Spartan is a nice, lightweight document transfer protocol that removes some of Gemini's fluff while retaining the ability to use gemtext markup and its niceties. It also doesn't require a TLS certificate to function properly. While this makes the protocol a little less secure, it makes up for it by reducing the amount of complexity when hosting and maintaining a site. You can learn more about spartan by going to the protocol author's gemini page [1]. [1] gemini://spartan.mozz.us

Lagrange is a beautiful "small net" browser that's available in both desktop and mobile platforms. It supports a lot of the smaller text heavy protocols such as gopher, gemini, finger and spartan. If you're interested in learning more about the small net, you can check out Lagrange on its website at:

Lagrange

I think a UNIX box is the original digital social network.

Are there any online bookstores that sell both old and new books that also accept bitcoin?

It's probably possible to run an Yggdrasil-only Nostr relay as long as you setup an AAAA record and the proper reverse proxy on your webserver. This should probably also work on onion services. That could make hosting a Nostr relay more reliable and free for a lot of people.

I've been mulling over running a private USENET hierarchy. I've looked around and it seems that it might be a little complicated, but let's see.

I just read unixsheikh's article on the fragile nature of Linux development and how *BSD can be simple and robust solution not only for companies but also for individual users. It's a great article and I'd highly recommend it if you have a few minutes to spare and you're interested on learning more about the differences between Linux and *BSD. LINK:

Why you should migrate everything from Linux to BSD

Discord is a plague.

I think programs should let people do stupid things.

This Twitter v. Substack Notes saga is quite funny to watch unfold.

It would be nice to have a Seamonkey-like Nostr browser that has a consistent design language across different post types.

I think one of the great things about OpenBSD is that it's simple enough that even a non-expert like me can understand, on a conceptual level, how the operating system works. If only it can be as fast as a Linux machine, though.

Huh. Am I being spam filtered? That's odd.

I didn't expect doing your own NIP 05 verification to be that easy.

It's interesting to see a lot of japanese nostr users in the global feed.

Also, I'm mulling over running a nostr relay. I'm not a big fan of docker so let's see if there's anything simple that I can run that wouldn't depend on anything complex or esoteric.