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Davide Eynard (+mala)May 10, 2025

@mario same! Well, I already started playing with it but mostly because I was interested in understanding LoRa’s capabilities… I have been playing with offline-first, self-hosted, low power servers with #PicoGopher some time ago and I always wondered whether it’d be possible to sync small websites or gopherholes with it.

Davide Eynard (+mala)Jul 29, 2024

It took a while, but my gemini server for #PicoGopher is out!

https://github.com/aittalam/PicoGopher/tree/mala/adding_gemini

This is heavily inspired by Solderpunk's GeGoBi (https://git.sr.ht/~solderpunk/gegobi) and allows you to share BOTH capsules AND gopheroles via #GeminiProtocol ✨

The code is still a mess, but it was too cool not to share it! The merit goes to Solderpunk of course, while the mess is 100% my fault 😉

#micropython #RaspberryPiPico #SelfHosting #SolarPunk

GitHub - aittalam/PicoGopher at mala/adding_gemini

A micropython Gopher server tiny enough to run on a Raspberry Pi Pico W - GitHub - aittalam/PicoGopher at mala/adding_gemini

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Davide Eynard (+mala)Jul 17, 2024

First #oldcomputerchallenge year for me and I am fashionably late with a live Knoppix 3.7 running on my Travelmate 514TXV. The Mozilla browser version dates back to 2004, which made me confident it still supported #gopher 🙂

The Netgear 802.11b pcmcia card 😅 could not connect to my AP so I used a #PicoGopher as an AP (did anyone say DIY?) and connected to both its gopher and its HTTP server with lynx and Mozilla.

This was fun, and a great way to spend my latest merged-PR endorphins 😁

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DHeadshot's Alt Apr 27, 2024

@mala
Does #PicoGopher support Gemini now? It doesn't look like it from the Github repo?

Davide Eynard (+mala)Mar 18, 2024

This weekend I played with PG's gemini plugin so I could serve gwit sites while offline. I relied on solderpunk's GeGoBi (https://tildegit.org/solderpunk/gegobi) for the gemini server implementation, as I liked the idea of it being able to seamlessly serve gopherholes too 💙
Due to pico restrictions + lack of libs I had to simplify it quite a bit, but gemini seems easier to serve than gopher (if we ignore SSL...🤦‍♂️ which works great now!)
#PicoGopher #gemini #GeminiProtocol #gwit #SmallWeb #SelfHosting #offline

gegobi

Gemini-Gopher bi-hosting tool

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Davide Eynard (+mala)Mar 2, 2024

I have been playing with gwit for a bit now, next step is testing it in PicoGopher. And as the very first gwit sites are gemini capsules… 😛

#geminiprotocol #gwit #PicoGopher

Davide Eynard (+mala)Nov 12, 2023

Weekend plan:

- add Gemini support to #picogopher
- build web sandbox for #ch35t
- build a #brachiograph
- finish reading #homeland
- do some indoor bouldering
- play #turingcomplete
- play #projectzomboid

What I actually did:

- an as beautiful as unplanned trip to Cliveden House and Windsor
- a bouldering session
- read Homeland (far from finishing it though!)
- read quite a lot of #manga
- took two loooong baths
- ate one Magnum (required for the brachiograph)

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Davide Eynard (+mala)Aug 24, 2023

@tomwsmf thanks for sharing! It is great to see people enjoying #PicoGopher, please lmk if you find anything I could improve. Despite me not updating the project much lately I still care a lot about it and am happy to devote some of my spare time to it!

tomwsmf Aug 5, 2023

Raspberry PI Pico W +PicoGopher + content=Anyfest PicoW 'lil bits' edition. Stuffing info into 300K or so of space is a great exercise in mindfulness. A Bobbox PicoW edition...oh yes. #picogopher #pico #RaspberryPiPico #churchofthesubgenius #dobbstown https://github.com/aittalam/PicoGopher