++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Gutenborg v0.2 released ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +- Support for plain text entries | Now I'm back into phlogging it became apparent how | imperative it was to Gutenborg to support its protocol | also in plain text entries (type 0). And now it does! +- Want a new name for "phlogging" | I don't mean to disrespect Gopher in any way, quite | the contrary: I choose it for supporting Gutenborg | because I really appreciate it, but I'm experimenting | with this thing of releasing new software and new | technologies and I believe **naming** is a very | important aspect of it. See *Tcl*, for instance, and | compare to much more catchy names like Python, Ruby | or even **Go** (at least this last name is an imperative, | right?). | | | I'm already calling the client simply *Gutenborg*, the | protocol *Gutenborg Protocol* (it's going to be | more than simply markup language, I hope), the Gutenborg | enabled "Gopherholes" *GutenSites* (I like that *guten* | means "good" in Deutsch), but "phlog" is missing its | proper equivalent. | | Should I use "glog"? Man, it sounds terrible... +- Gemini | Recently I wrote to some people that, about **Gemini**, | *I "dislike" it using HTTP as transport protocol*. I | absolutelly don't mean I don't find Gemini itself a | very neat project. The opposite: I see Gemini as a | wonderful addition to the internet in general. It's | just that I, personally, am still trying to find a | better way (than HTTP). But about the decision to use | HTTP, it's a quite smart one, since it's nice to have | all the tools already built, like downloaders and proxies | and libraries in general for almost every conceivable | language (even assembly). | | | (After I feel Gutenborg is "finished enough" my next | goal is to build my own Gemini client over Blipt!.)