Gemini

Gemini is a modernization of Gopher[1]. It is an example of Small Technology[2]. It uses its own protocol and a document format based on Markdown. It is something of a successor to Gopher[3].

This site is available in Gemini; see Adventures Hosting My Site On Gemini[4].

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Links to this note

• Adventures Hosting My Site on Gemini[5]

Updated: 2024-07-06

• Encrypted[6]

Encryption is a way to encode data so that people that might intercept it can't decipher the original message (often called the "plaintext").

• How This Site Is Built[7]

This site is built for modern clients using Small Technology[8]. It is served from static files, which are themselves small. It should make no references to any resources from other servers, which helps protect the Privacy[9] of visitors.

• Small Web[10]

An effort to bring the values and benefits of Old and Small Technology[11] to the modern Web. That is, using the existing web technologies in a way that makes the web small.

• Old and Small Technology[12]

Old technology is any tech that's, well... old.

• Gopher[13]

Gopher is an interactive Internet browser. It is something of a successor to FTP and predecessor to the Web. Gopher had a brief moment of popularity in the early 1990s, but was eclipsed within a few years by the web.

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