Gemini is a modernization of Gopher. It is an example of Small Technology. It uses its own protocol and a document format based on Markdown. It is something of a successor to Gopher.
Homepage: https://geminiprotocol.net/
This site is available in Gemini; see Adventures Hosting My Site On Gemini.
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Anything that uses encryption to keep content away from spying eyes.
An effort to bring the values and benefits of Old and Small Technology to the modern Web. That is, using the existing web technologies in a way that makes the web small.
Old technology is any tech that’s, well… old.
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.
This site is built for modern clients using Small Technology. 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 of visitors.
Updated: 2024-07-06