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Gemini: Antidote to the modern advertiser web #

In short, I think Gemini is a better alternative to HTTPS for document exchange. For web applications I hold that HTTPS is better, but web applications are usually not about document or information exchange, at least not useful documents or informations.

You can find the video I made about it here.

I may do some more videos on Gemini, I don't know.


Published on 2021/01/16

Articles from blogs I follow around the net

Awful Link of the Day

Y2K era forum known for its significant influence on Internet culture. Well past its prime and a shadow of what it used to be.

via goeshard.org February 3, 2026

Small Q&A on my IndieWeb Carnival turn

More than a year ago, I hosted an edition of IndieWeb Carnival. It was indeed a great experience that made me feel the small web; after so much time, however, I thought nobody would ever look at it anymore. It turns out I was wrong: Zach reached me and aske…

via ~zinricky February 1, 2026

A Sonnet for Candlemas

Though the 12 days of Christmas ended with Twelfth Night and Epiphany, there is another sense in which this season, in which we reflect on the great mystery of God in Christ as an infant, continues until February 2nd, the … Continue reading →

via Malcolm Guite February 1, 2026

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