Posts from July 19, 2026

Given that Rogallo is coming on pretty well, I feel it's about time to get some sort of documentation for it going in Geminispace. With this in mind, I've created an account over on tilde.team so I can make use of their support for the Gemini protocol.

While I don't imagine I'll be writing documentation as comprehensive as the main site for Rogallo, I do aim to provide some basic information.

The other thing I'm going to maintain there is a version of the change log. Rather than edit it by hand each time, I've added a tool to the Rogallo repository that converts the Markdown version of the ChangeLog into Gemtext.

It looks pretty good in Rogallo.

Initially, I set all of this up so that I was editing the files via Tramp. This worked fine and got me going, but pretty quickly I decided that it would make more sense to create a repository, edit stuff locally, and then just rsync it when I'm good to go.

Not editing in production... I know... How boring.

A quick update to Rogallo, with changes concentrating on giving the user more control over the content of a rendered page.

Despite the fact that the Gemini Protocol and gemtext are all about things being minimal, some capsules can deliver pretty busy content. Personally, I rather like it, and I'm generally impressed at how creative some people are with these tools. On the other hand, I've noticed that some people don't always appreciate the use of emojis or ANSI escape sequences to provide colour. So, with this in mind, I've added a couple of features to help control the content.

The first is a command to toggle emoji removal. If you're finding the emojis in a page too distracting, use the command to toggle them off and on (bound to F6 by default).

The setting is sticky too, so if you're so inclined, you can turn emojis off and they'll stay off.

There's a similar command related to the handling of ANSI escape sequences. While some applications let you toggle this at the capsule level (AstroBotany is one example where it's part of the game's settings), not all do. So I've added a command to toggle this (bound to Shift+F6 by default).

With both these commands, if this sort of view isn't to your taste:

You can quickly and easily turn it into this:

I think I prefer the richer view, but I can see the utility of the more austere view.

Somewhat related to the above, I've also added the ability to configure the main "icons" that get used inside the rendered content. So if you don't like the choice of ⪢ for links within a capsule, ↗ for links outwith a capsule, or • for a list item bullet, you can change them in the configuration file.

Introduction¶

An occasional collection of things I've recently found on the Internet and added to my bookmarks.

This blog is written in English¶

Yeah, it's okay to write in your own voice, and for yourself. Weird, huh?

GitFut¶

Got to love a stupid GitHub-based profile rating tool.

Lisp hax¶

Lots of really useful Lisp code. Hours of great reading.

Very Average Prototypes¶

Interesting article about some of the downsides of working with AI to create code. Says a few things I've also been saying about my journey with BlogMore.

GTA2js¶

GTA2. On the web.

Half-Life 2 on the web¶

Half-Life 2. With follow-ups. On the web.

The AI Hype Reckoning Is Upon Us¶

Good article about the gulf that does seem to exist between the hype around AI in business, and the actual benefits.

Mastodon, The Only Good Choice¶

Good article about what Mastodon delivers if you enjoy social media.

Please delete your repository¶

If you had never opened this repository, there is a 21% chance that we would have already cured cancer. Let that sink in.

I don't care if it's totally made up, it made me chuckle.

CSS-DOS¶

An entire PC built in CSS.

Human Emacs¶

I feel like this project is jumping the gun quite a bit, but I also appreciate that it exists. I did also see someone say the other day that it was worth running with anyway to "get away from RMS". Which is fair I guess.

Mastodon Most Followed¶

Because it's all about being popular...

Web Flight¶

A flight simulator, on the web. What's not to like?

Perfect to mess with during those boring Teams calls...

A Road to Lisp: Which Lisp¶

Good review of all the Lisp options you have available to you today.

Backrooms copyright strikes¶

A24 got embroiled in copyright strikes against online creations related to the Backrooms. People, unsurprisingly, got very angry. The issue seems solved, for the moment, but it says a lot about capitalist appropriation of mass-created popular culture.

ZeroVer¶

Fantastic list of well-known and popular applications that seem too afraid to ever evolve beyond v0.x.

AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decision-Making¶

I feel this so much. I wish the people who need to read this would read this.