Jonathan Schofield
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anyone got any good hugo SSG themes for me to try?
any you have made yourself?
@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:
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History of the Finger Protocol
by Rajiv Shah
June 2, 2000
https://web.archive.org/web/20230601031958/http://www.rajivshah.com/Case_Studies/Finger/Finger.htm
(original URL, but 404'ing: http://www.rajivshah.com/Case_Studies/Finger/Finger.htm )
#finger #fingerHole #fingerProtocol #smallInternet #smallNet #smallWeb #smolInternet #smolNet #smolWeb
@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:
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What's your favourite client?
Your favourite server to run?
#smolweb #smolnet #SmallWeb #smallnet #geminiprotocol #gemini #GopherProtocol #gopher
I like the Gemini Protocol, but — I think too many of the other small-net protocols try to mimic Gemini.
One alternative path that small-net & small-web communities could try is —
Make a new version of the HTTP protocol.
One that includes small-net values.
A small-net HTTP (HTTP/1.4 ?) server could be backwards compatible, such that extant web-browsers could see something (even if the experience is better in a small-net web-browser).
Richard MacManus
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1/
The Web of the 1990s and early 2000s (then called the World-Wide-Web) was different (in quality) from the Web of today.
One interesting thing from that era was that — there were many individuals who (on their own) created whole web-sites about some (narrow) topic each of them obsessed over. Something that each of them raged to master and document — and then published to the world (via the World-Wide-Web).
...
6/
The Web wasn't the start of the social-movement to get rid of these (historical) Gate-Keepers.
(The social-movement goes back to at least BBS and other similar networks — i.e., what, for regular people, was before the Internet.)
But the Web did have a big impact on removing these Gate-Keepers. A BIG one!
...
7/
I think some of the hopes for Small-Net & Small-Web from its fans, enthusiasts, and advocates is —
• the return of individuals creating and publishing niche narrowly focused sites,
• removing the modern Gate-Keepers.
These obviously aren't the only desires from those in the Small-Net & Small-Web scene and social-movement, but — I think these 2 are interesting because they are related to the origin of the World-Wide-Web.
5/
Prior to the Web, if you wanted to publish something you created and reach a mass audience or a community — most of the time you would have to go through the TV industry, the film industry, the radio industry, or the newspaper industry.
These were the Gate-Keepers of the time.
In practice, only those with wealth or power were able to get permission from these Gate-Keepers.
For most of the people in the world — this wasn't an option
...
6/
The Web wasn't the start of the social-movement to get rid of these (historical) Gate-Keepers.
(The social-movement goes back to at least BBS and other similar networks — i.e., what, for regular people, was before the Internet.)
But the Web did have a big impact on removing these Gate-Keepers. A BIG one!
...
4/
I think people nowadays are unaware of just how big of a deal that latter part was — being able to write and publish content you created and reach an audience!
It was a huge deal!
As much as the Web was a technology, it was also a social-movement.
Part of the social-movement of the Web getting rid of Gate-Keeper.
...
5/
Prior to the Web, if you wanted to publish something you created and reach a mass audience or a community — most of the time you would have to go through the TV industry, the film industry, the radio industry, or the newspaper industry.
These were the Gate-Keepers of the time.
In practice, only those with wealth or power were able to get permission from these Gate-Keepers.
For most of the people in the world — this wasn't an option
...
3/
As I said, these niche web-sites about some narrow topic were one of the draws of the Internet on the 1990s and early 2000s.
Both reading what others wrote about niche topics you also cared about and perhaps also obsessed over.
But also, being able to create your own niche content on the (narrow) interests you obsessed over.
...
4/
I think people nowadays are unaware of just how big of a deal that latter part was — being able to write and publish content you created and reach an audience!
It was a huge deal!
As much as the Web was a technology, it was also a social-movement.
Part of the social-movement of the Web getting rid of Gate-Keeper.
...
2/
These niche web-sites about some narrow topic of the 1990s and early 2000s were one of the draws of the Internet back then.
(And, to put this into context, remember that the mass-Internet, where regular people used the Internet, didn't really start until about the years 1998 to 2001.)
...
3/
As I said, these niche web-sites about some narrow topic were one of the draws of the Internet on the 1990s and early 2000s.
Both reading what others wrote about niche topics you also cared about and perhaps also obsessed over.
But also, being able to create your own niche content on the (narrow) interests you obsessed over.
...
1/
The Web of the 1990s and early 2000s (then called the World-Wide-Web) was different (in quality) from the Web of today.
One interesting thing from that era was that — there were many individuals who (on their own) created whole web-sites about some (narrow) topic each of them obsessed over. Something that each of them raged to master and document — and then published to the world (via the World-Wide-Web).
...
2/
These niche web-sites about some narrow topic of the 1990s and early 2000s were one of the draws of the Internet back then.
(And, to put this into context, remember that the mass-Internet, where regular people used the Internet, didn't really start until about the years 1998 to 2001.)
...
1/
The Web of the 1990s and early 2000s (then called the World-Wide-Web) was different (in quality) from the Web of today.
One interesting thing from that era was that — there were many individuals who (on their own) created whole web-sites about some (narrow) topic each of them obsessed over. Something that each of them raged to master and document — and then published to the world (via the World-Wide-Web).
...
lilious
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If you are a command-line geek and dream of browsing the web in your terminal, you should really try #offpunk :
https://offpunk.net/index.html
Latest trunk now has support for #unmerdify and it starts to work really great:
Yes, content is extracted and displayed in less! It works!
If you are a command-line geek and dream of browsing the web in your terminal, you should really try #offpunk :
https://offpunk.net/index.html
Latest trunk now has support for #unmerdify and it starts to work really great:
Yes, content is extracted and displayed in less! It works!
Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:
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@TheBulletin bupkis.org was a #smolnet site run by a guy named Terry. He would just post #recipes he liked making. Unfortunately he died not too long ago, but beforehand he asked r/datahoarders if they'd archive his site. So it's on the Internet Archive now for everyone to download.
https://archive.org/details/bupkis.org
A few of us are permaseeding it, incidentally.
Time to #StopTheScroll in December.
For many of us we, are deep in a season of cultural or religious holidays, often with a deep tradition of sharing food with loved with ones.
How can we find, keep, and share #recipes without being surveilled and tracked by big, tech, fed AI Slop and have our attention devoured by Ad Mill pages filled with as many ads as possible?
What more nourishing ways have you found?
Boost, share, reply :)
@TheBulletin bupkis.org was a #smolnet site run by a guy named Terry. He would just post #recipes he liked making. Unfortunately he died not too long ago, but beforehand he asked r/datahoarders if they'd archive his site. So it's on the Internet Archive now for everyone to download.
https://archive.org/details/bupkis.org
A few of us are permaseeding it, incidentally.
A task that I'm thinking about: A way to keep my web content and Gemini content in sync without having to write them separately.
Note: If you came across this post by searching the Gemni hashtag, and you're looking for Google's Gemini AI topics, GTFO. The Gemini I'm referring to is a smallnet protocol similar to Gopher, not some GenAI monstrosity.
What's your favourite client?
Your favourite server to run?
#smolweb #smolnet #SmallWeb #smallnet #geminiprotocol #gemini #GopherProtocol #gopher