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protocols:gemini:start [2026/09/23 14:52] – created - external edit 127.0.0.1protocols:gemini:start [2026/10/23 15:41] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 **Year:** 2019\\ **Year:** 2019\\
-**Port:** 1965 (honouring NASA's Project Gemini, 1964–1966)\\+**Port:** 1965 (honouring NASA's Project Gemini, 1964-1966)\\
 **Created by:** Solderpunk (pseudonymous) **Created by:** Solderpunk (pseudonymous)
  
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 ===== Why It Was Created ===== ===== Why It Was Created =====
  
-Solderpunk watched more people rediscovering Gopher as a refuge from the bloated web. But Gopher has no encryption — a serious problem after Snowden's 2013 surveillance revelations. Gemini's answer: make TLS mandatory for all capsules.+Solderpunk watched more people rediscovering Gopher as a refuge from the bloated web. But Gopher has no encryption: a serious problem after Snowden's 2013 surveillance revelations. Gemini's answer: make TLS mandatory for all capsules.
  
 ===== Gemtext Format ===== ===== Gemtext Format =====
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 ===== Blogging: Gemlogs ===== ===== Blogging: Gemlogs =====
  
-A **gemlog** is a Gemini blog. Entries follow the subscription convention — the date format ''YYYY-MM-DD'' at the start of a link label allows clients to auto-detect new posts:+A **gemlog** is a Gemini blog. Entries follow the subscription convention: the date format ''YYYY-MM-DD'' at the start of a link label allows clients to auto-detect new posts:
  
 <code> <code>
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 </code> </code>
  
-Local files live in ''~/gemlogs/'', with ''index.gmi'', ''about.gmi'', ''feed.gmi'', and ''posts/''.+Local files are stored in ''~/gemlogs/'', with ''index.gmi'', ''about.gmi'', ''feed.gmi'', and ''posts/''.
  
 ===== Local Setup ===== ===== Local Setup =====
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 <code bash> <code bash>
 ./bin/gemini-build.sh    # builds gemini content ./bin/gemini-build.sh    # builds gemini content
-./bin/sync-to-tilde.sh   # syncs to tilde.town+rsync -avz ./dir/ you@tilde.town:~/   # push to tilde.town
 </code> </code>
  
-Hosted at: ''gemini://tilde.town/~brennan''+Hosted at: ''gemini://tilde.town/~you''
  
 ===== Tools ===== ===== Tools =====
  
-  * [[protocols:smallweb:clients|Bombadillo, Offpunk, Lagrange]] — clients +  * [[protocols:smallweb:clients|Bombadillo, Offpunk, Lagrange]]: clients 
-  * [[https://gemtext.brennan.day|Markdown to Gemtext converter]] — convert existing writing +  * [[https://gemtext.brennan.day|Markdown to Gemtext converter]]: convert existing writing 
-  * [[https://smol.pub|Smol Pub]] — publishes simultaneously to HTTPS and Gemini ($5 lifetime)+  * [[https://smol.pub|Smol Pub]]: publishes simultaneously to HTTPS and Gemini ($5 lifetime)
   * Web proxies: [[https://portal.mozz.us|portal.mozz.us]], [[https://proxy.vulpes.one|proxy.vulpes.one]]   * Web proxies: [[https://portal.mozz.us|portal.mozz.us]], [[https://proxy.vulpes.one|proxy.vulpes.one]]
  
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