Gemini* and Gopher

• Technology and Free Software

  • In the Spirit of OFFLFIRSOCH

    I will likely not participate in OFFLFIRSOCH this year, mostly because I will be very busy with other projects in the month of March. In the spirit of the challenge, though, I want to identify something I do online and try to do it offline instead.

    My secondary smartphone runs Kiwix, a tool to read offline archives of Web sites. I like to use it to read articles from sustainability projects, like Low Tech Magazine and 100 Rabbits, which have given me a lot of inspiration for reducing my own energy and resource usage. However, I wasn't using getting daily use out of Kiwix--I'd simply open it if I wanted to read something that could spark an idea.

  • Delete Patreon

    I wanted to delete my Patreon account today, but there's no option for that. Instead, you have to file a ticket asking for them to delete your data. I did that, and they replied with an email:

    We're unable to delete your data at this time due to overriding regulatory retention requirements.

  • Site Reliability Engineering - Part 5: System Design, Incidents, and Learning

    Welcome to Part 5 of my Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) series. I'm currently working as a Site Reliability Engineer, and I'm here to share what SRE is all about in this blog series.