Michael Nordmeyer

Transmissions will only happen if I think I have something meaningful to add. This implies that I will delete posts if they have lost their utility.

About 120 posts from 2008 to 2024 used to be published here as well, but are now exclusively on the WWW, except the Gemini-only posts.

2026

2026-05-08 On Complexity and Antenna’s Future

Tooling choices to decrease, not increase complexity.

2026-05-07 New Antenna 2.0.0

Config changes and better feed parsing with error reporting.

2026-05-06 New Antenna — Official, But Federatable

A new official Antenna instance with improved source code.

2026-05-04 Aiming for a Googol How-Tos

Many how-tos, many reasons to use Gemini, the protocol.

2026-05-03 I Launched a Simple Lobsters Mirror for Gemini

Just the three main pages, updated every ten minutes.

2026-05-02 Insanity or Creating a Gemini How-To with 5353 Files

Granted, a lot of them are generated.

2026-04-27 Power Budgets for Selfhosting from Home

Even a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W is no match for a cheap but modern VPS.

2026-04-23 My Unofficial Gemini Protocol Specification Archive

All versions of the specs with comments about what changed.

2026-04-23 Fix for a Simple gcurl in Bash

No dependencies, if you don’t count OpenSSL, and working with all servers.

2026-04-22 A Simple gcurl in Bash

No dependencies, if you don’t count OpenSSL.

2026-04-21 I Created a Starter Package for Gemini Capsules

If your are new to the Geminispace, this might help you along.

2026-04-18 Syncing this Capsule With a Makefile

I use one-way syncing of my local content to my server with `rsync`.

2026-04-17 The CodingFont Game

Finding my favorite monospace typeface out of 28.

2026-04-16 Monaspace Lagrange Fontpacks: Neon, Argon, Xenon, Radon, Krypton

Monaspace is a superfamily of very pretty monospace typefaces.

2026-04-13 Hello Again

I’m back, and I bring gifts.

2025

2025-12-11 I Think I Found an Acceptable Gopherhole Styling

A nice figlet font helps a lot.

2024

2024-05-04 I Retired My Atom Feed in Favor of My Gemfeed

One is enough, and my tinylog helped me to mitigate the need for Atom.

2024-04-14 On Gemtext Specification 0.24.0

A proposal stemming from reading the current version.

2023

2023-08-28 TIL Bad Habits Can Create Unforeseen Insights

How tab hoarding and link rot is connected.

2023-05-30 A Recommendation: Future Histories Podcast

A podcast about current and future socioeconomic problems and ways to solve them.

2023-05-22 Everybody Has a Take on Bubble. Here’s Mine

It’s short.

2023-05-04 My Gemini Crawlers Meta Info Page

Meta information about friendly crawlers crawling the Geminispace.

2023-02-01 How Would You Feel If Google Indexed the Geminispace?

Entertaining the unthinkable.

2023-01-31 A Documentary About Early ANSI Art / BBS History

ANSI art history told by the people who created the art.

2023-01-31 Better Availability or I Begrudgingly Switched My Gemini Server Back to ECDSA

Achieving better availability by lowering security.

2023-01-30 I Use Proper Typography in Gemtext

You should always use proper typography, even if you have to do it manually.

2023-01-29 Maintaining Simplicity While Acknowledging FOMO

Seeing clearly after a hazy period and too many choices.

2023-01-28 Buzz Aldrin’s Race into Space

An old DOS game re-playing the race into space, now public domain, playable in an emulator.

2022

2022-12-21 I Was Mistaken – the Gemini Protocol is Awesome

Gemtext is a gem and with a proper client the Geminispace shines.

2022-11-12 On Gemini and Gopher, the Internet Protocols

Bare-bones web browsing by design.