smolZINE - Issue 8
smolZINE - Issue 8
2021-08-15
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Hidden (and not so hidden) Gems
- Spelunking
- Word Search
- Community Contributions & Discussion
- Thanks
Introduction
Some meta gemini talk, some really neat hidden gems. Oh and keep a look out! I heard a gopher got loose in this issue of smolZINE.
Hidden (and not so hidden) Gems
Of Many Trades
Andrew has all manner of interesting posts to read on topics such as retro computing and DIY media creation among others. There is an excellent internet radio station. Make sure you explore his gemlog and don't miss his comedy podcast "Expedition Sasquatch"!
=> gemini://ofmanytrades.com/ Of Many Trades
sdfgeoff.ddns.net
This is not much to look at upon first glance but is very cool all the same. The capsule is hosted on an ESP32 microcontroller! The only link on the capsule (so far) is a very interesting write up of how they accomplished this.
=> gemini://sdfgeoff.ddns.net/ sdfgeoff.ddns.net
Chatroom.yysu.xyz
Not the first gemini-based chatroom but the only currently running one that I'm aware of. Chat with fellow geminauts either anonymously or via your chosen username.
=> gemini://chatroom.yysu.xyz/ chatroom.yysu.xyz
seamustbn.xyz
Alex has a gemlog, a tinylog and sections for a few other topics that they find interesting. Original music creations are also featured on the capsule.
=> gemini://seamustbn.xyz seamustbn.xyz
Sector Disk
Are you a fan of tilde servers but looking for something less extravagant and resource intensive? No? Well I still think many will find this rather fascinating anyways. Like a tilde server, users can request their own sectors to do with as they please on a single 1.44MB 3.5in floppy disk.
=> gopher://sectordisk.pw:70 Sector Disk
The Treeblue Review
Very nicely done page of curated gemini capsule discovery. Everything is well organized into different themes and categories.
=> gemini://review.treeblue.space/ The Treeblue Review
Sensor Station
"We are a small, Virginia-based studio practicing intentional, low-impact design in computing, farming, and existence." I love it when a capsule has a nice succint description of themselves right on their main page :).
=> gemini://gemini.sensorstation.co/ Sensor Station
Spelunking
Gemini Browsers
Decided to get a little bit meta in this issue and point out some newer clients. Ok they may not all be new in the general sense but at least new to me. My current favorite clients are Amfora when I'm in the terminal and Kristall when I'm in a graphical desktop. Here are some other interesting ones I've found more recently.
Astro
A work-in-progress but already very functional. One of the easiest clients to start using as it's written entirely in shell script. Just download or git clone and run it.
=> https://github.com/blmayer/astro Astro on github
Telescope
From the author of the gmid gemini server, Omar Polo. "The UI is strongly inspired from Emacs and W3M, so you’ll find some familiar concepts, such as the minibuffer or the tabline, and the default keybindigs also reflect this, but keys familiar for vi and CUA users are also present by default."
=> gemini://telescope.omarpolo.com Telescope
Gerbil
Gerbil is a browser aimed at mobile linux devices such as the Pinephone.
=> https://gitlab.com/armen138/gerbil Gerbil on gitlab
Gem
Another for linux mobiles. This time more specifically for ubuntu touch.
=> https://open-store.io/app/gem.aaron Gem on the Open Store
tinmop
Probably the most unusual client on this list. Tinmop is a gemini and fediverse browser for the terminal written in Common Lisp.
=> https://www.autistici.org/interzona/tinmop.html Tinmop
LR-87
A client written in Fortran, yes Fortran!
=> http://git.rainbow-100.com/cgit.cgi/LR-87/about/ LR-87
gemnine
Gemini client for Plan 9.
=> https://git.sr.ht/~ft/gemnine gemnine
astronaut
Terminal gemini client written in Go.
=> https://git.sr.ht/~adnano/astronaut astronaut
Moonlander
Multiplatform graphical client using GTK.
=> https://sr.ht/~admicos/moonlander/ Moonlander
Word Search
by Jone
Source Material: Sam the Potato, by Steven
=> gemini://yam655.com/j/2020-01/24_r2158/Sam_the_Potato.lyrics.txt
```word search letter grid
j e d a e j u u y u j x r f p c y c
b s d m b r i n g i n g p f s w v e
g p l x z s m s s d y a n w t p o s
d i l v a i e c w m f w i e h d w s
g t l n n c q h a a l f r i e n d e
e c p o t a t o o g a u w r m t j n
a u n v x t t o k i l l b d m b a c
m z d g m j i l b c i x u l r u u e
h a n d w r i t i n g y g a m l b e
r u h g w a e w i t c h t t i l s g
p s c a r e d a t x c g s p p y l n
l h y v n o k j k k n i f e i p a j
l c h b n t t v w e z o p n c r l t
```bringing
bully
essence
friend
handwriting
ill
knife
magic
potato
scared
school
spit
weird
witch
=> ./wordsearch-solution-issue-8.gmi Word Search Solution
Community Contributions & Discussion
Please consider taking part in making this zine better and more diverse by contributing your thoughts and finds. If you are interested in contributing a short article or capsule picks email me at: smolzine (at) cyberbot.space.
If you have any feedback or just want to discuss anything related to gemini or smolZINE hit me up at the above email or ping me on the fediverse at kelbot@retro.social and/or use the #smolZINE tag.
Thanks
Thank you to fellow geminauts Jone and Sam for their contributions to this issue of smolZINE.
