Gemini Articles of Interest

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 05, 2023,
updated Aug 05, 2023

A Gemini client^* is needed for the following links.

• Technology and Free Software

  • All the time in the world

    And "just like that" you awaken as though it never happened!

    (Save "in mind only", of course.)

    Wonderful leftovers transported from another dwelling on the heels of a super fun performance attended by people you love for the feeling being mutual.

  • Generating calendar events from emails

    I am not the most innately organised person, so I am a fan of using a (digital) calendar to keep track of my personal life: when I am traveling, when I am meeting up with friends or going to the cinema, etc. It helps ensure I don't miss appointments or double-book myself.

    But if you have a lot of bookings--for example, if you are planning a vacation and booking multiple flights, trains and hotels--it can be tedious to manually create calendar events for each booking with the correct times, location and other details. The problem is compounded when you are dealing with different timezones. Some service providers give you the option to add bookings to your calendar, but often they don't, and even when they do, it doesn't always work properly (for example, British Airways give you the option to add flights to a calendar, but in my experience they don't get the timezones correct).

  • Internet/Gemini

    • The Guppy Protocol Specification v0.1

      (I don't know if anyone is interested in this, but let's give it a try. It started as a thought experiment, when I looked for 'lighter' protocols I can implement on the Pico W. I see Spartan mentioned here and there, and I wonder if there's any interest in going even more ... spartan. If you find this interesting, useful or fun, and have ideas how to improve this protocol, I'd love to hear from you at my-first-name@dimakrasner.com!)

      [...]

      In Guppy, all URLs can be (theoretically) be accompanied by user-provided input. The client must provide the user with means for sending a request with user-provided input, to any link line.

      Server and content authors should inform users when input is required and describe what kind of input, using the link's user-friendly description.

      If input is expected but not provided by the user, the server must respond with an error packet.

      Clients may cache the returned error and present it to the user on attempt to access the same page without providing input.

^* Gemini links can be opened using Gemini software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter.