfeeds, such as accurate timestamps and separate publishing and update timestamps for each entry.


* Gemini (Primer) links can be opened using Gemini software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter.



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