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.
2026
2026-05-08 On Complexity and Antenna’s Future
Tooling choices to decrease, not increase complexity.
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.
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.